The 2014

AFL Tasmania AFL Tasmania is the Australian Football League (AFL) subsidiary in Tasmania and its Sport governing body, governing body for Australian rules football in Tasmania. The organisation is responsible for AFL-linked Australian rules football developme ...

TSL premiership season was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

competition staged across

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

over eighteen home and away rounds and six finals series matches between 5 April and 21 September. The League was known as the RACT Insurance Tasmanian State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with the motoring insurance company. Three clubs exited the competition ahead of the 2014 season - reigning premiers South Launceston, as well as

North Hobart North Hobart is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. As its name suggests, it lies directly north of the Hobart City Centre. The main street of North Hobart is Elizabeth Street, which extends northward from the Elizabeth Stre ...

and

Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...

. They were replaced by new entity

Western Storm Western Storm were a women's cricket team that represented South West England and Wales, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic cricket. They primarily played their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton, the County Ground, Bristol ...

, elevated team

Kingborough Tigers Kingborough Tigers Football Club is an Australian rules football club, based at Kingston, Tasmania that formerly competed in the Southern Football League (Tasmania), Southern Football League in Tasmania before progressing to representation in t ...

and the newly formed Hobart City. North Launceston were the premiers for the 2014 season, after they defeated the

by 59 points in the Grand Final.

Participating clubs

Burnie Dockers Football Club Burnie Dockers Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Burnie Tasmania, Australia. The club currently competes in the North West Football League (NWFL). Club history The Burnie Dockers were formed as a result of a merger between ...

* Clarence District Football Club *

Devonport Football Club Devonport Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Devonport, Tasmania. The club currently competes in the North West Football League (NWFL). The club previously competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football League, but from 20 ...

* Glenorchy District Football Club * Hobart City Football Club * Kingborough Tigers Football Club *

Lauderdale Football Club Lauderdale Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Hobart, beachside suburb of Lauderdale. History The Lauderdale Football Club was formed in 1979 and were known as the Lauderdale Magpies, competing in the Tasman Footbal ...

Launceston Football Club The Launceston Football Club, nicknamed ''The Blues'', is an Australian rules football club, located in the West Tamar suburb of Riverside, seven kilometres north of the Launceston CBD and currently play in the Tasmanian State League in Tasman ...

North Launceston Football Club The North Launceston Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football club based in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The club will compete in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) in 2025. History The club ...

Western Storm Football Club The Prospect Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club which was a member of the Tasmanian State Football League (TSL) from 2014 until 2016. The club is based in Prospect, a Western suburb of Launceston. The club is a rebrandin ...

Awards

Source
See here
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Alastair Lynch Alastair Graeme Lynch (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is best known as a three-time premiership full-forward for the Brisbane Lions. The Tasmanian ...

Medal (Best afield throughout season): Daniel Roozendaal * Eade Medal (Best and Fairest in Development League): Mitchell Swan * Hudson Medal (Highest goal kicker in TSL season):

Aaron Cornelius Aaron Cornelius (born 29 May 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected with the Brisbane Lions' fourth selection (pick 57 overall) in the 2008 AFL Draft, ...

– 76 goals * Baldock Medal (Grand Final Best on Ground): Daniel Roozendaal * Cazaly Medal (Premiership Coach in TSL): Zane Litteljohn * Matthew Richardson Medal (Rookie of the Year): Ben Halton

2014 TSL Club Coaches

*Andrew Herring and Luke Shackleton (Burnie) *Matthew Drury (Clarence) *Max Brown (Devonport) *

(Glenorchy) *Michael McGregor (Hobart City) *Darren Winter (Lauderdale) *Scott Stephens (Launceston) *Zane Littlejohn (North Launceston) *Mitch Hills (Western Storm) *Adam Henley (Kingborough)

2014 Leading Goalkickers

*Aaron Cornelius (Glenorchy) - 76 *Trent Standen (Clarence) - 69 *James Charlesworth (Clarence) - 62 * Bart McCulloch (Western Storm) - 60 *Bradley Cox-Goodyer (North Launceston) - 52 *Jaye Bowden (Glenorchy) - 46

Highest Individual Goalkickers (Match)

* 12 – James Charlesworth ( Clarence) v

Kingborough Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the ...

– 24 August 2014 at

Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval, currently known as Ninja Stadium for Naming rights, sponsorship reasons, is a Cricket field, cricket oval and Australian rules football ground located in Bellerive, Tasmania, Bellerive, a suburb on the eastern shore of Hobart, T ...

* 11 – Trent Standen ( Clarence) v

– 13 July 2014 at Twin Ovals Complex * 10 – Aaron Cornelius ( Glenorchy) v

– 19 April 2014 at

KGV Oval KGV Oval is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Glenorchy, Tasmania. It serves as the home ground for the Glenorchy Football Club and the Southern Football League, and it is also used by the Glenorchy Cricket Club. The oval has a sea ...

