{"id":518045,"date":"2026-03-04T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518045\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:57:16","slug":"tasmania-devils-unveil-inaugural-playing-jumper-ahead-of-vfl-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518045\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasmania Devils unveil inaugural playing jumper ahead of VFL debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tasmania Devils have revealed their first-ever playing jumper as the club prepares to enter the VFL and VFLW this year.<\/p>\n

The design features a prominent Devils head as its centrepiece, symbolising power and Tasmanian spirit.<\/p>\n

Two horizontal lines sit on the jumper, representing the club\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams and the members who support them.<\/p>\n

The phrase \u201cHonouring The Map \u2013 Inspiring The Future\u201d is printed inside the neckline, honouring the traditional Tasmanian map seen on jumpers throughout the state\u2019s AFL history.<\/p>\n

\"\"This jumper is separate from AFL guernseys to be unveiled before 2028<\/p>\n

The map itself however does not appear on the jumper.<\/p>\n

Tasmania Football Club chief executive Brendon Gale said the launch was a significant moment for the club.<\/p>\n

\"\"A prominent Devils head sits as the centrepiece of the new playing strip<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking forward to our men and women running out in this new kit that is a great blend of our past and our future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thankful for the fan feedback in designing the strip.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of thought in the elements incorporated into the design which we know are meaningful for our athletes and hopefully our fans too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gale said the jumper would debut in coming weeks when the VFL and VFLW seasons begin.<\/p>\n

\"\"A prominent Devils head sits as the centrepiece of the new playing strip<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the course of our journey we will have many guernseys that will take the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlongside our Foundation Jumper it is great to launch this one today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s side will take the field for the first time in a premiership match when they host Coburg at North Hobart Oval on March 21. <\/p>\n

It will mark the return of VFL football to Tasmania for the first time since 2008.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fan feedback helped shape the final design of the playing strip<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s team opens its inaugural VFLW season on May 16 against Casey Demons, also at North Hobart Oval.<\/p>\n

This jumper is separate from the AFL and AFLW guernseys, which will be unveiled before the Devils enter those competitions in 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tasmania Devils have revealed their first-ever playing jumper as the club prepares to enter the VFL and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-518045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}