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, 2008Runners up: 2003, 2007, 2016Morrish 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 Gehrig1994: Joel Smith1995: Jason Sheather, Barry Hall1996: Hayden Lamaro1997: Matthew Hyde, Heath Younie, Derek Murray1998: Chris Lamb, Derek Murray1999: Craig Ednie, Josh Fraser, David Teague2000: Craig Ednie, Justin Koschitzke, Sean O’Keefe2001: Mark McGough, Steve Johnson, Justin Davies2002: Corey Brown, Hamish McIntosh2003: Kane Tenace, Ryley Dunn, Lance Oswald2004: Marcus Drum, Brett Deledio2005: Tim Looby, Marcus Drum2006: -2007: Ben McEvoy2008: Kade Klemke, Jack Ziebell, Tom Rockliff1993: Fraser Gehrig, Phil Lewis1994: Joel Smith, Shane Sikora, Adem Yze, Shaun Gordon1995: Adam Houlihan, Steven King, Luke Trew, Leigh Marshall, Andrew Lamb, Ben Mathews, Barry Hall1996: Rory Hilton, Hayden Lamaro, Ben Parker1997: Joel Mckay, Brad Stevens, Joshua Robertson1998: Murray Vance, Aaron Henneman, Ricky Symes, Chris Lamb, Michael Stevens, Derek Murray1999: Josh Fraser, Adam Butler, Andrew Mills, Robert Forster-Knight, Ryan Houlihan, Matthew Shir, Adam Matthews2000: Justin Koschitzke, Kayne Pettifer, Blake Campbell, Allan Murray, Chris Hyde, Sean O'Keefe, Daniel Cross, Marc Bullen, Luke Hammond2001: Steve Johnson, Mark Powell, Simon O’Keefe, Justin Davies, Mark McGough, Jarrad Waite, Josh Houlihan2002: Hamish McIntosh, Luke Mullins2003: Kane Tenace, Ryley Dunn, David Mundy2004: Brett Deledio, Chris Egan, Michael Newton2005: Marcus Drum, Beau Muston, Alipate Carlile2006: Ben Reid2007: Ben McEvoy, Dawson Simpson2008: Jack Ziebell, Steele Sidebottom, Sam Wright, Caleb Tiller, Tom Rockliff, Andrew Browne*.2009: Sam Reid, Brayden Norris, Taylor Duryea, Dylan McNeil2010: Shaun Atley, Josh Mellington2011: Patrick Wearden, Lachlan Smith, Jack Crisp2012: Tom Clurey, Joshua Prudden, Matt Taberner, Cadeyn Williams2013: Jarman Impey, Nick Holman, Max King2014: 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)