Cygnet Football Club


The Cygnet Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Southern Football League, also known as the SFL, in Tasmania, Australia.
It was reported in October 1888 in ‘The Colonist’ that the Port Cygnet Football Club, which ‘had not been in existence long’ played South Franklin at Castle Forbes Bay. The game was described as being played in an ‘amicable spirit’. The newcomers were no match for their opponents and lost five goals to one.
A few weeks later Port Cygnet hosted the Honeywood Football Club from Geeveston. Honeywood proved victorious, winning 1.15 to 0.5. For the home side Howard, Armstrong, Andrews, Andrews, Cockerill and A. Devereaux were the best players.
On or around Queen Victoria’s Birthday in May 1889 there is a report in “The Hobart Mercury” of what could be Port Cygnet’s first ever win. In a match played in very wet and sloppy conditions at Franklin’s home ground at Mr. Kellaway’s paddock in Woodstock, it is reported that Franklin had be “beaten”.
In 1906, Port Cygnet, then renamed Lovett to reflect the change of the town’s name, joined the Huon Football Association for the first time. Up to that point the club just played friendly and challenge matches.
The club changed its name to Cygnet in the 1910s.
The Magpies were a member of the Huon Football Association from 1906-1997 when the league disbanded and they joined the SFL in 1998.
Upon entry in the SFL they changed from their longtime Black & White playing strip and Magpie emblem, adopting a Port Adelaide playing strip and called themselves 'The Port'.

Club Honours

Huon Football Association
  • Premierships : 1912, 1913, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1994
  • Runners Up : 1920, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1997
Southern Football League
  • Premierships : 2002, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2023, 2024
  • Runners Up : 1998, 2005, 2020, 2022, 2025
Southern Football League Women's
  • Premierships : 2022
  • Runners Up : 2021
Southern Football League Reserves'
  • Premierships 2004, 2025
  • Runners Up 2003, 2022, 2023
Southern Football League Colts’
  • Premierships 2020, 2021, 2025
  • Runners Up 2005, 2018, 2019, 2024
Tasmanian Country Football Champions
  • Premierships : 1947, 1948

    Club Records

Club Record Score
  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 52.17 v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park
  • SFLW - 24.9 v Brighton - Cygnet Oval
Greatest Winning Margin

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 329 points v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park
  • SFLW - 153 points v Brighton - Cygnet Oval
Greatest Losing Margin
249 v New Norfolk [District Football Club|New Norfolk] - Cygnet Oval
Most Season Wins
  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 18 wins
  • SFLW - 13 wins
Most Goals In A Game

52 v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park
Highest Scoring Quarter
Longest Winning Streaks
  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 24 games
  • SFLW - 14 games
Highest Score Conceded

257 v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval
Lowest Score Conceded

  • SFL - 0
  • SFLW - 0
Club Record Attendance
4,150 v Huonville Lions

Individual Honours

Competition awards

Ivan Short Medal
  • 1954 – Leon Synnott
  • 1962 – Brian Bowden
  • 1963 – Allan Fletcher
  • 1965 – Marty Brereton
  • 1971 – Ray Gordon
  • 1972 – John Bone
  • 1974 – Laurence Jarrett
  • 1980 – Geoff Haughland
  • 1987 – Greg Gordon
  • 1990 – Greg Gordon
  • 1993 – Gary Williamson
  • 1996 – Tony Madigan
  • 1997 – Trad Page & Micheal Darcy
William Leitch Medal '
  • 2001 – Damien Dillon
  • 2021 – Thor Boscott
Peter Hodgman Medal '
  • 2004 – Jeremy Brereton
SFL Leading Goalkicker
  • 1998 – Micheal Darcy – 106
  • 2003 – Micheal Darcy – 113
  • 2004 – Micheal Darcy – 105
  • 2005 – Micheal Darcy – 100
  • 2007 – Micheal Darcy – 103
  • 2013 – Ben Halton – 88
  • 2020 – Josh Fox – 61
SFLW Leading Goalkicker
SFL Team of The Year
  • Jakob Lister – 2022, 2023
  • James Webb – 2022
  • Toby Cowen – 2022
  • James Zeitzen – 2022
  • Joseph Direen – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Lachlan Watt – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Will Cleeland – 2023, 2024
  • Jackson Simpson – 2024
  • Jackson Gordon – 2024
  • Will Polley – 2024, 2025
  • Luke Ashlin – 2025
  • Lochie Griggs – 2025
SFLW Team of The Year
  • Ella Brereton – 2024
  • Hayley Kluga – 2024, 2025
  • Amy Sharp – 2024, 2025
  • Abbie Jones – 2025
  • Georgia Jones – 2025
  • Stacey Fox – 2025

    Grand final best on ground awards

Tony Martyn Medal '
  • 2002 – Gordon Shaw
  • 2003 – Heath Dillon
  • 2004 – Grant Clark
Gorringe-Martyn Medal '
  • 2021 – Thor Boscott
  • 2023 – Thor Boscott
  • 2024 – Luke Ashlin
Cara Brooke Medal ''
  • 2022 – Ellie Doyle

    Player Records

Club Games Record Holder
450 by Greg Gordon between 1973-1998
Senior Games Record Holder
345 by Laurence 'Ocker' Jarrett
Record Goals In A Match
HFA - 22.4 by Greg Howard v Franklin
SFL - 15 by Micheal Darcy v Channel
SFLW - 8 by Stacey Fox v North [Hobart Football Club|North Hobart]

SFL Honour Board

SFLW Honour Board