Farrer Football League

Farrer Football Netball League
General Information
Founded 1982
Previous Names Riverina District Football League (1982-1984)
Current Clubs

Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool
Charles Sturt University
Coleambally
East Wagga-Kooringal
Marrar
North Wagga
Temora
The Rock-Yerong Creek
2011 Season
Premiers The Rock-Yerong Creek (defeated Marrar 13.8.86 to 10.12.72)
Minor Premiers Marrar (15 wins, 1 loss)
Wooden Spoon Coleambally (2 wins, 14 losses)
Best & Fairest (Gerald Clear Medal) Brad Langtry (Marrar) & Ryan Bull (Coleambally) 22 votes each
Leading Goalkicker (Trevor Urquart Trophy) Chris Jackson (East Wagga-Kooringal) & Clint Shields (Charles Sturt University) 52 each

The Farrer Football Netball League is a semi-professional Australian rules football and netball competition containing eight clubs based in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, these being seniors, reserves and under 17s. In the netball competition, there are four grades, with these being A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade and juniors.

The league is affiliated with the AFL NSW/ACT and is run by the Southern NSW AFL and AFL Riverina, both of whom administer the Riverina Football League, the Wagga District Junior Football League and the South West Junior Football League. Unlike much of New South Wales, Australian rules football is a popular sport in the Riverina region.

The FFNL Grand Final is traditionally played at Maher Oval, Wagga Wagga.

Contents

History

Origins

The origins of the Farrer Football League started in 1920 when the Albury and Border Football Association commenced and operated from 1920 to 1927. After a two year recess the competition reformed as the Albury & District Football League in 1930 and operated until 1957.

Breakaway

The Farrer Football League first formed in 1957[1][2] as a breakaway from the Albury & District Football League. Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook and Mangoplah-Cookardinia United competed in the first season. In 1958 all remaining clubs from the Albury & District Football League had moved across to the new league.

Restructure

It was in 1982 that the Farrer Football League, the South Western District Football League and the Central Riverina Football League amalgamated to create the Riverina Football League and the Riverina District Football League, the latter changing its name back to the Farrer Football League in 1985. It was between 1983 and 1994 that the Riverina District/Farrer Football League maintained a two division system.

Footballers from AFL Riverina to have played in the VFL/AFL include:

Footballers from AFL Riverina who are currently playing in the AFL include Luke Breust (Temora), Matt Suckling (East Wagga-Kooringal and Wagga Tigers) and Isaac Smith (Cootamundra and Temora), all three of whom play for the Hawthorn Hawks.

Footballers from AFL Riverina who are currently playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants include Kurt Aylett and Jacob Townsend, both of whom used to play for Leeton-Whitton.

Current clubs

Jumper Club Nickname Years in Competition Homeground No. of Premierships Premiership Years
Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool Northern Jets 2004- Ardlethan Recreation Ground; Ariah Park Recreation Ground 2 2005, 2007
Charles Sturt University (previously Rivcoll) Bushpigs 1982- Peter Hastie Oval, Wagga Wagga 1 2001
Coleambally Blues 2011- Coleambally Recreation Ground 0 None
East Wagga-Kooringal Hawks 2010- Gumly Oval, Wagga Wagga 0 None
Marrar Bombers 1982- Langtry Oval, Marrar 2 1995-96
North Wagga Saints 1983-1994; 1998-2006; 2010- McPherson Oval, Wagga Wagga 4 1983, 1991-92, 1994
Temora Kangaroos 1982-1994; 2002- Nixon Park, Temora 0 None
The Rock-Yerong Creek Magpies 1982- The Rock Recreation Ground 7 1986, 1997-98, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011

