| Full name | Woodville-West Torrens Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Eagles |
| Strip | Blue, green and gold |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | South Australian National Football League |
| First season | 1991 |
| Ground | Woodville Oval |
| Club song | We're the Mighty Eagles |
| President/Chair | L.G. Stevens |
| Coach | Ron Fuller |
| Captain | Justin Cicolella |
| 2007 | 3rd of 9 |
Woodville-West Torrens Eagles is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991.
Club details
- Formed: 1990 when Woodville and West Torrens merged.
- League History: SANFL League 1991-
- Colours: Blue with gold eagle and green splashes.
- Nickname: The Eagles.
- Current Coach: Ron Fuller
- Current Captain: Justin Cicolella
- Home Ground: Woodville Oval (1992-)
- Alternative Facilities: 2 home games per year are played at Thebarton Oval (Former home of West Torrens) which is also the club's pre-season base.
- Previous Grounds: Football Park (1991-1992)
Club coaches
- 1991-1992 - Neil Balme
- 1993-1997 - Bruce Winter+
- 1998-1999 - Mark Mickan
- 2000 - Paul Hamilton
- 2001 - Ron Fuller+
(note: italics indicates current coach) + denotes premiership coach
Club captains
- 1991-1994 - Peter Schwarz+
- 1995-2000 - Andrew Rogers
- 2001-2006 - Gavin Colville
- 2007 - Justin Cicolella+
(note: italics indicates current captain)+ denotes premiership captain
- Justin Cicolella was acting captain for 2006 Premiership
Club history
West Torrens had competed in the SANFL since 1897 while Woodville entered the competition in 1964. Both sides had struggled throughout their respective existences; West Torrens having won four premierships in ninety seasons and Woodville none in thirty seven. Whispers grew throughout SA football circles that perhaps a merger would save these clubs. These calls for mergers grew throughout the 1980s, culminating in 1990 when the imminent entry of the South Australian based Adelaide Crows into the national Australian Football League led officials of Woodville and West Torrens to realise that their clubs would struggle to exist as separate entities. It was decided to merge the two sides as the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, to play their home games at Woodville's home ground Woodville Oval and use the West Torrens Eagle emblem. The new club proved immediately competitive and won their first premiership in 1993.
One club
Although officially formed in 1991 it was after the 1993 Premiership that many finally accepted the 'new' Eagles. In accepting the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy for the first time for the Eagles and the first time since 1953 when West Torrens last held the Trophy aloft, captain Peter Schwarz jubilantly proclaimed the now immortal words" "This is a very sweet moment - the end result of two clubs that made a lot of tough decisions three years ago. This is for Woodville and for West Torrens. Now we are one club."
Club colours and emblems
The club colours of blue, gold and green incorporate the club colours of West Torrens (blue and gold) and Woodville (green and gold). The Eagle logo of the West Torrens Football Club was adopted as the official emblem of Woodville West Torrens. It was also agreed that blue would be the primary colour of the merged club.
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Honours
- SANFL Premierships: 2 – 1993, 2006
- South Australian Night Series Winners: 2 – 1993-94.
- SANFL Minor Round Premiership: 4 - 1993, 1994, 2000 & 2006.
- Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy: 2 - 1993 & 2000.
- SANFL Grand Finals: 7 - 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
- SANFL Finals Appearances: 13 - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- SANFL Reserves Premierships: 5 - 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2004
- SANFL Under 19's Premierships: 4 - 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004
- SANFL Under 17's Premierships: 4 - 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000
League placings
- 1991 - 4th
- 1992 - 3rd
- 1993 - Premiers
- 1994 - 2nd
- 1995 - 8th
- 1996 - 4th
- 1997 - 7th
- 1998 - 6th
- 1999 - 3rd
- 2000 - 2nd
- 2001 - 2nd
- 2002 - 4th
- 2003 - 3rd
- 2004 - 2nd
- 2005 - 2nd
- 2006 - Premiers
- 2007 - 3rd
Magarey Medallists
- None
Jack Oatey Medallists
Presented to best on ground in an SANFL Grand Final
- 1993 - Steven Sziller
- 2006 - Hayden Skipworth
Reserves Magarey Medallists
- 1992 - J Sziller
- 1996 - J King
- 2003 - D Newett
Best and fairest
- 1991 - Scott Morphett
- 1992 - Robert Pyman
- 1993 - Andrew Rogers
- 1994 - Jason Sziller
- 1995 - Andrew Rogers
- 1996 - Andrew Rogers
- 1997 - Steven Hall
- 1998 - Nick Pesch
- 1999 - Gavin Colville & Adam Pearce
- 2000 - Gavin Colville
- 2001 - Gavin Colville
- 2002 - Justin Cicolella
- 2003 - Justin Cicolella
- 2004 - Gavin Colville
- 2005 - Mark McKenzie
- 2006 - Mark McKenzie
- 2007 - Leigh Treeby
Life Governors
The highest individual honour that is bestowed by the club
- Bob Hank
- Lindsay Head
- Fred Bills
- Malcolm Blight
- Andrew Payze
- Andrew Rogers
Ken Farmer Medalists (SANFL Leading Goalkickers)
- Scott Morphett: 99 goals (1991)
- Chris Kluzek: 72 goals (2000)
- Mark Passador: 74 goals (2006)
Records
- Most Games: 202 by G Colville (1996-)
- Most Goals: 292 by S Morphett (1991-96)
- Most Goals in a Match: 12 by A Taylor v North Adelaide in 1994
- Most Goals in a Season: 99 by S Morphett in 1991
- Most Years as Coach: 6 by R Fuller (2001-)
- Most Years as Captain: 6 by A Rogers (1995-2000)
- Highest Score: 30.14 (194) v North Adelaide in 1994
- Lowest Score: 3.9 (27) v North in 1995
- Greatest Win: 156 v North in 1993
- Greatest Loss: 158 v Norwood in 1995
- Longest Winning Run: 14 1993-1994
- Longest Losing Run: 8 1997
Team of the Decade
- B : Glen Freeborn, Steven Hall, Peter Schwarz
- HB: Andrew Rogers, Paul Prymke, Jamie Tape
- C : Andrew Payze, Robert Pyman, Scott Camporeale
- HF: Shane Breuer, Andrew Taylor, Gavin Colville
- F : Brett Burton, Scott Morphett, Steven Sziller
- R : David Niemann, Wayne Weidemann, Jason Sziller
- Interchange: Paul Bulluss, Nick Pesch, Adam Pearce
- Coach: Bruce Winter
- Captain: Peter Schwarz
Club grounds
- Woodville Oval (1991—present)
Famous players
Wayne "The Weed" Wiedemann
Matthew Pavlich
Brett Burton
Nathan Bock
Scott Camporeale
Rhett Biglands
Bernie Vince
Trent Hentschel
Ken McGregor
Kent Kingsley
Scott McMahon
Brian Harris
Mathew Stokes
External links
| Clubs in the South Australian National Football League |
|---|
 Central District |  Glenelg |  North Adelaide |  Norwood |  Port Adelaide South Adelaide |  Sturt |  West Adelaide |  Woodville-West TorrensDefunct clubs:  West Torrens |  Woodville |
