2020–21 NTFL season

Last updated
2020/21 premiership season
Teams8
Premiers Nightcliff
(6th premiership)
Minor premiers Nightcliff
(11th minor premiership)
Matches played76
Wooden spooners Tiwi Bombers
(2nd wooden spoon)
←  2019
2021  →

The 2020/21 NTFL season was the 100th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL). [1]

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The first game was played on Saturday, 2 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 20 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 7 points in a golden point thriller over St Marys. The Tigers claimed their sixth premiership title and even winning three premiership's in a row, this was the first team asides Saint Mary's to win three or more titles in a row since the Darwin Buffaloes 4 peat from 1967/68 to 1970/71. [2]

Ladder

2020/21 NTFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Nightcliff (P)1815211748935186.9562
2 St Marys 18144015961027155.4056
3 Wanderers 18125115681229127.5850
4 Waratah 18108015551135137.0040
5 Darwin 18108013581292105.1140
6 Southern Districts 1871101196126194.8528
7 Palmerston 1831501011177157.0912
8 Tiwi Bombers 1801801084246643.960
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Ladder progression

Team123456789101112131415161718
 
1 Nightcliff (P)4282122123163203241242281301341381421461501541581621
2 St Marys 07074585125125164203243283323362402403442482522562
3 Wanderers 448384122162202242281282302342343383422423463503503
4 Waratah 41448384124124125165205244244284324364404404404404
5 Darwin 4381121161161201203204244245245285285325365365405405
6 Southern Districts 050607464686126166166166206206206206206246246286
7 Palmerston 0845464747474747478787878787878787127
8 Tiwi Bombers 060808080808080808080808080808080808

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1 Nightcliff 1141 Nightcliff 110+
3 Wanderers 392 St Marys 103+
2 St Marys 663 Wanderers 53
3 Wanderers 862 St Marys 80
2 St Marys 93
4 Waratah 67
4 Waratah 84
5 Darwin 58

Grand Final

2020/21 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 20 March 2021
(6:45 pm)		 Nightcliff drew with St Marys Marrara Stadium Report
5.2 (32)
9.5 (59)
11.10 (76)
 15.12 (102)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		3.0 (18)
6.3 (39)
11.5 (71)
 16.6 (102)
  • This was the first grand final to be played in extra time, with 2 quarters being played for five minutes.
Golden Point (Extra Time)
Nightcliff def. St Marys Marrara Stadium
15.13 (103)
 
 
 16.14 (110)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		16.6 (102)
 
 
 16.7 (103)
  • Nightcliff won their third consecutive premiership, marking their first ever threepeat.

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References

  1. ↑ "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)" . Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2020/21". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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