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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.




Clubs



Teams are listed by their highest grade.




= Clubs with Juniors only

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Shellharbour Swans
Shoalhaven Giants




= Previous

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Premierships






Honours






= Life Members

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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

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A lightning premiership played at the start of the season.




= Hall of Fame

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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

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