2024 TSL season

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2024 TSL season
Date29 March − 21 September 2024
Teams7
Premiers North Launceston
8th premiership
Minor premiers North Launceston
Wooden spooners North Hobart
Alistair Lynch Medallist Brad Cox-Goodyer
(North Launceston − 28 votes)
Peter Hudson Medallist Harvey Griffiths
(North Launceston − 53 goals)
←  2023

The 2024 TSL season was the 132nd and final season of the Tasmanian State League (TSL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Tasmania. [1] The season began on 29 March and concluded on 21 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 21 rounds, followed by a three-week finals series. [2] [3]

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North Launceston won the TSL premiership for the eighth time, defeating Lauderdale by 20 points in the 2024 TSL Grand Final. The premiership completed a perfect season for North Launceston, which won all of its matches in 2024. [4]

Following the conclusion of the season, the TSL disbanded in preparation for the Tasmania Football Club to enter the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2026. [5] TSL clubs are set to join the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) or the Southern Football League (SFL) for the 2025 season. [6] [7]

Background

Tasmanian AFL club and TSL disbandment

On 2 May 2023, the Tasmania Football Club secured a licence to enter the Australian Football League (AFL) following a unanimous vote of AFL club presidents. [8] The club is expected to enter the AFL for the 2028 season, but it is first scheduled to compete in the Victorian Football League (VFL), starting in 2026. [9] [10]

Following the announcement of a licence for the club, AFL Tasmania announced on 5 May 2023 that TSL license agreements will not be extended beyond the end of the 2024 season. [11] [12] This meant that the statewide league would disband at the conclusion of the 2024 season. [13] [14]

A similar arrangement occurred between 2001 and 2008, when the statewide league was disbanded following the 2000 season and the Tasmanian Devils competed in the VFL. [15] [16]

Premier Leagues formation

On 22 March 2024, the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) announced that Launceston and North Launceston would join the NTFA Premier League in 2025. [17] [18] Despite this, the two clubs released a joint statement in April 2024, describing the establishment of an NTFA Premier League as an "ill-considered move" which "lack[ed] consultation and communication", with The Examiner reporting they were looking to establish a new northern-based breakaway league. [19] [20]

In November 2024, the Southern Football League (SFL) executive formally accepted Clarence, Glenorchy, Kingborough, Lauderdale and North Hobart into the competition for the re-established SFL Premier League. [21] [22]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 North Launceston (P)1818001863849219.472 Finals series
2 Clarence 1814401574938167.856
3 Lauderdale 18107114141060133.442
4 Kingborough 18107114061160121.242
5 Glenorchy 184140929159158.416
6 Launceston 183150880161754.412
7 North Hobart 183150814166548.912

Source: [23] [24]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finals

Qualifying final
Saturday, 7 September (2:00 pm) Lauderdale 8.14 (62)def. Kingborough 8.7 (55) Lauderdale Oval [25]
Elimination final
Saturday, 8 September (1:00 pm) North Launceston 13.10 (88)def. Clarence 6.5 (41) UTAS Stadium [26]

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 14 September (1:30 pm) Clarence 11.11 (77)def. by Lauderdale 11.12 (78) Blundstone Arena [27]

Grand Final

2024 TSL Grand Final
Saturday, 21 September (2:30 pm) North Launceston def. Lauderdale UTAS Stadium [28] [29]
5.3 (33)
8.5 (53)
14.8 (92)
16.9 (105)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		4.3 (27)
6.7 (43)
7.9 (51)
12.13 (85)
Leary 7, Manshanden 2, Avent, Cox-Goodyer, Griffiths, Mitchell, Simpson, Sulzberger, YoungGoalsBlackburn 3, Christensen 2, Lane 2, Poland 2, Walsh 2, Bellchambers
Leary, Manshanden, Bennett, Avent, Elmer, LeeBestPhillips, Franklin, Martin, Sutton, Christensen, Lane

Notable events

Awards

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