AFL South Coast

South Coast Australian Football League
	Formerly = Illawarra Australian Football League; (1975–1988)
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1969
No. of teams	11
Country	Australia
Most recent; champion(s)	Wollongong Lions (18th premiership)
Official website	[2]

The South Coast Australian Football League (SCAFL) 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.

In 1988, 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.

In 2012 The South Coast AFL became "AFL South Coast" incorporating the three leagues of South Coast AFL Seniors, Shoalhaven Juniors and Illawarra Juniors.

Three players from the South Coast AFL have played in the Australian Football League. Arthur Chilcott had a short career with the Sydney Swans between 1984 and 1985. He played 13 games and scored 14 goals. Aidan Riley was rookie listed by the Adelaide Crows via the NSW scholarship program, making his debut in 2011 in their round 19 match against Port Adelaide. In 2014 he joined the Melbourne Football Club and after playing the 2014 and 2015 seasons returned to Adelaide to play with the Sturt Football Club in the SANFL. Aidan Riley retired from Sturt in 2019.

James Bell played his debut game for the Sydney Swans in 2019 against Port Adelaide. A former Shellharbour Junior, James signed with the Swans as a Rookie in 2017.

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Years in competition	1st Grade Premierships^[1]
Albion Park	Crows	2019 - (AFLSC Women's Div 1)	-
Bay & Basin	Bombers	2019 - (AFLSC Women's Div 1)	-
Bomaderry	Tigers	1970	1989, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006–08, 2010
Dapto City	Stallions	2015	-
Figtree	Kangaroos	1999	-
Kiama	Power	2002	2009, 2011, 2018
Northern Districts (formerly Bulli-Woonona)	Tigers	1975– (Illawarra AFL 1975–1988)	1983, 1984
Nowra Albatross	Vikings	2015–	-
Port Kembla	Blacks	1975– (Illawarra AFL 1975–1988)	1993, 1999
Shellharbour City	Suns	2011–(Reserve Grade) 2013–(1st Grade)	–
Ulladulla	Dockers	2009–(Reformed) (Reserve Grade only)	-
Wollongong	Bulldogs	2008–(Reserve Grade) 2010–(1st Grade)	2012-13-14-15
Wollongong	Lions	SCAFL 1971–1974 IAFL 1975–1988 SCAFL 2015- Played in (Sydney Football League 1989 – 2014)	2016-17
Wollongong	Saints	2018 - (AFLSC Women's)	-

Clubs with Juniors only

Batemans Bay Seahawks (Seniors play in AFL Canberra)
Kangaroo Valley
Mogo Magic
Shellharbour Swans
Southern Highland Hawks

Club	Years in Competition
Albatross (formerly HMAS Albatross)	1969–2014, merged with Nowra
Batemans Bay	Joined Sapphire Coast AFL Joined ACTAFL 2013-^[2]
Camden	SCAFL 1996–2007 Sydney AFL (First Division) 2008 – Present
HMAS Creswell	1969
Dapto	SCAFL 1972–1974 IAFL 1975–1988, 1989
East Nowra
Nowra	1969-2014 Merged with Albatross

Seasonal Information

2008 Season

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

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

2010 Season

South Coast	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Kiama	14	2	1926	914	210.72%	56
Bomaderry	13	3	1853	851	217.74%	52
Northern Districts	12	4	1310	851	153.94%	48
Wollongong University	8	8	1271	1145	111.00%	32
Nowra	6	10	1078	1222	88.22%	24
Port Kembla	5	11	755	1419	53.21%	20
Albatross	4	12	818	1634	50.06%	16
Wollondilly	2	14	824	1799	45.80%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Wollongong University	9	8	62	Northern Districts	7	11	53
2nd Semi	Bomaderry	11	11	77	Kiama	6	8	44
Preliminary	Wollongong University	11	6	72	Kiama	7	11	53
Grand	Bomaderry	11	13	79	Wollongong University	6	4	40

2011 Season

South Coast	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Wollongong University	14	1	0	1668	758	220.05%	56
Kiama	10	5	1	1618	927	174.54%	42
Nowra	10	5	1	1463	1036	141.22%	42
Bomaderry	9	6	0	1534	1043	147.08%	36
Albatross	6	9	1	1089	1390	78.35%	26
Wollondilly	5	10	1	1017	1380	73.70%	22
Northern Districts	3	11	1	720	1781	40.43%	14
Port Kembla	2	12	1	584	1378	42.38%	10

