South Australian Country Football Championships
The South Australian Country Football Championships is an annual Australian rules football competition run by the South Australian National Football League, played between representative teams from the six country football zones.
Current Zones
The competing zones, which differ from the zones defined in the constitution of the South Australian Community Football League, consist of the following:Zone | Leagues |
Central Zone | Adelaide Plains Football League Hills Football League North Eastern Football League Yorke Peninsula Football League |
Eastern Zone | Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association Mallee Football League Riverland Football League |
Eyre Peninsula | Eastern Eyre Football League Far West Football League Great Flinders Football League Mid West Football League Port Lincoln Football League |
Murray South East | Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League Mid South Eastern Football League River Murray Football League Western Border Football League |
Northern | Broken Hill Football League Far North Football League Northern Areas Football Association Spencer Gulf Football League Whyalla Football League |
Southern Districts | Great Southern Football League Kangaroo Island Football League Southern Football League |
Competition Results
Don McSweeny Medal
The Don McSweeny Medal is presented to the best player of the carnival, judged by the allocation of votes by the umpires of each game using the 3-2-1 method. The medal is named after South Australian Football Hall of Famer Don McSweeny OAM.Name | Medallist |
2004 | Matt Joraslafsky |
2005 | Justin Henscke |
2006 | Adam Merrett |
2007 | Damien Stevens |
2008 | Todd Miles |
2009 | Mitchell Portlock |
2010 | Ben Yeomans & Josh Vick |
2011 | Matthew Woolford |
2012 | Tyson Wait |
2013 | Michael Liebelt |
2014 | Liam O'Neil & Ben McIntyre |
2015 | Xavier Watson & Jack Kenny |
2016 | Brian Fenton |
2017 | Jack Kelly |