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2026 Hahn Australia Cup

HappyGuus said:
Just a casual 700km, 8 hour drive there 😂
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Just on Mount Gambier/Limestone Coast. Their basketball team agreed to pay ALL of the other clubs expenses for their matches!

Adelaide clubs will not be required pay for travel, accommodation and meal expenses when their men’s and women’s teams make the 870km round trip to the southeast.

Instead, Basketball Australia and the Pioneers will give each of the 10 other clubs $4000 to cover the costs.
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This is in NBL1. And we can't get a home and away Championship going?
 
HappyGuus said:
Just on Mount Gambier/Limestone Coast. Their basketball team agreed to pay ALL of the other clubs expenses for their matches!



This is in NBL1. And we can't get a home and away Championship going?
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Can't even get Yoogali into a senior men's competition... :(
 
Also if people are interested in Whyalla Lions, (to my knowledge) the Whyalla Soccer Association is the only league in the country where each club has a permanent self-operated home ground with social club. Would be the dream nationally but not a chance of it happening
 
oranges said:
Also if people are interested in Whyalla Lions, (to my knowledge) the Whyalla Soccer Association is the only league in the country where each club has a permanent self-operated home ground with social club. Would be the dream nationally but not a chance of it happening
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Yeah they are short of grounds there. Some clubs are literally on the same road a kilometre apart!
 
HappyGuus said:
Just on Mount Gambier/Limestone Coast. Their basketball team agreed to pay ALL of the other clubs expenses for their matches!



This is in NBL1. And we can't get a home and away Championship going?
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More than double the people in a football team vs a basketball team
 
dsriggs said:
More than double the people in a football team vs a basketball team
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Correct. But this is NBL1, it's split into five regions, basically like NPL level. And yet they still accept massive travel in each region, like Mount Gambier and Hobart in the Vic league, Cairns and Townsville (and previously Darwin) in the QLD league, and so on.
 
oranges said:
Also if people are interested in Whyalla Lions, (to my knowledge) the Whyalla Soccer Association is the only league in the country where each club has a permanent self-operated home ground with social club. Would be the dream nationally but not a chance of it happening
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Griffith would come kind of close - depending how loose we are with the 'self-operated' definition
 
Hahn Australia Cup – Northern NSW (Northern Conference) round 2 draw result:
Southern United v Casino RSM Cobras

10 clubs receive BYE into round 3: Armidale City Westside, Boambee Bombers, Demon Knights, East Armidale United, Lake Cathie, North Companions, Pottsville Beach, Tamworth, Westlawn Tigers, Yamba

Ties to be played Saturday February 14th/Sunday February 15th.

Hahn Australia Cup – Northern NSW (Northern Conference) round 3 draw result:
Moore Creek v Lake Cathie
Pottsville Beach v Inverell
North Companions v Demon Knights
Westlawn Tigers v Southern United/Casino RSM Cobras
Coffs City United v Yamba
Boambee Bombers v Northern Storm
East Armidale United v Oxley Vale Attunga
Tamworth v Armidale City Westside

Ties to be played Saturday February 21st/Sunday February 22nd.

Hahn Australia Cup – Northern NSW (Southern Conference) round 2 draw result:
Bellbird Junior v Mayfield United Senior
Minmi v Barnsley United
Fletcher v Kurri Kurri
Greta Branxton v Muswellbrook Eagles
Newcastle Suns v Rutherford
Charleston Junior v Nelson Bay
Westlakes Wildcats v Stockton Sharks
Thornton Redbacks v Kotara South
Northumberland United v Cardiff City
Lambton Jaffas Junior v North United Wolves
Bolwarra Lorn v Garden Suburb
Southern Lakes United v Mereweather United
Warners Bay v Maitland Junior
University of Newcastle v South Maitland

There is 67 clubs that have entered Northern NSW Football for the 2026 Australia Cup which is a decrease of five on last year.
 
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Northern NSW entries – Australia Cup year by year,
2026: 67
2025: 72
2024: 70
2023: 75
2022: 66
2021: 67
2020: 69
2019: 75
2018: 84
2017: 83
2016: 81
2015: 78
2014: 78
 
Do you happen to have a Northern/Southern split in numbers? Looking at the list of teams it instinctively feels like a bit of growth actually in the South, but a lot of Northern teams (I want to say mainly from Far North Coast) seem not to have entered again this year
 
oranges said:
Do you happen to have a Northern/Southern split in numbers? Looking at the list of teams it instinctively feels like a bit of growth actually in the South, but a lot of Northern teams (I want to say mainly from Far North Coast) seem not to have entered again this year
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I’ll try take a look when I chuck this in the database - will only be able to go back to 2024 though
 
Ok, doing my normal thing I've been doing for all the states so far - noting that Northern NSW is unique in that they allow feeder clubs to enter (Junior), alongside the main club (Senior). For the purposes of the Australian Football Club Database, these clubs are only counted once, so this is where the couple NPL clubs (Lambton Jaffas and Maitland FC) are listed as already entered on my end, despite still being a couple rounds off from entering. Assuming all remaining NPL and Northern League One clubs enter into the following rounds, this brings the total to 65 individual clubs (again, only counting through my database, where each Junior / Senior entered club is only counted once).

