2014 NEAFL season

**2014 NEAFL Season**
General Information

Founded	November 2010
Previous Names	QAFL & AFL Canberra
NEAFL General Manager	-
Participating Clubs (14)	Ainslie Tri-Colours Aspley Hornets Belconnen Magpies Brisbane Lions† Eastlake Demons Gold Coast Suns† UWS Giants† Northern Territory Queanbeyan Tigers Redland Bombers Southport Sharks Sydney Hills Eagles Sydney Swans† Sydney University †Reserves AFL team
2014 NEAFL Season
Premiers	Aspley Hornets
Runners Up	Sydney Swans
Minor premiers	UWS Giants
Wooden spoon	Gold Coast Suns
League MVP	Matthew Payne (Aspley)

The 2014 NEAFL season was the 4th season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on Saturday March 29 and concluded on Saturday September 13 with the NEAFL Grand Final.^[1]

Aspley were the premiers for the season after they defeated the Sydney Swans reserves by two points in the Grand Final due to a goal kicked after the final siren.^[2]

League structure

For the first time since the NEAFL's inception in November 2010, a major restructure of the league occurred ahead of the 2014 season. The total amount of clubs in the competition was reduced from 19 to 14, with Tuggeranong (ACT), Broadbeach (QLD), Labrador (QLD), Morningside (QLD) and Mt Gravatt (QLD) all having their licenses revoked.^[3]

The conference system which resulted in clubs being geographically split into either an Eastern (NSW/ACT) or Northern (QLD/NT) conference was abolished and was replaced by a single competition ladder structure, ensuring the top 6 teams at the end of the home and away season would progress to a finals series.^[4]

Although North Queensland is considered to be a strategic area for future AFL expansion,^[5]^[6] NEAFL executives elected not to base a team in the region for the 2014 season.^[7]

Premiership season

Source: NEAFL season 2014 results and fixtures

Round 1

Aspley 25.22 (172) def. Belconnen 2.5 (17)
Ainslie 27.11 (173) def. Sydney Hills 17.12 (114)
Southport 12.16 (88) def. Gold Coast 9.4 (58)
Northern Territory 14.11 (95) def. UWS Giants 9.15 (69)
Brisbane Lions 4.11 (35) def. by Sydney Swans 12.17 (89)
Bye – Eastlake, Queanbeyan, Redland, Sydney University

Round 2

Sydney Hills 5.13 (43) def. by Southport 13.19 (97)
Gold Coast 7.8 (50) def. by Brisbane Lions 20.19 (139)
Ainslie 10.10 (70) def. by Redland 16.12 (108)
Northern Territory 17.11 (113) def. Aspley 13.17 (95)
UWS Giants 11.20 (86) def. Sydney Swans 12.6 (78)
Queanbeyan 5.7 (37) def. by Sydney University 15.19 (109)
Belconnen v. Eastlake (To be played in July 2014)

Round 3

Belconnen 1.11 (17) def. by UWS Giants 18.20 (128)
Redland 22.15 (147) def. Brisbane Lions 5.10 (40)
Sydney Hills 12.9 (81) def. by Sydney University 16.7 (103)
Gold Coast 8.17 (65) def. by Northern Territory 16.6 (102)
Sydney Swans 26.11 (167) def. Queanbeyan 3.12 (30)
Southport 8.18 (66) def. Aspley 6.10 (46)
Ainslie 17.8 (110) def. Eastlake 10.8 (68)

Round 4

Sydney University 11.10 (76) def. by Eastlake 12.13 (85)
Sydney Swans 19.17 (131) def. Gold Coast 4.7 (31)
Aspley 12.8 (80) def. by Brisbane Lions 15.13 (103)
Redland 15.11 (101) def. Southport 12.13 (85)
Queanbeyan 20.17 (137) def. Belconnen 16.9 (105)
Northern Territory 22.14 (146) def. Sydney Hills 3.6 (24)
Bye – Ainslie, UWS Giants

Round 5

Brisbane Lions 6.14 (50) def. by Sydney Swans 7.9 (51)
Northern Territory 15.15 (105) def. Redland 10.11 (71)
Gold Coast 9.8 (62) def. by UWS Giants 17.20 (122)
Queanbeyan 6.14 (50) def. by Aspley 15.10 (100)
Sydney University 14.7 (91) def. Ainslie 13.12 (90)
Sydney Hills 16.17 (113) def. Belconnen 11.6 (72)
Eastlake 2.9 (21) def. by Southport 22.18 (150)

