QFA (Northern Rivers)

QFA Northern Rivers
General Information
Founded 1984
Folded 2021
Records
Highest Score 285 - Lismore 44.21.285 (v Nimbin 2.1.13) - 2011
Most premierships 16 – Byron Magpies
Most goals in a game
Most goals in a season 72 - Kieran Atkin - Bryon Bay - 2016
Most flags in a row 4 – Byron Bay – 2016-2019
Most wins in a row 26 - Byron Bay - 2018-2019
Most losses in a row 41 - Nimbin - 2007-2011

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.

Former Clubs

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Club Colours Moniker Home Ground(s) Established Joined Flags Years
Current
Byron Bay
Club Website
Magpies Byron Recreational Ground 1984 1984- 16 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Ballina
Club Website
Bombers Fripp Oval 1984 1984- 5 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006
Lismore
Club Website
Swans Gloria Mortimer Oval 2002
Merged (Goonellabah Swans + Lismore Swans)
2002- 1 2011
Tweed Coast
Club Website
Tigers Seabreeze Oval 2009 2009- 4 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015

2018 Ladder

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QFA Northern Rivers Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Byron Bay 12 0 4 0 1242 814 152.58% 48 1st Semi Tweed Coast 10 8 68 Lismore 8 10 58
Ballina 10 0 6 0 1119 830 134.82% 40 2nd Semi Byron Bay 14 16 100 Ballina 10 9 69
Tweed Coast 10 0 6 0 1204 923 130.44% 40 Preliminary Ballina 11 8 74 Tweed Coast 10 12 72
Lismore 0 0 16 0 526 1524 34.51% 0 Grand Byron Bay 21 9 135 Ballina 4 6 30

2019 Ladder

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QFA Northern Rivers Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Byron Bay 16 0 0 0 1305 606 215.35% 64 1st Semi Lismore 11 12 78 Tweed Coast 10 15 75
Ballina 7 0 8 1 785 841 93.34% 30 2nd Semi Byron Bay 13 14 92 Ballina 11 4 70
Tweed Coast 7 0 8 1 927 1049 88.37% 30 Preliminary Ballina 14 11 95 Lismore 4 6 30
Lismore 0 0 14 2 631 1152 54.77% 4 Grand Byron Bay 12 10 82 Ballina 8 5 53

See also

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References

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