Great Flinders Football League Explained

The Great Flinders Football League (GFFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. The current Premiers are the United Yeelanna Football Club who defeated the Lock Football Club in the 2024 Grand Final at Ungarra.

Elliston and Western Districts merged and transferred from the Mid West Football League prior to the start of the 2021 season. Near the end of the 2021 season the clubs of the Great Flinders Football League and Great Flinders Netball Association unanimously voted to include Elliston and Districts for the 2022 season and beyond.

Brief history

The Great Flinders Football League began in 1911 as the Flinders Football Association with founding clubs including Cummins, Edillilie, Pilanna, Shannon, Stokes and Yallunda Flat.

Current clubs

Club	Jumper	Moniker	Home Ground	Former League	Founded	Years in GFFL	GFFL Senior Premierships
							Total	Years
Cummins Ramblers		Magpies		–	1919	1919-	42	1928, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1946, 1948 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1994 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017
Cummins Kapinnie		Cougars	Cummins Oval, Cummins and Kapinnie Oval, Kapinnie	–	1997	1997-	2	2000, 2001
Elliston Districts		Roosters	Elliston Oval, Elliston; Minnipa Oval, Minnipa and Poochera Oval, Poochera	–	2021	2021-	0	-
Eyre United		Saints	Ungarra Oval, Ungarra	PLFL	1963	1971-	0	-
Lock		Roos	Lock Oval, Lock		1915	1971-	2	1996, 1997
Tumby Bay		Blues	Tumby Bay Oval, Tumby Bay	PLFL	1906	1981-	4	1995, 1999, 2007, 2009
United Yeelanna		Eagles	Karkoo Oval, Karkoo	–	1964	1964-	14	1967, 1983, 1986, 1987, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Defunct clubs

Club	Jumper	Moniker	Home Ground	Former League	Founded	Years in GFFL	GFFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
		Unknown	Hundred of Brooker, Section 13	–	1908	1911-1915	0	-	Only played challenge matches after World War I, folded in 1922
		Centrals, Rovers, Reds	Cummins Oval, Cummins	–	1909	1909-1996	15	1912, 1914, 1920, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1951, 1962, 1963	Merged with Kapinnie to form Cummins Kapinnie in 1997
Cummins		Stars	Cummins Oval, Cummins	–	1922	1922	1	1922	Entered in 1922 after league dispute with Shannon and folded when they re-entered. Consisted mainly of Shannon players.
			Cummins Oval, Cummins	–	1940	1940	0	-	Folded after World War II
Edillilie			Edillie Oval, Edillilie		1931	, 1946-1959, 1961-1964	3	1953, 1954, 1955	Recess due to lack of players in 1960. Merged with Kapinnie in 1964
Edillilie (Original)			Edillie Oval, Edillilie	–	1911	1911-1915	0		Folded due to World War I
Karkoo			Karkoo Oval, Karkoo	–	1931	, 1946-1951, 1951-1957	0	-	Merged with Yeelanna to form Shannon in 1946. Split from Shannon in 1951. Merged with United from Le Hunte FL in 1957.
Kapinnie		Tigers	Kapinnie Oval, Kapinnie and Edillilie Oval, Edillilie	–	1934	, 1946-1997	10	1960, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993	Merged with Cummins to form Cummins Kapinnie in 1997
Marble Range		Rangers	Coulta Oval, Coulta and Wangary Oval, Wangary	PLFA	1938	1948-1952	0	-	Returned to Port Lincoln FL in 1953
Mortlock			Hundredth of Mortlock	–	1912	1912	0		Folded due to lack of players
Mount Hope			"Speed's Paddock", Mount Hope	–	1926	1926-1940	0	-	Did not reform after World War II
Pillana			Cummins Oval, Cummins		1908	1911	0		Folded due to lack of players
		Eagles	Yeelanna Oval, Yeelanna	–	1909	1911-1915 1919-1921, 1923-1940, 1952-1963	12	1911, 1913, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1956	Merged with Karkoo to form Shannon in 1946. Merged with United to form United Yeelanna in 1964
Shannon		Eagles	Yeelanna Oval, Yeelanna and Karkoo Oval, Karkoo	–	1946	1946-1951	0	-	Split into Shannon and Karkoo in 1953
United			Karkoo Oval, Karkoo and Murdinga Oval, Murdinga	–	1957	1957-1963	0	-	Merged with Yeelanna to form United Yeelanna in 1964
Yallunda Flat			Yallunda Flat Oval, Yallunda Flat		1906	1911	0	-	Returned to Warratta FA in 1912

