South Australia began posting recruitment for a team into the AJIHL as early as 16 March 2014 when a poster for tryouts was announced via a social media account stating try outs were to begin on 30 March 2014 in preparation for the
2014–15 AJIHL season. At the beginning of the
2015–16 AJIHL season, a proposal for the next expansion in the AJIHL was made by
Ice Hockey Australia to include teams from the Australian states of
Queensland and
South Australia and the
Australian Capital Territory. A Wild Card entry was created in the AJIHL playoffs structure but no further public information would be made available for months but plans to form junior teams in each of these states was underway. At 18:00 on 21 January 2016, the official announcement of the AJIHL Tier 2 competition was made and details of the team roster and competition times were released. ==Players==