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Nowra	11	15	81	Bomaderry	8	8	56
2nd Semi	Wollongong University	18	7	115	Kiama	15	12	102
Preliminary	Kiama	11	14	80	Nowra	10	2	62
Grand	Kiama	11	14	80	Wollongong University	12	4	76

2012 Season

South Coast	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Kiama	15	1	2031	700	290.14%	60
Bomaderry	12	4	1683	846	198.94%	48
Wollongong University	12	4	1418	859	165.08%	48
Nowra	8	8	1151	1135	101.41%	32
Northern Districts	8	8	998	1108	90.07%	32
Figtree	4	12	931	1807	51.52%	16
Wollondilly	3	13	764	1649	46.33%	12
Albatross	2	14	880	1752	50.23%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Wollongong University	9	7	61	Nowra	5	13	43
2nd Semi	Kiama	17	19	121	Bomaderry	2	5	17
Preliminary	Wollongong University	8	13	61	Bomaderry	6	4	40
Grand	Wollongong University	11	10	76	Kiama	10	13	73

2013 Season

South Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Kiama	12	4	2	0	1935	778	71.32%	24
Wollongong University	11	4	2	1	1509	775	66.07%	23
Bomaderry	10	4	4	0	1458	964	60.17%	20
Northern District	7	4	7	0	1020	1135	47.33%	14
Figtree	5	3	8	0	921	1390	39.85%	12
Nowra	5	4	8	0	1076	1344	44.46%	10
Shellharbour	3	4	11	0	854	1666	33.89%	6
Wollondilly	1	3	12	1	745	1467	33.68%	3

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Kiama	16	13	109	Wollongong University	11	11	77
2nd Semi	Bomaderry	15	13	103	Northern District	8	9	57
Preliminary	Wollongong University	13	11	89	Bomaderry	12	6	78
Grand	Kiama	10	8	68	Wollongong University	11	10	76

Honours

Life Members

Ray Tunbridge, 1975
Alan Blacker, 1977
Tom Smith, 1979
John Collier, 1980
Stewart Stephens, 1981
Ian Biggs, 1983
Eddie Smith, 1985
Greg Perry, 1987
John Ford, 1996
D. Cornish, 1997
K. Blundell, Reg Douglas and N. Hickmott, 1998
K. Bright, L. Bright and J. Tatnell, 2005
Terry Ashton, 2011
Max Avery, 2009

Tom Smith Memorial Trophy

1977 Bomaderry
1978 Albatross
1979 Nowra
1980 East Nowra
1981 Nowra
1982 Nowra
1984 Albatross
1990 Bomaderry
1991 Bomaderry
1992 Albatross
1993 Port Kembla
1994 Bomaderry
1995 Nowra
1996 Bomaderry
1997 Bomaderry
1998 Port Kembla
1999 Camden
2001 Albatross
2002 Bomaderry
2003 Camden
2004 Albatross
2005 Albatross
2006 Camden
2007 Nowra
2008 Bomaderry
2009 Kiama
2010 Northern Districts
2011 Wollongong University
2012 Kiama
2013 Kiama
2017 Figtree

Hall of Fame

2017 Neville Hickmott
2018 Ray Tunbridge
2019 Tom Smith

References

External links

South Coast AFL

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[2] ttp://tigersclub.com.au/footballclub/batemans-bay-sea-hawks-align-with-tigers/

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v t e Australian rules football in New South Wales
Governing body	AFL NSW/ACT
AFL clubs	Greater Western Sydney Sydney Swans
VFL clubs	Sydney Swans reserves Greater Western Sydney reserves
Metropolitan leagues	AFL Sydney Women's
Regional leagues	Broken Hill Central West Farrer Hume Hunter North Coast North West Northern Riverina Riverina Sapphire Coast South Coast
Defunct leagues	NEAFL (2011–2019) Albury & District (1930–1957) Barellan & District (1911–1971) Central Coast (1976–1999) Central Hume (1928–1935) Central Riverina (1949–1981) Coreen & District (1909–2007) Deniliquin (1900–1932) Faithful & District (1920–1940) New England (1962–1984) NSWFA (1880–1893) Newcastle (1888–1999) North West (1970s–1993) Northern Rivers (1984–2021) Riverina FA (1924–1929) South West (1949–1981) Summerland (1984–2011)
Principal venues	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Showground Stadium
Related	Sydney Derby List of clubs

History

Clubs

Current

Clubs with Juniors only

Previous

Seasonal Information

2008 Season

2009 Season

2010 Season

2011 Season

2012 Season

2013 Season

Honours

Life Members

Tom Smith Memorial Trophy

Hall of Fame

References

External links