* 10 – Jaye Bowden ( Glenorchy) v

– 16 August 2014 at Twin Ovals Complex * 8 – Ben Halton (

Lauderdale Lauderdale is the valley of the Leader Water (a tributary of the River Tweed, Tweed) in the Scottish Borders. It contains the town of Lauder, as well as Earlston. The valley is traversed from end to end by the A68 road, A68 trunk road, which run ...

) v Clarence – 9 August 2014 at

Lauderdale Oval Lauderdale Oval or Lauderdale Sports Ground is a suburban Australian rules football and cricket ground situated in the beach-side Hobart suburb of Lauderdale, Tasmania, Australia. It is home of the Lauderdale Football Club in the SFL Premier Le ...

* 8 – Allan O'Sign ( North Launceston) v

– 5 July 2014 at

York Park York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia. Holding 21,000 people, York Park is known commercially as University of Tasmania (UTAS) Stadium and was formerly known as Aurora Stadium under a previo ...

* 8 – Chris McDonald (

Burnie Burnie ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Pataway'') is a port city located on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately north ...

) v Launceston – 5 July 2014 at

Windsor Park The National Football Stadium at Windsor Park (officially the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park for sponsorship reasons), or the National Football Stadium, also known as Windsor Park is a association football, football stadium in B ...

Premiership season

Source
TSL season 2014 results and fixtures
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Round 3A (5 April)

* Western Storm 19.15 (129) def. Devonport 7.13 (55)

Round 1 (12 April)

* Kingborough 13.11 (89) def. by Devonport 16.17 (113) * Lauderdale 21.18 (144) def. Hobart City 11.13 (79) * Western Storm 7.16 (58) def. by Launceston 11.10 (76) * Burnie 7.12 (54) def. by North Launceston 12.8 (80) * Clarence 20.9 (129) def. Glenorchy 14.10 (94)

Round 2 (18 & 19 April)

* Lauderdale 10.18 (78) def. by Western Storm 14.10 (94) * Hobart City 13.14 (92) def. by Clarence 20.16 (136) * Devonport 15. 7 (97) def. Burnie 10.14 (74) * North Launceston 21.18 (144) def. Launceston 10.5 (65) * Glenorchy 23.19 (157) def. Kingborough 8.8 (56)

Round 3B (25–27 April)

* North Launceston 9.9 (63) def. by Clarence 14.14 (98) * Burnie 12.12 (84) def. by Glenorchy 13.20 (98) * Kingborough 8.6 (54) def. by Hobart City 11.16 (82) * Launceston 1.4 (10) def. by Lauderdale 12.11 (83)

Round 4 (3 May)

* Devonport 10.9 (69) def. by Hobart City 12.15 (87) * Clarence 20.16 (136) def. Launceston 10.5 (65) * Glenorchy 14.9 (93) def. Lauderdale 6.17 (53) * Kingborough 7.6 (48) def. by Burnie 22.20 (152) * Western Storm 6.9 (45) def. by North Launceston 7.14 (56)

Round 5 (10 May)

* Burnie 5.14 (44) def. by Western Storm 9.14 (68) * Lauderdale 7.10 (52) def. by Clarence 19.10 (124) * Launceston 12.27 (99) def. Kingborough 5.4 (34) * North Launceston 12.15 (87) def. Devonport 6.7 (43) * Hobart City 11.9 (75) def. by Glenorchy 13.16 (94)

Round 6 (17 May)

* North Launceston 8.7 (55) def. by Burnie 19.10 (124) * Devonport 17.11 (113) def. Launceston 8.13 (61) * Glenorchy 9.11 (65) def. by Clarence 12.10 (82) * Lauderdale 27.22 (184) def. Kingborough 6.6 (42) * Western Storm 18.13 (121) def. Hobart City 6.6 (42)

Round 7 (24 May)

* Western Storm 18.12 (120) def. Glenorchy 14.13 (97) * Clarence 21.18 (144) def. Devonport 7.4 (46) * Burnie 19.12 (126) def. Launceston 12.7 (79) * Hobart City 27.12 (174) def. Kingborough 11.7 (73) * North Launceston 17.12 (114) def. Lauderdale 3.8 (26)

Round 8 (31 May)

* Glenorchy 26.25 (181) def. Kingborough 3.3 (21) * Devonport 8.9 (57) def. by Western Storm 20.18 (138) * Clarence 20.16 (136) def. Hobart City 8.11 (59) * Lauderdale 13.11 (89) ''drew with.'' Burnie 13.11 (89) * Launceston 6.8 (44) def. by North Launceston 16.11 (107)

Round 9 (7 & 8 June)

* Burnie 19.18 (132) def. Devonport 8.8 (56) * Hobart City 6.15 (51) def. by North Launceston 14.13 (97) * Lauderdale 10.18 (78) def. Glenorchy 9.13 (67) * Kingborough 5.4 (34) def. by Clarence 30.18 (198) * Launceston 9.6 (60) def. by Western Storm 14.15 (99)

Round 10 (14 June)

* Devonport 11.15 (81) def. North Launceston 11.9 (75) * Clarence 9.11 (65) def. by Lauderdale 17.15 (117) * Glenorchy 11.5 (71) def. by Burnie 14.15 (99) * Hobart City 19.11 (125) def. Launceston 9.9 (63) * Kingborough 4.13 (37) def. by Western Storm 27.19 (181)

