Nickname Rumba President Paul Briggs Head coach Damian Cupido | League Murray Football League 2014 1st and Premiers Date founded 1997 | |
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Full name Rumbalara Football Netball Club Sport Australian rules football | ||
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The Rumbalara Football Club, nicknamed Rumba, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Murray Football League since 2006.
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The club is based in the city of Shepparton located in the north of Victoria. The club is affiliated with the Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-Operative. The club is an Indigenous Australian football club, Fitzroy Stars is another, the two clubs play for an annual trophy.
The club debuted in 1997 in second division of the Goulburn Valley Football League and finished fourth. the following year it won the Second division pennant defeating Alexandra.
In 1999 Rumbalara and all the second division clubs seceded from the Goulburn Valley FL and formed the Central Goulburn Football League. It won the first premiership of the league and also won in 2002. It came runners-up in 2003 and 2004 . It lost the 2004 Grand final replay by six points.
When the Central Goulburn FL finished in 2005 the club was unsuccessful in applying for admittance into the Goulburn Valley Football League. It was admitted to the Murray Football League in 2006.
In 2014 Rumbalara defeated Finley Football Club by 5 points in an epic Murray Football League grand final at Moama Recreation Reserve to win their first premiership in the league. 30 points down at half time, Rumba powered home in the second half, with former Collingwood and West Coast Eagles player Brad Dick kicking the goal to put Rumba in front with just two minutes remaining.