South Australian Country Football Championships

The South Australian Country Football Championships is an annual Australian rules football competition run by the South Australian National Football League, played between representative teams from the six country football zones.

Current Zones

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The competing zones, which differ from the zones defined in the constitution of the South Australian Community Football League,[1] consist of the following:[2]

Zone Colours Leagues Championships
Men Women
Total Years Total Years
Central Zone

Adelaide Plains Football League
Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association
Yorke Peninsula Football League

3 2006, 2013, 2019 1 2023
Eastern Zone

Hills Football League
Murray Valley Football League
Riverland Football League
River Murray Football League

4 1998, 2008, 2023, 2024 2 2018, 2024
Eyre Peninsula (Western)

Eastern Eyre Football League
Great Flinders Football League
Port Lincoln Football League
Western Eyre Football League

5 1994, 1997, 1999, 2011, 2018 0 -
Northern

Broken Hill Football League
Far North Football League
Northern Areas Football Association
North Eastern Football League
Spencer Gulf Football League
Whyalla Football League

0 - 1 2021
South East

Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League
Limestone Coast Football League
Mid South Eastern Football League

4 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 0 -
Southern Districts

Great Southern Football League
Kangaroo Island Football League
Southern Football League

11 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021 2 2019, 2022

Competition Results

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Men

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Year Location Champions [3] Runner-up 3rd 4th 5th Last Ref.
1994 Eyre Peninsula
1995 Adelaide Southern Districts South East
1996 Adelaide Southern Districts Broken Hill / Murray Mallee
1997 Adelaide Eyre Peninsula Southern Districts
1998 Adelaide Murray Mallee Southern Districts
1999 Eyre Peninusula
2003 Southern Districts South East
2004 Southern Districts
2005 Southern Districts
2006 Central Southern Districts Eyre Peninsula Murray Mallee Barrier South East Northern Cities
2007 Port Pirie Southern Districts Central
2008 Murray Mallee Barrier Barossa Central South East Southern Districts Eyre Peninsula Northern [4]
2009 Berri Oval, Berri Southern Districts Eastern Murray South East Northern Eyre Peninsula Central [5][6]
2010 Berri Oval, Berri Southern Districts Eastern Central Murray South East Eyre Peninsula Northern [7][8]
2011 Memorial Oval, Port Pirie Western Murray South East Southern Districts Eastern Northern Central [9][10]
2012 Berri Oval, Berri Southern Districts Murray South East Central Northern Eastern Eyre Peninsula
2013 Memorial Oval, Port Pirie Central Murray South East Eyre Peninsula Southern Districts Eastern Northern [11][12][13]
2014 Kadina Oval, Kadina Murray South East Eastern Eyre Peninsula Northern Central Southern Districts [14]
2015 Central Oval, Port Augusta Southern Districts Murray South East Western Eastern Central Northern [15][16][17]
2016 Centenary Oval, Port Lincoln Murray South East Southern Districts Western Northern Central Eastern [18][19]
2017 Johnstone Park, Murray Bridge Murray South East Southern Districts Western Eastern Central Northern [20][21]
2018 Renmark Oval, Renmark Western Central Murray South East Southern Districts Northern Eastern [22][23][24]
2019 Memorial Oval, Port Pirie Central Northern Eyre Peninsula Southern Districts Murray South East Eastern [25][26][27]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Victor Harbor Oval, Victor Harbor and Encounter Bay Recreation Reserve, Encounter Bay Southern Districts Central Eyre Peninsula Northern Murray South East Eastern [28][29]
2022 Bennett Oval and Memorial Oval, Whyalla South East Central Eyre Peninsula Eastern Northern Southern Districts [30]
2023 Angas Recreation Park, Angaston and Centennial Oval, Nuriootpa Eastern Central Southern Districts South East Eyre Peninsula Northern [31]
2024 Victor Harbor Oval, Victor Harbor and Encounter Bay Recreation Reserve, Encounter Bay Eastern Central Eyre Peninsula Southern Districts South East Northern [32]

Women

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Year Location Champions [3] Runner-up 3rd 4th 5th Last Ref.
2018 Renmark Oval, Renmark Eastern Southern Districts Northern South East Central 5 teams (2018) [33][34]
2019 Memorial Oval, Port Pirie Southern Districts Northern Central Murray South East Eyre Peninsula Eastern [35][36][37]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Victor Harbor Oval, Victor Harbor and Encounter Bay Recreation Reserve, Encounter Bay Northern Murray South East Southern Districts Eyre Peninsula Central Eastern [38][39][40]
2022 Whyalla Secondary College, Bennett Oval and Memorial Oval, Whyalla Southern Districts South East Central Northern Eastern Eyre Peninsula [41]
2023 Angas Recreation Park, Angaston and Centennial Oval, Nuriootpa Central Eastern Southern Districts South East Eyre Peninsula Northern [42]
2024 Victor Harbor Oval, Victor Harbor and Encounter Bay Recreation Reserve, Encounter Bay Eastern Central Eyre Peninsula South East Southern Districts Northern [43]

Don McSweeny Medal

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The Don McSweeny Medal is presented to the best player of the carnival, judged by the allocation of votes by the umpires of each game using the 3-2-1 method. The medal is named after South Australian Football Hall of Famer Don McSweeny OAM.

Name Medallist[3]
2004 Matt Joraslafsky (Southern)
2005 Justin Henscke (Southern)
2006 Adam Merrett (South East)
2007 Damien Stevens (Murray Mallee Barrier Barossa)
2008 Todd Miles (Central)
2009 Mitchell Portlock (Southern)
2010 Ben Yeomans (Central) & Josh Vick (Southern)
2011 Matthew Woolford (Northern)
2012 Tyson Wait (Murray South East)
2013 Michael Liebelt (Central)
2014 Liam O'Neil (Murray South East) & Ben McIntyre (Murray South East)
2015 Xavier Watson (Eyre Peninsula) & Jack Kenny (Eyre Peninsula)
2016[44] Brian Fenton (Murray South East)
2017[21] Jack Kelly (Murray South East)
2018
2019 Leigh Ryswyk (Central)
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Jordan Fuller (Northern)
2022 Matt Willson (South East)
2023 Samuel Callins (Eastern)
2024 Joel Parker-Boers (Eastern)

Bill Murdoch Medal

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A Medal is presented to the Coach of the Championships. Since 2013, the medal has been named the Bill Murdoch Medal

Year Medallist
2007 Tony Fielke (Southern Districts)
2010 Simon Dennis (Southern Districts)
2011 Symon Chase (Western)
2012 Steve Hill (Southern)
2013 Andrew Michael (Central)
2014 Luke Duncan (Murray South East)
2015 [45] Barry Pilmore (Southern Districts)
2016 [44] Adam Merrett (Murray South East)
2017 [21] Adam Merrett (Murray South East)
2018
2019 Steve Lubcke (Central)
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Scott Wendelborn (Southern Districts)
2022 Jack Kelly (South East)
2023 Adam Klun (Eastern)
2024 Adam Klun (Eastern)

References

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