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Nickname(s)
  
Double Blues

Premierships
  
2008

Founded
  
2007

Full name
  
Cardiff Double Blues Australian Rules Football Club

Colours
  
Dark Blue and Light Blue

Competition
  
Welsh Australian Rules Football League

The Cardiff Double Blues are an Australian Rules Football team based in Cardiff, Wales. They play in the Welsh Australian Rules Football League under the 9-a-side footy rules.

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History

Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has a privileged history of being one of the founder clubs of the Welsh Australian Rules Football League (WARFL) in 2007.

Since that date, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has achieved considerable success. The club won the inaugural WARFL Premiership and Caerdydd Cup local derby against arch-rivals, the South Cardiff Panthers, in 2008. The club also won the first ever pre-season Cymru Clwb Cup tournament in 2009.

2010 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

International representation

The club has contributed significantly to the growth of Australian-rules football at an international- evel in Europe by encouraging its players to strive to represent their national teams and Great Britain. Thus far, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC players have represented the following:

  • Cymru Red Dragons (Welsh National Australian Rules Football Team)
  • English Dragonslayers (English National Australian Rules Football Team)
  • Great Britain Bulldogs (British Representative Team)
  • European Legion (European Representative Team)
  • References

    Cardiff Double Blues Wikipedia