North East Australian Football League

North East Australian Football League

Current season or competition: [[2011 NEAFL Season]]
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	November 2010
Inaugural season	2011
No. of teams	17
Country(ies)	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Northern Territory
Most titles	Northern Territory (1)
Official website	http://www.neafl.com.au/index.php?id=1

The North East Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. It was formed in November 2010^[1] from an amalgamation of the two major football leagues in that area of Australia: the Queensland Australian Football League in South-East Queensland and the Northern Territory, and AFL Canberra in New South Wales and the ACT.

The league's inaugural season featured reserve teams from the Brisbane Lions, the Gold Coast Suns and the Sydney Swans, all of whom compete in the AFL. Greater Western Sydney, who are to begin competition in the AFL in 2012, will play in the NEAFL in 2011. Teams from the former QAFL compete in the Northern Conference of the league, as well as the Brisbane and Gold Coast reserves teams, and teams from the former AFL Canberra compete in the Eastern Conference, as well as the Greater Western Sydney and the Sydney reserves teams.

Teams compete for conference premierships, with the two premier teams in each conference playing off in the NEAFL Grand Final.

Premiers

Season	Premier	Runner-up	Score	Margin	Venue
2011	Northern Territory	Ainslie	16.18 (114) - 13.14 (92)	22 points	Traeger Park

Clubs

Current clubs

Conference	Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	First season	Conference Premierships	NEAFL Premierships
Eastern	Ainslie	The Kangaroos	Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory	Ainslie Oval	2011	1 (2011)[2]
Eastern	Belconnen	The Magpies	Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory	Manuka Oval	2011
Eastern	Eastlake	The Demons	Kingston, Australian Capital Territory	Manuka Oval	2011
Eastern	Greater Western Sydney reserves	The Giants	Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales	Sydney Showground	2011
Eastern	Queanbeyan Tigers	The Tigers	Queanbeyan, New South Wales	Dairy Farmers Park	2011
Eastern	Sydney Swans reserves	The Swans	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Cricket Ground	2011
Eastern	Tuggeranong Hawks	The Hawks	Tuggeranong, Australian Capital Territory	Greenway Oval	2011
Northern	Aspley	The Hornets	Aspley, Queensland	Graham Rd	2011
Northern	Broadbeach	The Cats	Broadbeach, Queensland	H & A Oval	2011
Northern	Brisbane Lions reserves	The Lions	Brisbane, Queensland	The Gabba	2011
Northern	Gold Coast reserves	The Suns	Gold Coast, Queensland	Metricon Stadium	2011
Northern	Labrador	The Tigers	Labrador, Queensland	Cooke-Murphy Oval	2011
Northern	Morningside	The Panthers	Hawthorne, Queensland	Jack Esplen Oval	2011
Northern	Mount Gravatt	The Vultures	Mount Gravatt, Queensland	Dittmar Park	2011
Northern	Northern Territory	The Thunder	Darwin, Northern Territory	Marrara Stadium Traeger Park	2011	1 (2011)[2]	1 (2011)[2]
Northern	Redland	The Bombers	Redland City, Queensland	Colburn Avenue	2011
Northern	Southport	The Sharks	Southport, Queensland	Fankhauser Reserve	2011

Future Clubs

Conference	Club	Nickname	Location	Home ground	Entry
Eastern	East Coast Eagles	The Eagles	Rouse Hill, New South Wales	Bruce Purser Reserve	2012
Eastern	Sydney University Students	The Students	Camperdown, New South Wales	Sydney University No 1 Oval	2012

See also

• List of Australian rules football leagues
• AFL Canberra
• Queensland Australian Football League
• Sydney AFL

References

1. ^ AFL's north east boost – AFL.com.au
2. ^ ^{a b c} NT Thunder strikes in inaugural NEAFL Grand Final. afl.com.au Jordan Laing. 24 September 2011.

External links

• North East Australian Football League (NEAFL)
• AFL description of league
• AFL announces new north-eastern comp