2021–22 NTFL season

101st season of the NTFL
2021–22 NTFL season
Teams8
PremiersSt Marys
33rd premiership
Minor premiersNightcliff
12th minor premiership
Wooden spoonersTiwi Bombers
3rd wooden spoon
← 2020–21
2022–23 →

The 2021–22 NTFL season was the 101st season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL). [1]

The first game was played on Friday, 1 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 19 March, with St Marys winning a record of 33 premierships after defeating Waratah by 35 points in the grand final.

They ended the Nightcliff Tigers chance of winning a 4 peat premiership streak, after playing them in the Preliminary Final after Waratah knocked them off first in the second semi final. [2]

Ladder

2021/22 NTFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Nightcliff 16 15 2 0 1694 983 172.33 60
2 St Marys (P) 14 13 3 0 1577 902 174.83 54
3 Waratah 16 12 4 0 1449 1049 138.13 50
4 Wanderers 16 11 6 0 1279 1220 104.84 44
5 Southern Districts 16 7 9 1 1355 1366 99.19 30
6 Darwin 17 4 12 1 1126 1600 70.38 18
7 Palmerston 16 4 13 0 1000 1479 67.61 16
8 Tiwi Bombers 11 0 17 0 642 1523 42.15 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1Nightcliff493Waratah65
3Waratah682St Marys100
2St Marys441Nightcliff40
3Waratah592St Marys98
2St Marys111
4Wanderers47
4Wanderers57
5Southern Districts45

Grand Final

2021/22 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 19 March 2022
(6:30 pm)
Waratah def. by St Marys Marrara Stadium Report
3.2 (20)
4.2 (26)
5.4 (34)
 10.5 (65)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.1 (7)
6.3 (39)
11.5 (71)
 15.10 (100)

Notable events

  • During the fourth quarter of Darwin's round 18 match against Southern Districts, Darwin player Thomas Baulch took a sip from a beer handed to him on-field by a spectator.[3] Video of the moment went viral, with the NTFL suspending Baulch for two weeks, ordering him to remove the video from his social media accounts and write a letter of apology to AFL Northern Territory.[4]

References

  1. ^ "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. ^ "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2021/22". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  3. ^ "Two-week ban for on-field sip of beer, but footy player says punishment does not fit crime". ABC News. 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
  4. ^ "'Enjoy the game': Darwin footballer suspended after midgame beer". Fox Sports. 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Northern Territory Football League
ClubsSeasons
Stub icon

This Australian rules football competition-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e