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NTFL - KEY FACTS

Official name
Northern Territory Football League

Known as
NTFL

Affiliated competitions (Current)
Women's Premiership Season 2008-2025; Men's Premiership Season 1916-2025

Affiliated competitions (Historical)
Women's Reserves 2019-2021


Men's Premiership Season

Official Name
NTFL Men's Premiership Season

Duration
1916–2025

Affiliated clubs (Current)
Darwin Buffaloes (NT) 1916-2025; Wanderers (NT) 1916-1924, 1929-1935, 1946-2025; Waratah (NT) 1916-2025; Nightcliff (NT) 1950-2025; St. Mary's (NT) 1952-2025; Palmerston (NT) 1972-2025; Southern Districts (NT) 1987-2025; Tiwi Bombers (NT) 2006-2025; PINT (NT) 2010-2025; Tracy Village (NT) 2010-2025; Palmerston Rats (NT) 2010-2025; Jabiru (NT) 2010-2025; St. Mary's Sharks (NT) 2010-2025, 2011-; Southern Districts Thirds (NT) 2010-2025; Waratah Thirds (NT) 2010-2025; Nightcliff Spartans (NT) 2010-2025; Banks Reserves (NT) 2010-2025; Tracy Village Reserves (NT) 2012-2025; PINT Thirds (NT) 2022-2025; Darwin Thirds (NT) 2023-2025

Affiliated clubs (Historical)
Magpies (NT) 1925-1928; Garrison (NT) 1934, 1936-1940; Wallabies (NT) 1935; Air Force (NT) 1938-1941; Mobile Force (NT) 1939; Navy (NT) 1941-1948; AIF Regiment Artillery (NT) 1941; Machine Gunners (NT) 1941; RAN (NT) 1946; RAAF (NT) 1946; Army Navy (NT) 1947; Winnellie (NT) 1947; Services (NT) 1949-1950; Katherine Roos (Original) (NT) 1987; Palmerston WFC (NT) 2008-; Banks (NT) 2010-2021; St. Mary's Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; Wanderers Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; Southern Districts Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; Waratah Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; Darwin Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; Palmerston Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; Palmerston Thirds (NT) 2010-2018; Nightcliff Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; PINT Reserves (NT) 2010-2021; University Reserves (NT) 2010, 2014-2015; Wadeye Magic (NT) 2011-2012; Central Australia (NT) 2012-2013; Tracy Village WFC (NT) 2013-; Wanderers Thirds (NT) 2013-2014, 2019-2021

Affiliated grounds (Current)
Cazaly's Oval; Fred's Pass Reserve; Gardens Oval; M.C.G. (NT); Marrara Stadium; Marrara Stadium (Oval #2); Nightcliff Oval; Tracy Village; Wurrumiyanga Oval

Affiliated grounds (Historical)
Jabiru Oval; Traeger Park

2022 NTFL Men's Premiership Season

NTFL - League records
 
2021 2023
Grand Finals | Every final | Every match | Notable players
 
Ladder | Round by Round | Finals
 

2022 Ladder

LP
Club
P
W
L
D
A
For
Agn
%
Pts
1 Southern Districts 15 12 3 0 1 1241 879 141.18 48
2 Waratah 15 12 4 0 0 1275 911 139.96 48
3 St. Mary's 16 11 5 0 0 1430 1025 139.51 44
4 Nightcliff 16 10 6 0 0 1106 826 133.90 40
5 Darwin Buffaloes 15 7 8 0 1 1123 1179 95.25 28
6 Palmerston 16 6 9 1 0 902 1136 79.40 26
7 PINT 16 5 9 2 0 959 948 101.16 24
8 Wanderers 16 5 11 0 0 877 1200 73.08 20
9 Tiwi Bombers 15 1 14 1 0 825 1634 50.49 6
  H&A 70 69 69 2 1 9738 9738 100.00 284
  Finals 6 6 6 0 0 795 795 100.00 24
  Total 76 75 75 2 1 10533 10533 100.00 308

