AFL South Coast

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.

Current
Teams are listed by their highest grade.

Clubs with Juniors only

 * Shellharbour Swans
 * Shoalhaven Giants

Premierships

 * 1969	Wollongong
 * 1970	Wollongong
 * 1971	Albatross
 * 1972	Albatross
 * 1973	Nowra
 * 1974	Nowra
 * 1975	Albatross
 * 1976	Nowra
 * 1977	Nowra
 * 1978	Albatross
 * 1979	Albatross
 * 1980	Nowra
 * 1981	East Nowra
 * 1982	Nowra
 * 1983	Albatross
 * 1984	Albatross
 * 1985	Batemans Bay
 * 1986	Batemans Bay
 * 1987	Batemans Bay


 * 1988	Batemans Bay
 * 1989	Bomaderry
 * 1990	Albatross
 * 1991	Albatross
 * 1992	Albatross
 * 1993	Port Kembla
 * 1994	Bomaderry
 * 1995	Albatross
 * 1996	Albatross
 * 1997	Albatross
 * 1998	Nowra
 * 1999	Port Kembla
 * 2000	Bomaderry
 * 2001	Nowra
 * 2002	Nowra
 * 2003	Camben
 * 2004	Bomaderry
 * 2005	Camben

Premier Division First Division  Second Division Womens Premier Womens Division One
 * 2006	Bomaderry
 * 2007	Bomaderry
 * 2008	Bomaderry
 * 2009	Kiama
 * 2010	Bomaderry
 * 2011	Kiama
 * 2012	Wollongong University
 * 2013	Wollongong University
 * 2014	Wollongong University
 * 2015   Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2016	Wollongong Lions
 * 2017	Wollongong Lions
 * 2018	Kiama
 * 2019	Wollongong Lions
 * 2020	Figtree
 * 2022	Figtree
 * 2023	Figtree
 * 2015 Figtree
 * 2016 Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2017 Kiama
 * 2018 Bomaderry
 * 2019 Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2020 Figtree
 * 2022 Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2023 Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2018 Bomaderry
 * 2019 Ulladulla
 * 2020 Figtree
 * 2022 Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2023 Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2018 Bomaderry
 * 2019 Wollongong Bulldogs
 * 2020 Wollongong Saints
 * 2022 Wollongong Lions
 * 2023 Wollongong Lions
 * 2019 Ulladulla
 * 2020 Shellharbour
 * 2022 Northern Districts Tigers
 * 2023 Kiama Power

Life Members

 * 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
A lightning premiership played at the start of the season.


 * 1977 Bomaderry
 * 1978 Albatross
 * 1979 Nowra
 * 1980 East Nowra
 * 1981 Nowra
 * 1982 Nowra
 * 1984 Albatross
 * 1990 Bomaderry


 * 1991 Bomaderry
 * 1992 Albatross
 * 1993 Port Kembla
 * 1994 Bomaderry
 * 1995 Nowra
 * 1996 Bomaderry
 * 1997 Bomaderry
 * 1998 Port Kembla


 * 1999 Camden
 * 2001 Albatross
 * 2002 Bomaderry
 * 2003 Camden
 * 2004 Albatross
 * 2005 Albatross
 * 2006 Camden
 * 2007 Nowra


 * 2008 Bomaderry
 * 2009 Kiama
 * 2010 Northern Districts
 * 2011 Wollongong University
 * 2012 Kiama
 * 2013 Kiama
 * 2017 Figtree

Hall of Fame

 * 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.