Cygnet Football Club

Cygnet Football Club
Names
Full nameCygnet Football Club
Former name(s)Port Cygnet Football Club
Lovett Football Club
Nickname(s)SFL/SFLW: The Port
STJFL: Southern Storm
Former nicknameMagpies
Club song"We're A Happy Team At Cygnet!"
2025 season
After finalsSFL: 2nd
SFLW: 4th
Home-and-away seasonSFL: 1st
SFLW: 4th
Leading goalkickerSFL: Joseph Direen (56)
SFLW: Stacey Fox (47)
Best and fairestSFL: Lochie Griggs
SFLW: Abbie Jones
Club details
Founded1888 (1888)
Colours  Black   Teal   White
CompetitionSouthern Football League
PresidentDavid O'Neill
CoachSFL: Lachlan Watt
SFLW: Stacey Fox & Tom Ashlin
Captain(s)SFL: Joseph Direen & Will Cleeland
SFLW: Hayley Kluga
Premierships SFL (6)
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2021
  • 2023
  • 2024
SFLW (1)
  • 2022
HFA (31)
  • 1912
  • 1913
  • 1915
  • 1922
  • 1923
  • 1925
  • 1926
  • 1928
  • 1931
  • 1935
  • 1938
  • 1945
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1955
  • 1957
  • 1960
  • 1962
  • 1964
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1970
  • 1972
  • 1974
  • 1976
  • 1979
  • 1984
  • 1994
Tasmanian Country Football Champions (2)
  • 1947
  • 1948
GroundCygnet Oval (4,000)
Kermandie Oval
Snug Park (2,800)
Training groundCygnet Oval
Uniforms
Home
Away
Clash
Other information
Official websitehttps://cygnetfc.tidyhq.com/

The Cygnet Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Southern Football League, also known as the SFL, in Tasmania, Australia.

It was reported in October 1888 in ‘The Colonist’ that the Port Cygnet Football Club, which ‘had not been in existence long’ played South Franklin at Castle Forbes Bay. The game was described as being played in an ‘amicable spirit’. The newcomers were no match for their opponents and lost five goals to one.

A few weeks later Port Cygnet hosted the Honeywood Football Club from Geeveston. Honeywood proved victorious, winning 1.15 (21) to 0.5 (5). For the home side Howard, Armstrong, Andrews, Andrews, Cockerill and A. Devereaux were the best players.

On or around Queen Victoria’s Birthday in May 1889 there is a report in “The Hobart Mercury” of what could be Port Cygnet’s first ever win. In a match played in very wet and sloppy conditions at Franklin’s home ground at Mr. Kellaway’s paddock in Woodstock, it is reported that Franklin had been “beaten”.

In 1906, Port Cygnet, then renamed Lovett to reflect the change of the town’s name, joined the Huon Football Association for the first time. Up to that point the club just played friendly and challenge matches.

The club changed its name to Cygnet in the 1910s.[1]
The Magpies were a member of the Huon Football Association from 1906-1997 when the league disbanded and they joined the SFL in 1998.[2]
Upon entry in the SFL they changed from their longtime Black & White playing strip and Magpie emblem, adopting a Port Adelaide playing strip (black, white and teal) and called themselves 'The Port'.

Club Honours

Huon Football Association

  • Premierships (31): 1912, 1913, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1994
  • Runners Up (16): 1920, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1997

Southern Football League

  • Premierships (6): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2023, 2024
  • Runners Up (5): 1998, 2005, 2020, 2022, 2025

Southern Football League Women's

  • Premierships (1): 2022
  • Runners Up (1): 2021

Southern Football League Reserves'

  • Premierships (2) 2004, 2025
  • Runners Up (3) 2003, 2022, 2023

Southern Football League Colts’

  • Premierships (3) 2020, 2021, 2025
  • Runners Up (5) 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024

Tasmanian Country Football Champions

  • Premierships (2): 1947, 1948

Club Records

Club Record Score

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 52.17 (329) v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
  • SFLW - 24.9 (153) v Brighton - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

Greatest Winning Margin

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 329 points v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
  • SFLW - 153 points v Brighton - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

Greatest Losing Margin
249 v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)

Most Season Wins

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 18 wins (2002)
  • SFLW - 13 wins (2022, 2025)

Most Goals In A Game
52 v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (SFL Round 8, 29 May 2021)

