Coffs Harbour International Stadium


The Coffs Harbour International Stadium, currently known as the C.ex Coffs International Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the coastal city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
The stadium was opened in June 1994, and has a capacity of 20,000 people, although the seating capacity in the stand is only 1,000. The record attendance for a sporting event is 12,000.
The stadium claims a place in the FIFA World Cup records as the venue for the highest scoring match in World Cup qualification history. It hosted the match in which Australia beat American Samoa 31–0 on 11 April 2001.
North Coast Football play their Over 35s matches and finals matches at Coffs Harbour International Stadium.
The stadium regularly hosts NRL trial matches, and since 2021, hosts an annual Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks home game. The stadium also hosts at least one Sydney Sixers game every BBL season and formerly hosted ING Cup cricket matches involving the New South Wales Blues. For the past two years it has hosted the FFA National Youth Championships.
The stadium hosted 2007 and 2013's City vs Country Origin rugby league match.
The AFL North Coast has played its finals and Grand Finals at the Stadium every year since 1994. The League also hosts a junior representative carnival, the Northern NSW Championship, at the venue each year. The Championship involves under age representative teams from the AFL North Coast, AFL Illawarra and AFL Hunter/Central Coast. The Sydney Swans played a AFL Women's league game at the stadium in 2024, and will return in 2025.

Touch Football

The stadium annually plays host to major events on the Touch Football calendar in Australia. The National Touch League is contested each year during March by the 13 permits from around Australia. The event features some of the best players from around Australia and the world.

Attendance records

Top 10 Sports Attendance Records
No.DateTeamsSportCompetitionCrowd
116 February 2013South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. Newcastle KnightsRugby leagueNRL 10,838
23 January 2024Sydney Sixers vs. Brisbane HeatCricketBBL10,372
320 May 2023Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs. Newcastle KnightsRugby leagueNRL10,156
45 January 2020Sydney Sixers vs. Adelaide StrikersCricketBBL9,834
517 January 2023Sydney Sixers vs. Adelaide StrikersCricketBBL9,576
617 February 2007Gold Coast Titans vs. Melbourne StormRugby leagueNRL 9,500
718 June 2022Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs. Gold Coast TitansRugby leagueNRL9,058
85 July 2024Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs. Gold Coast TitansRugby leagueNRL8,673
93 May 2007City vs. CountryRugby leagueCity vs Country Origin8,149
1019 January 2003New South Wales Blues vs. Western WarriorsCricketING Cup8,000