South Australian Country Football Championships


The South Australian Country Football Championships is an annual Australian rules football competition run by the South Australian National Football League, played between representative teams from the six country football zones.

Current Zones

The competing zones, which differ from the zones defined in the constitution of the South Australian Community Football League, consist of the following:

Don McSweeny Medal

The Don McSweeny Medal is presented to the best player of the carnival, judged by the allocation of votes by the umpires of each game using the 3-2-1 method. The medal is named after South Australian Football Hall of Famer Don McSweeny OAM.
NameMedallist
2004Matt Joraslafsky
2005Justin Henscke
2006Adam Merrett
2007Damien Stevens
2008Todd Miles
2009Mitchell Portlock
2010Ben Yeomans & Josh Vick
2011Matthew Woolford
2012Tyson Wait
2013Michael Liebelt
2014Liam O'Neil & Ben McIntyre
2015Xavier Watson & Jack Kenny
2016Brian Fenton
2017Jack Kelly
2018
2019Leigh Ryswyk
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021Jordan Fuller
2022Matt Willson
2023Samuel Callins
2024Joel Parker-Boers

Bill Murdoch Medal

A Medal is presented to the Coach of the Championships. Since 2013, the medal has been named the Bill Murdoch Medal
YearMedallist
2007Tony Fielke
2010Simon Dennis
2011Symon Chase
2012Steve Hill
2013Andrew Michael
2014Luke Duncan
2015Barry Pilmore
2016Adam Merrett
2017Adam Merrett
2018
2019Steve Lubcke
2020No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021Scott Wendelborn
2022Jack Kelly
2023Adam Klun
2024Adam Klun