North Ballarat Football Club, nicknamed The Roosters, is an Australian rules football club based at Northern Oval in Ballarat. The club is locally known as the Roosters and plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL) are current competition premiers and one of the regional Victorian clubs in the competition.
The club also has an affiliated Under 18s club, the North Ballarat Rebels, which participates in the TAC Cup.
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