The Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League is an

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competition based in the

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, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the

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. One unusual aspect of the league is that it includes clubs from both South Australia and

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Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League

In 1993 the

Kowree Naracoorte Football League The Kowree Naracoorte Football League was an Australian rules football competition based around Naracoorte, South Australia and the Shire of Kowree, Kowree region of Victoria (state), Victoria. History Prior to the Kowree Naracoorte Football Leag ...

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 The Horsham District Football League is an amateur Australian rules football league based in the Wimmera area of Western Victoria (Australia), Victoria. History The league in its present form was created in 1946. Prior to World War 2 a number o ...

Current clubs

Former clubs

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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 *2024 Mundulla

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 *2023 Daniel Bibby (Keith), Josh Gregg (Naracoorte), Zac Richards (B/Districts) *2024 Zac Richards, Border Districts

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 * 2024 Jacob Eats, Bordertown 66

Notable players from the area

The KNFL, TFL and KNTFL have produced: *

Aaron Fiora Aaron Fiora (born 19 April 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Richmond career Originally from Naracoorte, South Australia, Fiora played his junior football with Port Ade ...

Angus Schumacher Angus Schumacher (born 16 March 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He previously spent a season with in the Australian Football League (AFL) and 5 season ...

– Naracoorte * John Hinge, Mitch Hinge – Mundulla * Michael Taylor,

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, Luke Pedlar – Kingston *

Glenn Hawker Glenn Hawker (born 17 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer. A classy right footer for the Essendon Football Club during the late 1970s and 1980s, Hawker played 200 games for the Bombers, including their 1984 and 1985 The ...

Roger Merrett Roger Merrett (born 19 April 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in two Victorian Football League premiership sides with the Essendon Football Club in the mid-1980s before moving to the fledgling Brisbane Bears, later capt ...

Alastair Clarkson Alastair Thomas Clarkson (born 27 April 1968) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and was previously head coach of t ...

– Kaniva *

Jack Redden Jack Redden (born 9 December 1990) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Originally from Keith, South Australia, Redden particip ...

, Simon Cox – Keith *

Jack Trengove Jack Trengove (born 2 September 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighin ...

, Alex Forster,

Lachie Neale Lachlan Oliver Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer and the co-captain of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018 before being tra ...

– Kybybolite *

Reg Burgess Reginald Mark Burgess (6 August 1934 – 12 May 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played 124 Victorian Football League (VFL) (VFL) games for the Essendon Football Club. Football Burgess was a centreman, recruited from Apsley, aft ...

– Apsley *

Phil Carman Phillip Carman (born 4 September 1950 in Edenhope, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Norwood in the SANFL and , , and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s and 1980s. A flamboyant player wh ...

– Edenhope * Stephen Copping, Andrew McKay,

Darcy Fogarty Darcy Fogarty (born 25 September 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a full-forward, and is currently one of Adelaide's top goalscorers. Known ...

, 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 Anthony Dale Modra (born 1 March 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known for h ...

, Jim West, Sudjai Cook ,- Keith *

Barrie Barbary Barrie Barbary (10 February 1939 – 11 February 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played 213 games for North Adelaide Football Club, North Adelaide and Woodville Football Club, Woodville in the South Australian National Football Lea ...

, Ray Whittaker, Peter Woite – Kybybolite * Nigel Fiegert, Steven Brosnan, Phil Smith, Tom Logan – Lucindale *

Donald Dickie Donald Dickie (born 8 May 1972 in New Zealand) is a former professional Australian rules footballer notable for his brief appearance in the Australian Football League for the Port Adelaide Football Club. Dickie was born in New Zealand of a Māo ...

Bernie Vince Bernard Vince (born 2 October 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has since become involved in the football media, working for Triple ...

Daniel Hargraves Daniel Hargraves (born 6 December 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. He was originally drafted by the Bulldogs from the Eastern Under 18 side in th ...

– Border Districts * Simon Cox, Chris Ladhams – Naracoorte * Steven Sims,

Scott Welsh Scott Nathan Welsh (born 7 December 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the nephew of former Glenelg and North Melbourne player Kym Hodgeman, and cousin of former Glenelg and ...

Ian Perrie Ian Perrie (born 9 April 1979, in Zimbabwe) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League. Career After being drafted at pick number 49 in the 1997 AFL Draft, Perrie debuted for Adelaide i ...

Justin Cicolella Justin Cicolella (born 12 September 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League in 2000. He played with the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club (the Eagles) in the South Australia ...

, Wade Thompson, Daniel Menzel – Padthaway *

Cameron Hitchcock Cameron Hitchcock (born 3 July 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cameron was born on the Eyre Peninsula in the little country town ...

– Kaniva Leeor *

Matthew Lloyd Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A highly decorated full-forward, Lloyd's AFL's honours include ...

– Penola

References

External links

The Official Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League website

country footy
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Books

* ''Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs'' / compiled by Peter Lines. * ''South Australian country football digest'' / by Peter Lines {{Aussie Rules in Victoria Australian rules football competitions in South Australia Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (state)