Cygnet Football Club

Cygnet Football Club
Cygnet Football Club
Names
Full name	Cygnet Football Club
Former name(s)	Port Cygnet Football Club; Lovett Football Club
Nickname(s)	SFL/SFLW: The Port; STJFL: Southern Storm
Former nickname	Magpies
Club song	"We're A Happy Team At Cygnet!"
2026 season
After finals	SFL: 1st; SFLW: 3rd
Home-and-away season	SFL: 1st; SFLW: 3rd
Leading goalkicker	SFL: James Zeitzen (60); SFLW: Stacey Fox (45)
Best and fairest	SFL: James Zeitzen; SFLW: Hayley Kluga
Club details
Founded	1888; 138 years ago
Colours	Black Teal White
Competition	Southern Football League
President	David O'Neill
Coach	SFL: Lachlan Watt; SFLW: Stacey Fox
Captain(s)	SFL: Will Cleeland; SFLW: Hayley Kluga
Premierships	SFL (7) 2002; 2003; 2004; 2021; 2023; 2024; 2026; 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;
Ground	Cygnet Oval (4,000); Kermandie Oval; Snug Park (2,800)
Training ground	Cygnet Oval
Uniforms
Other information
Official website	https://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.
The Magpies were a member of the Huon Football Association from 1906-1997 when the league disbanded and they joined the SFL in 1998.
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 (7): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2026

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 (4) 2020, 2021, 2025, 2026
Runners Up (5) 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024

Tasmanian Country Football Champions

Premierships (2): 1947, 1948

Club Records

Game Records

Highest Score

HFA – Unknown
SFL – 52.17 (329) v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
SFLW – 25.14 (164) v Dodges Ferry - Kermandie Oval (Round 7, 23 May 2026)

Lowest Score

HFA – Unknown
SFL – 1.2 (8) v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (Round 13, 12 July 2014)
SFLW – 0.5 (5) v Lauderdale - Lauderdale Oval (Round 2, 21 April 2023)

Highest Scoring Quarter

SFL – 15.6 (96) v Claremont (3rd Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (Round 17, 14 August 2021)
SFLW – 9.2 (56) v Dodges Ferry (1st Qtr) - Kermandie Oval (Round 17, 23 May 2026)

Biggest Wins

HFA – Unknown
SFL – 329 points v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
SFLW – 164 points v Dodges Ferry - Kermandie Oval (Round 7, 23 May 2026)

Biggest Losses

HFA – Unknown
SFL – 249 points v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (Round 13, 12 July 2014)
SFLW – 90 points v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (Round 1, 6 April 2024)

Highest Score Conceded

SFL – 39.23 (257) v New Norfolk Cygnet Oval (Round 13, 12 July 2014)
SFLW – 16.8 (104) v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (Round 1, 6 April 2024)

Lowest Score Conceded

SFL – 0.0 (0) (2021, Round 8, v Claremont, Abbotsfield Park; 2021, Round 17, v Claremont, Cygnet Oval)
SFLW – 0.0 (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)

Most Goals In A Game

SFL – 52 v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
SFLW – 25 v Dodges Ferry - Kermandie Oval (Round 7, 23 May 2026)

Season Records

Most Season Wins

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

Fewest Season Losses

HFA – Unknown
SFL – 1 loss (2024, 2025, 2026)
SFLW – 1 loss (2022)

Longest Unbeaten Streak

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

Club Record Attendance
5,310 v Huonville Lions (2025 SFL Grand Final)

SFL Head-to-head record

Played: 503 Won: 278 Drawn: 2 Lost:223 (Last updated – End of 2026 SFL season)

Opponent	GP	W	D	L	For	Agn	%	Win%	100+F	100+A
Brighton	34	22	1	11	3100	2543	121.90	64.70	12	7
Central Hawks	12	3		9	924	1160	79.65	25.00	3	5
Channel	24	21		3	2401	1247	192.54	87.50	12	2
Claremont	57	34		23	6857	4622	148.35	59.64	27	21
Clarence	1	0		1	65	105	61.90	0	0	1
Dodges Ferry	53	30		23	4746	4729	100.35	56.60	21	18
East Coast Bombers	10	3		7	745	1002	74.35	30.00	3	5
Glenorchy	2	0		2	106	290	36.55	0	0	2
Hobart	35	23		12	3780	2598	145.49	65.71	16	10
Huonville Lions	67	41	1	25	6300	5489	114.77	61.19	23	13
Kermandie	28	19		9	2657	2026	131.14	67.85	13	6
Kingborough	15	6		9	1121	1543	72.65	40.00	0	8
Lauderdale	14	9		5	1267	1002	126.44	64.28	6	3
Lindisfarne	55	25		30	4828	5159	93.58	45.45	22	25
New Norfolk	41	21		20	3305	4010	82.41	51.21	13	18
North Hobart	1	0		1	40	155	25.80	0	0	1
Sorell	45	33		12	4464	3185	140.15	73.33	18	10
Triabunna	9	8		1	1529	462	330.95	88.88	7	0