Highest Scoring Quarter

  • SFL - 15.6 (96) v Claremont (3rd Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (Round 17, 14 August 2021)
  • SFLW - 8.2 (50) v Brighton (1st Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

Longest Winning Streaks

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 24 games (Round 13, 2024 - Qualifying Final, 2025)
  • SFLW - 14 games (Round 2, 2022 - Round 1, 2023)

Highest Score Conceded
257 v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)

Lowest Score Conceded

  • SFL - 0 (2021, Round 8, v Claremont, Abbotsfield Park; 2021, Round 17, v Claremont, Cygnet Oval)
  • SFLW - 0 (2022, Round 12, v North Hobart, North Hobart Oval; 2022, Round 6, v Huonville, Cygnet Oval; 2023, Round 10, v South East Suns, Pembroke Park; 2024, Round 2, v South East Suns, Pembroke Park; 2024, Round 7, v Lindisfarne; Anzac Park; 2024, Round 14, v Brighton, Cygnet Oval)

Club Record Attendance
4,150 v Huonville Lions (2021 SFL Grand Final)

Head-to-head record

Played: 485 Won: 261 Drawn: 2 Lost:222 (Last updated – End of 2025 SFL season)

GP W D L For Agn % Win% 100+F 100+A
1 Brighton 34 22 1 11 3100 2543 121.90 64.70 12 7
2 Central Hawks 12 3 9 924 1160 79.65 25.00 3 5
3 Channel 24 21 3 2401 1247 192.54 87.50 12 2
4 Claremont 55 32 23 6507 4574 142.26 58.18 25 21
5 Clarence 1 0 1 65 105 61.90 0 0 1
6 Dodges Ferry 51 28 23 4524 4631 97.68 54.90 20 18
7 East Coast Bombers 10 3 7 745 1002 74.35 30.00 3 5
8 Glenorchy 2 0 2 106 290 36.55 0 0 2
9 Hobart 32 20 12 3448 2449 140.79 62.50 15 10
10 Huonville Lions 64 38 1 25 5968 5376 111.01 59.37 20 13
11 Kermandie 28 19 9 2657 2026 131.14 67.85 13 6
12 Kingborough 15 6 9 1121 1543 72.65 40.00 0 8
13 Lauderdale 14 9 5 1267 1002 126.44 64.28 6 3
14 Lindisfarne 53 23 30 4543 5069 89.62 43.39 20 25
15 New Norfolk 38 18 20 2860 3862 77.67 47.36 10 18
16 North Hobart 1 0 1 40 155 25.80 0 0 1
17 Sorell 42 31 11 4220 2973 141.94 73.80 18 10
18 Triabunna 9 8 1 1529 462 330.95 88.88 7 0

Individual Honours

Competition awards

Ivan Short Medal (HFA best and fairest)

  • 1954 – Leon Synnott
  • 1962 – Brian Bowden
  • 1963 – Allan Fletcher
  • 1965 – Marty Brereton
  • 1971 – Ray Gordon
  • 1972 – John Bone
  • 1974 – Laurence Jarrett
  • 1980 – Geoff Haughland
  • 1987 – Greg Gordon
  • 1990 – Greg Gordon
  • 1993 – Gary Williamson
  • 1996 – Tony Madigan
  • 1997 – Trad Page & Micheal Darcy

William Leitch Medal (SFL best and fairest)

  • 2001 – Damien Dillon
  • 2021 – Thor Boscott

Peter Hodgman Medal (SFL best first year player)

  • 2004 – Jeremy Brereton

SFL Leading Goalkicker

  • 1998 – Micheal Darcy – 106
  • 2003 – Micheal Darcy – 113 (Regional League)
  • 2004 – Micheal Darcy – 105 (Regional League)
  • 2005 – Micheal Darcy – 100 (Regional League)
  • 2007 – Micheal Darcy – 103 (Regional League)
  • 2013 – Ben Halton – 88
  • 2020 – Josh Fox – 61

SFLW Leading Goalkicker

  • 2022 – Stacey Fox – 48 (Division Two)

SFL Team of The Year

  • Jakob Lister – 2022, 2023
  • James Webb – 2022
  • Toby Cowen – 2022
  • James Zeitzen – 2022
  • Joseph Direen – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Lachlan Watt – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (coach)
  • Will Cleeland – 2023, 2024
  • Jackson Simpson – 2024
  • Jackson Gordon – 2024
  • Will Polley – 2024, 2025
  • Luke Ashlin – 2025
  • Lochie Griggs – 2025