Round 6

UWS Giants 16.12 (108) def. Ainslie 9.5 (59)
Sydney Hills 9.10 (64) def. by Redland 9.18 (72)
Northern Territory 12.14 (86) def. Southport 10.8 (68)
Belconnen 7.16 (58) def. Sydney University 8.8 (56)
Aspley 13.17 (95) def. Gold Coast 7.10 (52)
Eastlake 6.7 (43) def. by Queanbeyan 18.13 (121)
Bye – Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions

Round 7

Sydney Swans 14.16 (100) def. UWS Giants 3.7 (25)
Southport 12.11 (83) def. Brisbane Lions 7.8 (50)
Eastlake 8.9 (57) def. by Sydney Hills 12.15 (87)
Sydney University 14.16 (100) def. Queanbeyan 14.8 (92)
Aspley 24.15 (159) def. Northern Territory 4.10 (34)
Belconnen 9.7 (61) def. by Ainslie 13.13 (91)
Bye – Redland, Gold Coast

Round 8

Eastlake 3.7 (25) def. by Sydney Swans 23.18 (156)
Sydney Hills 11.8 (74) def. by Sydney University 13.13 (91)
Ainslie 15.15 (105) def. Queanbeyan 9.7 (61)
Northern Territory 19.14 (128) def. Brisbane Lions 8.11 (59)
Redland 23.18 (156) def. Gold Coast 8.9 (57)
Bye – Belconnen, Southport, Aspley, UWS Giants

Note: Sydney Swans midfielder Tom Mitchell accumulated 64 disposals in the Swans' victory over Eastlake. It is believed to be a world record achievement based on Champion Data statistics^[8]

Round 9

Gold Coast 2.7 (19) def. by UWS Giants 32.18 (210)
Bye – All other clubs

Round 10

Brisbane Lions 20.19 (139) def. Gold Coast 12.6 (78)
Sydney University 7.2 (44) def. by Aspley 18.10 (118)
Sydney Hills 9.11 (65) def. by Ainslie 20.13 (133)
Redland 17.7 (109) def. Southport 16.9 (105)
Sydney Swans 23.12 (150) def. Northern Territory 12.11 (83)
Queanbeyan 11.12 (78) def. by Belconnen 17.11 (113)
Eastlake 2.7 (19) def. by UWS Giants 19.16 (130)

Round 11

Sydney University 16.12 (108) def. Belconnen 5.9 (39)
Queanbeyan 10.16 (76) def. by Sydney Hills 11.19 (85)
Brisbane Lions 11.10 (76) def. by Redland 16.11 (107)
Aspley 15.13 (103) def. Southport 7.12 (54)
Eastlake 7.5 (47) def. by Ainslie 10.23 (83)
UWS Giants 23.16 (154) def. Northern Territory 7.8 (50)
Gold Coast 9.12 (66) def. by Sydney Swans 12.13 (85)

Round 12

Sydney University 7.5 (47) def. by Sydney Swans 9.13 (67)
Southport 23.10 (148) def. Queanbeyan 5.7 (37)
Sydney Hills 12.13 (85) def. Eastlake 7.13 (55)
Brisbane Lions 10.10 (70) def. by UWS Giants 13.14 (92)
Belconnen 7.12 (54) def. by Ainslie 11.13 (79)
Northern Territory 21.16 (142) def. Gold Coast 9.9 (63)
Aspley 15.11 (101) def. Redland 13.7 (85)

Round 13

Sydney Hills 12.24 (96) def. Queanbeyan 3.9 (27)
Southport 19.12. (126) def. Ainslie 7.6 (48)
Brisbane Lions 14.5 (89) def. by Aspley 20.20 (140)
Eastlake 10.9 (69) def. Belconnen 8.17 (65)
Sydney Swans 5.8 (38) def. by UWS Giants 10.21 (81)
Northern Territory 19.11 (125) def. Sydney University 1.9 (15)
Redland 17.17 (119) def. Gold Coast 12.11 (83)