SFLW Head-to-head record

Played: 169 Won: 99 Drawn: 0 Lost:70 (Last updated – End of 2026 SFLW season)

Opponent	GP	W	L	For	Agn	%	Win%
Brighton	9	8	1	621	223	227.47	88.88
Claremont	16	2	14	367	724	50.69	12.50
Dodges Ferry	5	5	0	555	25	2220.00	100.00
Hobart	7	7	0	574	28	2050.00	100.00
Huonville Lions	20	16	4	777	283	274.55	80.00
Hutchins	12	5	7	379	310	122.25	41.66
Kingborough	3	1	2	133	61	218.03	33.33
Lauderdale	15	10	5	478	364	131.31	66.66
Lindisfarne	18	11	7	799	656	121.79	61.11
New Norfolk	13	8	5	891	363	245.45	61.53
North Hobart	11	4	7	359	505	71.08	36.36
Sorell	3	3	0	250	49	510.20	100.00
South East Suns	12	4	8	265	465	56.98	33.33
St Virgils	5	5	0	379	49	773.46	100.00
University	20	11	9	654	548	119.34	55.00

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, 2026
Joseph Direen – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Lachlan Watt – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Will Cleeland – 2023, 2024
Jackson Simpson – 2024
Jackson Gordon – 2024
Will Polley – 2024, 2025
Luke Ashlin – 2025, 2026
Lochie Griggs – 2025, 2026
Nathan Duggan – 2026

SFLW Team of The Year

Ella Brereton – 2024
Hayley Kluga – 2024, 2025, 2026
Amy Sharp – 2024, 2025, 2026
Abbie Jones – 2025, 2026
Georgia Jones – 2025, 2026
Stacey Fox – 2025, 2026

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
2026 – Nathan Duggan

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
2026 – James Zeitzen

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
2026 – Hayley Kluga

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 Julian Direen	M.Darcy³	83
2002 ⚑	First	15–3–0	244	3–0–0	A.Madigan	G.Williamson	Julian Direen/Damien Dillon	H.Dillon²	D.Walter	74
2003 ⚑	First	16–2–0	240	2–0–0	D.B.Direen	G.Williamson²	Julian Direen²	D.Dillon	M.Darcy^4✪	122
2004 ⚑	First	16–2–0	210	2–0–0	G.Howard	G.Williamson³	Julian Direen³	G.Clark	M.Darcy^5✪	117
2005	Second	16–2–0	222	1–1–0	G.Howard	A.Cole	Julian Direen	D.Clark	M.Darcy^6✪	108
2006	Ninth	4–14–0	71	–	I.Coulson	A.Cole	Julian Direen	G.Clark²	A.Chandler	30
2007	Sixth	10–8–0	124	–	I.Coulson	S.Bozicevic	Julian Direen	G.Clark³	M.Darcy^7✪	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.Halton^5✪	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	Joe Direen	Joe Direen	70
2023 ⚑	First	12–2–0	235	3–1–0	D.O'Neill	T.Boscott²	L.Watt	J.Lister	Joe Direen²	52
2024 ⚑	First	15–1–0	350	2–0–0	D.O'Neill	L.Watt	Joe Direen N.Duggan	W.Cleeland	Joe Direen³	96
SFL Community League
2025	Second	16–0–0	357	1–1–0	D.O'Neill	L.Watt	Joe Direen W.Cleeland	L.Griggs	Joe Direen⁴	56
2026 ⚑	First	15–1–0	285	2–0–0	D.O'Neill	L.Watt²	W.Cleeland	J.Zeitzen	J.Zeitzen	60
⚑ = 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.Fox^4✪	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
2026	Third	11–5–0	372	1–1–0	D.O'Neill	S.Fox	H.Kluga	H.Kluga	S.Fox⁶	45
⚑ = Premier / ★ = League Best and Fairest / ✪ = League Leading Goalkicker / ² = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goalkicker

References

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

External links

Official website

[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.