2018–19 NTFL season

2018–19 NTFL season
2018–19 NTFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Nightcliff; 4th premiership
Minor premiers	Nightcliff; 9th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	St Marys; 1st wooden spoon
	← 2017 2019 →

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
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Nightcliff (P)	18	15	3	1689	1017	166.1	60
2	Southern Districts	18	13	5	1677	1138	147.4	52
3	Tiwi Bombers	18	9	9	1599	1572	101.7	36
4	Waratah	18	9	9	1356	1350	100.4	36
5	Darwin	18	8	10	1331	1407	94.6	32
6	Palmerston	18	7	11	1180	1672	70.6	28
7	Wanderers	18	6	12	1111	1497	74.2	24
8	St Marys	18	5	13	1058	1354	78.1	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(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 and elimination finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Nightcliff	149				1	Nightcliff	61

			3	Tiwi Bombers	59				2	Southern Districts	39

2	Southern Districts	65				3	Tiwi Bombers	40

3	Tiwi Bombers	86				2	Southern Districts	160

			2	Southern Districts	89

			4	Waratah	46

4	Waratah	133

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

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

[ntfootball-1] "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2019-03-31.

[australianfootball-2] "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2018/19". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

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v t e Northern Territory Football League
Clubs	Darwin Nightcliff Palmerston PINT Southern Districts St Mary's Tiwi Bombers Wanderers Waratah
Seasons	1916–17 1917–18 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942−1945 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Awards	Nichols Medal Chaney Medal