2018–19 NTFL season

The 2018/19 NTFL season was the 98th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).[1]

2018/19 premiership season
Teams8
PremiersNightcliff
4th premiership
Minor premiersNightcliff
9th minor premiership
Wooden spoonersSt Marys
1st wooden spoon

The first game was played on Friday, 5 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 16 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers defeating Southern Districts Crocs by 22 points to win its fourth premiership. This was the first time when the club won a premiership since 1964/65, breaking its 54-year drought. This was the longest premiership drought in NTFL history, second is Wanderers Eagles by 34 years from 1923/24 to 1957/58).[2]

Ladder

2018/19 NTFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Nightcliff (P) 18 15 3 0 1689 1017 166.08 60
2 Southern Districts 18 13 5 0 1677 1138 147.36 52
3 Tiwi Bombers 18 9 9 0 1599 1572 101.72 36
4 Waratah 18 9 9 0 1356 1350 100.44 36
5 Darwin 18 8 10 0 1331 1407 94.60 32
6 Palmerston 18 7 11 0 1180 1672 70.57 28
7 Wanderers 18 6 12 0 1111 1497 74.22 24
8 St Marys 18 5 13 0 1058 1354 78.14 20
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Ladder progression

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
 
1Nightcliff (P) 428183123162162202242282322362402441481481521561601
2Southern Districts 4482121161201241241281321361361401402402442482522522
3Tiwi Bombers 06070808084787125125127127166206244284285324363
4Waratah 084384124124124163164203204204244244245285324325364
5Darwin 054482122123163164163204203243243283323323323323325
6Palmerston 4146474786125126127127166205205245246246246286286
7Wanderers 43454545474848888888128128128168168208208247
8St Marys 070846468586125126126165166167167167207207207208

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1Nightcliff1491Nightcliff61
3Tiwi Bombers592Southern Districts39
2Southern Districts653Tiwi Bombers40
3Tiwi Bombers862Southern Districts160
2Southern Districts89
4Waratah46
4Waratah133
5Darwin60

Grand Final

2018/19 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 16 March 2019
(7:15 pm)
Nightcliff def. Southern Districts Marrara Stadium (crowd: 8,219) Report
1.3 (9)
4.7 (31)
6.10 (46)
 8.13 (61)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.3 (9)
2.5 (17)
3.7 (25)
 5.9 (39)

This was the Nightcliff Tiger's first premiership win since the 1964/65 season.

Awards

  • Nightcliff finished on top for the first time since 2011/12.
  • The wooden spoon was "awarded" to St Marys for the first time in the club's history.

References

  1. "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2018/19". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
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