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2017 NEAFL season

2017 NEAFL season

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The 2017 NEAFL season is the seventh season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on Saturday, 1 April and concluded on Saturday, 9 September with the NEAFL Grand Final.

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Participating clubs

Premiership season

Source: NEAFL 2017 season results and fixture

Notable features of the draw include:[1]

  • Two regional matches in Newcastle and Wagga Wagga.
  • First Friday night match in Darwin, Northern Territory.
  • First matches at new South Pine Sports Complex facilities.
  • Nineteen confirmed AFL curtain raisers.
  • Six aligned AFL academy under-18 series matches.
  • NEAFL representative match v TSL in round 11.
  • All starting times are local.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Win/loss table

+WinQualified for finals
-LossXBye
DrawEliminated

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
This table can be sorted by margin

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Ladder

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Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2017. Source: NEAFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top six.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished in first place on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicates the team had a bye during that round.
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Finals series

Elimination finals Preliminary finals Grand final
Sydney Swans 21.16 (142)
Gold Coast 19.9 (123) Gold Coast 11.8 (74)
NT Thunder 12.12 (84) Sydney Swans 10.22 (82)
Brisbane Lions 12.13 (85)
Brisbane Lions 16.19 (115)
Sydney University 19.12 (126) Sydney University 12.11 (83)
Aspley 11.10 (76)

Elimination finals

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Preliminary finals

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Grand final

2017 NEAFL Grand Final
Saturday, 9 September (7:45 pm) Sydney Swans def. by Brisbane Lions Sydney Cricket Ground
2.6 (18)
5.10 (40)
7.13 (55)
 10.22 (82)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
2.2 (14)
6.7 (43)
11.9 (75)
 12.13 (85)
Dawson 4, Pink 2, Wicks, Edwards, Ronke, O'Riordan Goals Grewar 3, Allison 2, Keays 2, Ballenden 2, O'Sullivan, Beams, Lyons
Foote, Hayward, Pink, Florent, Dawson Best Keays, Eagles, Hinge, Allison, Grewar, Jansen

Representative match

The NEAFL representative team played against the Tasmanian State League representative team in the league's sole state match for the year. The match was played on 10 June at Blundstone Arena with the NEAFL representative side winning by seventeen points.[2]

State Game 10 June 2017
2:00 pm
North East Australia 55 38 Tasmania Blundstone Arena  
2.1 (13)
5.4 (34)
7.5 (47)
8.7 (55)
1.2 (8)
2.5 (17)
4.7 (31)
5.8 (38)
    Goals  
A. Boston 3, J. Harper, D. Bonney, X. Richards, J. Anthony, T. Barrett   J. Bowden, B. Walsh, B. Cox-Goodyer, B. McCulloch, T. Standen
    Bests  
G. Grose, J. Harper, J. Keras, R. Hebron, D. Bonney, S. Tape   T. Couch, C. Duffy, B. Webb, J. Bowden, J. Lockhart, N. McKenna

Squad

The 2017 NEAFL representative squad consisted of players from all NEAFL clubs excluding AFL reserves teams (Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Sydney Swans, WSU Giants). The team contained eight former AFL-listed players.[3] The team was coached by AFL Queensland Hall of Famer and former AFL footballer, John Blair.[4]

23-man squad
B: Darcy Baron-Hay (Sydney University) Tim Barton (Sydney University) Seb Tape (Southport)
HB: Hayden Bertoli-Simmonds (Redland) Gavin Grose (Aspley) Reece Toye (Aspley)
C: Andrew Boston (Southport) Jordan Harper (Canberra) Sam Martyn (Canberra)
HF: Ryan Hebron (Sydney University) James Nelis (Aspley) Jack Hiscox (Sydney University)
F: Jack Anthony (Southport) Xavier Richards (Sydney University) Ned Reinhard (Sydney University)
Foll: Sam Michael (Redland) Jordan Keras (Southport) Abraham Ankers (NT Thunder)
Int: Nathan Cooper (Sydney University) Daniel Joseph (Aspley) Tim Barrett (Sydney University)
Damien Bonney (Sydney University) Andrew Swan (Canberra)  
Coach: John Blair (Aspley)

Rising Star nominations

The NEAFL Rising Star is awarded to the most promising young talent in the NEAFL competition. Players are nominated each week and must be under the age of 21 and have played less than 20 NEAFL games.

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References

  1. Webster, Jess (30 November 2016). "2017 NEAFL Fixture Release". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. "NEAFL wins arm wrestle over gutsy Tasmania at Blundstone Arena". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. "2017 NEAFL Representative Team Announced". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. "John Blair to lead NEAFL rep team". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. "Round 1 Rising Star Nominee: Adam Sambono". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. "Round 2 Rising Star Nominee: Mitch Maguire". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. "Round 3 Rising Star Nominee: Callum McFadden". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  8. Webster, Jess (26 April 2017). "From fringe player to young gun as Baron-Hay makes his mark in defence". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  9. "Gowers earns Rising Star honour". SydneySwans.com.au. Bigpond. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  10. Webster, Jess (10 May 2017). "Rising Star Oskar Baker turns disappointment into opportunity". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  11. Webster, Jess (17 May 2017). "Lost Soul finally finds a place to call home at Redland". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  12. Webster, Jess (24 May 2017). "History-making midfielder Jack Rolls relishing fresh start at Redland". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  13. Webster, Jess (31 May 2017). "Southport's Cody Filewood earns Rising Star nod with first ever game as a defender". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  14. Webster, Jess (7 June 2017). "Cooper's battle with NEAFL legend Ewing earns Rising Star nod". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  15. Webster, Jess (14 June 2017). "Rising Star nominee Sams Wicks bursts on to NEAFL scene after Allies disappointment". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  16. Webster, Jess (21 June 2017). "Round 12 Rising Star Nominee: Nick Yarran". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  17. Webster, Jess (28 June 2017). "Lost opportunity key to Rising Star nominee Ryan Hebron's transformation". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  18. Webster, Jess (5 July 2017). "Brendan Myers' stunning turnaround a confidence boost for talented Wagga Tigers product". NEAFL.com.au. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

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