2020/21 premiership season
Teams8
PremiersNightcliff
6th premiership
Minor premiersNightcliff
11th minor premiership
Wooden spoonersTiwi Bombers
2nd wooden spoon
Matches played76

The 2020/21 NTFL season was the 100th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).[1]

The first game was played on Saturday, 2 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 20 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 7 points in a golden point thriller over St Marys. The Tigers claimed their sixth premiership title and even winning three premiership's in a row, this was the first team asides Saint Mary's to win three or more titles in a row since the Darwin Buffaloes 4 peat from 1967/68 to 1970/71.[2]

Ladder

2020/21 NTFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Nightcliff (P) 18 15 2 1 1748 935 186.95 62
2 St Marys 18 14 4 0 1596 1027 155.40 56
3 Wanderers 18 12 5 1 1568 1229 127.58 50
4 Waratah 18 10 8 0 1555 1135 137.00 40
5 Darwin 18 10 8 0 1358 1292 105.11 40
6 Southern Districts 18 7 11 0 1196 1261 94.85 28
7 Palmerston 18 3 15 0 1011 1771 57.09 12
8 Tiwi Bombers 18 0 18 0 1084 2466 43.96 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Ladder progression

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
 
1Nightcliff (P) 4282122123163203241242281301341381421461501541581621
2St Marys 07074585125125164203243283323362402403442482522562
3Wanderers 448384122162202242281282302342343383422423463503503
4Waratah 41448384124124125165205244244284324364404404404404
5Darwin 4381121161161201203204244245245285285325365365405405
6Southern Districts 050607464686126166166166206206206206206246246286
7Palmerston 0845464747474747478787878787878787127
8Tiwi Bombers 060808080808080808080808080808080808

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1Nightcliff1141Nightcliff110+
3Wanderers392St Marys103+
2St Marys663Wanderers53
3Wanderers862St Marys80
2St Marys93
4Waratah67
4Waratah84
5Darwin58

Grand Final

2020/21 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 20 March 2021
(6:45 pm)		 Nightcliff drew with St Marys Marrara Stadium Report
5.2 (32)
9.5 (59)
11.10 (76)
 15.12 (102)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 3.0 (18)
6.3 (39)
11.5 (71)
 16.6 (102)
  • This was the first grand final to be played in extra time, with 2 quarters being played for five minutes.
Golden Point (Extra Time)
Nightcliff def. St Marys Marrara Stadium
15.13 (103)
 
 
 16.14 (110)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 16.6 (102)
 
 
 16.7 (103)
  • Nightcliff won their third consecutive premiership, marking their first ever threepeat.

References

  1. ↑ "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2020/21". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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