South Australian Country Football Championships

The South Australian Country Football Championships is an annual Australian rules football competition run by the South Australian National Football League, played between representative teams from the six country football zones.

The competing zones, which differ from the zones defined in the constitution of the South Australian Community Football League,[1] consist of the following:[2] Adelaide Plains Football League Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association Yorke Peninsula Football League Hills Football League Murray Valley Football League Riverland Football League River Murray Football League Eastern Eyre Football League Great Flinders Football League Port Lincoln Football League Western Eyre Football League Broken Hill Football League Far North Football League Northern Areas Football Association North Eastern Football League Spencer Gulf Football League Whyalla Football League Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League Limestone Coast Football League Mid South Eastern Football League Great Southern Football League Kangaroo Island Football League Southern Football League The Don McSweeny Medal is presented to the best player of the carnival, judged by the allocation of votes by the umpires of each game using the 3-2-1 method.

The medal is named after South Australian Football Hall of Famer Don McSweeny OAM.

A Medal is presented to the Coach of the Championships.

Since 2013, the medal has been named the Bill Murdoch Medal