South Bunbury great Bob Farquar, a dual Hayward Medallist who played in no fewer than 9 winning grand finals for the club.  (Click to enlarge.)

Despite boasting white and red as their official colours, South Bunbury are known as the Tigers.  However, this apparent incongruity has a logical explanation.  When the club was formed in 1897, the southern area of Bunbury was fairly remote from the rest of the town, and was colloquially - and, one suspects, more than a touch flippantly - described as 'Tiger country'.  Far from taking umbrage, South Bunbury's players cheerfully chose to roll with the punch by adopting the tiger as the club's emblem.  

With no fewer than 44 senior premierships to date, South Bunbury is one of Australia's most successful sporting organisations.  Three of its premierships were won unbeaten, while on four occasions it succeeded five times in a row.

The club's most recent premiership in 2002 was achieved in its 900th game in the South West Football League.  Since then the Tigers' form and fortunes have steadily declined, and in 2006 they finished a distant 7th (out of 9) with just 5 wins from 18 matches.  If history is anything to go by, however, the decline will only be temporary.