Sport | Australian rules football |
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Founded | 1910 |
No. of teams | 6 |
Most recent champion(s) | Lincoln South (12th premiership) |
Most titles | Waybacks (33 premierships) |
Related competitions | SANFL |
Official website | http://www.plfl.com.au/ |
The Port Lincoln Football League is an Australian rules football competition based at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. Port Lincoln Football League games are officiated by the Port Lincoln Football League Umpires Association.
The league was originally formed in 1910 as the Port Lincoln Football Association.
The league was reformed in 1946 (having been in recess during World War II) under its current title of Port Lincoln Football League. At that time the participating clubs were Lincoln South, Tasman and Waybacks.
Marble Range rejoined the league in 1953 from the Great Flinders FL, having been a member of the PLFA before World War II. Their re-entry was conditional on a probation period where they would only play B Grade until winning a premiership in this division, which they achieved in 1956 and were promoted to the senior division.
Tumby Bay and Eyre United joined the league after the Eastern Eyre Football Association folded after the 1961 season, although both clubs eventually moved to the Great Flinders FL, Eyre United in 1971 and Tumby Bay in 1981.
Boston and Mallee Park were formed to join the Port Lincoln FL in 1972 and 1980 respectively.
On 17 July 2010 Boston forfeited all matches to Mallee Park citing issues with on field violence and a refusal by the league to take action to prevent it. The club has alleged that it could be facing expulsion from the league for taking this action. [1] [2]
Jumper | Club | Nickname | Location | Years in comp | PLFL premierships | Premiership years [3] |
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Boston | Tigers | Port Lincoln | 1972– | 1 | 1986 | |
Lincoln South | Eagles | Port Lincoln | 1946– | 12 | 1946, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1991, 2002, 2023 | |
Mallee Park | Peckers | Port Lincoln | 1980– | 16 | 1985, 1987–90, 1993–96, 1999, 2001, 2009–11, 2015–16 | |
Marble Range | Magpies | Wangary | 1938–1946, 1957– | 12 | 1940–41, 1978, 1982, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006–07, 2021–22 | |
Tasman Imperial | Roosters | Port Lincoln | 1946– | 15 | 1947, 1949–50, 1961–62, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1992, 2012–14, 2018–20 | |
Wayback | Demons | Port Lincoln | 1903– | 33 | 1910–11, 1915, 1924–25, 1929–34, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955–66, 1958–60, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1973–76, 1979–80, 1984, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2017 | |
A number of players from the Port Lincoln FL clubs have gone on to play professionally in the SANFL and AFL. The team with most players to do so at any one time is Mallee Park, who have direct player/team relationships with at least 11 current indigenous players on 6 AFL team lists, including Graham Johncock, Eddie Betts, Harry Miller, Russell Coulthard, Daniel Wells, Lindsay Thomas, Byron Pickett and brothers Peter and Shaun Burgoyne.
Mallee Park also has a direct relationship with some other Indigenous players whose fathers have played for the club in its early foundation years in the early 1980s.
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Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Marble Range | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1803 | 632 | 74.05% | 27 | 1st Semi | Mallee Park | 24 | 5 | 149 | Tasman | 12 | 10 | 82 | |
Waybacks | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1363 | 795 | 63.16% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Marble Range | 7 | 7 | 49 | Waybacks | 6 | 4 | 40 | |
Mallee Park | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1531 | 1005 | 60.37% | 19 | Preliminary | Waybacks | 11 | 10 | 76 | Mallee Park | 10 | 7 | 67 | |
Tasman | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1167 | 1358 | 46.22% | 12 | Grand | Marble Range | 10 | 6 | 66 | Waybacks | 7 | 15 | 57 | |
Lincoln South | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1218 | 1139 | 51.68% | 10 | ||||||||||
Bostons | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 471 | 2624 | 15.22% | 0 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Marble Range | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1512 | 794 | 65.57% | 28 | 1st Semi | Waybacks | 9 | 11 | 65 | Bostons | 7 | 9 | 51 | |
Mallee Park | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1441 | 1154 | 55.53% | 18 | 2nd Semi | Marble Range | 14 | 14 | 98 | Mallee Park | 8 | 19 | 67 | |
Bostons | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1103 | 1189 | 48.12% | 16 | Preliminary | Mallee Park | 16 | 20 | 116 | Waybacks | 7 | 8 | 50 | |
Waybacks | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 886 | 1110 | 44.39% | 14 | Grand | Marble Range | 18 | 9 | 117 | Mallee Park | 9 | 11 | 65 | |
