QFA (Northern Rivers)

Last updated

Queensland Football Association - Northern Rivers Division
Most recent season or competition:
2020
First season2012
Ceased2021
No. of teams4
Last
champion(s)
Byron
(2023)
Most titlesByron (5)

The Queensland Football Association Northern Rivers was 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]

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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

Final

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in QFANRQFANR Senior PremiershipsFate
FlagsYears
Byron
Collingwood Football Club colours.svg
MagpiesCavanbah Centre, Byron Bay SAFL 19842012-2020162016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020Moved to QFA Division 2 South following 2020 season
Ballina
Essendon Football Club colours.svg
BombersFripp Oval, Ballina SAFL 19842012-20200-Moved to QFA Division 2 South following 2020 season
Lismore
Yeppoon Swans Football Club colours.png
SwansGloria Mortimer Oval, Lismore SAFL 19842012-20200-Moved to AFL North Coast following 2020 season
Tweed Coast
RichmondDesign.svg
TigersSeabreeze Oval, Pottsville SAFL 20092012-202032012, 2013, 2015Moved to QFA Division 2 South following 2020 season

Former

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in QFANRQFANR Senior PremiershipsFate
FlagsYears
Bond University
Bond University Football Club colours.jpg
Bullsharks Bond University Oval, Robina 20112012-201412014Moved to QFA A division following 2014 season
Carrara
St Kilda Football Club colours.svg
SaintsAlan Nielsen Oval, Carrara 19982012-20130-Moved to QFA A division following 2013 season
Robina
Sunbury Football Club colours.jpg
RoosScottsdale Reserve, Robina QAFL 19962013-20150-Moved to QFA South division following 2015 season

Grand Final Results

YearPremierScoreRunner UpScoreBob Hill Medal
2012Tweed Coast Tigers17.12. (114)Bond University9.16. (70)
2013Tweed Coast Tigers9.5. (59)Byron Magpies6.6. (42)Ash Gemmill
2014Bond University15.8. (98)Tweed Coast Tigers7.16. (58)John Blackburn
2015Tweed Coast Tigers10.8. (68)Byron Magpies10.7. (67)James Walle
2016Byron Magpies11.11. (77)Ballina Bombers6.5. (41)
2017Byron Magpies12.18. (90)Tweed Coast Tigers6.3. (39)Matthew Caris
2018Byron Magpies21.9. (135)Ballina Bombers4.6. (30)
2019Byron Magpies12.10. (82)Ballina Bombers8.5. (53)William McBride
2020Byron Magpies18.15. (123)Tweed Coast Tigers12.8. (80)Gus Staley

2018 Ladder

QFA Northern RiversWinsByesLossesDrawsForAgainst%PtsFinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
Byron Bay 120401242814152.58%481st SemiTweed Coast10868Lismore81058
Ballina 100601119830134.82%402nd SemiByron Bay1416100Ballina10969
Tweed Coast 100601204923130.44%40PreliminaryBallina11874Tweed Coast101272
Lismore 00160526152434.51%0GrandByron Bay219135Ballina4630

2019 Ladder

QFA Northern RiversWinsByesLossesDrawsForAgainst%PtsFinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
Byron Bay 160001305606215.35%641st SemiLismore111278Tweed Coast101575
Ballina 708178584193.34%302nd SemiByron Bay131492Ballina11470
Tweed Coast 7081927104988.37%30PreliminaryBallina141195Lismore4630
Lismore 00142631115254.77%4GrandByron Bay121082Ballina8553

See also

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