Australian Football

The Tigers’ first known premiership was not attained until 1940, by which time the club had existed for half a century. Since making the breakthrough, however, the club has been consistently successful, adding another sixteen senior grade flags including, most notably, five in the six seasons between 1995 and 2000. These last premierships were achieved in the Barossa Light and Gawler Football Association which came into being in 1987 as a result of a merger between the Barossa and Light Football Association, in which Nuriootpa had competed since 1908, and the Gawler and Districts Football Association. The Tigers’ stint in the B&LFA saw them contest a total of twenty-six senior grade grand or challenge finals, winning eleven of them. Since commencing in the BL&GFA they have played off for the premiership another seven times, triumphing every time except in 2002 when they went down to Tanunda by 11 points. The 2009 season was disappointing for Nuriootpa in that, after comfortably qualifying for the finals in second place, the side succumbed to successive defeats at the hands of Tanunda in the second semi final and Angaston in the preliminary final. 

After a succession of mediocre seasons the Tigers claimed their sixth BL&GFA senior grade flag in 2015 when they accounted for Gawler Central in both the second semi final and grand final by margins of 43 and 29 points respectively. The next couple of seasons saw the Tigers failing to qualify for the finals, finishing eighth (of nine) in 2016 and sixth the following year. There was significant improvement in 2018 as the Tigers topped the ladder after the minor round before cruising to their seventh senior grade premiership triumph by means of comfortable wins over Tanunda in both the second semi final and grand final. Meanwhile the club's reserve grade team also made it through to the grand final but fell short by 7 points against Angaston.