Tamworth Australian Football League

The Tamworth Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Tamworth and New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The league began as a "pub competition" in Tamworth in 1997, with four 12-a-side teams, but has since grown to a regional league with seven teams based in six towns.

Prior to the establishment of the Tamworth AFL, there had been two other leagues in the area, the New England AFL, which folded after the 1984 season - and the North West AFL, which folded after the 1993 season.

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Clubs

Current

Club Nickname Colours Years in competition TAFL Premierships
Gunnedah & District Bulldogs 2002- -
Inverell Saints 2005- 2007, 2010
Muswellbrook Cats 2003- 2005
Narrabri Eagles 2004- -
New England Nomads 1999- 2000-01, 2004
Tamworth Kangaroos Kangaroos 2002- 2002-3, 2008, 2011
Tamworth Swans Swans 2002- 2006, 2009

Previous

Club Years in competition
Armidale Wanderers 2000–2001
Cargill Kangaroos 1999-2001 (became Tamworth Kangaroos)
Courthouse Eagles 1997–1999
David Mitchell Swans 1997-2001 (became Tamworth Swans)
Nuttsy's Bulldogs 1997-1998 (became Cargill Kangaroos)
Prime Magpies 1997–2000

Premiers

Year Premiers Runners-Up
1997 David Mitchell Swans Courthouse Eagles
1998 Prime Magpies David Mitchell Swans
1999 David Mitchell Swans New England Nomads
2000 New England Nomads Prime Magpies
2001 New England Nomads David Mitchell Swans
2002 Tamworth Kangaroos Tamworth Swans
2003 Tamworth Kangaroos New England Nomads
2004 New England Nomads Tamworth Kangaroos
2005 Muswellbrook Tamworth Swans
2006 Tamworth Swans New England Nomads
2007 Inverell Tamworth Kangaroos
2008 Tamworth Kangaroos Inverell
2009 Tamworth Swans Inverell
2010 Inverell Tamworth Kangaroos
2011 Tamworth Kangaroos Inverell

2011 Ladder

Tamworth AFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Tamworth Kangaroos 11 0 1 0 1442 883 163.31% 44
New England Nomads 8 0 4 0 1258 957 131.45% 32
Inverell Saints 8 0 4 0 1332 1135 117.36% 32
Narrabri Eagles 5 0 7 0 1156 1233 93.76% 20
Gunnedah & District 5 0 7 0 1021 1095 93.24% 20
Muswellbrook Cats 3 0 9 0 915 1426 64.17% 12
Tamworth Swans 2 0 10 0 925 1320 70.08% 8

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination Narrabri Eagles 17 13 115 Gunnedah & District 11 7 73
Qualifying New England Nomads 9 9 63 Inverell Saints 4 12 36
1st Semi Inverell Saints 16 14 110 Narrabri Eagles 10 10 70
2nd Semi Tamworth Kangaroos 18 20 128 New England Nomads 11 4 70
Preliminary Inverell Saints 11 14 80 New England Nomads 7 10 52
Grand Tamworth Kangaroos 17 16 118 Inverell Saints 11 14 80

See also

External links

Governing Body
AFL clubs
NEAFL clubs
Metropolitan leagues
Regional leagues
Women's leagues
Principal venues