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The Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association is an Australian rules football organisation based in the town of Ravensthorpe on the southern coast of Western Australia, formed in 1968. [1]
The R&DFA has had only two member clubs since 2016 - Southerners from Hopetoun, and the Ravensthorpe Tigers - after the Lakes club went into recess [2]
Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in RDFA | RDFA premierships | |
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Total | Years | |||||||
Ravensthorpe | Tigers | Ravensthorpe Oval, Ravensthorpe | 1968– | 25 | 1972, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 | |||
Southerners | Sharks | Hopetoun Oval, Hopetoun | 1968– | 12 | 1969, 1970, 1977, 198, 1979, 1992, 1994, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2022, 2023 |
Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in RDFA | RDFA premierships | Fate | |
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Total | Years | ||||||||
Lakes | Vikings | Lake King Sports Ground, Lake King | – | 1988 | 1988-2016 | 7 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011 | Entered recess after 2016 season | |
Lakes Districts | Varley Oval, Varley | LGKDFL | 1976-1987 | 0 | - | Merged with Lake King to form Lakes in 1988 | |||
Lake King | Lake King Sports Ground, Lake King | 1968-1987 | 8 | 1968, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 | Merged with Lakes Districts to form Lakes in 1988 | ||||
Munglinup | Demons | Munglinup Oval, Munglinup | EDFA | 1957 | 1968-1982, 1988-1997 | 4 | 1971, 1988, 1991, 1993 | Moved to Esperance District FA in 1983, returned in 1988. Folded after 1997 season. |
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