Australian Football

Formed in 1995, Koondrook Barham commenced in the Northern and Echuca Football League the following year. In 1997 the NEFL merged with the Mid Murray Football League to form the Central Murray Football League, and the Raiders were among the new competition’s eleven foundation members.

Koondrook Barham has yet to claim a CMFL flag at senior grade level, but the reserves went top in 2008 after downing Kerang in the grand final by 14 points. Prior to the merger, both Koondrook and Barham enjoyed a respectable degree of premiership success (the latter under its previous name of Border). The two clubs even confronted one another on a total of three occasions in grand finals, with the score 2-1 in Border’s favour.

The River Raiders enjoyed their best season to date in 2015 when they got as far as the grand final only to lose to Kerang. Since then they have finished third in 2016, eighth in 2017 and seventh in 2018 on what is an eleven team premiership ladder.