2000 brought Geoff (Texas) Walker back for his second straight year as the coach, Peter (Fossil) Bormann stepped in as Captain for the first time and Greg (Roo) Everett was appointed President. The Rebels moved to McCleary Park for their trainings and the team established a new drinking hole the Brass Taps on the Danforth.
This season saw mixed results as many of the clubs regulars took off for extended holidays during the season. The Rebels did make the final spot in the finals only to go down to the Hawks in the first semi and The Toronto Dingos took their first ever Conacher Cup.
Adam Siddiqui was awarded the league Rookie of the Year, making it back to back Rebel winners. For the club, Geoff (Buschy) Busch took out his first Club Best & Fairest with Neil Lombardini being best in the finals and first year Rebel Michael (Fabs) Fabbri leading the goal kickers with 16. Some more milestones this year with Peter (Fossil) Bormann playing his 50th game and the ever consistent Nik (Paps) Papaioannou becoming the second Rebel to reach 100 games. Nik also joined the list of Life Members becoming number 7 on that list.

2001 was a year like no other. It began with club founder Geoff (Texas) Walker stepping back into the Presidents role, Michael (Fabs) Fabbri taking over as a Rookie Coach and Peter (Fossil) Bormann continuing on as Captain for the second season.
The Rebels had an amazing off season with many new recruits coming to the club from all over the world including some really talented Canadian rookies. These recruits mixed with some seasoned Rebels legends created a perfect storm of talent that the club had not see before. The Rebels took full advantage of this going undefeated for the season. In fact the closest anyone got to them all year was a mid season win by 20 points. The boys finished the job in the finals and went onto win their third Conacher Cup and first Premiership since 1993. They exorcised some demons by defeating arch rival the Eagles by a margin of 50 points, which could have been much larger had they kicked a little straighter.
In true Rebel form this team also had as much fun off the field as on it. This was highlighted by the preliminary final weekend at Kerin (Sparksy) Sparks cottage in Bobcaygeon and the shaving of Michael (Crispy) Crispes beard on the sideline just after the Grand Final Siren. The summer was full of unforgettable moments and this year ended up changing the lives of many people who are still with the club in some way today.
The League dominance continued with Daimin (Bodz) Bodnar and Michael (Fabs) Fabbri being co-winners of the League Best & Fairest award which ended in a four way tie. Bodzy also took out the League goal kicking title with an amazing and then club record 71 goals. Club legend Paul (Paddy) Welling was voted best on ground by the umpires on Grand final day. This was to be Paddys last game with the Rebels as he and his family moved back to Australia a couple of days after the Grand Final victory. Paddy also played his 100th game this season.
For the club, gun Mid-fielder Sam McMahon was voted Best & Fairest and Best in Finals which is a rarity in any season let alone a premiership year. Daimin (Bodz) Bodnar was of course as leading goal kicker and John Hughes continued his dominance of the most spirited award winning it for the 5th time in 12 seasons. Greg (Roo) Everett also played his 50th game.

2002 saw premiership player Michael Crispe take over the coaching duties as Michael Fabbri and several others had headed back to Australia for the year. Backing up an undefeated premiership season was always going to be a big ask. With some departures and retirements from the club the challenge was greater and at times finding 16 players was a struggle . Tyson Fiest, Andrew Smart, Steve Panossian replaced some lost class players.Rookies Sean Duffy and Simon Townsend added some much needed depth.Stalwarts such as Paps, Pete,Skipper Colonel ,Texasand Hughesy(most spirited), ensured we would be competitive. Bodz dominated up forward again and was a true focal point.Monty improved by the game and became a real asset to the club. Although we made the finals our stand out game was vs. Hamilton in Hamilton. Starting the game 3-4 players short everyone fought hard, was desperate at every contest and held on until the cavalry arrived and won the game! A perfect example of the Rebels fighting spirit and an inspirational win. The Toronto Eagles took out the Conacher Cup avenging their previous years loss and Tyson Feist won the league Best and Fairest award making it 2 in a row for Rebels players.

2003 came and it saw the return of Michael (Fabs) Fabbri to the head coaching role after a year back in Australia. Geoff (Texas) Walker continued on as President and Peter (Fossil) Bormann was again captain giving the Rebels some much needed stability at the top.
The Rebels had a very strong season going 13 and 2 with their only losses against the Toronto Dingos and the newly formed Etobicoke Kangaroos. Finishing second on the ladder and making the finals for a 14th straight season. The Rebels were well beaten in the 2nd Semi by the Dingos which set up a prelim final with the Roos. With a wedding taking away the coach and Ed Bostock the boys battled mightly only to go down in a heartbreaker by a single point. The Toronto Dingos completed a dominant season and eventually won their second Conacher Cup in which was last game at Centennial Park.
Daimin (Bodz) Bodnar continued his goal kicking dominance with another amazing league and club record haul of 95. He also shook off the bridesmaid tag by winning his first club Best & Fairest after finishing second the past 2 seasons. Cam (Liitle Man) Childs was Best in Finals after a strong 2 games. This year the league also first introduced the All Star Team, with the Duffy brothers Kevin and Sean making the team and they were joined by perennial goal machine Bodzy.
Some more milestones this season with 3 players reaching the 100 game plateau. They were Pat (Colonel) Thompson, Peter (Skipper) Murray and club founder Geoff (Texas) Walker. Colonel, Skipper and Peter (Fossil) Bormann were also made life members, taking that total to 9 players at the Rebels.

