The 2017 NEAFL season was the seventh 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 began on Saturday, 1 April and concluded on Saturday, 9 September with the NEAFL
Grand Final
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Participating clubs
Premiership season
Source
NEAFL 2017 season results and fixture''
Notable features of the draw include:
* Two regional matches in
Newcastle
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*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
and
Wagga Wagga
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* First Friday night match in
Darwin, Northern Territory
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* First matches at new South Pine Sports Complex facilities.
* Nineteen confirmed AFL curtain raisers.
* Six aligned AFL academy under-18 series matches.
* NEAFL representative match v
TSL in round 11.
*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/loss table
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
This table can be sorted by margin
Ladder
Ladder progression
*Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top six.
*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.
Finals series
Elimination finals
Preliminary finals
Grand final
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 10 June at
Blundstone Arena with the NEAFL representative side winning by seventeen points.
Squad
The 2017 NEAFL representative squad consisted of players from all NEAFL clubs excluding AFL reserves teams (, , , ). The team contained eight former AFL-listed players. The team was coached by
AFL Queensland Hall of Famer and former AFL footballer,
John Blair.
Rising Star nominations
The NEAFL Rising Star is awarded to the most promising young talent in the NEAFL competition. Players are nominated each week and must be under the age of 21 and have played less than 20 NEAFL games.
References
External links
*https://www.neafl.com.au/ Official NEAFL website
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Australian rules football competition seasons
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North East Australian Football League