Lincoln South | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1053 | 1343 | 43.95% | 8 | ||||||||||
Tasman | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 927 | 1332 | 41.04% | 6 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Mallee Park | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1689 | 962 | 63.71% | 26 | 1st Semi | Marble Range | 14 | 11 | 95 | Tasman | 11 | 5 | 71 | |
Waybacks | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1180 | 941 | 55.63% | 18 | 2nd Semi | Mallee Park | 12 | 4 | 76 | Waybacks | 5 | 7 | 37 | |
Marble Range | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1140 | 944 | 54.70% | 18 | Preliminary | Waybacks | 8 | 10 | 58 | Marble Range | 8 | 6 | 54 | |
Tasman | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1179 | 1335 | 46.90% | 12 | Grand | Waybacks | 13 | 14 | 92 | Mallee Park | 9 | 8 | 62 | |
Bostons | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 995 | 1220 | 44.92% | 12 | ||||||||||
Lincoln South | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 720 | 1501 | 32.42% | 4 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Mallee Park | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1551 | 865 | 64.20% | 28 | 1st Semi | Marble Range | 8 | 12 | 60 | Lincoln South | 7 | 3 | 45 | |
Waybacks | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1143 | 838 | 57.70% | 24 | 2nd Semi | Mallee Park | 14 | 11 | 95 | Waybacks | 8 | 15 | 63 | |
Lincoln South | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1199 | 1110 | 51.93% | 18 | Preliminary | Marble Range | 13 | 8 | 86 | Waybacks | 11 | 6 | 72 | |
Marble Range | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 799 | 1156 | 40.87% | 10 | Grand | Mallee Park | 20 | 9 | 129 | Marble Range | 13 | 3 | 81 | |
Bostons | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 843 | 1128 | 42.77% | 6 | ||||||||||
Tasman | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 915 | 1353 | 40.34% | 4 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Tasman | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1218 | 983 | 55.34% | 22 | 1st Semi | Mallee Park | 19 | 11 | 125 | Waybacks | 12 | 4 | 76 | |
Lincoln South | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1159 | 963 | 54.62% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Tasman | 6 | 8 | 44 | Lincoln South | 4 | 10 | 34 | |
Waybacks | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1259 | 811 | 60.82% | 20 | Preliminary | Mallee Park | 19 | 10 | 124 | Lincoln South | 8 | 9 | 57 | |
Mallee Park | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1128 | 867 | 56.54% | 20 | Grand | Mallee Park | 16 | 17 | 113 | Tasman | 13 | 4 | 82 | |
Marble Range | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 930 | 1009 | 47.96% | 6 | ||||||||||
Bostons | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 621 | 1682 | 26.96% | 0 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Waybacks | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1333 | 905 | 59.56% | 22 | 1st Semi | Tasman | 10 | 9 | 69 | Marble Range | 5 | 4 | 34 | |
Mallee Park | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1429 | 1037 | 57.95% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Mallee Park | 13 | 7 | 85 | Waybacks | 6 | 11 | 47 | |
Tasman | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1245 | 850 | 59.43% | 18 | Preliminary | Waybacks | 8 | 12 | 60 | Tasman | 8 | 10 | 58 | |
Marble Range | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 898 | 1133 | 44.21% | 10 | Grand | Mallee Park | 16 | 9 | 105 | Waybacks | 14 | 7 | 91 | |
Bostons | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 831 | 1254 | 39.86% | 6 | ||||||||||
Lincoln South | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 860 | 1417 | 37.77% | 6 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Tasman | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1478 | 822 | 64.26% | 26 | 1st Semi | Lincoln South | 17 | 15 | 117 | Waybacks | 8 | 10 | 58 | |
Mallee Park | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1531 | 1200 | 56.06% | 19 | 2nd Semi | Mallee Park | 13 | 13 | 91 | Tasman | 9 | 14 | 68 | |
Waybacks | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1144 | 928 | 55.21% | 19 | Preliminary | Tasman | 20 | 8 | 128 | Lincoln South | 12 | 12 | 84 | |
Lincoln South | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1295 | 963 | 57.35% | 16 | Grand | Tasman | 15 | 18 | 108 | Mallee Park | 6 | 5 | 41 | |
Marble Range | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 937 | 1222 | 43.40% | 10 | ||||||||||
Bostons | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 542 | 1792 | 23.22% | 0 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Tasman | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1616 | 721 | 69.15% | 26 | 1st Semi | Lincoln South | 12 | 9 | 81 | Mallee Park | 11 | 12 | 78 | |
Waybacks | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1350 | 1012 | 57.15% | 20 | 2nd Semi | Tasman | 18 | 12 | 120 | Waybacks | 6 | 6 | 42 | |
