West London Wildcats

The West London Wildcats were formed in 1990 as a foundation club of the British Australian Rules Football League. They had played in a number of BARFL grand finals, finally winning their first premiership in 2000 against arch-rivals, the Wandsworth Demons, the team captained at the time by club stalwart, Chris Schleter. They have since followed this up with premierships in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 - the first three against BARFL heavy-weights the Wimbledon Hawks. 2004 saw fullback Rowan Bilkey captain the club. Chris Schleter again captained the premiers in 2005 while in 2006 ruckman Barclay Dixon lead his team to the BARFL premiership. The Wildcats stand as the only team to win the BARFL Premiership on five consecutive occasions. In 2004 the team achieved another first in BARFL history by claiming the BARFL 'Grand Slam', winning the Anzac Cup preseason tournament, the Brit Cup and both the Conference and Premier Division Premierships, a feat they repeated in season 2006.

The Wildcats also field a second team, the Shepherds Bush Raiders, and a third side, the Ealing Emus in the BARFL London Conference division. The Shepherds Bush Raiders have won all eight Conference premierships since the competition's inception in 2001.

In addition to Australian rules football, the Wildkittens netball sides play in a number of competitions across London.

Former Brisbane Bears superstar Rudi Frigo, recruited to the club by Justin "Dogga" Shannon, is probably the Wildcats best known player.

Club Snapshot

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City	London
Home Ground	Barn Elms, Putney
Established	1990
Nickname:	Wildcats
President:	Ben Bond
Premierships:	2000, 2004-05-06-07-08-09
Song:	We're from Wildcat Land
Phone Contact:	07930 522 575
Email Contact:	info@wildcatsfc.com
Website:	http://www.wildcatsfc.co.uk
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2358643557