Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in TAC Cup since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains on WJ Findlay Oval. The team is coached by Darren Ogier. Guernsey colors are Black, Purple and Yellow, with black socks and black (home) or white (away) shorts.
The Bushrangers have produced some of the current elite Australian Football League players through the AFL Draft including Daniel Cross, Brett Deledio, Steve Johnson, Jarrad Waite, Kayne Pettifer, Justin Koschitzke, Hamish McIntosh, Barry Hall, Fraser Gehrig, Ben Mathews, Steven King, Robert Campbell, Alipate Carlile, David Mundy & Shannon Byrnes
Murray Bushrangers are based at Wangaratta, near the Victoria-NSW border and have been involved in the TAC Cup since 1993 when the competition added another four country teams.
Murray lost in the 2007 TAC Cup Grand Final to the Calder Cannons by 50 points, the only TAC Team of the Year representative for the year was Ben McEvoy. 2008 saw the Bushrangers dominate the entire TAC Cup season finishing 1st at season end and defeating the Dandenong Stingrays by 81 points in the 2008 grand final, midfielder-forward Steele Sidebottom had a game-high 32 possessions and booted 10.3 claiming best on ground honours.
Premiers: 1998, 2008
Runners up: 2003, 2007, 2016
Morrish Medallist: Derek Murray (1997), Farran Priest (2008) Clayton Oliver (2015)
Games Record Holder: Derek Murray (48 games)
Goals Record Holer: Adam Prior (85 Goals)
TAC CUP Coach Award Winners: -
Grand Final Best On Ground Medalist: Michael Stevens (1998), Steele Sidebottom (2008)
1993: Fraser Gehrig
1994: Joel Smith
1995: Jason Sheather, Barry Hall
1996: Hayden Lamaro
1997: Matthew Hyde, Heath Younie, Derek Murray
1998: Chris Lamb, Derek Murray
1999: Craig Ednie, Josh Fraser, David Teague
2000: Craig Ednie, Justin Koschitzke, Sean O’Keefe
2001: Mark McGough, Steve Johnson, Justin Davies
2002: Corey Brown, Hamish McIntosh
2003: Kane Tenace, Ryley Dunn, Lance Oswald
2004: Marcus Drum, Brett Deledio
2005: Tim Looby, Marcus Drum
2006: -
2007: Ben McEvoy
2008: Kade Klemke, Jack Ziebell, Tom Rockliff
1993: Fraser Gehrig, Phil Lewis
1994: Joel Smith, Shane Sikora, Adem Yze, Shaun Gordon
1995: Adam Houlihan, Steven King, Luke Trew, Leigh Marshall, Andrew Lamb, Ben Mathews, Barry Hall
1996: Rory Hilton, Hayden Lamaro, Ben Parker
1997: Joel Mckay, Brad Stevens, Joshua Robertson
1998: Murray Vance, Aaron Henneman, Ricky Symes, Chris Lamb, Michael Stevens, Derek Murray
1999: Josh Fraser, Adam Butler, Andrew Mills, Robert Forster-Knight, Ryan Houlihan, Matthew Shir, Adam Matthews
2000: Justin Koschitzke, Kayne Pettifer, Blake Campbell, Allan Murray, Chris Hyde, Sean O'Keefe, Daniel Cross, Marc Bullen, Luke Hammond
2001: Steve Johnson, Mark Powell, Simon O’Keefe, Justin Davies, Mark McGough, Jarrad Waite, Josh Houlihan
2002: Hamish McIntosh, Luke Mullins
2003: Kane Tenace, Ryley Dunn, David Mundy
2004: Brett Deledio, Chris Egan, Michael Newton
2005: Marcus Drum, Beau Muston, Alipate Carlile
2006: Ben Reid
2007: Ben McEvoy, Dawson Simpson
2008: Jack Ziebell, Steele Sidebottom, Sam Wright, Caleb Tiller, Tom Rockliff, Andrew Browne*.
2009: Sam Reid, Brayden Norris, Taylor Duryea, Dylan McNeil
2010: Shaun Atley, Josh Mellington
2011: Patrick Wearden, Lachlan Smith, Jack Crisp
2012: Tom Clurey, Joshua Prudden, Matt Taberner, Cadeyn Williams
2013: Jarman Impey, Nick Holman, Max King
2014: Caleb Marchbank (6), Daniel Howe (31), Nathan Drummond (52), Dougal Howard (56)
2015: Josh Schache (2), Clayton Oliver (4), Mitch King (42)
2016: Will Brodie (9), Jy Simpkin (12), Todd Marshall (16), Esava Ratugolea (43), Lachlan Tiziani (54), Ryan Garthwaite (72), Harry Morrison (74)
2016: Zach Sproule (Pre) James Cousins (46), Max Lynch (51)