2022 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | EF | QF | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Waratah3.19.511.1021.12 138 Fri 30-Sep-2022 6:30 pm Gardens Oval 
St. Mary's0.20.23.65.7 37 Waratah won by 101 points
Palmerston3.57.712.1016.13 109 Sat 1-Oct-2022 2:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Tiwi Bombers1.21.46.67.7 49 Palmerston won by 60 points
Darwin Buffaloes2.25.48.512.7 79 Sat 1-Oct-2022 5:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Wanderers1.33.45.88.9 57 Darwin Buffaloes won by 22 points
Nightcliff3.26.57.59.9 63 Sat 1-Oct-2022 6:30 pm Nightcliff Oval 
PINT1.02.03.45.4 34 Nightcliff won by 29 points
Southern Districts  Bye

Round 2[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Tiwi Bombers1.25.55.67.9 51 Sat 8-Oct-2022 2:30 pm Gardens Oval 
St. Mary's9.717.824.1132.13 205 St. Mary's won by 154 points
Southern Districts4.29.29.313.5 83 Sat 8-Oct-2022 4:00 pm Fred's Pass Reserve 
Wanderers1.24.49.411.6 72 Southern Districts won by 11 points
Waratah2.28.311.713.8 86 Sat 8-Oct-2022 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes3.33.74.75.11 41 Waratah won by 45 points
Palmerston0.11.86.108.13 61 Sat 8-Oct-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
PINT3.45.97.138.13 61 Palmerston drew with PINT
Nightcliff  Bye

Round 3[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Southern Districts3.28.611.914.14 98 Sat 15-Oct-2022 4:00 pm Fred's Pass Reserve 
Waratah3.23.46.59.7 61 Southern Districts won by 37 points
Tiwi Bombers1.16.36.59.6 60 Sat 15-Oct-2022 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes0.63.125.197.22 64 Darwin Buffaloes won by 4 points
PINT3.15.210.513.5 83 Sat 15-Oct-2022 7:00 pm M.C.G. (NT) 
St. Mary's3.15.45.67.10 52 PINT won by 31 points
Palmerston1.24.68.710.8 68 Sat 15-Oct-2022 7:30 pm Cazaly's Oval 
Nightcliff4.06.37.49.8 62 Palmerston won by 6 points
Wanderers  Bye

Round 4[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Waratah5.17.68.910.10 70 Fri 21-Oct-2022 6:30 pm Gardens Oval 
Palmerston1.22.45.69.9 63 Waratah won by 7 points
Nightcliff5.410.1014.1818.19 127 Sat 22-Oct-2022 2:30 pm Nightcliff Oval 
Tiwi Bombers0.10.32.54.9 33 Nightcliff won by 94 points
St. Mary's1.24.34.66.8 44 Sat 22-Oct-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Wanderers1.45.85.96.11 47 Wanderers won by 3 points
Darwin Buffaloes———— Sun 23-Oct-2022 4:30 pm Cazaly's Oval 
Southern Districts———— Match Abandoned
PINT  Bye

Round 5[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Palmerston3.34.45.57.7 49 Fri 28-Oct-2022 8:00 pm Cazaly's Oval 
Wanderers0.32.62.93.9 27 Palmerston won by 22 points
Tiwi Bombers2.46.810.1012.13 85 Sat 29-Oct-2022 1:30 pm Wurrumiyanga Oval 
PINT4.15.48.710.10 70 Tiwi Bombers won by 15 points
Nightcliff5.27.49.513.8 86 Sat 29-Oct-2022 6:30 pm Nightcliff Oval 
Waratah2.13.54.87.10 52 Nightcliff won by 34 points
St. Mary's2.14.510.712.8 80 Sat 29-Oct-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Southern Districts3.23.36.98.11 59 St. Mary's won by 21 points
Darwin Buffaloes  Bye

