Port Douglas Crocs

Port Douglas
Names
Full namePort Douglas Football Club
NicknameCrocs
Club details
Founded1989; 37 years ago (1989)
Colours   
CompetitionAFL Cairns
PresidentBarry Lea
CoachJared Petrenko
Premierships(11): 1991, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2026
GroundPort Douglas Sporting Complex
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websiteportdouglasafl.com.au

Port Douglas Crocs Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club based to the north of that region in Port Douglas, Queensland and is the club sited furthest north on the east coast of Australia.

The football team currently plays in the AFL Cairns League. Whilst the league is based in Cairns, Queensland, Port Douglas is a popular tourist destination and is close to both the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree National Park rainforest.

History

The Port Douglas Football Club was established by Ernest Baxter and Andrew Smith in 1989.

A standalone team the Westcourt Demons, acted as the Port Douglas reserves team from 1990 until 1992 playing out of Australian Football Park, Westcourt, before splitting to be rebranded as the Cairns Saints for the 1993 season. From 1993 onwards, Port Douglas has fielded their own Reserves team.

Home ground

Port Douglas Sporting Complex - Wharf Street, Port Douglas

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Club History on club's website
  2. ↑ "Past heroics help build Saints future - AFL Cairns". GameDay. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Norm flies to rescue of beloved Hawks - AFL Cairns". GameDay. Retrieved 28 September 2026.