The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Talent League, the statewide under-18s competition in Victoria, Australia.
They recruit players from the Ballarat, Wimmera and South West Victorian regions, including from Warrnambool, Hamilton, and Horsham.
Initially known as the Ballarat Rebels and wearing green and gold, the team was established in 1993 as one of four regional under-18s clubs, set up as part of a plan by the AFL Commission to have clubs set in all regions of the state of Victoria. The club became affiliated with the new VFL's North Ballarat Football Club in 1996, and changed its name to North Ballarat Rebels and its colours to black and white to reflect this. In January 2017, the club again changed its name to Greater Western Victoria Rebels to reflect their expanded recruitment zone.
This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft, which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs.
Greater Western Victoria has produced many notable AFL players including Adam Goodes, Drew Petrie, Troy Chaplin, Jed Adcock, Tim Notting, Shannon Watt, James Walker and Shane O'Bree.
Honours Premierships (1): 1997 Runners-up (1): 2024 Minor Premiers (3): 2006, 2012, 2015 Wooden Spoons (1): 2013
Draftees 1994: Brad Cassidy, Mark Orchard, Tony Bourke, Ross Funcke, Gerard Jess 1996: Brent Tuckey, Tim Notting 1997: James Walker, Shane O'Bree, Shannon Watt, Adam Goodes, Marcus Picken, Sam Cranage 2000: Drew Petrie, Jeremy Humm 2002: Luke Brennan, Tristan Cartledge 2003: Jed Adcock, Troy Chaplin, Adam Campbell 2004: Matt Rosa 2005: Stephen Owen 2006: Nathan Brown, James Frawley, Mitchell Brown, Shaun Grigg, Tim Houlihan, Matt Tyler 2007: Clayton Hinkley, Kyle Cheney, Matt Austin 2008: Nick Suban, Jordan Roughead, Tim Ruffles, Will Young 2009: David Astbury, Matthew Dea, Josh Cowan 2010: Lucas Cook, Tom McDonald, Ben Mabon 2011: Sebastian Ross, Rory Taggert, Tom Downie, Nick O'Brien, Brad Crouch*, Kurt Aylett+, Jeremy Cameron+ 2012: Dominic Barry†, Jake Neade†, Michael Close, Tanner Smith, Martin Gleeson, Jake Lloyd 2013: Matt Crouch, Louis Herbert, Dallas Willsmore 2014: Oscar McDonald, Dan Butler, Jesse Palmer 2015: Jacob Hopper, Daniel Rioli, Darcy Tucker, Yestin Eades 2016: Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Cedric Cox, Willem Drew, Tom Williamson, Jamaine Jones 2017: Lloyd Meek, Flynn Appleby 2018: Tom Berry 2019: Jay Rantall 2020: Harry Sharp, Nick Stevens 2021: Josh Gibcus, Sam Butler 2022: Aaron Cadman, James van Es, Hugh Bond 2023: Luamon Lual, Joel Freijah, Lachlan Charleson, George Stevens 2024: Sam Lalor, Jonty Faull, Oliver Hannaford, Jack Ough, Rhys Unwin 2025: Talor Byrne
Notes: * Denotes being selected in Greater Western Sydney Mini-Draft (2011) + Denotes player was pre-listed by Greater Western Sydney (2011) † Denotes player was pre-listed and on-traded by Greater Western Sydney (2012) Sources:1994-2009: AFL Record Season Guide 2010
Team of the Year 1993: - 1994: Shane Snibson, Brad Cassidy 1995: Julian Field 1996: Brent Tuckey, Shane O'Bree 1997: James Walker, Winis Imbi 1998: Marc Greig 1999: Jeremy Clayton 2000: Shane Hutchinson, Drew Petrie 2001: Justin Perkins 2002: Adam Fisher 2003: Jed Adcock, Matt Sharkey 2004: Matt Rosa 2005: Bill Driscoll, Steve Clifton 2006: Nathan Brown, James Frawley, Shaun Grigg, Lachlan George 2007: Kyle Cheney, Nick Suban 2008: Andrew Hooper, Jordan Roughead, Nick Suban 2009: Andrew Hooper 2010: Lucas Cook 2011: Brad Crouch, Nick O'Brien 2012: Nick Rippon, Matt Crouch, Jake Lloyd
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