Rather than just listing "Regional" - here is the full breakdown by the 7 NNSW Districts:
  • NEWCASTLE
    • Korara South
    • Lambton Jaffas
    • Mayfield United
    • Minmi Wanderers
    • Nelson Bay
    • Newcastle Suns
    • Stockton Sharks
    • University of Newcastle
    • Fletcher
    • Merewether United
  • HUNTER VALLEY
    • Bolwarra Lorn
    • Greta Branxton
    • Kurri Kurri
    • Maitland FC
    • South Maitland
    • Thornton Redbacks
    • North United Wolves
    • Bellbird
    • Muswellbrook
    • Rutherford Dragons
  • MACQUARIE
    • Barnsley United
    • Cardiff City
    • Garden Suburb
    • Northumberland United (formerly known as Croudace Bay United)
    • Warners Bay
    • Westlakes Wildcats
    • Charlestown
    • Southern Lakes United

  • FAR NORTH COAST
    • Pottsville Beach Panthers
    • Casino RSM Cobras
  • MID NORTH COAST
    • Southern United
    • Lake Cathie
  • NORTH COAST
    • Boambee Bombers
    • Coffs City United Lions
    • Northern Storm
    • Westlawn Tigers
    • Yamba Breakers
  • NORTHERN INLAND
    • Namoi Area
      • No clubs
    • Northern Area
      • Armidale City Westside
      • Demon Knights
      • East Armidale United
      • Inverell
    • Southern Area
      • Moore Creek Mountain Goats
      • Oxley Vale Attunga
      • North Companions Pandas
      • Tamworth
Clubs entering in 2026 for the first time ever (or first time since 2023):
  • Rutherford Dragons - 2025 NNSW Zone League 3
  • Lake Cathie - 2025 Mid North Coast Premier League
  • Tamworth - 2025 Northern Inland Premier League
  • Casino RSM Cobras - 2025 Far North Coast Championship
  • Muswellbrook - 2025 Interdistrict Newcastle/Hunter/Macquarie Division D
Clubs entering in 2026 after a hiatus in 2025:
  • Southern United - 2025 NNSW Zone League 2
  • Bellbird - 2025 NNSW Zone League 3
List of clubs that entered in 2025, but not in 2026 - PLEASE NOTE: This may change/be inaccurate, as I cannot find a complete fixture/competition list for NNSW below League One at the moment, and have only got listed the clubs that were relegated from these leagues as per @HappyGuus OzTables webpage. However, Zone League 1, 2 and 3 clubs should have been entered into this round as per the NNSW web article announcing the fixtures, so I will be omitting clubs that are confirmed in NPL or League One and haven't entered a club yet.
  • Merewether Advance - 2025 NNSW Zone League 2
  • Medowie - 2025 NNSW Zone League 3
  • Goonellabah - 2025 Far North Coast Premier League
  • Port Saints - 2025 Mid North Coast Premier League
  • Coffs Coast Tigers - 2025 North Coast Premier League
  • Urunga Raiders - 2025 North Coast Premier League
  • Swansea - 2026 NNSW Zone League 1
  • Bangalow Bulldogs - 2025 Far North Coast Premier League
  • Byron Bay - 2025 Far North Coast Premier League
  • Port Macquarie United - 2025 Mid North Coast Premier League
  • Majos - 2025 North Coast 2nd Division

@oranges So doing that north/south split along the lines of Interdistrict being Southern, and the rest being Northern (as that's how the draw looks to me), for 2024, 2025 and 2026 (assuming all NPL and League One clubs enter), I have the following numbers (again, this combines the Junior and Senior entries into a single entry)

Southern
2026 - 48
2025 - 49
2024 - 45

Northern
2026 - 17
2025 - 21
2024 - 23
 
Just found out late today gents that Australia Cup preliminaries in Queensland are doing triple draw on Friday March 6th for rounds 4-5-6 just like past years as per Football Queensland facebook page as part of Kappa Queensland Cup. 1770115233524.png
 
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