Vale Vikings

Vale Vikings
Names
Club details
Founded	2007
Colours	Dark Blue and Light Blue
Competition	Welsh Australian Rules Football League
Premierships	2008
Ground(s)	Old Penarthians RFC, St. Mark's Road, Penarth CF64 3PF
Other information
Official website	[www.facebook.com/ValeVikingsAFC/]

The Vale Vikings are an Australian Rules Football team based in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. They play in the Welsh Australian Rules Football League under the 9-a-side footy rules. The team was formerly known as the Cardiff Double Blues until 2021.

History

Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has a history of being one of the founder clubs of the Welsh Australian Rules Football League (WARFL) in 2007.

Since that date, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC has achieved considerable success. The club won the inaugural WARFL Premiership and Caerdydd Cup local derby against arch-rivals, the South Cardiff Panthers, in 2008. The club also won the first ever pre-season Cymru Clwb Cup tournament in 2009.

In March 2021, it was announced that the team would be relocating to the Vale of Glamorgan and as a result would change their name to the Vale Vikings.

Past results

Year	Position	Won	Lost	Points
2008	1	7	1	14
2009	3	5	7	10
2010	3	5	3	10

2010 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	{{{pos}}}	AUS	Justin Blackwood (Coach)
2	{{{pos}}}	ENG	Ben Coak
3	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Gareth Davies
4	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Peter Day
5	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Craig Farquhar
6	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Leon Ford
7	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Tom Gilard
8	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Chris Hann
9	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Rob Laing
10	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Rhys Lewis
11	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Tristan Lewis (Captain)
12	{{{pos}}}	AUS	Michael Martella
13	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Richard McCoy
14	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Rhys Morgan
15	{{{pos}}}	ENG	Glyn Smith
16	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Gareth Sturge
17	{{{pos}}}	WAL	Ben Thomas
18	{{{pos}}}	AUS	Tony Wolski

International representation

The club has contributed significantly to the growth of Australian-rules football at an international- level in Europe by encouraging its players to strive to represent their national teams and Great Britain. Thus far, Cardiff Double Blues ARFC players have represented the following:

• Cymru Red Dragons (Welsh National Australian Rules Football Team)
• English Dragonslayers (English National Australian Rules Football Team)
• Great Britain Bulldogs (British Representative Team)
• European Legion (European Representative Team)

External links

• Official website