Previous clubs

Jumper Club Nickname Years in Competition No. of Premierships Premiership Years Moved to
Ardlethan Stars 1987-2003 0 None Amalgamated with Ariah Park-Mirrool Bombers to form Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool Northern Jets in 2004
             Ariah Park-Mirrool Bombers 1991-2003 0 None Amalgamated with Ardlethan Stars to form Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool Northern Jets in 2004
Barellan United Two Blues 1983-1992 1 1987 Northern Riverina Football League in 1993
Boree Creek Creekers 1982 0 None Disbanded
Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka Demons 1982-1994; 1998-2010 8 1982, 1984, 1999, 2002-03, 2008-09-10 Riverina Football League in 2011
Cootamundra Blues 1982-2003 2 1989, 1992 (2nd Division) AFL Canberra in 2004
Junee Bulldogs 1987 0 None Disbanded
Junee-Kapooka Bulldogs 1982-1986 1 1984 (2nd Division) Kapooka split from Junee to amalgamate with Uranquinty
Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes Goannas 1982-1994 5 1985, 1988-89-90, 1993 Riverina Football League in 1995
Royal Australian Air Force Cats 1982-1996 0 None Amalgamated with North Wagga in 1997
South Wagga-Tolland Dons 1982-1997 4 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994 (2nd Division) Disbanded in 1998
- Uranquinty Rosellas 1985-1986 0 None Amalgamated with Kapooka to form Uranquinty-Kapooka Rosellas
- Uranquinty-Kapooka Rosellas 1987-1998 1 1993 (2nd Division) Amalgamated with Collingullie-Ashmont Demons to form Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka Demons in 1999
Whitton Tigers 1982-1990 3 1985-86-87 (2nd Division) Amalgamated with Yanco to form Whitton-Yanco Tigers in 1991
Whitton-Yanco Tigers 1991-1994 0 None Amalgamated with Leeton Demons to form Leeton-Whitton Crows in 1995

List of Premiers

Division 1/First-Grade

Season Grand Final Information Minor Premiers
Premiers Score Runners-Up
1982 Collingullie-Ashmont 14.14.98-12.16.88 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
1983 North Wagga 25.15.155-17.15.117 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United North Wagga
1984 Collingullie-Ashmont 16.20.116-11.16.82 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
1985 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United 16.14.110-10.10.70 Collingullie-Ashmont Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
1986 The Rock-Yerong Creek 10.8.68-9.12.66 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United The Rock-Yerong Creek
1987 Barellan United 18.14.132-10.8.68 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United Barellan United
1988 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United 12.7.79-10.9.69 Collingullie-Ashmont Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
1989 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United 10.11.71-8.11.59 Barellan United Barellan United
1990 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United 18.9.117-9.11.65 North Wagga Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
1991 North Wagga 16.14.110-7.14.56 Ariah Park-Mirrool North Wagga
1992 North Wagga 10.12.72-9.11.65 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United North Wagga
1993 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United 19.20.134-10.8.68 North Wagga Marrar
1994 North Wagga 15.13.103-12.9.81 Mangoplah-Cookardinia United North Wagga
1995 Marrar 12.8.80-7.15.57 The Rock-Yerong Creek Marrar
1996 Marrar 13.10.88-12.8.80 Ariah Park-Mirrool Marrar
1997 The Rock-Yerong Creek 16.15.111-16.9.105 Ariah Park-Mirrool Marrar
1998 The Rock-Yerong Creek 13.13.91-8.9.57 Ardlethan The Rock-Yerong Creek
1999 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka 19.13.127-12.11.83 Ardlethan The Rock-Yerong Creek
2000 The Rock-Yerong Creek 9.13.67-5.7.37 Marrar The Rock-Yerong Creek
2001 Rivcoll 10.10.70-9.10.64 Ariah Park-Mirrool Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
2002 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka 20.19.139-12.12.84 Ardlethan Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
2003 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka 12.9.81-10.14.74 The Rock-Yerong Creek Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
2004 The Rock-Yerong Creek 10.9.69-8.9.57 North Wagga North Wagga
2005 Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool 13.10.88-7.15.57 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool
2006 The Rock-Yerong Creek 20.13.133-15.9.99 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka The Rock-Yerong Creek
2007 Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool 15.22.112-15.15.105 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool
2008 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka 22.16.148-10.7.67 The Rock-Yerong Creek Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
2009 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka 12.19.91-8.9.57 Marrar Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
2010 Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka 17.19.121-1.3.9 Marrar Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
2011 The Rock-Yerong Creek 13.8.86-10.12.72 Marrar Marrar

