QFA (Northern Rivers)

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]

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

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

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

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

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

• New South Wales portal
• Queensland portal
• Sports portal
• Australia portal

• Australian rules football in New South Wales
• Australian Rules football in Queensland

References

1. Coolangatta enter team
2. Still happy with move north