BULLEEN-TEMPLESTOWE
Current Affiliation: Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) since 1975
Home Ground: Ted Ajani Reserve, Lower Templestowe
Colours: Royal blue and gold
Emblem: Bullants
Senior VAFA Premierships: B Section - 1983 (1 total); D/D1 Section - 1979, 2008 (2 total); D2 Section - 2004 (1 total); E Section - 1978 (1 total)
Senior Competition Best and Fairest Awards: J.N. Woodrow Medal (A Section) -R.Demarte 1984 (1 total); L.S. Pepper Medal (D/D1 Section) - G.Miles 1979; P.Florance 2008 (2 total)
Bulleen-Templestowe commenced in F Section of the VAFA in 1975. Within a decade, after one of the most meteoric ascents in the competition's history, the senior side was playing off in an A Grade preliminary final. That ascent involved participation in five grand finals in the space of seven seasons, three of which were won. It is worth summarising:
| Year | How The Season Ended |
Final Position |
| 1977 | Lost the F Section grand final to St Bede's Old Collegians by 2 points. | 2nd in F Grade - promoted to E Grade |
| 1978 | Defeated St Bede's Old Collegians in the E Section grand final, 23.11 (149) to 15.17 (107). | Premiers of E Grade - promoted to D Grade |
| 1979 | Won the D Section grand final against Melbourne High School Old Boys, 13.10 (88) to 9.10 (64). | Premiers of D Grade - promoted to C Grade |
| 1980 | Reached the C Section preliminary final. | 3rd in C Grade |
| 1981 | Beaten by Alphington, 16.21 (117) to 11.16 (82), in the C Section grand final. | 2nd in C Grade - promoted to B Grade |
| 1982 | Reached the 1st semi final in B Section. | 4th in B Grade |
| 1983 | Beat Kew 17.13 (115) to 14.14 (98) in the B Section grand final. | Premiers of B Grade - promoted to A Grade |
The 1984 season was far and away the most noteworthy in the club's history to date, but it ended disappointingly with a 50 point loss to Ormond in the A Grade preliminary final. Rover Rick Demarte's Woodrow Medal win afforded a measure of consolation, however. Demarte polled 16 votes, to win by 2 from Nick Wilton of Old Xaverians. Rick Van Den Driest, Andrew Smythe, Mal Palmer and Andrew Keenan were some of the other key players for Bulleen-Templestowe at this time.
At the 1985 AAFC Carnival in Melbourne, Smythe, who was a member of the Victorian team, found himself at the centre of controversy, and ultimately in very hot water indeed, when it was discovered that he had played VFL reserves football with Melbourne just before the carnival commenced. As a result, his amateur status had been compromised, and Victoria, which had won the opening match of the carnival against Western Australia with Smythe in the team, was stripped of the points won.
After 1984, Bulleen-Templestowe's fortunes declined, although nothing like as swiftly as they had blossomed. During the 1990s there were grand final appearances against Fawkner in C Grade in 1992 and against A.J.A.X. in D Grade in 1999, but both games were lost. Since the turn of the century there have been hints of a renaissance, most notably in 2004 when the side overcame Old Carey Grammarians by 39 points to win the D2 Grade premiership. In 2006, the Bullants as they are known could be considered somewhat unfortunate in that, despite winning 12 of their 18 matches, they missed the D1 Section finals on percentage. In all bar one of the other seven senior grades,12 wins would have comfortably secured finals participation. A year later, they were only marginally less competitive, finishing 5th once more with a 10-8 record.
The 2008 season saw the Bullants covering themselves in glory as they won their second premiership at the equivalent of D1 Grade level thanks to a 21.9 (135) to 17.21 (123) grand final triumph over Old Geelong Grammarians.
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