Huonville Football Club
| Huonville Lions | |||
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| Names | |||
| Full name | Huonville Lions Football Club | ||
| Former name(s) | Huonville Bulldogs Franklin Lions | ||
| Nickname | Lions | ||
| Former nickname | Bulldogs | ||
| Club song | "We are the pride of the Huon" | ||
| 2025 season | |||
| After finals | Premiers | ||
| Home-and-away season | 2nd | ||
| Leading goalkicker | Michael Paul (68) | ||
| Best and fairest | Jack Preshaw | ||
| Club details | |||
| Founded | 1998 | ||
| Colours | |||
| Competition | Southern Football League | ||
| President | Todd Cordwell | ||
| Coach | Edward Burrows-Cheng | ||
| Captain | Michael Paul | ||
| Premierships | SFL (3)
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| Ground | Huonville Oval (capacity: 17,125) | ||
| Former ground | Franklin Oval | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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The Huonville Lions Football Club, nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League in Huonville, Tasmania, Australia.
History
The Huonville Lions Football Club was formed as a result of a merger between former Huon Football Association clubs Huonville Bulldogs (1887–1997) and the Franklin Lions (1887–1997) at the end of the 1997 season after the Huon Football Association's demise. The Lions then joined the Southern Football League in 1998.
After a solid crack in 2019, finishing runners up to Lindisfarne, Huonville salvaged their grand final woes with a win over Cygnet in the 2020 SFL Grand Final.
Honours
Club
- Senior Premierships (3): 2008, 2020, 2025
- Runners Up (5): 2007, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
- Huonville FC – Huon FA Premierships (6): 1904, 1933, 1953, 1973, 1989, 1992
- Franklin FC – Huon FA Premierships (10): 1903, 1907, 1932, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1997
- Franklin FC – Tasmanian Country Football Champions (1): 1958
- Club record score: Huonville Lions 57.20 (362) v. Triabunna 0.3 (3) on 24 July 2010 at Huonville Recreation Ground
- Peter Hodgeman Medal winners
- Nick Doyle (2006)
- William Leitch Medal winners
- James Lange (2010)
- Jarrod Lawler (2018)
- Ethan Brock (2020)
Gorringe-Martyn Medalist - Best on Ground In Grand Final
- Darren Garth (2008)
- Rhys Ward (2020)
- Jack Preshaw (2025)
- Club games record holder
- 450+ - Steven "Runner" Reeve