SFLW Team of The Year

  • Ella Brereton – 2024
  • Hayley Kluga – 2024, 2025
  • Amy Sharp – 2024, 2025
  • Abbie Jones – 2025
  • Georgia Jones – 2025
  • Stacey Fox – 2025

Grand final best on ground awards

Tony Martyn Medal (SFL Regional League Grand Final best on ground)

  • 2002 – Gordon Shaw
  • 2003 – Heath Dillon
  • 2004 – Grant Clark

Gorringe-Martyn Medal (SFL Grand Final best on ground)

  • 2021 – Thor Boscott
  • 2023 – Thor Boscott
  • 2024 – Luke Ashlin

Cara Brooke Medal (SFLW Grand Final best on ground)

  • 2022 – Ellie Doyle

Club awards

Synnott Brothers Best & Fairest (SFL best and fairest)

  • 1998 – Wayne Lamb
  • 1999 – Heath Dillon
  • 2000 – Gerard Oakford
  • 2001 – Micheal Darcy & Julian Direen
  • 2002 – Heath Dillon
  • 2003 – Damien Dillon
  • 2004 – Grant Clark
  • 2005 – Damien Clark
  • 2006 – Grant Clark
  • 2007 – Grant Clark
  • 2008 – Bradley Watson
  • 2009 – Bradley Watson
  • 2010 – Bradley Watson
  • 2011 – Bradley Watson
  • 2012 – Bradley Watson
  • 2013 – Adam Duggan
  • 2014 – Rhys Jennings
  • 2015 – Brayden Hayes
  • 2016 – Ben Halton
  • 2017 – Ben Halton
  • 2018 – Toby Cowen
  • 2019 – Ben Halton
  • 2020 – Joshua Fox
  • 2021 – Lachlan Watt
  • 2022 – Joseph Direen
  • 2023 – Jakob Lister
  • 2024 – Will Cleeland
  • 2025 – Lochie Griggs

Gladys Sculthorpe Memorial Best & Fairest (SFLW best and fairest)

  • 2017 – Caitlyn Phillips
  • 2018 – Serena Hubert
  • 2019 – Stacey Fox
  • 2020 – Ellie Doyle
  • 2021 – Ellie Doyle
  • 2022 – Mackenzie Ford
  • 2023 – Ellie Doyle
  • 2024 – Abbie Jones
  • 2025 – Abbie Jones

Player Records

Club Games Record Holder
450 by Greg Gordon (310: Seniors - 110: Reserves - 30: Underage) between 1973-1998

Senior Games Record Holder
345 by Laurence 'Ocker' Jarrett

Record Goals In A Match
HFA - 22.4 by Greg Howard v Franklin (24 July 1976)
SFL - 15 by Micheal Darcy v Channel (2 June 2007)
SFLW - 8 by Stacey Fox v North Hobart (15 July 2022)