2004 saw the OAFL now playing its games in Toronto at Humber College North. The Rebels had a new coach at the helm, Andrew (Smarty) Smart and he was again joined by the duo of Geoff (Texas) Walker as President and Peter (Fossil) Bormann for his 5th and final year as Captain.
The Rebels had another strong season finishing with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, a number of new Rookies and first year Aussies bolstered the ranks. After a very even season it was only the defending Premiers Dingos that seemed a lock to make the Grand Final. The Rebels won a tight first final against a rough and tumble Windsor Mariners team which set up a first Semi vs. a strong Guelph Gargoyles outfit. The Rebels fought hard and made a gallant last quarter fightback but were again on the end of a 1 point finals loss at the siren. The Dingos would go on to win their second straight Conacher Cup vs. the Toronto Eagles.
Ryan Fabi won the league Rookie of the year honours, the third by a Rebel. Sean (Duff) Duffy and Michael (Fabs) Fabbri were selected to be a part of the OAFL All Star team.
For the club Daimin (Bodz) Bodnar continued his dominance up front leading the goal kicking for the 4th year in a row with a tally of 28. He also crossed 250 career goals surpassing Darren (Muffin) Boyce for first place all time for the Rebels, all this in only his 4th season.
Michael (Fabs) Fabbri won his first club Best & Fairest and Best in Finals awards. Some more major Milestones this season with Nik (Paps) Papaionnou becoming the second Rebel to reach 150 games and Peter (Fossil) Bormann joining the growing 100 game club. Rick (Monty) Burns, Bodz and Fabs all played their 50th games and club legend and 97 game player Andrew (Sluggo) Fisher was made a worthy Life Member.

2005 saw the return of premiership player Cameron (Chidlsy) Childs to the Rebels as he took on the non playing head coaching role after sustaining a serious achilles injury prior to the season. Assisted by another premiership player Daimin (Bodz) Bodnar who coached the pre-season and first game before Chidlsy made it over. Geoff (Texas) Walker came back for his 5th year in a row as President and Michael (Fabs) Fabbri was appointed Captain my after Peter (Captain my Captain) Bormann stepped back after 5 seasons in the role.
With a solid leadership and a host of returning players from the previous year, expectations were high that this season could be a big one. The OAFL competition was extremely competitive this year and the Rebels got off to a slow start. With the mid season inclusion of Kim (Franchise) Bisset the team found form and were able to finish with an 8 and 5 record. This was enough to secure the last spot in the finals and continue the 16 year streak.
Being one of the form sides heading into the finals the 5th placed Rebels took all comers before them. Defeating the Demons, Roos and Eagles in three straight weeks to book a date with the reigning premiers Dingos in the Grand Final. Unfortunately the cinderella story ended there as the Dingos narrowly defeated the Rebels by 8 points in a very low scoring affair to take their third straight Conacher Cup. Some say that the decision to play this game 18 a side instead of the usual 16s as was done every other game this season may have cost the Rebels the flag.
Rebels player Reuben (Reubs) Dwyer was awarded the League Best & Fairest award, the 7th Rebel to achieve that and Kim (Franchise) Bisset was awarded Best On Ground in a losing Grand Final. Sean Duffy was again nominated to the OAFL All Star Team and he was joined by Reuben as the only 2 Rebels to be selected in 2005.
For the club, Joel (Cookie) Winters won the Best & Fairest award from Reuben and no surprise that Franchise was awarded Best in Finals for an outstanding 4 games. Michael (Fabs) Fabbri won his second leading goal kicker award with a tally of 39 and Canadian stalwarts Tony Tam and Sean Duffy each played their 50th games for the club.
A group of 25 Rebels finished off the season right with the an epic end of season trip to Ottawa. It was to be a fair-well trip for many with a host of players set to retire or head back to Australia.

2006 saw the Rebels start the season with a very depleted roster. With 15 players retired or moved on from the previous years Grand Final loss, this was definitely going to be the start of the rebuilding era. Veteran Nik (Paps) Papioaunnou stepped up and took over as coach for the second time in his career and he was supported by new President John (Scouser) Corless and returning captain Michael (Fabs) Fabbri.
Nik coached gallantly in the face of adversity as the Rebels only managed 2 wins for the season and played many games short handed due to injuries and some Rebels weddings. This season saw the Rebels field an all Canadian squad for the first time in its 17 year history in one game and it would be the first year the Rebels did not make the finals. The Eagles went on to win the Conacher Cup defeating the Broadview Hawks.
Michael (Fabs) Fabbri was awarded his second Club Best & Fairest award with Ruckman Jeff (Drago) Brand playing an outstanding season coming in as Runner up. Fabs was also nominated to the OAFL All Star team and Andrew Smart joined the 50 game club this season. Perhaps a highlight of the year was the end of season trip to Buffalo, where a small group of Rebels celebrated like only they can. #burnsgroup
Notably the club also changed it's name to the Toronto Rebels this year, dropping the Lakeshore tag that was implemented in 2001 and this name has remained the same to this day.

