South Coast Australian Football League

The South Coast Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Shoalhaven and Illawarra regions of New South Wales.

History

The original South Coast AFL was formed in 1969, comprising Albatross, Creswell, Nowra and Wollongong. In 1970 the Bomaderry club was formed and in 1972 Dapto joined the competition.

In 1975, Wollongong and Dapto left the league to create the Illawarra Australian Football League. They were joined by Bulli-Woonona (now known as Northern Districts), Port Kembla and Shellharbour, three clubs who had run junior programs but were introducing senior football. The sixth foundation club of the senior league was the University of Wollongong.

The Illawarra league collapsed in 1988, with the Wollongong Lions moving to the Sydney Football League and the remaining clubs joining the South Coast AFL, which was renamed the Leisure Coast Australian Football League.

The league returned to the name South Coast AFL in 2002.

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Jumper	Years in competition	1st Grade Premierships
HMAS Albatross	Demons		1969-	1971-72, 1975, 1978-79, 1983-84, 1990-91-92, 1995-96-97
Bomaderry	Tigers		1970-	1989, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006-07-08, 2010
Figtree	Kangaroos		2010- (Reserve grade only)	-
Kiama	Power		2002	2009, 2011
Northern Districts (formerly Bulli-Woonona)	Tigers		1975- (Illawarra AFL 1975-1988)	-
Nowra	Blues		1969-	1973-74, 1976-77, 1980, 1982, 1998, 2001-02,
Port Kembla	Blacks		1975- (Illawarra AFL 1975-1988)	1993, 1999
Shellharbour City	Suns		2011- (Reserve grade only)	-
Ulladulla	Dockers		2009-(Reformed) (Reserve grade only)	-
University of Wollongong	Bulldogs		2008-(Reserve Grade), 2010-(1st Grade)	-
Wollondilly	Knights			-

Clubs with Juniors only

• Batemans Bay Seahawks (Seniors play in Sapphire Coast AFL)
• Bay & Basin Bombers
• Dapto Eagles
• Kangaroo Valley
• Mogo Magic

Previous

Club	Colours	Years in Competition
Batemans Bay		Left to join Sapphire Coast AFL
Camden		SCAFL 1996-2007, moved to Sydney AFL (First Division) 2008
HMAS Creswell		1969-??
Dapto		SCAFL 1972-1974, IAFL 1975-1988, 1989-??
East Nowra
Wollongong		SCAFL 1971-1974, IAFL 1975-1988, moved to Sydney Football League

2008 1st Grade Ladder

South Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Bomaderry	15	3	0	0	2385	374	637.70%	64
Northern Districts	13	2	3	0	1656	883	187.54%	52
Kiama	10	3	5	0	1780	834	213.43%	44
Wollondilly	6	3	9	0	880	1623	54.22%	28
Nowra	5	3	10	0	730	1520	48.03%	24
Port Kembla	3	2	13	0	872	1592	54.77%	12
Albatross	2	2	14	0	653	2130	30.66%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Kiama	20	19	139	Wollondilly	7	4	46
2nd Semi	Bomaderry	14	8	92	Northern Districts	7	12	54
Preliminary	Northern Districts	6	6	42	Kiama	3	6	24
Grand	Bomaderry	18	16	124	Northern Districts	9	7	61

2009 1st Grade Ladder

South Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Kiama	14	0	1	0	2048	637	321.51%	56
Northern Districts	11	0	4	0	1521	888	171.28%	44
Bomaderry	11	0	4	0	1653	978	169.02%	44
Wollondilly	4	0	11	0	959	1643	58.37%	16
Albatross	4	0	11	0	757	1559	48.56%	16
Port Kembla	1	0	14	0	615	1848	33.28%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Bomaderry	17	17	119	Wollondilly	7	8	50
2nd Semi	Kiama	17	15	117	Northern Districts	9	9	63
Preliminary	Bomaderry	17	7	109	Northern Districts	13	8	86
Grand	Kiama	11	18	84	Bomaderry	10	14	74

External links

South Coast AFL