Season of Australian rules football
Australian rules football season
The 2015 NEAFL season was the fifth season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on Saturday, 11 April and concluded on Saturday, 19 September with the NEAFL Grand Final .[ 1] NT Thunder were the premiers, defeating Aspley by one point in the Grand Final.[ 2]
League structure
The structure of the league follows on from 2014 with a single conference involving the three eastern states/territories (Australian Capital Territory , Queensland , and New South Wales ) and the Northern Territory . Three clubs decided not to renew their licenses due to financial complications, including Canberra -based clubs, Belconnen and Queanbeyan , and Sydney -based club, Sydney Hills .[ 3]
Participating clubs
2015 NEAFL participating clubs
Club
Location
Home ground
Ainslie
Canberra , ACT
Alan Ray Oval
Aspley
Brisbane , QLD
Graham Road
Brisbane Lions
Brisbane , QLD
Giffin Park
Eastlake
Canberra , ACT
StarTrack Oval
Gold Coast
Gold Coast , QLD
Metricon Stadium
NT Thunder
Darwin , NT
TIO Stadium
Redland
Brisbane , QLD
Tidbold Park
Southport
Gold Coast , QLD
Fankhauser Reserve
Sydney Swans
Sydney , NSW
Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney University
Sydney , NSW
Henson Park
UWS Giants
Sydney , NSW
Spotless Stadium
Premiership season
All starting times are local.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
+
Win
Qualified for finals
-
Loss
X
Bye
Draw
Eliminated
Bold – Home gameX – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin This table can be sorted by margin
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
F1
F2
GF
Ladder
Ainslie Syd EL Bri
X
SydU
Asp Red
EL X
SydU
UWS Red EL
NT
SP X
SydU EL
SP
Asp GC
X
X
X
9
Aspley EL GC SydU EL
NT Ain
Bri Red
X
NT
X
SP Red
UWS
NT SP
X
SydU
Red Ain
Syd Syd UWS
NT
2
Brisbane Lions SP
Red
Ain GC
X
UWS Asp
Syd
UWS
X
EL
GC NT
Syd SydU
UWS Syd
GC NT
X
Red
X
X
X
10
Eastlake Asp
Ain
UWS Asp X
Red SydU
Ain
X
Syd Bri NT
Ain SydU X
Red
UWS
Ain SydU GC
SP X
X
X
11
Gold Coast UWS
Asp
Syd Bri SP X
UWS
NT
Syd Red
X
Bri
SydU
SP
UWS X
NT Bri
Syd
EL Ain
X
X
X
7
NT Thunder X
SP Red
UWS Asp
SydU SP
GC X
Asp SydU
EL BL Ain Asp
Syd GC
SP Bri
Red X
X
SydU Asp 1
Redland SydU
Bri NT SP
X
EL
Ain Asp X
GC SP
Ain
Asp X
Syd
EL SP UWS
Asp
NT
Bri X
X
X
8
Southport Bri NT
X
Red GC
Syd
NT SydU
X
UWS Red Asp
X
GC Ain
Asp Red
NT
Ain SydU EL
SydU
X
X
6
Sydney Swans Ain
UWS GC
SydU
UWS
SP X
Bri GC
EL
X
SydU UWS Bri
Red NT
Bri X
GC UWS
Asp
Asp
X
X
5
Sydney University Red X
Asp
Syd Ain NT
EL SP X
Ain NT Syd
GC EL
Bri X
Ain
Asp EL
SP
UWS
SP NT
X
4
UWS Giants GC Syd
EL
NT
Syd Bri
GC X
Bri SP
Ain
X
Syd
Asp GC
Bri
EL Red X
Syd SydU X
Asp X
3
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
F1
F2
GF
Ladder
Ladder
Source:
[ 4] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Ladder progression
Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top 6.
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.
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
1
UWS Giants
4
8
12
12
16
20
24
24 28
32
36
36 40
44
48
52
56
60
60 64
64
2
NT Thunder
0 4
8
12
16
16
16
20
20 20
24
28
32
36
40
44
48
52
56
60
60
3
Sydney University
0
0 0
0
4
8
12
16
16 20
20
24
24
28
32
32 36
40
44
44
48
4
Aspley
4
8
12
16
16
20
24
28
28 32
32 36
40
40
40
44
44 44
44
48
48
5
Sydney Swans
4
4
8
12
12
16
16 20
24
28
28 28
28
32
36
36
40
40 44
44
48
6
Southport
4
4
4 8
8
8
12
12
12 12
12
12
12 12
16
16
20
20
24
28
32
7
Gold Coast
0
0
0
4
8
8 8
8
8
8
8 12
16
20
20
20 20
24
24
28
32
8
Redland
4
4
4
4
4 8
8
8
8 12
16
20
20
20 20
24
24
24
28
28
28
9
Ainslie
0
4
8
8 8
8
12
16
16 16
16
16
18
18
18
18 18
22
22
22
22
10
Brisbane Lions
0
4
4
4
4 4
4
4
4
4 4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4 8
11
Eastlake
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0 0
4
4
6
6
6 6
6
6
6
6
6
Finals series
Elimination finals
Preliminary finals
Grand Final
2015 NEAFL Grand Final
Saturday 19 September (6:30 pm)
NT Thunder
def.
Aspley
TIO Stadium (crowd: 5,889)
Report
3.2 (20)11.15 (81)
Q1
1.3 (9)11.14 (80)
Umpires: Alex Whetton, Cameron Barr, James WaldorffAndrew Ireland Medal :
4: DunnePatrick
Goals
2: Hipwood , FrenchSansbury , Neils
Rioli, Dunne, Ewing, Ilett, Beugelaar, Motlop
Best
Payne, Hutchinson, Wagner , Stiller, Williams, Grose
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 7 June in Burpengary and the victory was the first time a NEAFL representative side had won since the competition unified in 2014.[ 5]
State Game NEAFL 77 - 57
TSL Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex , Burpengary
match report
3.1 (19)
4.3 (27)
Goals
J. Bennett 3, S. Michael 2, B. Grewar 2, E. Sansbury, M. Uebergang, J. Williams, J. Derickx
B. Halton 2, B. Webb, S. Whiting, M. Willis, J. Laycock, J. Blackberry, J. Dobosz
Bests
T. Barton, G. Grose, J. Hunt , J. Wagner, T. Young , M. Rawlinson
B. Webb, J. Harper, J. Cox, M. Willis, B. Walsh
Squad
The 2015 NEAFL representative squad consisted of players from all NEAFL clubs excluding AFL reserves teams (Brisbane Lions , Gold Coast , Sydney Swans , UWS Giants ). The team contained seven former AFL-listed players, led by two-time premiership winner with Geelong and 200-gamer, Josh Hunt . The side also included young talent in the NEAFL with the inclusion of three 2015 AFL draftees , Josh Smith , Matt Uebergang , and Josh Wagner . The team was coached by AFL Queensland Hall of Famer and former AFL footballer, John Blair .[ 6] Sydney University captain, Tim Barton, was named as best on ground.[ 7]
Awards
Team of the Year
Rising Star nominations
The NEAFL Rising Star was awarded to the most promising young talent in the NEAFL competition. Players were nominated each week and must have been under the age of 21 and have played less than 20 NEAFL games.
1.^
Best and fairest winners
AFL draftees
[ 40] [ 41] N – national draft
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