Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League

The Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. One unusual aspect of the league is that it includes clubs from both South Australia and Victoria. The 2018–21 league medalist was Darcy “Sauce” Boyanton.

Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League
In 1993 the Kowree-Naracoorte Football League and the Tatiara Football League merged to form the Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League. The founding clubs were Apsley, Border Districts, Bordertown, Edenhope, Kaniva & Districts, Keith, Kingston, Kybybolite, Leeor, Lucindale, Mundulla, Naracoorte, Padthaway and Penola.

Kaniva & Districts and Leeor merged in 1997 to form Kaniva Leeor United.

Apsley and Edenhope in 1999 merged to form Edenhope-Apsley and in 2006 moved to the Horsham & District Football League.

Kowree-Naracoorte FL
Kowree-Naracoorte FL was founded in 1937.

KNFL Premiers

 * 1950	Edenhope
 * 1951	Kybybolite
 * 1952	Apsley
 * 1953	Naracoorte
 * 1954	Naracoorte
 * 1955	Apsley
 * 1956	Kybybolite
 * 1957	Edenhope
 * 1958	Edenhope
 * 1959	Naracoorte
 * 1960	Edenhope
 * 1961	Kybybolite
 * 1962	Border Districts
 * 1963	Naracoorte
 * 1964	Naracoorte


 * 1965	Apsley
 * 1966	Kybybolite
 * 1967	Border Districts
 * 1968	Kybybolite
 * 1969	Lucindale
 * 1970	Lucindale
 * 1971	Edenhope
 * 1972	Edenhope
 * 1973	Kybybolite
 * 1974	Kybybolite
 * 1975	Border Districts
 * 1976	Border Districts
 * 1977	Naracoorte
 * 1978	Naracoorte
 * 1979	Border Districts


 * 1980	Border Districts
 * 1981	Border Districts
 * 1982	Kingston
 * 1983	Kingston
 * 1984	Kingston
 * 1985	Apsley
 * 1986	Edenhope
 * 1987	Edenhope
 * 1988	Edenhope
 * 1989	Penola
 * 1990	Penola
 * 1991	Border Districts
 * 1992	Naracoorte

Tatiara FL
Tatiara FL was founded in 1911.

TFL Premiers

 * 1921	Mundulla
 * 1922	Bordertown
 * 1923	Bordertown
 * 1924	Kaniva
 * 1925	Mundulla
 * 1926	Bordertown
 * 1927	Mundulla
 * 1928	Kaniva
 * 1929	Mundulla
 * 1930	Mundulla
 * 1931	Mundulla
 * 1932	Mundulla
 * 1933	Serviceton
 * 1934	Mundulla
 * 1935	Kaniva


 * 1936	Serviceton
 * 1937	Mundulla
 * 1938	Mundulla
 * 1939	Bordertown
 * 1940	Goroke
 * 1946	Serviceton
 * 1947	Lillimur
 * 1948	Mundulla
 * 1949	Bordertown
 * 1950	Leeor
 * 1951	Mundulla
 * 1952	Leeor
 * 1953	Kaniva
 * 1954	Keith
 * 1955	Keith


 * 1956	Kaniva
 * 1957	Bordertown
 * 1958	Kaniva
 * 1959	Mundulla
 * 1960	Kaniva
 * 1961	Kaniva
 * 1962	Keith
 * 1963	Kaniva
 * 1964	Kaniva
 * 1965	Kaniva
 * 1966	Leeor
 * 1967	Bordertown
 * 1968	Bordertown
 * 1969	Kaniva
 * 1970	Kaniva


 * 1971	Bordertown
 * 1972	Bordertown
 * 1973	Mundulla
 * 1974	Leeor
 * 1975	Bordertown
 * 1976	Bordertown
 * 1977	Tintinara
 * 1978	Keith
 * 1979	Keith
 * 1980	Keith
 * 1981	Keith
 * 1982	Keith
 * 1983	Mundulla
 * 1984	Bordertown
 * 1985	Kaniva


 * 1986	Bordertown
 * 1987	Bordertown
 * 1988	Mundulla
 * 1989	Mundulla
 * 1990	Bordertown
 * 1991	Mundulla
 * 1992	Bordertown

KNTFL A Grade Premierships

 * 1993  Padthaway
 * 1994  Mundulla
 * 1995  Mundulla
 * 1996  Mundulla
 * 1997  Mundulla
 * 1998  Mundulla
 * 1999  Mundulla
 * 2000  Mundulla
 * 2001  Penola
 * 2002  Mundulla


 * 2003  Penola
 * 2004  Mundulla
 * 2005  Lucindale
 * 2006  Naracoorte
 * 2007  Keith
 * 2008  Keith
 * 2009  Naracoorte
 * 2010  Naracoorte
 * 2011  Lucindale
 * 2012  Bordertown


 * 2013  Penola
 * 2014  Padthaway
 * 2015  Padthaway
 * 2016  Penola
 * 2017  Lucindale
 * 2018  Mundulla
 * 2019  Mundulla
 * 2021  Mundulla
 * 2022  Lucindale
 * 2023  Border Districts