Round 6[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Southern Districts2.15.55.137.13 55 Sat 5-Nov-2022 4:00 pm Fred's Pass Reserve 
Nightcliff2.32.53.55.6 36 Southern Districts won by 19 points
Palmerston2.16.512.515.7 97 Sat 5-Nov-2022 5:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes2.36.310.913.9 87 Palmerston won by 10 points
Tiwi Bombers1.25.57.710.10 70 Sat 5-Nov-2022 6:00 pm Gardens Oval 
Waratah5.47.812.1016.13 109 Waratah won by 39 points
PINT2.05.36.413.5 83 Sat 5-Nov-2022 7:00 pm M.C.G. (NT) 
Wanderers0.12.45.65.6 36 PINT won by 47 points
St. Mary's  Bye

Round 7[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Tiwi Bombers6.27.510.913.11 89 Sat 12-Nov-2022 1:45 pm Wurrumiyanga Oval 
Southern Districts4.17.616.720.9 129 Southern Districts won by 40 points
PINT3.14.36.38.5 53 Sat 12-Nov-2022 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes4.58.710.1011.13 79 Darwin Buffaloes won by 26 points
Nightcliff———7.18 60 Sat 12-Nov-2022 6:30 pm Nightcliff Oval 
St. Mary's———9.8 62 St. Mary's won by 2 points
Waratah3.19.112.517.8 110 Sat 12-Nov-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Wanderers1.71.102.103.14 32 Waratah won by 78 points
Palmerston  Bye

Round 8[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Palmerston2.22.55.77.11 53 Fri 18-Nov-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
St. Mary's3.36.67.1012.12 84 St. Mary's won by 31 points
Wanderers4.39.313.916.11 107 Sat 19-Nov-2022 4:00 pm Tracy Village 
Tiwi Bombers2.27.48.610.8 68 Wanderers won by 39 points
Nightcliff2.23.65.118.13 61 Sat 19-Nov-2022 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes1.25.49.811.9 75 Darwin Buffaloes won by 14 points
PINT0.33.46.67.9 51 Sat 19-Nov-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Southern Districts1.35.45.58.7 55 Southern Districts won by 4 points
Waratah  Bye

Round 9[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Southern Districts0.32.73.134.15 39 Sat 26-Nov-2022 4:00 pm Fred's Pass Reserve 
Palmerston2.05.27.48.8 56 Palmerston won by 17 points
St. Mary's7.211.415.918.12 120 Sat 26-Nov-2022 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes5.46.87.1013.14 92 St. Mary's won by 28 points
PINT2.02.27.49.7 61 Sat 26-Nov-2022 6:30 pm M.C.G. (NT) 
Waratah4.28.510.611.8 74 Waratah won by 13 points
Nightcliff0.40.63.87.11 53 Sat 26-Nov-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Wanderers3.25.57.89.10 64 Wanderers won by 11 points
Tiwi Bombers  Bye

Round 10[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Tiwi Bombers2.13.34.49.6 60 Sat 3-Dec-2022 2:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
St. Mary's4.56.910.1615.18 108 St. Mary's won by 48 points
Wanderers1.12.42.46.6 42 Sat 3-Dec-2022 4:00 pm Tracy Village 
Southern Districts3.36.510.713.11 89 Southern Districts won by 47 points
Darwin Buffaloes5.310.611.813.10 88 Sat 3-Dec-2022 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Waratah4.18.313.617.8 110 Waratah won by 22 points
PINT4.45.67.1111.11 77 Sat 3-Dec-2022 7:00 pm M.C.G. (NT) 
Palmerston0.41.52.83.12 30 PINT won by 47 points
Nightcliff  Bye

Round 11[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
PINT1.34.45.58.7 55 Sat 10-Dec-2022 3:00 pm M.C.G. (NT) 
Tiwi Bombers2.33.57.68.7 55 PINT drew with Tiwi Bombers
Southern Districts2.37.711.1114.11 95 Sat 10-Dec-2022 4:00 pm Fred's Pass Reserve 
St. Mary's3.47.59.1012.13 85 Southern Districts won by 10 points
Waratah2.66.86.117.15 57 Sat 10-Dec-2022 6:00 pm Gardens Oval 
Nightcliff1.15.16.36.6 42 Waratah won by 15 points
Wanderers3.05.35.69.8 62 Sat 10-Dec-2022 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Palmerston1.13.16.27.2 44 Wanderers won by 18 points
Darwin Buffaloes  Bye

