QFA (Northern Rivers)

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QFA (Northern Rivers)
Founded1984
Ceased2021

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.

Former clubs

ClubColoursMonikerHome Ground(s)EstablishedJoinedFlagsYears
Byron Bay
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MagpiesByron Recreational Ground19841984-161985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Ballina
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BombersFripp Oval19841984-51995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006
Lismore
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SwansGloria Mortimer Oval2002
Merged (Goonellabah Swans + Lismore Swans)
2002-12011
Tweed Coast
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TigersSeabreeze Oval20092009-42010, 2012, 2013, 2015

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

Records

Records
Highest Score285 - Lismore 44.21.285 (v Nimbin 2.1.13) - 2011
Most premierships16 – Byron Magpies
Most goals in a game
Most goals in a season72 - Kieran Atkin - Bryon Bay - 2016
Most flags in a row4 – Byron Bay – 2016-2019
Most wins in a row26 - Byron Bay - 2018-2019
Most losses in a row41 - Nimbin - 2007-2011

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