AFL South Coast

South Coast Australian Football League

Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1969
No. of teams	10
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Figtree Kangaroos
Official website	[1]

The AFL South Coast is an Australian rules football competition in the Shoalhaven and Illawarra regions of New South Wales. The AFLSC has two divisions of senior men's football and one division of senior women's football. In 2012 The South Coast AFL became "AFL South Coast" incorporating the three leagues of South Coast AFL Seniors, Shoalhaven Juniors and Illawarra Juniors.

The competition is technically South Coast's division of the New South Wales Australian Football League.

History

The South Coast AFL was formed in 1969, composed of players from the military bases of HMAS Albatross, HMAS Creswell, and the cities of Nowra and Wollongong. In 1970 the Bomaderry club was formed and in 1972 Dapto joined the competition.

In 1975, Wollongong and Dapto left the league to create the Illawarra Australian Football League. They were joined by Bulli-Woonona (now known as Northern Districts), Port Kembla and Shellharbour, three clubs who had run junior programs but were introducing senior football. The sixth foundation club of the senior league was the University of Wollongong.

In 1988, the Wollongong Lions moving to the Sydney Football League causing the league to disband and the remaining clubs joining the South Coast AFL, which was renamed the Leisure Coast Australian Football League. The league returned to the name "South Coast AFL" in 2002.

In 2012 The South Coast AFL became "AFL South Coast" incorporating the three leagues of South Coast AFL Seniors, Shoalhaven Juniors and Illawarra Juniors.

Current

Teams are listed by their highest grade.

Emblem	Club	Nickname	Years in competition	Web Page
Seniors
	Bomaderry	Tigers	1970	Official site
	Figtree	Kangaroos (Men) & Saints (Women)	1999	Official site
	Kiama	Power	2002	Official site
	Northern Districts (formerly Bulli-Woonona)	Tigers	1975– (Illawarra AFL 1975–1988)	Official site
	Shellharbour City	Suns	2011– (Reserve) 2013– (Senior)	Official site
	Wollongong	Lions	SCAFL 1971–1974 IAFL 1975–1988 SCAFL 2015– Played in (Sydney Football League 1989–2014)	Official site
	Wollongong	Bulldogs	2008– (Reserve) 2010– (Senior)	Official site
Reserves
	Bay & Basin	Bombers	2019, 2023-
	Port Kembla	Magpies	1975– (Illawarra AFL 1975–1988)	Official site
	Ulladulla	Dockers	2009– (Reformed) (Reserve Grade only)	Official site

Clubs with Juniors only

• Shellharbour Swans
• Shoalhaven Giants

Previous

Colours	Club	Mascot	Years in Competition	Fate
	Albatross (formerly HMAS Albatross)	Demons	1969–2014	Merged with Nowra after 2014 season to form Nowra Albatross
	Albion Park	Crows	2019–2021	Folded
	Batemans Bay	Seahawks	Only fielded junior teams	Moved to AFL Sapphire Coast
	Camden	Cats	SCAFL 1996–2007	Moved to AFL Sydney after 2008 season
	Goulburn-Bargo	Hawks	1997–98	Folded
	HMAS Creswell		1969	Folded
	Dapto	Hawks	SCAFL 1972–1974 IAFL 1975–1988, 1989	Folded
	Dapto City	Stallions	2015	Folded
	East Nowra		1980–1987	Folded
	Nowra	Blues	1969–2014 Merged with Albatross	Merged with Albatross after 2014 season to form Nowra Albatross
	Nowra Albatross	Vikings	2015–2023	Official site
	Wollondilly	Knights	2008–2013	Folded, reformed in AFL Sydney

Premierships

Honours

Life Members

• Ray Tunbridge, 1975
• Alan Blacker, 1977
• Tom Smith, 1979
• John Collier, 1980
• Stewart Stephens, 1981
• Ian Biggs, 1983
• Eddie Smith, 1985
• Greg Perry, 1987
• John Ford, 1996
• D. Cornish, 1997
• K. Blundell, Reg Douglas and N. Hickmott, 1998
• K. Bright, L. Bright and J. Tatnell, 2005
• Terry Ashton, 2011
• Max Avery, 2009

Tom Smith Memorial Trophy

A lightning premiership played at the start of the season.

Hall of Fame

• 2017 Neville Hickmott
• 2018 Ray Tunbridge
• 2019 Tom Smith

AFL players

• Arthur Chilcott had a short career with the Sydney Swans between 1984 and 1985. He played 13 games and scored 14 goals.
• Aidan Riley was rookie listed by the Adelaide Crows via the NSW scholarship program, making his debut in 2011 in their round 19 match against Port Adelaide. In 2014 he joined the Melbourne Football Club and after playing the 2014 and 2015 seasons returned to Adelaide to play with the Sturt Football Club in the SANFL. Aidan Riley retired from Sturt in 2019.
• James Bell played his debut game for the Sydney Swans in 2019 against Port Adelaide. A former Shellharbour Junior, James signed with the Swans as a Rookie in 2017.

See also

• Illawarra Rugby League
• Group 6 Rugby League
• Group 7 Rugby League
• Group 16 Rugby League
• Sapphire Coast Australian Football League
• Football South Coast
• South Coast Open

References

External links

• Official website