2020–21 NTFL season

2020–21 NTFL season
2020–21 NTFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Nightcliff; 6th premiership
Minor premiers	Nightcliff; 11th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Tiwi Bombers; 2nd wooden spoon
Matches played	76
	← 2019 2021 →

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
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Nightcliff (P)	18	15	2	1	1748	935	187.0	62
2	St Marys	18	14	4	0	1596	1027	155.4	56
3	Wanderers	18	12	5	1	1568	1229	127.6	50
4	Waratah	18	10	8	0	1555	1135	137.0	40
5	Darwin	18	10	8	0	1358	1292	105.1	40
6	Southern Districts	18	7	11	0	1196	1261	94.8	28
7	Palmerston	18	3	15	0	1011	1771	57.1	12
8	Tiwi Bombers	18	0	18	0	1084	2466	44.0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(P) Premiers

Ladder progression

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

1	Nightcliff (P)	4₂	8₂	12₂	12₃	16₃	20₃	24₁	24₂	28₁	30₁	34₁	38₁	42₁	46₁	50₁	54₁	58₁	62₁
2	St Marys	0₇	0₇	4₅	8₅	12₅	12₅	16₄	20₃	24₃	28₃	32₃	36₂	40₂	40₃	44₂	48₂	52₂	56₂
3	Wanderers	4₄	8₃	8₄	12₂	16₂	20₂	24₂	28₁	28₂	30₂	34₂	34₃	38₃	42₂	42₃	46₃	50₃	50₃
4	Waratah	4₁	4₄	8₃	8₄	12₄	12₄	12₅	16₅	20₅	24₄	24₄	28₄	32₄	36₄	40₄	40₄	40₄	40₄
5	Darwin	4₃	8₁	12₁	16₁	16₁	20₁	20₃	20₄	24₄	24₅	24₅	28₅	28₅	32₅	36₅	36₅	40₅	40₅
6	Southern Districts	0₅	0₆	0₇	4₆	4₆	8₆	12₆	16₆	16₆	16₆	20₆	20₆	20₆	20₆	20₆	24₆	24₆	28₆
7	Palmerston	0₈	4₅	4₆	4₇	4₇	4₇	4₇	4₇	4₇	8₇	8₇	8₇	8₇	8₇	8₇	8₇	8₇	12₇
8	Tiwi Bombers	0₆	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈	0₈

Finals


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Nightcliff	114				1	Nightcliff	110+

			3	Wanderers	39				2	St Marys	103+

2	St Marys	66				3	Wanderers	53

3	Wanderers	86				2	St Marys	80

			2	St Marys	93

			4	Waratah	67

4	Waratah	84

5	Darwin	58

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

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

[ntfootball-1] "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2021-03-21.

[australianfootball-2] "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2020/21". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

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v t e Northern Territory Football League
Clubs	Darwin Nightcliff Palmerston PINT Southern Districts St Mary's Tiwi Bombers Wanderers Waratah
Seasons	1916–17 1917–18 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942−1945 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Awards	Nichols Medal Chaney Medal