Australian rules football season
The 2016 NEAFL season was the sixth season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on Saturday, 2 April and concluded on Sunday, 11 September with the NEAFL Grand Final .[ 1] The premiership was won by the WSU Giants .
Participating clubs
Two teams changed their names prior to the 2016 season. Eastlake's NEAFL side started to play as the Canberra Demons in an attempt to be seen as Canberra's representative team in the NEAFL competition. The club wishes to provide a clear AFL pathway for local talent and to get rid of the baggage between other clubs in the ACT. As part of this decision the team also adopted a blue and gold guernsey for home games, reflecting the territory's traditional colours. The team will still wear Eastlake's red and black colours in away matches.[ 2] The Greater Western Sydney reserves team became known as the Western Sydney University Giants to reflect the re-branding of the university from University of Western Sydney.[ 3]
2016 NEAFL participating clubs
Club
Location
Home ground
Aspley
Brisbane , QLD
Graham Road
Brisbane Lions
Brisbane , QLD
Giffin Park
Canberra
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
WSU 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/Loss table
+
Win
Qualified for finals
-
Loss
X
Bye
Draw
Eliminated
Bold โ Home game
X โ 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
Aspley
SP 10
GC 12
NT 43
BL 3
SydU 43
Can 45
Red 60
X
WSU 30
SP 43
NT 45
SydS 63
X
SydU 15
Red 24
SP 16
NT 19
BL 37
Can 15
X
GC 4
NT 21
Syd 82
X
4
Brisbane Lions
SydS 122
Red 67
GC 108
Asp 3
SydS 110
X
SydU 10
WSU 53
GC 112
Can 43
SP 27
Red 1
NT 88
X
GC 2
WSU 13
SP 75
Asp 37
SydS 135
X
WSU 139
X
X
X
10
Canberra
Red 10
SP 51
WSU 20
SydU 46
X
Asp 45
SydS 142
NT 98
SP 40
BL 43
X
WSU 53
GC 12
Red 8
SydS 97
SydU 40
X
NT 7
Asp 15
SydU 23
Red 53
X
X
X
9
Gold Coast
NT 18
Asp 12
BL 108
WSU 24
X
SydS 65
WSU 71
Red 69
BL 112
SydS 86
SydU 13
X
Can 12
SP 33
BL 2
SydS 124
X
Red 113
WSU 111
SP 13
Asp 4
SydU 77
X
X
6
NT Thunder
GC 18
SydU 69
Asp 43
Red 24
WSU 13
X
SP 17
Can 98
Red 27
WSU 12
Asp 45
X
BL 88
SydS 66
SydU 11
Red 12
Asp 19
Can 7
X
SydS 38
SP 56
Asp 21
X
X
5
Redland
Can 10
BL 67
SydS 97
NT 24
X
SP 5
Asp 60
GC 69
NT 27
SydU 24
X
BL 1
SP 60
Can 8
Asp 24
NT 12
SydU 9
GC 113
X
WSU 150
Can 53
X
X
X
8
Southport
Asp 10
Can 51
SydU 30
SydS 40
X
Red 5
NT 17
SydU 14
Can 40
Asp 47
BL 27
X
Red 60
GC 33
WSU 42
Asp 16
BL 75
X
SydU 9
GC 13
NT 56
X
X
X
7
Sydney Swans
BL 122
WSU 18
Red 97
SP 40
BL 110
GC 65
Can 142
X
SydU 59
GC 86
WSU 1
Asp 63
X
NT 66
Can 97
GC 124
WSU 25
X
BL 135
NT 38
SydU 25
X
Asp 82
WSU 4
2
Sydney University
WSU 20
NT 69
SP 30
Can 46
Asp 43
X
BL 10
SP 14
SydS 59
Red 24
GC 13
X
WSU 17
Asp 17
NT 11
Can 40
Red 9
X
SP 9
Can 23
SydS 25
GC 77
WSU 87
X
3
WSU Giants
SydU 20
SydS 18
Can 20
GC 24
NT 13
X
GC 71
BL 53
Asp 30
NT 12
SydS 1
Can 53
SydU 17
X
SP 42
BL 13
SydS 25
X
GC 111
Red 150
BL 139
X
SydU 87
SydS 4
1
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:
[1] 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
Sydney Swans
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
28
32
36
36
40
40
44
48
52
52
52
56
56
60
2
WSU Giants
4
4
8
8
8
8
12
16
16
16
20
24
28
28
32
32
36
36
40
44
48
3
Sydney University
0
4
8
12
12
12
16
20
20
20
24
24
24
28
32
36
40
40
44
48
48
4
Aspley
4
8
8
12
16
20
24
24
28
28
28
28
28
28
32
36
40
44
48
48
48
5
NT Thunder
4
4
8
12
16
16
16
20
20
24
28
28
32
32
32
36
36
36
36
40
44
6
Gold Coast
0
0
4
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
12
16
20
20
20
24
24
28
32
7
Southport
4
4
4
4
4
4
8
8
12
16
20
20
24
24
24
24
28
28
28
28
28
8
Redland
4
8
8
8
8
12
12
16
20
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
28
9
Canberra
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
4
8
8
8
8
12
12
12
12
10
Brisbane Lions
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
8
8
8
8
12
12
12
12
12
12
Finals series
Elimination finals
Preliminary finals
Grand final
2016 NEAFL Grand Final
Sunday, 11 September (1:30 pm)
Sydney Swans
def. by
WSU Giants
Blacktown International Sportspark
Report
5.4 (34) 6.9 (45) 8.10 (58)11.12 (78)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final
2.5 (17) 6.9 (45) 8.13 (61)11.16 (82)
Andrew Ireland Medal: Nic Newman (Sydney Swans )
Newman 2, Rose 2, Cunningham , Hiscox , B. Jack , Leonardis , Murray , Reinhard, Robinson
Goals
Barrett 2, Flynn 2, Stewart 2, Byrne, Downie , McKenna , Palmer , Reid
Newman , Foote , Jones , Rose , Melican , B. Jack
Best
Barrett , Reid , A. Kennedy , Palmer , Simpson , McKenna
Awards
The League MVP was awarded to Matt Payne of Aspley , who received 87 votes.[ 5]
The NEAFL Rising Star was awarded to Hayden Bertoli-Simmonds of Redland .[ 6]
The NEAFL leading goalkicker was awarded to Darren Ewing of NT Thunder , who kicked 58 goals during the regular season.[ 7]
The NEAFL goal of the year was awarded to Luke Rogerson of Redland .
The NEAFL mark of the year was awarded to Matt Flynn of UWS Giants .
Team of the Year
Best and fairest winners
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.
AFL draftees
[ 36] [ 37]
N โ national draft
R โ rookie draft
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