The 2011 NEAFL season was the inaugural season of the
North East Australian Football League
The North East Australian Football League (NEAFL ) was an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The league was formed in November 2010, and its inaugural ...
(NEAFL). The season featured 17 clubs and ran from 2 April to 15 September, comprising a 22-round home-and-away season across two conferences, followed by a five-week finals series.
(the Northern Conference premiers) won the inaugural
NEAFL championship after defeating (the Eastern Conference premiers) by 22 points in the
2011 NEAFL Grand Final.
League structure
The league is split into two divisions called the North division and the East division. The North division comprises nine teams based in South East Queensland (five in Brisbane and four on the Gold Coast) as well as one based in the Northern Territory. The East division contains five teams based in the Australian Capital Territory and two based in Sydney. The top three teams from the 2010 QAFL and the top team from the 2010 AFL Canberra season all qualified for the
Foxtel Cup
The Foxtel Cup was an annual Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from state league competitions around Australia. The tournament was organised by the Australian Football League (AFL), and was held annually ...
.
Clubs
Venues and affiliations
Home-and-away season
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
Round 22
Ladder
Eastern Conference
Northern Conference
Finals series
Eastern Conference
Northern Conference
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Foxtel Cup
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Awards
*The
Grogan Medal
The J.A. Grogan Medal, commonly known as the Grogan Medal, is an Australian rules football award given to the best and fairest player in home and away rounds of each season's QAFL/Queensland State League competition. From 2011 to 2013 it was awa ...
was shared between Matthew Payne of and Cameron Ilett of . Both polled 23 votes to be judged as the best and fairest players in the Northern Conference of the NEAFL.
*The
Mulrooney Medal
The Mulrooney Medal is an Australian rules football award for the best and fairest player in the AFL Canberra first-grade competition. It has been the premier individual award for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory sinc ...
was shared between
Daniel Currie
Daniel Currie (born 15 February 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League. Currie was originally drafted to the S ...
and
Jarred Moore
Jarred Moore (born 6 March 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) who is currently serving as an assistant coach with the North Melbourne Football Club.
Moore grew up in Langwarrin and played for the D ...
, both of the . Both players polled 16 votes to be judged as the best and fairest players in the Eastern Conference of the NEAFL.
*The NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award was awarded to Ross Tungatalum of the . The NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award is given to the player voted as the best rising star in the Northern Conference of the NEAFL.
*The Gary Robb Rising Star Award was awarded to Hayden Armstrong of the . The Gary Robb Rising Star Award is given to the player voted as the best rising star in the Eastern Conference of the NEAFL.
*The Ray Hughson Medal was awarded to Darren Ewing of the , who kicked 115 goals during the season.
*Seven of the Queensland-based clubs entered their reserves teams in the
QAFL reserves competition for the 2011 season. won the premiership, defeating 14.11 (95) to 8.10 (58) in the grand final.
Best and fairest
Team of the year
Eastern Conference
Northern Conference
AFL draftees
N – national draft
R – rookie draft
Footnotes
;Notes
:1. QLD zone selection acquired during the
2011 trade period.
References
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