The main semi-professional competition, (named South Coast Group 7 VB First Grade for sponsorship reasons), comprises ten (10) teams from across the region.

[2] Ten clubs, including Mt Warrigal and Milton-Ulladulla, also field Women's League Tag teams.

They are the Berry Magpies, Gerringong Lions, Jamberoo Superoos, and Kiama Knights.

The Nowra Warriors were also a foundation club, but due to financial reasons were forced to merge with the Bomaderry Swamp Rats in 2007.

Through the 20s–30s Albion Park were founded, joined the Illawarra Rugby League and returned to Group 7 in 1933.

The Warilla-Lake South Gorillas were first introduced into first grade during the 1970s and in 1978 the Batemans Bay Tigers were another team to move from Group 16.

The source is a compilation of competition tables, point scores and lists of participating teams.

These have been taken from the Kiama Independent, Illawarra Mercury and other past newspapers on Trove and microfilm.

These teams included: Berry, Bombo, Gerringong, Jamberoo, Kiama, Kangaroo Valley, Naval College, and Nowra.

As soon as the league began, they entered a two-year hiatus due to World War I.

Again, the competition faced a hiatus, this time between 1942 and 1943, due to World War II.

The Batemans Bay Tigers win their first premiership in 1979, after joining one year earlier in 1978 from Group 16.