Premiers

• 1911 Shannon
• 1912 Cummins
• 1913 Shannon
• 1914 Cummins
• 1915 Shannon
• 1916–1918 Recess due to WW1
• 1919 Shannon
• 1920 Shannon
• 1921 Shannon
• 1922 Stars
• 1923 Shannon
• 1924 Shannon
• 1925 Shannon
• 1926 Ramblers
• 1927 Shannon
• 1928 Shannon
• 1929 Rovers
• 1930 Ramblers
• 1931 Yeelanna
• 1932 Ramblers
• 1933 Rovers
• 1934 Rovers
• 1935 Ramblers
• 1936 Ramblers
• 1937 Rovers
• 1938 Rovers
• 1939 Rovers
• 1940 Season suspended
• 1941-1945 Recess due to WW2
• 1946 Cockaleechie
• 1947 Cummins

• 1948 Ramblers
• 1949 Ramblers
• 1950 Ramblers
• 1951 Cummins
• 1952 Ramblers
• 1953 Edillilie
• 1954 Edillilie
• 1955 Edillilie
• 1956 Shannon
• 1957 Ramblers
• 1958 Ramblers
• 1959 Ramblers
• 1960 Kapinnie
• 1961 Ramblers
• 1962 Cummins
• 1963 Cummins
• 1964 Ramblers
• 1965 Kapinnie
• 1966 Kapinnie
• 1967 United Yeelanna
• 1968 Ramblers
• 1969 Ramblers
• 1970 Ramblers
• 1971 Ramblers
• 1972 Ramblers
• 1973 Ramblers
• 1974 Ramblers
• 1975 Ramblers
• 1976 Ramblers
• 1977 Ramblers
• 1978 Ramblers

• 1979 Ramblers
• 1980 Ramblers
• 1981 Ramblers
• 1982 Ramblers
• 1983 United Yeelanna
• 1984 Kapinnie
• 1985 Kapinnie
• 1986 United Yeelanna
• 1987 United Yeelanna
• 1988 Kapinnie
• 1989 Ramblers
• 1990 Kapinnie
• 1991 Kapinnie
• 1992 Kapinnie
• 1993 Kapinnie
• 1994 Ramblers
• 1995 Tumby Bay
• 1996 Lock
• 1997 Lock
• 1998 Ramblers
• 1999 Tumby Bay
• 2000 Cummins Kapinnie
• 2001 Cummins Kapinnie
• 2002 Ramblers
• 2003 Ramblers
• 2004 Ramblers
• 2005 Ramblers
• 2006 Ramblers
• 2007 Tumby Bay
• 2008 Ramblers
• 2009 Tumby Bay

• 2010 Ramblers
• 2011 Ramblers
• 2012 United Yeelanna
• 2013 Ramblers
• 2014 United Yeelanna
• 2015 United Yeelanna
• 2016 United Yeelanna
• 2017 Ramblers
• 2018 United Yeelanna
• 2019 United Yeelanna
• 2020 Recess due to COVID-19
• 2021 United Yeelanna
• 2022 United Yeelanna
• 2023 United Yeelanna
• 2024 United Yeelanna

2014 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	2003	679	74.68	28		1st Semi	Ramblers	15	15	105	Cummins Kapinnie	6	6	42
Eyre United	9	0	5	1	1259	1229	50.60	19		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	35	9	219	Eyre United	9	8	62
Ramblers	9	0	6	0	1355	1117	54.81	18		Preliminary	Eyre United	9	10	64	Ramblers	18	10	118
Cummins Kapinnie	6	0	9	0	982	1477	39.93	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	19	4	118	Ramblers	11	5	71
Tumby Bay	5	0	10	0	1086	1195	47.61	10
Lock	1	0	13	1	756	1744	30.24	3

2015 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	1804	900	66.72	28		1st Semi	Ramblers	10	7	67	Tumby Bay	4	7	31
Lock	11	0	4	0	1656	879	65.33	22		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	17	7	109	Lock	10	7	67
	Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1099	996	52.46	16		Preliminary	Lock	18	11	119	Ramblers	17	7	109
Tumby Bay	7	0	8	0	1175	1044	52.95	14		Grand	United Yeelanna	19	10	124	Lock	23	10	84
Cummins Kapinnie	5	0	10	0	923	1540	37.47	10
Eyre United	0	0	15	0	570	1868	23.38	0

2016 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	1468	760	65.89	28		1st Semi	Tumby Bay	8	6	54	Cummins Kapinnie	10	12	72
Ramblers	11	0	4	0	1192	789	60.17	22		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	13	12	90	Ramblers	10	7	67
Tumby Bay	9	0	6	0	1144	929	55.19	18		Preliminary	Ramblers	12	10	82	Cummins Kapinnie	14	11	95
Cummins Kapinnie	6	0	9	0	1123	1015	52.53	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	18	11	119	Cummins Kapinnie	9	11	65
Eyre United	5	0	10	0	1030	1188	46.44	10
Lock	0	0	15	0	435	1711	20.27	0

