QFA (Northern Rivers)

Queensland Football Association - Northern Rivers Division
Most recent season or competition:
2020
First season2012
Folded2021
No. of teams4
Last champion
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]

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

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in QFANR QFANR Senior Premierships Fate
Flags Years
Byron
Magpies Cavanbah Centre, Byron Bay SAFL 1984 2012-2020 16 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Moved to QFA Division 2 South following 2020 season
Ballina
Bombers Fripp Oval, Ballina SAFL 1984 2012-2020 0 - Moved to QFA Division 2 South following 2020 season
Lismore
Swans Gloria Mortimer Oval, Lismore SAFL 1984 2012-2020 0 - Moved to AFL North Coast following 2020 season
Tweed Coast
Tigers Seabreeze Oval, Pottsville SAFL 2009 2012-2020 3 2012, 2013, 2015 Moved to QFA Division 2 South following 2020 season

Former

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in QFANR QFANR Senior Premierships Fate
Flags Years
Bond University
Bullsharks Bond University Oval, Robina – 2011 2012-2014 1 2014 Moved to QFA A division following 2014 season
Carrara
Saints Alan Nielsen Oval, Carrara – 1998 2012-2013 0 - Moved to QFA A division following 2013 season
Robina
Roos Scottsdale Reserve, Robina QAFL 1996 2013-2015 0 - Moved to QFA South division following 2015 season

Grand Final Results

Year Premier Score Runner up Score Bob Hill Medal
2012 Tweed Coast Tigers 17.12. (114) Bond University 9.16. (70)
2013 Tweed Coast Tigers 9.5. (59) Byron Magpies 6.6. (42) Ash Gemmill
2014 Bond University 15.8. (98) Tweed Coast Tigers 7.16. (58) John Blackburn
2015 Tweed Coast Tigers 10.8. (68) Byron Magpies 10.7. (67) James Walle
2016 Byron Magpies 11.11. (77) Ballina Bombers 6.5. (41)
2017 Byron Magpies 12.18. (90) Tweed Coast Tigers 6.3. (39) Matthew Caris
2018 Byron Magpies 21.9. (135) Ballina Bombers 4.6. (30)
2019 Byron Magpies 12.10. (82) Ballina Bombers 8.5. (53) William McBride
2020 Byron Magpies 18.15. (123) Tweed Coast Tigers 12.8. (80) Gus Staley

2018 Ladder

QFA Northern Rivers Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
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 Rivers Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
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

References

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