SFL Honour Board

Year Position Minor
rounds 		% Finals President Coach Captain Best & Fairest Leading
goalkicker
Southern Football League
1998 Second 14–4–0 175 2–2–1 B.Direen W.Lamb T.Page W.Lamb M.Darcy✪ 119
1999 Sixth 11–7–0 114 – B.Direen W.Lamb T.Page H.Dillon M.Darcy2 80
2000 Sixth 13–7–0 130 1–1–0 A.Madigan W.Lamb T.Page G.Oakford G.Oakford 53
SFL Regional League
2001 Eighth 10–8–0 92 0–1–0 A.Madigan J.Frawley T.Page M.Darcy
J.Direen		 M.Darcy3 83
2002
⚑		 First 15–3–0 244 3–0–0 A.Madigan G.Williamson J.Direen H.Dillon2 D.Walter 74
2003
⚑		 First 16–2–0 240 2–0–0 D.B.Direen G.Williamson2 J.Direen2 D.Dillon M.Darcy4✪ 122
2004
⚑		 First 16–2–0 210 2–0–0 G.Howard G.Williamson3 J.Direen3 G.Clark M.Darcy5✪ 117
2005 Second 16–2–0 222 1–1–0 G.Howard A.Cole J.Direen D.Clark M.Darcy6✪ 108
2006 Ninth 4–14–0 71 – I.Coulson A.Cole J.Direen G.Clark2 A.Chandler 30
2007 Sixth 10–8–0 124 – I.Coulson S.Bozicevic J.Direen G.Clark3 M.Darcy7✪ 103
2008 Ninth 4–14–0 69 – A.Jurd M.Darcy B.Watson B.Watson M.Darcy8 57
Southern Football League
2009 Tenth 4–14–0 49 – J.Direen M.Darcy B.Watson B.Watson2 B.Halton 31
2010 Ninth 5–13–0 83 – J.Direen G.Williamson B.Watson B.Watson3 B.Halton2 41
2011 Eighth 6–14–0 58 – D.B.Direen M.Tyrell B.Watson B.Watson4 B.Halton3 62
2012 Sixth 7–8–1 84 – D.B.Direen M.Tyrell A.Palmer B.Watson5 B.Halton4 50
2013 Seventh 9–9–0 87 – D.B.Direen M.Tyrell A.Palmer A.Duggan B.Halton5✪ 88
2014 Tenth
Wooden Spoon		 1–17–0 38 – D.O'Neill M.Tyrell A.Palmer R.Jennings M.Darcy9 30
2015 Tenth
Wooden Spoon		 4–14–0 41 – D.O'Neill G.Quirk R.Jennings
M.Direen		 B.Hayes B.Hayes 38
2016 Third 10–8–0 103 1–2–0 D.O'Neill G.Quirk R.Jennings B.Halton B.Halton6 72
2017 Fourth 9–7–0 111 1–1–0 D.O'Neill B.Cato R.Jennings B.Halton2 J.Halton 67
2018 Fifth 9–7–0 109 0–1–0 D.O'Neill B.Cato R.Jennings T.Cowen B.Halton7 45
2019 Fourth 8–6–0 128 1–1–0 D.O'Neill B.Cato A.Palmer B.Halton3 B.Halton8 58
2020 Second 6–2–0 143 2–1–0 D.O'Neill B.Cato A.Duggan J.Fox J.Fox✪ 61
2021
⚑		 First 13–2–0 337 3–0–0 D.O'Neill T.Boscott★ R.Jennings L.Watt J.Lane 49
2022 Second 14–2–0 255 2–2–0 D.O'Neill T.Boscott L.Watt J.Direen J.Direen 70
2023
⚑		 First 12–2–0 235 3–1–0 D.O'Neill T.Boscott2 L.Watt J.Lister J.Direen2 52
2024
⚑		 First 15–1–0 350 2–0–0 D.O'Neill L.Watt J.Direen
N.Duggan		 W.Cleeland J.Direen3 96
SFL Community League
2025 Second 16–0–0 357 1–1–0 D.O'Neill L.Watt J.Direen
W.Cleeland		 L.Griggs J.Direen4 56
⚑ = Premier / ★ = League Best and Fairest / ✪ = League Leading Goalkicker / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goalkicker

SFLW Honour Board

Year Position Minor
rounds 		% Finals President Coach Captain Best & Fairest Leading
goalkicker
Southern Football League Women's
2017 Fourth 3–11–0 42 0–1–0 D.O'Neill T.Phillips C.Phillips C.Phillips N/A –
2018 Seventh 4–12–0 101 – D.O'Neill R.Schuettpelz M.Cowen S.Hubert E.Direen –
2019 Eighth 7–9–0 105 – D.O'Neill M.Munnings S.Kluga S.Fox S.Fox –
2020 Sixth 6–4–0 172 – D.O'Neill J.Kluga M.Cowen E.Doyle S.Fox2 29
SFLW Division Two
2021 Second 10–2–0 183 1–1–0 D.O'Neill J.Kluga S.Kluga E.Doyle2 S.Fox3 32
2022
⚑		 First 11–1–0 509 2–0–0 D.O'Neill J.Kluga S.Kluga M.Ford S.Fox4✪ 48
2023 Fifth 8–8–0 140 0–1–0 D.O'Neill C.Ashlin E.Brereton E.Doyle 3 A.Sharp 29
2024 Third 11–3–0 286 1–1–0 D.O'Neill S.Fox E.Brereton A.Jones A.Sharp2 44
SFLW Community League
2025 Fourth 12–4–0 307 1–1–0 D.O'Neill S.Fox H.Kluga A.Jones2 S.Fox5 47
⚑ = Premier / ★ = League Best and Fairest / ✪ = League Leading Goalkicker / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goalkicker

References

  1. ^ Stoward, John. (2002). Australian rules football in Tasmania. Stoward, John. Hobart: J. Stoward. ISBN 0957751575. OCLC 223271888.
  2. ^ "Australian Football - cygnet Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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