2022–23 NTFL season

2022–23 NTFL season
2022–23 NTFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Waratah; 16th premiership
Minor premiers	Southern Districts; 6th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Tiwi Bombers; 4th wooden spoon

The 2022–23 NTFL season was the 102nd season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).^[1]

This season had the PINT Greenants join the Men's Premier League as the ninth club.^[2]

The first game was played on Friday, 30 September, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 18 March, with Waratah winning there 16th premiership while breaking their 23 year premiership drought. Waratah defeated Southern Districts by 18 points in the Grand Final.^[3]^[4]

Ladder

2022–23 NTFL Ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Southern Districts	15	12	3	0	1241	879	141.2	48
2	Waratah (P)	16	12	4	0	1275	911	140.0	48
3	St Marys	16	11	5	0	1430	1025	139.5	44
4	Nightcliff	16	10	6	0	1106	826	133.9	40
5	Darwin	15	7	8	0	1123	1179	95.3	28
6	Palmerston	16	6	9	1	902	1136	79.4	26
7	PINT	16	5	9	2	959	948	101.2	24
8	Wanderers	16	5	11	0	877	1200	73.1	20
9	Tiwi Bombers	16	1	14	1	825	1634	50.5	6

Source:
(P) Premiers

Finals


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals			Preliminary final			Grand final



			1	Southern Districts	49				2	Waratah	70

			2	Waratah	105				1	Southern Districts	52

2	Waratah	86				1	Southern Districts	93

3	St Marys	49				3	St Marys	70

			3	St Marys	86

			4	Nightcliff	51

4	Nightcliff	43

5	Darwin	41

Grand Final


	2022–23 NTFL Grand Final
Saturday 18 March 2023 (6:45 pm)	Waratah	def.	Southern Districts	Marrara Stadium	Report
	4.3 (27) 5.4 (34) 5.8 (38) 10.10 (70)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 4.4 (28) 5.7 (37) 7.10 (52)

References

^ "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2023-03-19.
^ "PINT coach Shannon Motlop 'realistic' ahead of NTFL premier league debut". National Indigenous Times. 15 September 2022.
^ "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2022/23". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
^ "Waratah snaps 23-year NTFL flag drought". Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

[ntfootball-1] "NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Retrieved 2023-03-19.

[2] "PINT coach Shannon Motlop 'realistic' ahead of NTFL premier league debut". National Indigenous Times. 15 September 2022.

[australianfootball-3] "Australian Football - NTFL Season 2022/23". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.

[4] "Waratah snaps 23-year NTFL flag drought". Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

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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 2025–26
Awards	Nichols Medal Chaney Medal