NORTH WAGGA

Year Formed: 1887

Club Nickname: Saints

Affiliation: 1946-48 Wagga ARFL, 1949-57 Albury District FL; 1958-1981 Farrer FL;1982 Riverina FL; 1983-84 Riverina District FL Div 1; 1985-94 Farrer FL Div 1; 1995-97 Riverina FL; 1998-2006 Farrer FL; 2007 Club in Recess; 2008-09 Riverina FL; 2010-23 Farrer FL.

Timeline: Formed as Old Town, 1933 North Wagga Stars FC, 1940 North Wagga Stars FC folded due to WWII, 1946 North Wagga Stars FC re-formed, 1948 North Wagga Saints FC, 1957 North Wagga Stars FC amalgamated with North Wagga Saints FC and become the North Wagga Football Club, 1997 North Wagga FC amalgamated with R.A.A.F. and become the North Wagga-R.A.A.F. FC; 2001 North Wagga-R.A.A.F. become the North Wagga FC; 2007 Club in recess, 2008 North Wagga FC re-formed, 2017 North Wagga FC and Junior Club amalgamated and become the North Wagga Australian Football Netball Club. 

Senior Premierships: 1935, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2019.

Best & Fairest - Carlton Medal: 1951 Jim Stockton; Baz Medal: 1953 Mervyn Pieper, 1963 Brian Czislowkik, 1965 T Beasley, 1969 Greg Hardie, 1970 Greg Hardie, 1977 Laurie Pendrick; Clear Medal: 1983 Laurie Pendrick, 1991 Paul Irvine, 1994 Brett Page, 2015 Cory Watt.

Goalkicking: 1971 Rex Burge (100), 1972 Rex Burge (73), 1976 Laurie Pendrick (114), 1977 Laurie Pendrick (132), 1979 Don Elliott (113); 1983 Martin King (111), 1985 John McGregor (102), 1989 Kevin "Dick" Carey, 1990 Marc Hofert, 1991 Marc Hofert, 1992 Marc Hofert.

Captain / Coaches: 1946 R Gregory / Ted Davis, 1947  "Starry" Price, 1948 Ern Ward, 1949 "Starry" Price, 1950 Ern Ward, 1951 Gordon Cameron, 1952-53 Mervyn Pieper, 1954 D Charles, 1955 Ron Clegg, 1956 Tom Roulent, 1957-59 Kevin Clarke, 1960-61 Vic Lawrence, 1962-63 F. "Tiger" Berry, 1964 Lyle Berry, 1965-67 Tim Robb, 1968 Ron Birch, 1969-71 Greg Hardie, 1972-75 Alan Hayes, 1976-78 Laurie Pendrick, 1979 Greg Kuchel, 1980 Jim Prentice, 1981-82 Laurie Pendrick, 1983 Martin King, 1984 Andrew Vanderfeen, 1985 Gavin Slater, 1986 Wayne Blay, 1987-88 Laurie Pendrick, 1985-95 Kevin "Dick" Carey, 1996 Tony Melican, 1997-99 Gavin Hofert, 2000-01 Mark Parmenter, 2002 Kevin "Dick" Carey, 2003 Damian Graham, 2004-05 Kevin "Dick" Carey, 2006 David Pieper, 2007 Club in recess, 2008 Glenn Noye, 2009 Glenn Noye / Wayne Blay, 2010 Daniel Quee, 2011 Nigel Smith, 2012 Stephen Barnes, 2013-14 Nathan Dowdle, 2015 Nathan Dowdle / Chad Hamblin, 2016-19 Kirk Hamblin, 2020-22 Cayden Winter, 2023 Damien Papworth (npc).

Players for both clubs: Ron Cross, Rodney Dale, Terry Hewitt, Glen Luhrs, Kaine Malone, Ronnie Murray, Tom Roulent, Craig Seton.

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STATS: GRIFFITH vs NORTH WAGGA

Riverina Football League 1982, 1995-97, 2008-09

Played 12, won 10, lost 2, drew 0