Sapphire Coast Australian Football League

The Sapphire Coast Australian Football League is a park Australian rules football competition in the Sapphire Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The league was formed in 1984. The Far South Coast lies in the feeder area for the GWS club and AFL Hall of Fame member and four time premiership coach Kevin Sheedy assisted the representative team in 2014.

Clubs

Current

Colours	Club	Nickname	Founded	Years in Comp	SCAFL Premierships	Premiership years
	Bermagui	Breakers	1990	1990–1994, 2009–	-	-
	Eden	Whalers	1983	1984–	-	-
	Merimbula	Diggers	1983	1984–	6	1995, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2019, 2020
	Narooma	Lions	1983	1984–	5	1985, 1986, 2018, 2022, 2023
	Pambula	Panthers	1983	1984–	5	1984, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017
	Tathra	Sea Eagles	1983	1984–	11	1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016

Previous

Colours	Club	Mascot	Years in Competition
	Batemans Bay	Seahawks	–2012
	Bega Valley	Bombers	2013–2022
	Bega Wolumla	Wombats	1984–1988
	Cooma	Cats	1986–1989
	Merimbula	Marlins	1984–2006
	Mallacoota	Sharks	1986–1988
	Mallacoota/Cann River	Tiger Sharks	1989–1993
	Wyndham	Wedgies	1984–1995

Bega and Tathra fielded a combined side for the 2016 season, although the clubs did not merge.

Junior Clubs

• Batemans Bay Seahawks
• Bega Valley Bombers
• Broulee-Moruya Giants

Premiers

Year	Premiers	Year	Premiers	Year	Premiers	Year	Premiers
1984	Pambula	1994	Merimbula Marlins	2004	Batemans Bay	2014	Pambula
1985	Narooma	1995	Merimbula Diggers	2005	Tathra	2015	Pambula
1986	Narooma	1996	Tathra	2006	Pambula	2016	Tathra
1987	Merimbula Marlins	1997	Merimbula Diggers	2007	Batemans Bay	2017	Pambula
1988	Tathra	1998	Merimbula Diggers	2008	Batemans Bay	2018	Narooma
1989	Merimbula Marlins	1999	Merimbula Marlins	2009	Merimbula Diggers	2019	Merimbula
1990	Merimbula Marlins	2000	Merimbula Marlins	2010	Tathra	2020	Merimbula
1991	Tathra	2001	Batemans Bay	2011	Tathra	2021	No Premier due to COVID-19
1992	Batemans Bay	2002	Merimbula Marlins	2012	Tathra	2022	Narooma
1993	Tathra	2003	Tathra	2013	Tathra	2023	Narooma

2015 Ladder

Sapphire Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Pambula	15	2	0	0	2533	593	427.15%	68		1st Semi	Tathra	16	10	106	Bega	5	11	41
Merimbula	12	2	3	0	2017	840	240.12%	56		2nd Semi	Pambula	8	7	55	Merimbula	6	13	49
Bermagui	3	2	12	0	821	1897	43.28%	20		Preliminary	Merimbula	12	12	84	Tathra	8	10	58
Tathra	7	2	8	0	1584	1602	98.88%	36		Grand	Pambula	24	22	166	Merimbula	8	12	60
Bega	5	2	10	0	1187	1678	70.74%	28
Narooma	3	2	12	0	853	2385	35.77%	20

2016 Ladder

Sapphire Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Tathra	12	0	0	0	1941	449	432.29%	48		1st Semi	Pambula	15	12	102	Narooma	11	13	79
Merimbula	8	0	3	0	1365	661	206.51%	32		2nd Semi	Tathra	14	9	93	Merimbula	7	15	57
Pambula	8	0	4	0	1294	859	150.64%	32		Preliminary	Merimbula	14	12	96	Pambula	8	11	59
Narooma	6	0	6	0	1095	1088	100.64%	24		Grand	Tathra	16	9	105	Merimbula	6	6	42
Bermagui	1	0	11	0	550	1573	34.97%	4
Eden	1	0	11	0	461	2076	22.21%	4

2017 Ladder

Sapphire Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Narooma	14	0	1	0	1768	825	214.30%	56		1st Semi	Tathra	15	14	104	Bermagui	14	14	98
Pambula	12	0	3	0	1574	662	237.76%	48		2nd Semi	Narooma	15	9	99	Pambula	14	8	92
Tathra	9	0	6	0	1659	1207	137.45%	36		Preliminary	Pambula	16	7	103	Tathra	7	6	48
Bermagui	7	0	8	0	1168	1199	97.41%	28		Grand	Pambula	17	15	117	Narooma	7	8	50
Merimbula	3	0	12	0	988	1381	71.54%	12
Eden	0	0	15	0	477	2360	20.21%	0

2018 Ladder

Sapphire Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Narooma	12	0	1	0	1515	707	214.29%	48		1st Semi	Pambula	17	15	117	Tathra	9	7	61
Merimbula	9	0	3	0	890	582	152.92%	36		2nd Semi	Narooma	21	10	136	Merimbula	15	10	100
Pambula	6	0	7	0	894	942	94.90%	24		Preliminary	Merimbula	12	10	82	Pambula	10	7	67
Tathra	4	0	9	0	974	1059	91.97%	16		Grand	Narooma	13	6	84	Merimbula	6	9	45
Eden	1	0	12	0	470	1453	32.35%	4

2019 Ladder

Sapphire Coast	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Merimbula	9	0	3	0	1146	396	289.39%	36		1st Semi	Pambula	8	5	53	Narooma	6	6	42
Tathra	8	0	4	0	1045	640	163.28%	32		2nd Semi	Merimbula	12	10	82	Tathra	4	2	26
Pambula	8	0	4	0	917	661	138.73%	32		Preliminary	Tathra	13	4	82	Pambula	6	9	45
Narooma	5	0	7	0	892	793	112.48%	20		Grand	Merimbula	10	10	70	Tathra	7	4	46
Eden	0	0	12	0	210	1720	12.21%	0

See also

• Group 16 Rugby League
• AFL South Coast
• Football South Coast
• South Coast Open