Medalists
Virgo Medal
 * 1993  Ashley Grant, Kaniva

Mail Medal
 * 1993  Bernie Mulraney, Edenhope

Mail Medalists & Virgo Medalists (Combined in 1994)
 * 1994  Richard Gould, Lucindale
 * 1995  Terry Woodall, Keith
 * 1996  Phil Forster, Naracoorte
 * 1997  Jamie Walker, Penola
 * 1998  Tim Beacham, Apsley
 * 1999  Simon Beggs, Kingston
 * 2000  Simon Beggs, Kingston
 * 2001  Ben Fennell, Penola
 * 2002  Aaron Smart and Phil Smith, Lucindale
 * 2003  Lindsay Smith, Bordertown
 * 2004  Heath Thorpe, Mundulla
 * 2005  Nigel Fiegert, Lucindale
 * 2006  Hamish Tamlin, Keith
 * 2007  Matt Gill, Naracoorte
 * 2008  Mark Snowball, Lucindale
 * 2009  Adam Pitt, Lucindale
 * 2010  Luke Duncan, Penola
 * 2011  Craig Beggs, Naracoorte
 * 2012  Jared Greenbank, Kaniva Leoor
 * 2013  Dylan Coxon, Penola
 * 2014  Ben McIntyre, Penola
 * 2015  Ben Simounds, Keith
 * 2016  Ryan McInerney, Lucindale
 * 2017  Simon Berkefeld, Penola
 * 2018  George Thring and Tim McIntyre, Keith/Mundulla
 * 2019  Scott Spriggs, Lucindale
 * 2021  Mark Quinn, Border Districts
 * 2022  Rory Taggert, Naracoorte

Leading Goalkickers

 * 1993  Andrew Zealand, Padthaway    76
 * 1994  Roger Gibbs, Penola          78
 * 1995  Roger Gibbs, Penola          94
 * 1996  Matthew Jess, Edenhope       112
 * 1997  Roger Gibbs, Penola          106
 * 1998  Eric Martin, Keith           85
 * 1999  Phil Pedler, Border Districts 103
 * 2000  Nick Williams, Mundulla      85
 * 2001  Jamie Walker, Penola         108
 * 2002  Phil Smith, Lucindale        129


 * 2003  Jamie Walker, Penola         136
 * 2004  Tim Leach, Mundulla          98
 * 2005  Phil Smith, Lucindale        127
 * 2006  Stuart Cooper, Kingston      137
 * 2007  Stuart Cooper, Kingston      105
 * 2008  Nigel Fiegert, Lucindale 99
 * 2009  Sam Logan, Naracoorte        108
 * 2010  Heath Thorpe, Mundulla       97
 * 2011  Simon Cox, Naracoorte        101
 * 2012  Ben Gunning, Padthaway       66


 * 2013  Adam Merrett, Penola         108
 * 2014 Adam Merritt, Penola	120
 * 2015 Ben Simound, Keith   105
 * 2016 Gene Robinson, Bordertown 78
 * 2017 Scott Carberry, Kybyybolite	76
 * 2018 Ben Simound, Keith   91
 * 2019 Michael Wundke, Kaniva Leeor 66
 * 2021 Tobin Cox, Padthaway 69
 * 2022 Rory Taggert, Naracoorte 66
 * 2023 Zac Peake, Naracoorte, 66

Notable players from the area
The KNFL, TFL and KNTFL have produced:
 * Aaron Fiora, Angus Schumacher – Naracoorte
 * John Hinge, Mitch Hinge – Mundulla
 * Michael Taylor, Daniel Bell, Luke Pedlar – Kingston
 * Glenn Hawker, Roger Merrett, Alastair Clarkson – Kaniva
 * Jack Redden, Simon Cox – Keith
 * Jack Trengove, Alex Forster, Lachie Neale – Kybybolite
 * Reg Burgess – Apsley
 * Phil Carman – Edenhope
 * Stephen Copping, Andrew McKay, Darcy Fogarty, Will Gould – Lucindale
 * Lincoln McCarthy, Lindsay Smith, David Grenvold – Bordertown

Additionally some famous SANFL and AFL footballers have played in the league, including:
 * Tony Modra, Jim West, Sudjai Cook ,- Kieth
 * Barrie Barbary, Ray Whittaker, Peter Woite – Kybybolite
 * Nigel Fiegert, Steven Brosnan, Phil Smith, Tom Logan – Lucindale
 * Donald Dickie, Bernie Vince, Daniel Hargraves – Border Districts
 * Simon Cox, Chris Ladhams – Naracoorte
 * Steven Sims, Scott Welsh, Ian Perrie, Justin Cicolella, Wade Thompson, Daniel Menzel – Padthaway
 * Cameron Hitchcock – Kaniva Leeor
 * Matthew Lloyd – Penola
 * Matthew Lloyd – Penola

Books

 * Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs / compiled by Peter Lines. ISBN 9780980447293
 * South Australian country football digest / by Peter Lines ISBN 9780987159199