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Murray Kangaroos 
Names Full name Murray Kangaroos Football Club Nickname(s) MKs, Kangas, Roos, Rooboys Club details Founded 2000 Dissolved 2002 Colours Royal Blue and White Competition Victorian Football League Ground(s) Coburg City Oval (capacity: 15,000) Lavington Oval (capacity: 20,000) Murray Kangaroos Football Club, officially nicknamed The Kangaroos, was an Australian rules football club which competed in the Victorian Football League between 2000 and 2002. The football club was a joint venture between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Ovens and Murray Football League and served as North Melbourne's reserve side.
The Ovens and Murray region was formerly zoned towards North Melbourne, and the club enjoys good support in the area.
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History
Following season 1999, the AFL Reserves Grade was terminated leaving AFL clubs without a place to field their reserves players. The Kangaroos, together with the Ovens and Murray Football League launched their own stand-alone VFL club in the Victorian Football League called the Murray Kangaroos. The club's home games were split between Coburg City Oval in Melbourne, and Lavington Oval in Albury-Wodonga.[1]
The side was made up with players from the Kangaroos, and topped up with players from the Ovens and Murray League offering a second chance to footballers who had missed out on the draft.
At the end of 2002, The Kangaroos disbanded the club citing pressure from the AFL, and cost cutting measures (the club cost around $100,000 a year to field). North Melbourne instead decided to align with the Port Melbourne Football Club in a short term deal.[2]
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2000–2001 Honour roll
Coach
- 2000 – Ross Smith
- 2001 – Paul Hamilton
- 2002 – Paul Hamilton
Best and Fairest
- 2000 – Stuart Cochrane
- 2001 – M Hilton
- 2002 – Adam Lange
Leading Goalkicker
- 2000 – Kent Kingsley 34 goals
- 2001 – Leigh Harding 53 goals
- 2002 – Rodney Tregenza 54 goals[3]
References
- ^ /www.footballvic.com.au/vfl/vfl_clubs.htm
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,5287609%255E20322,00.html
- ^ www.footballvic.com.au/vfl/vfl_clubs.htm
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Former clubs Albert Park • Ballarat • Ballarat Imperials • Barwon • Beechworth • Berwick • Brighton/Caulfield • Brunswick • Camberwell • Carlton • Castlemaine • Collingwood • Dandenong • East Melbourne • Essendon • Essendon 'A' • Fitzroy • Footscray • Geelong • Geelong 'A' • Geelong West • Gold Coast • Hawthorn • Heidelberg • Hotham/North Melbourne • Inglewood • Kilsyth • Melbourne • Melbourne City • Moorabbin • Mordialloc • Murray Kangaroos • Northcote • Oakleigh • Prahran • Richmond • Rochester • St Kilda • South Ballarat • Standard • South Melbourne • South Williamstown • Sunshine • Tasmanian Devils • Traralgon • University • Victorian Railways • Victoria United • Waverley • West Melbourne • YarravilleNorth Melbourne Football Club History • Records • Captains • Coaches • Players • Current Squad • Syd Barker Medal • Leading Goalkickers
Captain: Brent Harvey • Coach: Brad Scott • Nickname: KangaroosHome grounds Arden Street Oval (1925–64; 1966–85) • Coburg City Oval (1965) • Sydney Cricket Ground (1979; 1999–2002) • Melbourne Cricket Ground (1984–99) • Manuka Oval (1998; 2001–06) • Docklands Stadium (2000+) • Carrara Stadium (2007–08)Premierships (4) Seasons (86) 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1929 · 1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011
Related articles Proposed relocation • Murray Kangaroos • We Are North Melbourne • Guernseys • Jason McCartney Medal • Archer–Hird Medalknown as Kangaroos Football Club from 1999–2007Categories:- Sports clubs established in 2000
- North Melbourne Football Club
- Former Victorian Football League clubs
- Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
- Sports clubs disestablished in 2002
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