Round 12[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Tiwi Bombers1.42.77.87.10 52 Sat 17-Dec-2022 2:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes3.28.511.1016.14 110 Darwin Buffaloes won by 58 points
Waratah3.27.38.511.6 72 Sat 17-Dec-2022 4:00 pm Gardens Oval 
Southern Districts6.29.411.915.10 100 Southern Districts won by 28 points
Nightcliff0.11.55.88.11 59 Sat 17-Dec-2022 5:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Palmerston1.23.26.47.5 47 Nightcliff won by 12 points
St. Mary's1.33.75.119.14 68 Sat 17-Dec-2022 7:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
PINT3.36.57.58.6 54 St. Mary's won by 14 points
Wanderers  Bye

Round 13[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Darwin Buffaloes3.33.66.99.9 63 Sat 7-Jan-2023 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
St. Mary's1.26.510.714.10 94 St. Mary's won by 31 points
Waratah4.37.37.511.8 74 Sat 7-Jan-2023 6:00 pm Gardens Oval 
PINT3.25.66.106.11 47 Waratah won by 27 points
Nightcliff1.53.76.106.10 46 Sat 7-Jan-2023 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Wanderers1.24.46.76.8 44 Nightcliff won by 2 points
Palmerston4.36.56.68.7 55 Sat 7-Jan-2023 7:00 pm Cazaly's Oval 
Southern Districts6.311.514.1117.13 115 Southern Districts won by 60 points
Tiwi Bombers  Bye

Round 14[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Waratah———— Sat 14-Jan-2023 2:30 pm Gardens Oval 
Tiwi Bombers———— Waratah on Walkover
Nightcliff4.26.210.811.10 76 Sat 14-Jan-2023 4:00 pm Nightcliff Oval 
Southern Districts2.14.45.56.9 45 Nightcliff won by 31 points
Wanderers0.02.43.64.7 31 Sat 14-Jan-2023 5:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
PINT0.11.45.810.9 69 PINT won by 38 points
Darwin Buffaloes4.15.47.1010.12 72 Sat 14-Jan-2023 7:00 pm Cazaly's Oval 
Palmerston2.15.27.47.6 48 Darwin Buffaloes won by 24 points
St. Mary's  Bye

Round 15[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Tiwi Bombers1.32.32.52.5 17 Sat 28-Jan-2023 2:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Southern Districts7.312.716.1016.10 106 Southern Districts won by 89 points
Darwin Buffaloes0.24.56.78.8 56 Sat 28-Jan-2023 5:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
PINT4.55.89.1110.14 74 PINT won by 18 points
Nightcliff3.34.65.87.9 51 Sat 28-Jan-2023 7:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
St. Mary's2.64.85.126.13 49 Nightcliff won by 2 points
Wanderers1.52.62.76.7 43 Sun 29-Jan-2023 4:00 pm Tracy Village 
Waratah2.27.711.912.14 86 Waratah won by 43 points
Palmerston  Bye

Round 16[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Tiwi Bombers1.04.57.510.5 65 Sat 4-Feb-2023 2:00 pm Gardens Oval 
Wanderers7.59.717.1023.17 155 Wanderers won by 90 points
Southern Districts3.54.85.109.15 69 Sat 4-Feb-2023 4:00 pm Fred's Pass Reserve 
PINT2.12.13.25.5 35 Southern Districts won by 34 points
Nightcliff4.311.914.1319.14 128 Sat 4-Feb-2023 6:30 pm Nightcliff Oval 
Darwin Buffaloes2.16.27.58.10 58 Nightcliff won by 70 points
St. Mary's4.38.1015.1320.16 136 Sat 4-Feb-2023 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Palmerston1.02.12.12.4 16 St. Mary's won by 120 points
Waratah  Bye