2007 brought a rookie coach and premiership player Richard (Monty) Burns to the helm. John (Scouser) Corless was again President with Michael (Fabs) Fabbri returned as Captain.
With some strong off season recruiting things were looking up for a possible return to the finals. The season started well winning 2 of the first 3 games, but the young Rebels couldn't quite keep the momentum going as they finished with a 4 - 10 record. This was still a positive sign in the second year of the rebuild but it was not enough to crack the finals missing for the second straight season. Things were certainly looking up with Coach Monty and there was room for optimism going into season 2008. The Eagles would go onto to win their second straight Conacher Cup defeating the Etobicoke Kangaroos.
Chris Behie had an outstanding first season and took out the League Rookie of the Year honour, the 4th time a Rebel had won it. Chris was also awarded best Rookie for the Club and Captain Fabs was named to the OAFL All Star Team.
For the club Fabs took out the Best & Fairest award, narrowly beating out talented Canadians Sean Duffy and Chris Behie. Again a highlight of the year was the end of season trip, this year the boys rented an RV and 20 plus Rebels hit up North Bay and Sudbury over a weekend.

2008 brought continuity in leadership as Rick (Monty) Burns came back as coach as did John (Scouser) Corless as President and Michael (Fabs) Fabbri again captain. With some good off season recruiting and the inclusion of some Aussies this year looked like it was going to see the Rebels continue their improvement from 2007 and challenge for a spot in the finals.
This season saw most teams improve their lists and the standard of footy was high. Alas the injury bug hit the Rebels and it hit hard, each game there seemed to be another player down with a serious year ending injury and the Rebels were forced to play some games short handed. The boys battled hard all year regardless and finished up with 2 wins and would miss the finals for the third straight season. Some individual shining lights was the continued development of the clubs Canadian stocks, in particular Chris Behie and Cameron Stark in their second years and Rookie Alex Irwin.
The Conacher Cup was won by the Etobicoke Kangaroos, their first ever by a solitary point and they denied the Eagles a third straight premiership. The Ottawa Swans expanded the league to the capital as they played their inaugural year in the OAFL.
Some major milestones were reached in season 2008, none bigger than the clubs first ever 200 game player Nik (Paps) Papaioannou. Big Pappy started with the Rebels back in 1992 and was the measure of consistency throughout his career which ended up spanning 24 straight seasons and 286 games. He has held various roles at the club throughout that time and is also one of the select few Rebels with 3 premierships to their name. His consistency was immortalized this year with the renaming of the Most Consistent trophy to the Nik Papaioannou Most Consistent Award. An amazing person, career and a true Rebel through and through.
Michael (Fabs) Fabbri reached 100 games this year and he was also Club Best & Fairest, Leading goal kicker and nominated to the OAFL All Star Team. Chris Behie had a great year and was runner up in the B&F with President John (Scouser) Corless reaching 50 games as well. The season was celebrated with a Footy trip to New Orleans, coach Monty stole the show and was appropriately named Most Spirited Player.

2009 arrived and Rick (Monty) Burns back at the helm for a 3rd straight season as Coach . Michael (Fabs) Fabbri was captain for a 5th year and 200 game veteran Nik (Paps) Papiaonnou took over as President for the first time. This season was also the clubs 20th season in the OAFL/CAFA which is an amazing achievement.
With a great base of Canadian players the Rebels started the season well with a big win. The Rebels Aussie stocks were relatively in-experienced or filled in with some veterans doing their best to make sure the boys fielded a full team every week. This inability to field their best 24 each week saw the boys lose some close winnable matches and they finished with a disappointing 2 -12 record missing the finals for a fourth straight season.
There were a lot of positives from the year with the Rebels young Canadian players able to gain more experience and the future looking bright for a return to Finals footy. The Roos and Eagles once again fought it out for the Conacher Cup and the Eagles would beat the previously undefeated Roos to take the Premiership.
Peter (Fossil) Bormann wound the clock right back and was a shining light up forward kicking 33 goals. He was also the only Rebel to make the OAFL All Star team this season and he chalked up his 150th game. Tony (Tim) Tam also played his 100th game and became a well deserved life member with Kevin Duffy and Jeff (Drago) Brand playing their 50th games each. Fabs was Best & Fairest for the fifth time, narrowly out voting new Aussie Kieran Hess.
Being that this was the clubs 20th year the Rebels decided to honour one of its founders Geoff (Texas) Walker by retiring his number 24 jumper. Along with being a founder, Texas is a 3 x premiership player, 120 game player, life member, 8 x club President, 2 x Coach and has kicked 39 goals over his career mainly played as a defender. So many owe so much to Texas and this was a well deserved and timely honour. The club also released a 20th anniversary All Rebels Team which can be found in the photo album for this season.
The year was aptly celebrated at the end of season dinner at the Pravda Vodka Bar and a well attended Footy Trip to Montreal.