Big Rivers Australian Football League Explained

The Big Rivers Australian Football League (formerly the Katherine District Football League) is an Australian rules football competition in the Northern Territory, Australia based in the Katherine region.

Current clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Home	Founded	Senior Men's Premierships
	Arnhem Football Club	Crows (formerly Bombers)		2001	2002/03, 2006, 2009, 2011^[1]
	Daly River Football Club	Buffaloes		2022
	Eastside Football Club	Double Blues		1988^[2]	1989/90, 1990/91, 1993/94, 1998/99, 2013–16, 2019^[3]
	Garrak Football Club	Bombers		2012 (as Kalano)^[4]
	Katherine Football Club	Camels			2012,^[5] 2022
	Katherine South Sports Club	Crocs			1991/92, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2018,^[6] 2021
	Northern Walpiri Swans Football Club	Swans			2005, 2008^[7]
	Ngukurr Football Club	Bulldogs			1999/2000, 2004, 2007,^[8] 2023

Previous clubs

Club	Nickname	Home	Founded	Senior Men's Premierships
Beswick Football Club	Bears		2009^[9]	2010
Gurindji Football Club	Eagles			2017^[10]
Jilkminggan Football Club	Blues
Kirby's Agents Football Club	Hawks
Minyerri Football Club	Tigers
Tindal Football Club	Magpies	Tindal Oval, RAAF Base Tindal (Katherine)	1989^[11]
Waliburru Football Club	Thunder

Premierships (Mens)

• 1988/89 Kirby's Agents
• 1989/90 Rowlands
• 1990/91 Eastside (* Formerly known as Rowlands FC)
• 1991/92 Katherine South
• 1992/93 Katherine South
• 1993/94 Eastside
• 1994/95 Katherine South
• 1995/96 Katherine South
• 1996/97 Katherine South
• 1997/98 Katherine South
• 1998/99 Eastside
• 1999/00 Ngukurr
• 2001 Arnhem Bombers
• 2002 Arnhem Crows
• 2003 Arnhem Crows
• 2004 Arnhem Crows
• 2005 Lajamanu
• 2006 Arnhem Crows
• 2007 Ngukurr
• 2008 Lajamanu
• 2009 Arnhem Crows
• 2010 Beswick
• 2011 Arnhem Crows
• 2012 Katherine Camels
• 2013 Eastside FC
• 2014 Eastside FC
• 2015 Eastside FC
• 2016 Eastside FC
• 2017 Eastside FC
• 2018 Katherine South
• 2019 Katherine Camels
• 2020 Katherine South
• 2021 Katherine South
• 2022 Katherine Camels
• 2023 Ngukurr

2011 Ladder

Big Rivers AFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Beswick Bears	12	0	2	0	1486	554	268.23%	48
Arnhem Crows	11	0	3	0	1213	765	158.56%	44
Ngukurr Bulldogs	11	0	3	0	1216	780	155.90%	44
Katherine Camels	8	0	6	0	949	802	118.33%	32
Eastside	6	0	8	0	876	1076	81.41%	24
Lajamanu Swans	5	0	9	0	899	900	99.89%	20
Tindal Magpies	2	0	12	0	611	1418	43.09%	8
Jikminggan Blues	1	0	13	0	459	1414	32.46%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Ngukurr Bulldogs	14	9	93	Katherine Camels	11	4	70
2nd Semi	Arnhem Crows	17	7	109	Beswick Bears	9	10	64
Preliminary	Ngukurr Bulldogs	11	7	73	Beswick Bears	10	11	71
Grand	Arnhem Crows	14	8	92	Ngukurr Bulldogs	12	6	78

2012 Ladder

Big Rivers AFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Katherine Camels	13	0	1	0	1280	656	195.12%	52
Ngukurr Bulldogs	11	0	3	0	1264	694	182.13%	44
Beswick Bears	11	0	3	0	1357	760	178.55%	44
Eastside	7	0	7	0	896	996	89.96%	28
Jikminggan Blues	6	0	8	0	908	1125	80.71%	24
Kalano Bombers	5	0	9	0	928	1229	75.51%	20
Tindal Magpies	4	0	5	0	576	630	91.43%	16
Lajamanu Swans	2	0	7	0	271	466	58.15%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Katherine Camels	10	19	79	Ngukurr Bulldogs	9	11	65
2nd Semi	Beswick Bears	15	2	92	Eastside	14	7	91
Preliminary	Ngukurr Bulldogs	14	18	102	Beswick Bears	7	6	48
Grand	Katherine Camels	14	6	90	Ngukurr Bulldogs	4	6	30

See also

• AFL Northern Territory
• Northern Territory Football League
• Australian rules football in the Northern Territory

Notes and References

1. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/arnhem%2Bcrows/1835/ Arnhem Crows - Australian Football
2. https://www.katherinetimes.com.au/story/7673125/eastside-to-build-off-last-seasons-success/ Eastside to build off last season's success
3. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/eastside/3478/ Eastside - Australian Football
4. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/kalano/2348/ Kalano - Australian Football
5. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/info/Katherine/133 Katherine Camels - Australian Football
6. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/katherine+south/4224/ Katherine South - Australian Football
7. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/lajamanu%2Bswans/2416/ Lajamanu - Australian Football
8. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/ngukurr/1209/ Ngukurr - Australian Football
9. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/beswick%2Bbears/1894/ Beswick Bears - Australian Football
10. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/gurindji%2Beagles/2259/ Gurindji - Australian Football
11. https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/tindal/3480/ Tindal - Australian Football