Nickname(s) Magpies Colours Black White Premiership 17; | After finals Premiers Date founded 1916 | |
Full name Ungarie Football Netball Club Home-and-away season 2nd out of 6
(9 wins, 4 losses) Premierships 17
(1923, 1935, 1950, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2015) Competition Northern Riverina Football League | ||
The Ungarie Football Netball Club (nicknamed The Magpies) is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the Northern Riverina Football Netball League (NRFNL). Formed in 1916, the Magpies are most famous for producing the Daniher brothers (Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris), as well as Ben Fixter.
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Formation and Early Years
The Ungarie Football Club was formed in 1916, forty-four years after the founding of Ungarie in 1872. The first two years of the Magpies' existence saw them play against Blow Clear in friendly social games in 1916 and 1917 after which the Ungarie-Girral Australian Rules Football Association was formed in 1918. Five years later, the Magpies won their only Ungarie-Girral Australian Rules Football Association premiership in 1923. One year later, the Ungarie-Girral Australian Rules Football Association amalgamated with the Lake Cargelligo Australian Rules Football Association to form the Northern Riverina Australian Rules Football Association (NRARFA).
20th Century
The Magpies enjoyed their first eighty-four years of existence, winning forty-one premierships across six grades of football and netball, with these being:
21st Century
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Magpies have continued to enjoy their existence, winning nineteen premierships across six grades of football and netball, with these being: