Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association

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] [2]}

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. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Clubs

Locations

30km
19miles

Southerners

Ravensthorpe

   

Locations of the Ravensthorpe & District FL clubs

Current

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in RDFA	RDFA premierships
							Total	Years
Ravensthorpe		Tigers	Ravensthorpe Oval, Ravensthorpe	–	1968	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	1968–	13	1969, 1970, 1977, 198, 1979, 1992, 1994, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2025

Previous

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in RDFA	RDFA premierships		Fate
							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	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.

References

1. Australian Football - Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association
2. de Garis, Christien (29 August 2017). "Two team town: Why WA's Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun footy clubs didn't let hard times kill off the local comp". ABC Esperance . Retrieved 9 December 2025.
3. Mott, Derek (2017). Following the Bouncing Burley: a season inside grassroots football in Western Australia (First ed.). Victoria Park, Western Australia: Self-published. p. 64.
4. Goerling, Samantha; Chounding, Andrew (23 June 2024). "In Australia's smallest football league Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun face off every single week". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 9 December 2025.
5. "Bush and 'Burbs: The fairytale story of every country football league across Western Australia this season" . The West Australian . 16 July 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2025.