Round 11 (28 & 29 June)

* Glenorchy 8.12 (60) def. Hobart City 7.10 (52) * Clarence 26.15 (171) def. North Launceston 10.9 (69) * Burnie 12.15 (87) def. Western Storm 5.11 (41) * Launceston 18.12 (120) def. Devonport 6.4 (40) * Lauderdale 8.19 (67) def. Kingborough 4.9 (33)

Round 12 (5 July)

* North Launceston 23.26 (164) def. Kingborough 8.3 (51) * Devonport 11.9 (75) def. by Glenorchy 13.11 (89) * Hobart City 10.14 (74) def. by Lauderdale 10.17 (77) * Launceston 12.1 (73) def. by Burnie 15.12 (102) * Western Storm 16.16 (112) def. Clarence 10.9 (69)

Round 13 (12 & 13 July)

* Western Storm 12.12 (84) def. North Launceston 12.8 (80) * Burnie 16.9 (105) def. Hobart City 11.6 (72) * Glenorchy 18.18 (126) def. Launceston 9.4 (58) * Kingborough 2.4 (16) def. by Clarence 25.28 (178) * Lauderdale 20.13 (133) def. Devonport 6.9 (45)

Round 14 (19 July)

* Devonport 15.5 (95) def. Western Storm 14.10 (94) * Clarence 9.11 (65) def. by Hobart City 18.13 (121) * Glenorchy 20.7 (127) def. Lauderdale 15.4 (94) * Launceston 27.14 (176) def. Kingborough 2.2 (14) * North Launceston 11.9 (75) def. Burnie 8.13 (61)

Round 15 (2 August)

* Clarence 11.7 (73) def. by Glenorchy 15.9 (99) * Burnie 14.16 (100) def. Devonport 6.7 (43) * Hobart City 8.4 (52) def. by Western Storm 18.19 (127) * Launceston 7.8 (50) def. by North Launceston 13.9 (87) * Kingborough 7.6 (48) def. by Lauderdale 20.19 (139)

Round 16 (9 August)

* Devonport 15.15 (105) def. Launceston 9.18 (72) * Glenorchy 5.10 (40) def. by North Launceston 14.11 (105) * Hobart City 22.17 (149) def. Kingborough 7.8 (50) * Western Storm 19.5 (119) def. Burnie 17.14 (116) * Lauderdale 11.16 (82) def. Clarence 10.7 (67)

Round 17 (16 & 17 August)

* Burnie 11.11 (77) def. by Clarence 12.17 (89) * Lauderdale 16.14 (110) def. Hobart City 5.11 (41) * North Launceston 22.10 (142) def. Devonport 7.4 (46) * Kingborough 2.3 (15) def. by Glenorchy 28.12 (180) * Western Storm 17.14 (116) def. Launceston 11.11 (77)

Round 18 (final round - 23 August)

* Hobart City 10.10 (70) def. Glenorchy 8.11 (59) * North Lauceston 15.9 (99) def. Western Storm 11.9 (75) * Devonport 11.11 (77) def. by Lauderdale 22.13 (145) * Launceston 6.8 (44) def. by Burnie 14.13 (97) * Clarence 37.10 (232) def. Kingborough 3.2 (20)

Ladder

State League Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

TSL Team Of The Year

Foxtel Cup

Despite only forming as a new club in late 2013, the

were granted an invitation to compete in 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 ...

knockout competition for 2014 ahead of 2013 runners-up

. The Storm scored a stirring victory against reigning Foxtel Cup champions West Adelaide in their debut game in Adelaide. However, the long trip to Perth mid-week saw them defeated by WAFL club West Perth in the Semi-finals.

Round 1

Semi-finals

State game

The Tasmanian State League representative team competed against 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 ...

representative team (which incorporates players from the four states and territories of the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

and the

Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938, is an internal States and territories of Australia, territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situated within the territory, an ...

) on June 21.Good Friday night games and NEAFL clash on TSL fixture list for 2014 (click here for venue for this state game)
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References

External links

Tasmanian Football League Website

AFL Tasmania
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Participating clubs

Awards

2014 TSL Club Coaches

2014 Leading Goalkickers

Highest Individual Goalkickers (Match)

Premiership season

Round 3A (5 April)

Round 1 (12 April)

Round 2 (18 & 19 April)

Round 3B (25–27 April)

Round 4 (3 May)

Round 5 (10 May)

Round 6 (17 May)

Round 7 (24 May)

Round 8 (31 May)

Round 9 (7 & 8 June)

Round 10 (14 June)

Round 11 (28 & 29 June)

Round 12 (5 July)

Round 13 (12 & 13 July)

Round 14 (19 July)

Round 15 (2 August)

Round 16 (9 August)

Round 17 (16 & 17 August)

Round 18 (final round - 23 August)

Ladder

State League Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

TSL Team Of The Year

Foxtel Cup

Round 1

Semi-finals

State game

See also

References

External links