2018–19 NTFL season

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2018/19 premiership season
Teams8
PremiersNightcliff
(4th premiership)
Minor premiersNightcliff
(9th minor premiership)
Wooden spoonersSt Marys
(1st wooden spoon)
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The 2018/19 NTFL season was the 98th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).[1]

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
TEAM P W L D PF PA % 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
 
1 Nightcliff (P) 42 81 83 123 162 162 202 242 282 322 362 402 441 481 481 521 561 601
2 Southern Districts 44 82 121 161 201 241 241 281 321 361 361 401 402 402 442 482 522 522
3 Tiwi Bombers 06 07 08 08 08 47 87 125 125 127 127 166 206 244 284 285 324 363
4 Waratah 08 43 84 124 124 124 163 164 203 204 204 244 244 245 285 324 325 364
5 Darwin 05 44 82 122 123 163 164 163 204 203 243 243 283 323 323 323 323 325
6 Palmerston 41 46 47 47 86 125 126 127 127 166 205 205 245 246 246 246 286 286
7 Wanderers 43 45 45 45 47 48 48 88 88 88 128 128 128 168 168 208 208 247
8 St Marys 07 08 46 46 85 86 125 126 126 165 166 167 167 167 207 207 207 208

Finals[]

 
  Qualifying finals Semi finals Preliminary final Grand Final
                                     
1 Nightcliff 149  
    3 Tiwi Bombers 59         1 Nightcliff 61
2 Southern Districts 65     3 Tiwi Bombers 40   2 Southern Districts 39
3 Tiwi Bombers 86       2 Southern Districts 160  
2 Southern Districts 89
4 Waratah 133   4 Waratah 46  
5 Darwin 60

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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