Swan Districts are one of the best-known names in Western Australian football. They have played out of Bassendean Oval (Steel Blue Oval) since 1934 and have won eight WAFL League premierships, including the famous hat-tricks of 1961–63 and 1982–84. Blakely played 127 WAFL games for them and spent most of his time in the ruck. He spent the season with the Dingos passing on what he learned at the Swans: fundamentals, drills, and defensive structure. Our young Canadians picked u

This week Nate "Doc" Blakely joined Sports Breakfast (Sports FM) to talk about his footy experiences in Canada, the Toronto Dingos Football Club and how he's now a fan of the Sherrin footy over Burley! "Most of them are from serious sports backgrounds," Doc said. "We had a couple of guys like Rowan Kelly and Texas who played high-level lacrosse in college and university and played in front of 10 or 20,000 sometimes." Blakely also named something every Canadian player on our

On Saturday, the Toronto Dingos beat the Rebels 9.7 (61) to 8.7 (55) and broke a 21-year premiership drought, claiming the 2026 AFL Ontario premiership. It was the fourth Grand Final appearance in four years. After losing the last three Grand Finals, the Dingos were able to break through to win their first premiership since 2005. Nate "Doc" Blakely took home the Norm Smith Medal in a best on ground effort, winning his first flag as a player. Big thanks to alumni, family an

Every club has volunteers who show up every week and make the season worth remembering. For the Dingos, two of them are Darrin Bressette and Pete Barnes. Darrin Bressette has been with the club since 2024, capturing our games and sharing his work under the name Big Moon Studios. You can see his work on Instagram, and a new website is coming soon. Pete Barnes joined us this year as a player and has already made his mark off the field. Alongside shooting our games, he's helped

The Toronto Dingos Football Club is happy to announce it's full list of prizes for the main raffle at the AFL Grand Final Party. The main prize this year will be a signed Fremantle Dockers jersey by Connor Blakely, a former Dockers player, who played 78 AFL games and was drafted at pick 34 in 2014. The jersey-prize also coincides with the Dockers playing in the AFL Grand Final against the Brisbane Lions this Friday (Toronto time), so someone will be taking home a piece of his

Looking for a place to watch the 2026 AFL Grand Final? Look no further: the Toronto Dingos are back with our 29th Annual Grand Final Party — the longest-running AFL Grand Final Party in Toronto! Come for a night of drink specials, raffle prizes, footy on the big screen, and Canadian-Australian-Irish banter. Whether you live and breathe the game or have never seen a Sherrin in your life, this is an event for everyone! Date: Friday, September 25 Location: Dublin Calling — 250 A

Toronto Dingos half back Harry Moore capped off a solid year on the field, taking out the league best and fairest award, a joint win with Rebels player Connor Hughes last Saturday night. The 2026 AFL Ontario annual awards gala held at Pilot was a chance to celebrate the regular season efforts. And after yet another strong regular season campaign, multiple Dingos players claimed awards and All-Star selection. The winners were as follows: AFL Ontario Best and Fairest Harr

As we head into the match up against the Gargoyles, we’ve got a milestone to celebrate: it’s captain Mike Bocian’s 100th game for the Toronto Dingos Football. On Saturday, Bocian will become the 19th Dingo in the club’s history to accomplish that feat. And reaching the milestone is harder now with less games being played each year: a decline from 15 AFL Ontario games per year some 10 years ago to 8 games currently. "It's a great achievement. Mikey has persisted with his foot

In 1995, a group of players from the Canadian Australian Football Association (CAFA) went on a football trip to play the best England had to offer. Those players started talking about something bigger than the game they were there to play. Over some beers at a London pub, Terry Wallis, Chris Cunning, Paul Tinkler - and others - kicked around an idea: what if they started their own football club? When they returned to Toronto a small group met in the early months of 1996. The

The Toronto Dingos moved to a 2-0 start on the season, weathering a fierce third quarter challenge to run out 63-point winners over a resilient Ottawa Swans outfit at Colonel Samuel Smith Park on Saturday. While the Dingos controlled the contest in the early scrap, the Swans refused to go quietly, putting together a gritty third-term fightback that dragged the margin back to 26 points and threatened to turn the match into a late-afternoon cliffhanger. But any hopes of an Otta

The Toronto Dingos kicked off their 2026 campaign with a 58-point win against Guelph in the driving rain at Margaret Greene Reserve on Saturday. The first game of the AFL Ontario season for the Dingos included eight debuts for the club including four Canadians playing their first game of footy – Rowan Kelly, Dallas Clancy, Zach Munn, and Thomas Gibbard-McCall. The Gargoyles elected to kick with the wind in the first quarter but it was the Dingos who took control of the game

the Toronto Dingos are proud to announce the new Executive Team charged with leading the club both on and off the oval.

The Dingos will carry strong continuity into 2026, with a core group of leaders returning to build on last season’s momentum — while also adding fresh energy in key areas of the club.

The Toronto Dingos now know exactly what stands between them and the 2026 AFL Ontario premiership, with the official fixture locked in.

Five players from the Toronto Dingos squad have been invited to the first AFL Canada Northwind training camp for this year in Montreal (May 16-17).

Last week, four members of the Toronto Dingos Football Club sat down with CBC Radio to talk about something that rarely gets much attention in sporting circles: why so many men struggle to make and maintain friendships . It’s a conversation that hits close to home. Recent polls show that 20 percent of single men say they don’t have any close friends, and more than half report feeling unsatisfied with the size or strength of their social circles. At a time when social connect

25-year Toronto Dingos clubman and veteran, Mike Karas , was awarded Life Membership at the 2025 Dingos award night held on Saturday, November 8th. In 30 years of Dingos history there’s been more than 600 players who have pulled on the red and black, with just 20 awarded Life Memberships, with the following criteria needing to be met in order to be inducted: ​Meet ONE of the following: ​OR – Meet TWO of the following: ​OR – Meet THREE of the following: 150 games played 10

The Toronto Dingos celebrated another amazing AFLO season on Saturday November 8th, holding their annual club awards night at P.J. O'Brien's Irish Pub. The night kicked off recognizing this year's milestone man, Geoff Hansen , before inducting 25-year clubman Mike Karas as a new life member for the club. AFLO Team Of The Year Member Matteo Lugarini took home his first Leading Goal Kicker title for the Dingos, kicking a total of 32 goals across the 2025 season, whilst thir

The AFL Canada Men’s Club Championships is bringing together club teams from across the country in Toronto this weekend for what will be...

The Toronto Dingos have been left licking their wounds after the Toronto Rebels sealed their spot in AFL Ontarion history, winning their...