The Eastern Eyre Football League (EEFL) is an

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competition based in the

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region of

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. It was formed in 1989 from the merger of the Kimba Districts Football League and the County Jervois Football League. The league's foundation clubs were Cleve, Cowell, Darke Peak-Waddikee (a merger of Darke Peak & Waddikee), Kimba Districts (a merger of Kimba, Buckleboo & Kelly), Ports (a merger of Arno Bay & Port Neill) and Rudall. Central Eyre and Wudinna United amalgamated to form Central Eyre United and transferred from the Mid West League before the start of 2021. It is an affiliated member of the

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Current clubs

Former clubs

2009 Ladder

Finals

2010 Ladder

2011 Ladder

2012 Ladder

2013 Ladder

2014 Ladder

2015 Ladder

2016 Ladder

2017 Ladder

2018 Ladder

2019 Ladder

2020 Ladder

No competition due to Co-vid pandemic

2021 Ladder

2022 Ladder

2023 Ladder

Notable players

Notable

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players to have played in the league include

Corey Enright Corey Enright (born 14 September 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has played the third-most games for . Enright is currently defence ...

(Kimba Districts),

Shaun Rehn Shaun Jason Rehn (born 17 August 1971) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early career Rehn grew up on a farm ...

(Ports),

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and

Darryl Wakelin Darryl Wakelin (born 11 August 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda and Port Adelaide Football Club, Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League as a defender. AFL career Adelaide W ...

(Kimba Districts),

Brett Chalmers Brett Chalmers (born 23 April 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. Originally from Cleve, South Australia, Cleve in Port Adelaide Football Club, Port Adelaide’s Zoning (Australian rules ...

(Rudall),

Levi Greenwood Levi Greenwood (born 19 February 1989) is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played for North Melbourne from 2009 to 2014 and for Collingwood from 2015 to 2021 in the Australian Football League (AFL). Greenwood grew up in the small ...

(Ports). Notable coaches include Grant "Puggy" Jenner (Cleve), Ivan "Shorty" Shubert (Darke Peak, Cleve) and Ben "The Hampster" Hampel (Rudall). Notable personalities of the league include Brian Rhett "Boozer" Morrow of Darke Peak.

Books

* ''Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs'', compiled by Peter Lines. * ''South Australian country football digest'', by Peter Lines

External links

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