The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition in Victoria, Australia.
The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool regions in order to prepare them for AFL selection. There is an under-15 V-Line cup side and an under-16 side, but the club's main focus is its under-18 side, who play a longer season.
In 2007, Jimmy Bartel became the first ex-Falcon to win the AFL Brownlow Medal, for the league's best and fairest player, while Jonathan Brown became the first ex-Falcon to win the Coleman Medal for the most goals in the season.
Gary Ablett Jnr also became the first ex-Falcon to win the Leigh Matthews Trophy, for being voted the Most Valuable Player by the AFL Players Association.
Hawthorn half-back Luke Hodge became the first Falcon to win the Norm Smith Medal for his best on ground performance in the 2008 Grand Final against the Geelong Cats.
Nick Maxwell became the first Geelong Falcons player to captain a premiership team when he led Collingwood to the 2010 AFL Premiership.
Honours Premierships (3): 1992, 2000, 2017 Runners-up (2): 1994, 1998 Minor Premiers (5): 1992, 1996, 2009, 2013, 2024 Wooden Spoon (1): 2019
Talent League Girls Premierships (1): 2018 Runners-up (1): 2021
Notable Falcons players
Jonathan Brown - Brisbane Lions: Coleman Medallist 2007; All-Australian 2007, 2009; Premiership Player 2001, 2002, 2003; Brisbane co-captain 2007–2008; Brisbane sole captain 2009–2014 Gary Ablett, Jr. - /: All-Australian 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; All-Australian captain 2011; AFLPA MVP 2007, 2008, 2009; Premiership Player 2007, 2009; Brownlow Medallist 2009, 2013; Gold Coast captain 2011–2016 Jimmy Bartel - : Brownlow Medallist 2007; All-Australian 2007, 2008; North Smith Medalist 2011; Premiership Player 2007, 2009, 2011 Luke Hodge - : Number One Draft Pick 2001; All-Australian 2005, 2008, 2010, All-Australian Captain 2010; Norm Smith Medallist 2008, 2014; Premiership Player 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 Hawthorn captain 2011–2016 Chris Heffernan - /: Premiership Player 2000 Matthew Primus - /: All-Australian 2001, 2002; Port Adelaide Captain 2001-05, Port Adelaide Coach 2010–2012 Cameron Ling - : All-Australian 2007; Premiership Player 2007, 2009, 2011, Premiership Captain 2011; Geelong Captain 2010–2011 Matthew Scarlett - : All-Australian 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011; Premiership Player 2007, 2009, 2011 Scott Lucas - : Premiership Player 2000 Jordan Lewis - /Melbourne: Premiership Player 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 Nick Maxwell - : Collingwood Captain 2008, Premiership Player/Captain 2010 Amon Buchanan - /: Premiership Player 2005 Matthew Capuano - /: Premiership Player 1996 and 1999 Mark Blake - : Premiership Player 2009 Allen Christensen - : Premiership Player 2011 Will Schofield - West Coast Eagles: Premiership Player 2018 Patrick Dangerfield: Brownlow medal 2016, all Australian 6x and premiership player 2022
Draftees Many notable players in the Australian Football League have been recruited from the Geelong Falcons. These players include: 1993: Glenn Gorman 1994: Scott Lucas, Tony Brown, Chris Hemley, Jeremy Dyer, Shaun Baxter, Peter Bird, Nathan Saunders, Scott Taylor 1995: Simon Fletcher, Joe McLaren, Nigel Credlin, Ryan Grinter 1996: Chris Heffernan, Bowen Lockwood, Brent Grgic, Jacob Rhodes 1997: James Rahilly, Matthew Scarlett, Lincoln Reynolds 1998: David A. Clarke, Steven Baker, Jay Solomon, David Loats, Marc Dragicevic, Tim van der Klooster 1999: David Haynes, Jonathan Brown, Tim Clarke, Cameron Ling, Bill Nicholls 2000: Sam Hunt, Sam Chapman, Andrew Siegert 2001: Luke Hodge, Jimmy Bartel, Luke Molan, Matt Maguire, Tom Davidson, Joel Reynolds, Gary Ablett Jr. 2002: Tim Callan, Lochlan Veale, Brent Moloney 2003: Mark Blake, Nathan Foley, Luke Buckland, James Allan 2004: Jordan Lewis, John Meesen, Tim Sheringham 2005: Shaun Higgins, Danny Stanley, Clint Bartram 2006: Travis Boak, Daniel O'Keefe, Will Schofield, Simon Hogan, Ryan Williams, Peter Hardy 2007: Lachlan Henderson, Patrick Dangerfield, Jack Steven, Adam Donohue, Jaxson Barham, Guy O'Keefe, Ed Curnow, Chris Kangars 2008: Ayce Cordy, Luke Rounds, Ben Bucovaz, Jordie McKenzie, Luke Delaney, Tom Simpkin 2009: Ben Cunnington, Gary Rohan, Jasper Pittard, Callum Bartlett, Allen Christensen, Luke Thompson, Joe Dare 2010: Billie Smedts, Jayden Pitt, Jeremy Taylor, Troy Davis, Cameron Delaney, Luke Dahlhaus, Josh Walker, Cameron Johnston 2011: Taylor Adams, Devon Smith, Jackson Merrett, Jay Lever, Jed Bews, Jai Sheahan, Andrew Boseley 2012: Mason Wood, Josh Saunders 2013: Darcy Lang, Darcy Gardiner, Lewis Taylor, Samuel Russell, Nick Bourke 2014: Paddy McCartin, Hugh Goddard, Teia Miles, Jackson Nelson, Zaine Cordy, Lewis Melican 2015: Darcy Parish, Charlie Curnow, Tom Doedee, Rhys Mathieson 2016: Alex Witherden, Sean Darcy, Jack Henry, Sam Simpson 2017: Matthew Ling, Tom McCartin, James Worpel, Gryan Miers, Josh Jaska 2018: Sam Walsh, Ned McHenry, Connor Idun, Brayden Ham, Oscar Brownless, Blake Schlensog 2019: Cooper Stephens 2020: Tanner Bruhn, Oliver Henry, Charlie Lazzaro, Cameron Fleeton 2021: Toby Conway, Mitchell Knevitt, Cooper Whyte 2022: Jhye Clark 2023: Angus Hastie, Thomas Anastasopolous 2024: Will McLachlan, Lachie Jaques, River Stevens, Xavier Ivisic, Joe Pike 2025: Josh Lindsay, Hugo Mikunda, Jesse Mellor
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