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:
ZoneLeagues
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.
NameMedallist
2004Matt Joraslafsky
2005Justin Henscke
2006Adam Merrett
2007Damien Stevens
2008Todd Miles
2009Mitchell Portlock
2010Ben Yeomans & Josh Vick
2011Matthew Woolford
2012Tyson Wait
2013Michael Liebelt
2014Liam O'Neil & Ben McIntyre
2015Xavier Watson & Jack Kenny
2016Brian Fenton
2017Jack Kelly

Bill Murdoch Medal

A Medal is presented to the Coach of the Championships. Since 2013, the medal has been named the Bill Murdoch Medal