Round 17[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Palmerston3.25.48.1012.12 84 Sat 11-Feb-2023 1:45 pm Cazaly's Oval 
Tiwi Bombers4.15.16.16.4 40 Palmerston won by 44 points
St. Mary's3.06.29.612.9 81 Sat 11-Feb-2023 4:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Waratah6.38.310.412.8 80 St. Mary's won by 1 point
PINT0.23.26.67.10 52 Sat 11-Feb-2023 6:30 pm M.C.G. (NT) 
Nightcliff1.34.36.49.6 60 Nightcliff won by 8 points
Wanderers1.52.93.104.11 35 Sat 11-Feb-2023 7:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes1.45.69.1115.17 107 Darwin Buffaloes won by 72 points
Southern Districts  Bye

Round 18[Round Review]

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Tiwi Bombers2.12.23.74.7 31 Sat 18-Feb-2023 1:30 pm Gardens Oval 
Nightcliff2.57.88.1313.18 96 Nightcliff won by 65 points
Darwin Buffaloes1.16.37.48.4 52 Sat 18-Feb-2023 3:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
Southern Districts3.26.310.516.8 104 Southern Districts won by 52 points
Wanderers3.03.23.43.5 23 Sat 18-Feb-2023 6:00 pm Marrara Stadium 
St. Mary's3.56.912.1119.11 125 St. Mary's won by 102 points
Palmerston3.23.43.43.4 22 Sat 18-Feb-2023 6:30 pm Cazaly's Oval 
Waratah3.25.98.1413.18 96 Waratah won by 74 points
PINT  Bye

2022 Ladder

LP
Club
P
W
L
D
A
For
Agn
%
Pts
1 Southern Districts 15 12 3 0 1 1241 879 141.18 48
2 Waratah 15 12 4 0 0 1275 911 139.96 48
3 St. Mary's 16 11 5 0 0 1430 1025 139.51 44
4 Nightcliff 16 10 6 0 0 1106 826 133.90 40
5 Darwin Buffaloes 15 7 8 0 1 1123 1179 95.25 28
6 Palmerston 16 6 9 1 0 902 1136 79.40 26
7 PINT 16 5 9 2 0 959 948 101.16 24
8 Wanderers 16 5 11 0 0 877 1200 73.08 20
9 Tiwi Bombers 15 1 14 1 0 825 1634 50.49 6
  H&A 70 69 69 2 1 9738 9738 100.00 284
  Finals 6 6 6 0 0 795 795 100.00 24
  Total 76 75 75 2 1 10533 10533 100.00 308

Finals Week 1[Finals Week 1 Review]

Elimination Final

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Nightcliff1.12.46.46.7 43 Sat 25-Feb-2023 4:15 pm Marrara Stadium 
Darwin Buffaloes3.14.24.56.5 41 Nightcliff won by 2 points

Qualifying Final

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Waratah4.56.59.813.8 86 Sat 25-Feb-2023 6:45 pm Marrara Stadium 
St. Mary's0.22.43.57.7 49 Waratah won by 37 points

Finals Week 2[Finals Week 2 Review]

First Semi-final

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
St. Mary's2.28.29.413.8 86 Sat 4-Mar-2023 4:15 pm Marrara Stadium 
Nightcliff2.24.28.28.3 51 St. Mary's won by 35 points

Second Semi-final

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Southern Districts2.24.36.57.7 49 Sat 4-Mar-2023 6:45 pm Marrara Stadium 
Waratah6.011.213.416.9 105 Waratah won by 56 points

Finals Week 3[Finals Week 3 Review]

Preliminary Final

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Southern Districts3.16.39.614.9 93 Sat 11-Mar-2023 6:30 pm Marrara Stadium 
St. Mary's1.13.57.810.10 70 Southern Districts won by 23 points

Finals Week 4[Finals Week 4 Review]

Grand Final

 
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Score
Date / Result
Ground
Crowd
Waratah———10.10 70 Sat 18-Mar-2023 6:45 pm Marrara Stadium 
Southern Districts———7.10 52 Waratah won by 18 points

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.