Hills Football League


The Hills Football League is an Australian rules football league, situated in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, to the south east of the state capital Adelaide.
The League has over 3000 players belonging to 20 member Clubs. The League's Clubs are divided into two playing Divisions

- Division 1 ;

- Division 2.
Both divisions have their own programs for the season. There is a promotion and relegation system that received criticism in 2014 following the ultimately unsuccessful decision to relegate Echunga in the same season that they won the Central Division premiership. It is the second biggest leagues in South Australia after the South Australian Amateur Football League.
In 2009 the Uraidla Districts Football Club became the first team in HFL history to secure all senior premierships in a single season.

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The Hills FL was formed in 1967 as a result of the merger of the original Hills Central FL and the Torrens Valley FL. For a number of years, the competition consisted of three divisions, firstly known as the Central Zone, the Northern Zone and the Southern Zone. This later changed to Zone 1, 2 and 3 with two years also providing a Zone 4. Eventually in 1979 the two divisions that exist today was established. The one year that was an exception was 1983 when competition was played in one division.
Heathfield-Aldgate United hold the record for the most premierships won in succession from 1971 to 1977.

Grades

The HFL consists of:

Premierships

Premierships

AFL Players

The following were drafted to AFL club lists having previously participated in the Hills Football League.
NameHFL ClubYear DraftedSANFL Club AFL Club
Brenton SandersonBlackwood1992SturtAdelaide, Collingwood, Geelong
Scott BurnsBirdwood1992NorwoodCollingwood
Brett JamesKersbrook1992NorwoodCollingwood, Adelaide
Steven SzillerLobethal1994Woodville-West TorrensSt Kilda, Richmond
Roger JamesKersbrook1996NorwoodPort Adelaide
Ben NelsonBridgewater1996SturtCarlton, Adelaide
Barnaby FrenchIronbank-Cherry Gardens1997SturtPort Adelaide, Carlton
Sudjai CookKersbrook1998NorwoodAdelaide
Courtney JohnsOnkaparinga Valley2002East FremantleEssendon
Darren PfeifferBirdwood2005NorwoodAdelaide, Carlton, Port Adelaide
Cleve HughesLobethal2005NorwoodRichmond
Benet CoppingMt Barker2006SturtFremantle
Paul CahillBlackwood2008SturtSt Kilda
Matthew JaenschHahndorf2009SturtAdelaide
Sam ColquhounBirdwood2013Central DistrictsPort Adelaide
Alex GeorgiouLobethal2013NorwoodMelbourne
Matthew FullerLobethal2013NorwoodWestern Bulldogs
Dean GoreHahndorf2014SturtGeelong, Adelaide
Mitchell CrowdenMeadows2017SturtFremantle
Callum Coleman-JonesBlackwood2017SturtRichmond
Tom SparrowBridgewater2018South AdelaideMelbourne

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