Tamworth Kangaroos Afc

Welcome to the Tamworth Kangaroos AFL Club. Here you can stay up to date with the Roos progress throughout the year.

Men's, Women's & Juniors

The Tamworth Australian Football League (TAFL) began in 1997 as a Tamworth local league with just four teams competing, the foundation clubs being the Prime Magpies, David Mitchell Swans, Courthouse Eagles and Nuttsy's Bulldogs. In 1999, Nuttsy's Bulldogs were renamed to the Cargill Kangaroos, and in 2002 the Cargill Kangaroos were again renamed to today’s Tamworth Kangaroos.
The Tamworth Kangaroos play in the local Tamworth AFL competition and now compete against Narrabri, Gunnedah, Armidale, Inverell and our cross town rivals, theTamworth Swans. We are a very successful club in the competition having never missed the finals and winning 4 premierships from 7 grand finals appearances in the last 12 years and finishing 3rd in 4 other years in that period. During this period, we have also received many individual awards including 2 coach of the year, 7 league best and fairest, 5 best on ground grand final day, 5 leading goal kicker, 2 rising star and 2 sporing pulse awards.

We are both a family club and a very social club and for season 2014 we have secured a new sponsor in the Courthouse Hotel, where we will host our after match presentations and also where the team, officials, volunteers, families & friends will dine and socialise each weekend. In the TAFL, the opposition team also supports the respective home team by returning to the sponsor’s establishment for post-match awards.

The club has several functions each season which spans across nearly the entire year and not just the footy season. We have sign up day, annual golf competition, presentation evening, event nights, individual celebrations as well as finals celebrations with many of the team continuing to catch up over the off season.

The people in this club are found to represent the heart and soul of Tamworth living with a wide cross section of community members involved from business identities, hard-working people, local families and young people with big futures. It has been and remains to be a club that attracts and welcomes new people to the club and the region.

Theme Song
Out we come, out we come, out we come to play,
Just for recreation sake to pass the time away,
Heaps of fun, loads of fun, enjoy yourself today,
The Rooboys will be hard to beat when they come out to play,
So,
Join in the chorus, sing it one and all,
Join in the chorus, the Roos are on the ball,
Good old Rooboys as champions we will be,
The Rooboys will be Premiers, just you wait and see!


The Tamworth Australian Football League (TAFL) began in 1997 as a Tamworth local League with four teams competing. The foundation clubs being the Prime Magpies, David Mitchell Swans, Courthouse Eagles and Nuttsy's Bulldogs. In 1999 the Nuttsy's Bulldogs changed to the Cargill Kangaroos and in 2002 the Cargill Kangaroos were renamed as today’s Tamworth Kangaroos.
The 2009 season was disappointing with the Club finishing as Minor Premiers but bowing out in straight sets in the finals. The 2010 season had the Kangaroos again right in the mix with the team eventually going down in the Grand Final to the Inverell Saints.
2011 was a very successful year for the Club with a Premiership just reward for a fantastic season, with the side winning all but one match for the season. In 2012 the Roos finished in third, going down in the Preliminary Final to the eventual winners, the New England Nomads.
2013 had the Roos finish third on the ladder and bow out again in the Premliminary Final this time to the Inverell Saint at Inverell.

Theme Song
Out we come, out we come, out we come to play,
Just for recreation sake to pass the time away,
Heaps of fun, loads of fun, enjoy yourself today,
The Rooboys will be hard to beat when they come out to play,
So,
Join in the chorus, sing it one and all,
Join in the chorus, the Roos are on the ball,
Good old Rooboys as champions we will be,
The Rooboys will be Premiers, just you wait and see!