Second/Reserve Grade

  • 1982: Junee-Kapooka
  • 1983: Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
  • 1984: Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
  • 1985: Temora
  • 1986: Temora
  • 1987: Temora
  • 1988: Barellan United
  • 1989: The Rock-Yerong Creek
  • 1990: The Rock-Yerong Creek
  • 1991: Mangoplah-Cookardinia United
  • 1992: Collingullie-Ashmont
  • 1993: North Wagga
  • 1994: North Wagga
  • 1995: Marrar
  • 1996: Ariah Park-Mirrool
  • 1997: Cootamundra
  • 1998: Ariah Park-Mirrool
  • 1999: Ariah Park-Mirrool
  • 2000: The Rock-Yerong Creek
  • 2001: Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
  • 2002: Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
  • 2003: Ariah Park-Mirrool
  • 2004: North Wagga
  • 2005: Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool
  • 2006: Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool
  • 2007: Ardlethan-Ariah Park-Mirrool
  • 2008: Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka
  • 2009: Rivcoll
  • 2010: Charles Sturt University
  • 2011: Marrar

Under 17s/18s/19s

Division 2

2009 Ladder

Farrer FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Collingullie AK 16 0 0 0 2196 618 355.34% 64
TRYC 11 0 5 0 1380 1154 119.58% 44
Marrar 10 0 6 0 1379 1390 99.21% 40
Temora 6 0 10 0 1242 1843 67.39% 24
Northern Jets 3 0 13 0 1060 1698 62.43% 12
Rivcoll 2 0 14 0 1078 1632 66.05% 8

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st Semi Marrar 12 12 84 Temora 9 12 66
2nd Semi Collingullie AK 13 15 93 TRYC 4 8 32
Preliminary Marrar 13 8 86 TRYC 11 7 73
Grand Collingullie AK 12 19 91 Marrar 8 9 57

2010 Ladder

Farrer FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Collingullie AK 16 0 0 0 1918 829 231.36% 64
TRYC 12 0 4 0 1513 1084 139.58% 48
Marrar 10 0 6 0 1296 1251 103.60% 40
Eastern Hawks 7 0 9 0 1253 1409 88.93% 28
Northern Jets 6 0 10 0 1072 1235 86.80% 24
North Wagga 6 0 10 0 1063 1350 78.74% 24
Temora 4 0 12 0 1218 1696 71.82% 16
CSU 3 0 13 0 896 1475 60.75% 12

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination Eastern Hawks 9 15 69 Northern Jets 17 9 111
Qualifying TRYC 5 7 37 Marrar 10 11 71
1st Semi TRYC 14 12 96 Northern Jets 10 7 67
2nd Semi Collingullie AK 18 6 114 Marrar 12 6 78
Preliminary Marrar 8 10 58 TRYC 3 5 23
Grand Collingullie AK 17 19 121 Marrar 1 3 9

2011 Ladder

Farrer FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Marrar 15 0 1 0 1808 1084 166.79% 60
TRYC 13 0 3 0 1672 1219 137.16% 52
Eastern Hawks 11 0 5 0 1530 1133 135.04% 44
North Wagga 8 0 8 0 1322 1509 87.61% 32
CSU 7 0 8 1 1260 1321 95.38% 30
Temora 4 0 12 0 1373 1758 78.10% 16
Northern Jets 3 0 12 1 1112 1498 74.23% 14
Coleambally 2 0 14 0 1039 1594 65.18% 8

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination North Wagga 13 16 94 CSU 11 14 80
Qualifying TRYC 11 14 80 Eastern Hawks 9 5 59
1st Semi Eastern Hawks 17 17 119 North Wagga 15 5 95
2nd Semi Marrar 14 11 95 TRYC 12 9 81
Preliminary TRYC 15 10 100 Eastern Hawks 5 9 39
Grand TRYC 13 8 86 Marrar 10 12 72

References

  1. ^ Border Morning Mail
  2. ^ Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)

External links

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