Lincoln South | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1193 | 971 | 55.13% | 18 | Preliminary | Lincoln South | 11 | 10 | 76 | Waybacks | 8 | 10 | 58 | |
Mallee Park | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1351 | 1127 | 54.52% | 15 | Grand | Tasman | 18 | 9 | 117 | Lincoln South | 7 | 6 | 48 | |
Marble Range | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 791 | 1312 | 37.61% | 8 | ||||||||||
Bostons | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 607 | 1765 | 25.59% | 3 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Tasman | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1253 | 929 | 57.42% | 26 | 1st Semi | Waybacks | 17 | 11 | 113 | Boston | 12 | 8 | 80 | |
Mallee Park | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1640 | 1150 | 58.78% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Mallee Park | 12 | 13 | 85 | Tasman | 12 | 10 | 82 | |
Waybacks | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1139 | 1029 | 52.54% | 20 | Preliminary | Tasman | 13 | 13 | 91 | Waybacks | 3 | 2 | 20 | |
Bostons | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1006 | 1097 | 47.84% | 11 | Grand | Tasman | 18 | 14 | 122 | Mallee Park | 13 | 5 | 83 | |
Marble Range | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 888 | 1059 | 45.61% | 9 | ||||||||||
Lincoln South | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 860 | 1522 | 36.10% | 2 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Mallee Park | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1839 | 1166 | 61.20% | 24 | 1st Semi | Tasman | 14 | 9 | 93 | Wayback | 9 | 6 | 60 | |
Boston | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1546 | 997 | 60.79% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Mallee Park | 18 | 13 | 121 | Boston | 17 | 5 | 107 | |
Wayback | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1032 | 1028 | 50.10% | 18 | Preliminary | Boston | 12 | 10 | 82 | Tasman | 9 | 13 | 67 | |
Tasman | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 958 | 1252 | 43.35% | 14 | Grand | Mallee Park | 18 | 21 | 129 | Boston | 11 | 8 | 74 | |
Lincoln South | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 899 | 1340 | 40.15% | 6 | ||||||||||
Marble Range | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 896 | 1387 | 39.25% | 6 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Mallee Park | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1844 | 798 | 69.80% | 26 | 1st Semi | Lincoln South | 11 | 14 | 80 | Wayback | 6 | 7 | 43 | |
Marble Range | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1182 | 751 | 61.15% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Mallee Park | 12 | 19 | 91 | Marble Range | 3 | 7 | 25 | |
Wayback | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1080 | 1104 | 49.45% | 18 | Preliminary | Lincoln South | 17 | 12 | 114 | Marble Range | 3 | 8 | 26 | |
Lincoln South | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1194 | 1058 | 53.02% | 16 | Grand | Mallee Park | 15 | 13 | 103 | Lincoln South | 13 | 8 | 86 | |
Boston | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 857 | 1388 | 38.17% | 4 | ||||||||||
Tasman | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 624 | 1682 | 27.06% | 4 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Mallee Park | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1915 | 859 | 69.03% | 28 | 1st Semi | Marble Range | 4 | 8 | 32 | Lincoln South | 4 | 7 | 31 | |
Wayback | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1253 | 773 | 61.85% | 22 | 2nd Semi | Wayback | 16 | 9 | 105 | Mallee Park | 15 | 14 | 104 | |
Marble Range | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1179 | 894 | 56.87% | 20 | Preliminary | Marble Range | 13 | 8 | 86 | Mallee Park | 11 | 14 | 80 | |
Lincoln South | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 987 | 1022 | 49.13% | 10 | Grand | Wayback | 6 | 10 | 46 | Marble Range | 4 | 8 | 32 | |
Tasman | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 742 | 1174 | 38.73% | 10 | ||||||||||
Boston | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 565 | 1919 | 22.75% | 0 | ||||||||||
Port Lincoln | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Marble Range | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1480 | 623 | 70.38% | 26 | 1st Semi | Tasman | 17 | 7 | 109 | Mallee Park | 7 | 9 | 51 | |
Wayback | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1277 | 733 | 63.53% | 24 | 2nd Semi | Wayback | 12 | 15 | 87 | Marble Range | 7 | 8 | 50 | |
Tasman | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1378 | 737 | 65.15% | 20 | Preliminary | Tasman | 14 | 8 | 92 | Marble Range | 7 | 6 | 48 | |
Mallee Park | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1143 | 1204 | 48.70% | 14 | Grand | Tasman | 14 | 9 | 93 | Wayback | 7 | 13 | 55 | |
Lincoln South | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 684 | 1219 | 35.94% | 6 | ||||||||||
Boston | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 580 | 2026 | 22.26% | 0 | ||||||||||
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