QFA (Northern Rivers)
The Queensland Football Association Northern Rivers is an Australian rules football competition containing four clubs based in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales and the southern area of the Gold Coast in Queensland. The league was initially known as the Summerland Australian Football League and was established in 1984 as a New South Wales-only competition involving clubs from Ballina, Byron Bay, Goonellabah and Lismore. The competition saw several clubs from the regions of the Northern Rivers, New England and the Mid North Coast come and go between the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2010 the league allowed entry to its first Queensland-based team, Coolangatta-Tweed Heads.[1] In 2012 the remaining clubs joined the AFL Queensland umbrella and rebranded to the QAFA (B) South.[2]
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| Records | |
| Highest Score | 285 - Lismore 44.21.285 (v Nimbin 2.1.13) - 2011 |
| Most premierships | 16 – Byron Magpies |
| Most goals in a game | |
| Most goals in a season | 72 - Kieran Atkin - Bryon Bay - 2016 |
| Most flags in a row | 4 – Byron Bay – 2016-2019 |
| Most wins in a row | 26 - Byron Bay - 2018-2019 |
| Most losses in a row | 41 - Nimbin - 2007-2011 |
In 2016 the name of the division was changed to Northern Rivers.
During the seasons of 2016 and 2017 the clubs also played a series of matches against clubs from the AFL North Coast for premiership points.
Clubs
| Club | Colours | Moniker | Home Ground(s) | Established | Joined | Flags | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||||||
| Byron Bay Club Website |
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Magpies | Byron Recreational Ground | 1984 | 1984- | 16 | 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Ballina Club Website |
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Bombers | Fripp Oval | 1984 | 1984- | 5 | 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006 |
| Lismore Club Website |
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Swans | Gloria Mortimer Oval | 2002 Merged (Goonellabah Swans + Lismore Swans) |
2002- | 1 | 2011 |
| Tweed Coast Club Website |
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Tigers | Seabreeze Oval | 2009 | 2009- | 4 | 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
2018 Ladder
| QFA Northern Rivers | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Bay | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1242 | 814 | 152.58% | 48 | 1st Semi | Tweed Coast | 10 | 8 | 68 | Lismore | 8 | 10 | 58 | |
| Ballina | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1119 | 830 | 134.82% | 40 | 2nd Semi | Byron Bay | 14 | 16 | 100 | Ballina | 10 | 9 | 69 | |
| Tweed Coast | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1204 | 923 | 130.44% | 40 | Preliminary | Ballina | 11 | 8 | 74 | Tweed Coast | 10 | 12 | 72 | |
| Lismore | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 526 | 1524 | 34.51% | 0 | Grand | Byron Bay | 21 | 9 | 135 | Ballina | 4 | 6 | 30 | |
2019 Ladder
| QFA Northern Rivers | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Bay | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1305 | 606 | 215.35% | 64 | 1st Semi | Lismore | 11 | 12 | 78 | Tweed Coast | 10 | 15 | 75 | |
| Ballina | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 785 | 841 | 93.34% | 30 | 2nd Semi | Byron Bay | 13 | 14 | 92 | Ballina | 11 | 4 | 70 | |
| Tweed Coast | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 927 | 1049 | 88.37% | 30 | Preliminary | Ballina | 14 | 11 | 95 | Lismore | 4 | 6 | 30 | |
| Lismore | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 631 | 1152 | 54.77% | 4 | Grand | Byron Bay | 12 | 10 | 82 | Ballina | 8 | 5 | 53 | |