2017 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	15	0	0	0	1863	744	71.46	30		1st Semi	Eyre United	10	9	69	Tumby Bay	7	10	52
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1119	933	54.53	16		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	15	14	104	Ramblers	6	9	45
Eyre United	8	0	7	0	1333	1255	51.51	16		Preliminary	Ramblers	15	15	105	Eyre United	7	8	50
Tumby Bay	6	0	9	0	1023	1086	48.51	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	10	11	71	Ramblers	15	10	100
Cummins Kapinnie	6	0	9	0	888	1224	42.05	12
Lock	2	0	13	0	683	1667	29.06	4

2018 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	15	0	0	0	1885	598	75.82	30		1st Semi	Ramblers	16	12	108	Cummins Kapinnie	9	6	60
Tumby Bay	10	0	5	0	1134	956	54.26	20		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	14	11	95	Tumby Bay	11	8	74
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1037	950	52.19	16		Preliminary	Tumby Bay	11	9	75	Ramblers	3	4	22
Cummins Kapinnie	5	0	10	0	951	1268	42.86	10		Grand	United Yeelanna	16	13	109	Tumby Bay	3	4	22
Eyre United	4	0	11	0	851	1594	34.81	8
Lock	3	0	12	0	772	1264	37.82	6

2019 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	15	0	0	0	2028	517	79.69	30		1st Semi	Ramblers	7	4	46	Cummins Kapinnie	5	9	39
Tumby Bay	10	0	5	0	1058	819	56.37	20		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	20	20	140	Tumby Bay	7	5	47
Ramblers	9	0	6	0	1161	718	61.79	18		Preliminary	Tumby Bay	4	3	27	Ramblers	9	15	69
Cummins Kapinnie	8	0	7	0	1061	1006	51.33	16		Grand	United Yeelanna	16	11	107	Ramblers	7	3	45
Lock	3	0	12	0	632	1403	31.06	6
Eyre United	0	0	15	0	419	1896	18.10	0

2021 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cummins Kapinnie	12	3	0	0	1266	484	72.34	24		1st Semi	Ramblers	8	4	52	Lock	8	9	57
United Yeelanna	9	3	3	0	1193	667	64.14	18		2nd Semi	Cummins Kapinnie	10	12	72	United Yeelanna	9	12	66
Ramblers	7	3	5	0	718	680	51.36	14		Preliminary	United Yeelanna	12	7	79	Lock	5	7	37
Lock	6	3	6	0	972	779	55.51	12		Grand	Cummins Kapinnie	6	7	43	United Yeelanna	6	10	46
Elliston Districts	5	3	7	0	691	947	42.19	10
Tumby Bay	3	3	9	0	633	913	40.94	6
Eyre United	0	3	12	0	389	1392	21.84	0

2022 Ladder

Great Flinders[1]	Wins	Losses	Draws	Byes	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	0	3	1282	541	70.32	28		1st Semi	Tumby Bay	8	11	59	Lock	9	9	63
Elliston Districts	10	4	0	3	1241	621	66.65	20		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	11	8	74	Elliston Districts	7	14	56
Tumby Bay	8	6	0	3	994	790	55.72	16		Preliminary	Elliston Districts	12	12	84	Lock	7	4	46
Lock	7	7	0	3	952	849	52.86	14		Grand	United Yeelanna	15	5	95	Elliston Districts	3	7	25
Ramblers	6	8	0	3	900	919	49.48	12
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	4	10	0	3	687	952	41.92	8
Eyre United	0	14	0	3	386	1770	17.90	0

2023 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Losses	Draws	Byes	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	0	3	1730	510	77.23	28		1st Semi	Lock	7	13	55	Ramblers	8	3	51
Tumby Bay	11	3	0	3	1234	544	69.40	22		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	15	9	99	Tumby Bay	3	3	21
Lock	9	5	0	3	1194	619	65.85	18		Preliminary	Tumby Bay	10	11	71	Lock	9	11	65
Ramblers	8	6	0	3	907	846	51.73	16		Grand	United Yeelanna	15	15	105	Tumby Bay	11	7	73
Eliston Districts	5	9	0	3	823	1027	44.48	10
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	1	13	0	3	464	1326	25.92	2
Eyre United	1	13	0	3	462	1942	19.21	2

2024 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Losses	Draws	Byes	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Lock	13	1	0	3	1777	568	75.77	26		1st Semi	Ramblers	12	11	83	Tumby Bay	13	4	82
United Yeelanna	13	1	0	3	1485	608	70.95	26		2nd Semi	Lock	10	8	68	United Yeelanna	11	9	75
Ramblers	8	6	0	3	1011	1065	48.69	16		Preliminary	Lock	14	12	96	Ramblers	1	8	14
Tumby Bay	7	7	0	3	1016	1074	48.61	14		Grand	United Yeelanna	10	11	71	Lock	4	10	34
Elliston Districts	4	10	0	3	807	1225	39.71	8
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	3	11	0	3	628	1250	33.43	6
Eyre United	1	13	0	3	672	1606	29.49	2

Books

• Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs / compiled by Peter Lines.
• South Australian country football digest / by Peter Lines

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 A Grade Fixture and Ladder PlayHQ . 2022-05-30 . www.playhq.com.