Round 14

UWS Giants 25.12 (162) def. Brisbane Lions 5.5 (35)
Aspley 17.11 (113) def. Sydney Hills 15.12 (102)
Eastlake 19.9 (123) def. Sydney University 11.11 (77)
Gold Coast 4.6 (30) def. by Southport 25.15 (165)
Northern Territory 22.19 (151) def. Redland 12.6 (78)
Ainslie 9.10 (64) def. by Sydney Swans 10.10 (70)
Belconnen 15.11 (101) def. Queanbeyan 14.12 (96)

Round 15

Belconnen 6.11 (47) def. by Sydney Swans 9.17 (71)
Redland 17.22 (124) def. Eastlake 11.6 (72)
Brisbane Lions 16.10 (106) def. by Northern Territory 17.5 (107)
Ainslie 22.8 (140) def. Queanbeyan 8.3 (51)
Sydney University 17.5 (107) def. Sydney Hills 9.12 (66)
UWS Giants 16.16 (112) def. Gold Coast 7.5 (57)
Southport 7.6 (48) def. by Aspley 13.13 (91)

Round 16

Sydney Hills 8.10 (58) def. by Ainslie 12.16 (88)
Belconnen 21.17 (143) def. Eastlake 9.5 (59)
Southport 9.9 (63) def. by Redland 10.11 (71)
UWS Giants 21.9 (135) Sydney University 13.12 (90)
Bye – Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Northern Territory, Queanbeyan, Aspley

Round 17

Brisbane Lions 13.11 (89) def. Gold Coast 11.11 (77)
Aspley 19.8 (122) def. Redland 15.6 (96)
Queanbeyan 20.13 (133) def. Eastlake 11.6 (72)
Northern Territory 13.14 (92) def. Sydney Swans 8.11 (59)
Sydney University 23.13 (151) def. Belconnen 14.10 (94)
Bye – Ainslie, UWS Giants, Sydney Hills, Southport

Round 18

Sydney Swans 9.11 (65) def. Brisbane Lions 4.14 (38)
Ainslie 11.8 (74) def. by Sydney University 16.8 (104)
UWS Giants 14.18 (102) def. Sydney Hills 8.6 (54)
Redland 23.15 (183) def. Queanbeyan 9.2 (56)
Southport 6.7 (43) def. by Northern Territory 12.8 (80)
Eastlake 9.8 (62) def. by Belconnen 9.13 (67)
Gold Coast 3.6 (24) def. by Aspley 26.18 (174)

Round 19

Sydney Swans 13.14 (92) def. Gold Coast 6.10 (46)
Queanbeyan 11.11 (77) def. by UWS Giants 17.12 (114)
Sydney University 13.6 (84) def. by Redland 11.20 (86)
Brisbane Lions 18.12 (120) def. Southport 6.11 (47)
Northern Territory 15.7 (97) def. Aspley 9.4 (58)
Belconnen 8.18 (66) def. by Sydney Hills 11.11 (77)
Ainslie 21.16 (142) def. Eastlake 7.8 (50)

Round 20

Sydney Swans 11.12 (78) def. UWS Giants 11.11 (77)
Gold Coast 5.5 (35) def. by Brisbane Lions 14.11 (95)
Belconnen 16.11 (107) def. Southport 13.8 (86)
Aspley 10.16 (76) def. Eastlake 0.2 (2)
Redland 9.8 (62) def. by Northern Territory 11.7 (73)
Queanbeyan 9.10 (64) def. by Ainslie 12.9 (81)
Bye – Sydney Hills, Sydney University

Round 21 (Final Round)

Southport 7.9 (51) def. by Sydney University 10.5 (65)
UWS Giants 17.11 (113) def. Brisbane Lions 14.14 (98)
Redland 5.10 (40) def. Aspley 4.7 (31)
Ainslie 16.12 (108) def. Belconnen 7.11 (53)
Queanbeyan 15.16 (106) def. Eastlake 11.4 (70)
Sydney Hills 12.11 (83) def. by Sydney Swans 18.9 (117)
Bye – Gold Coast, Northern Territory

Ladder

2014 NEAFL Ladder

TEAM

PTS

UWS Giants

2020

1097

184.14%

Sydney Swans

1664

1006

165.41%

Northern Territory

1810

1397

129.56%

Aspley

1876

1117

167.95%

Redland

1815

1438

126.22%

Ainslie

1738

1353

128.46%

Sydney University

1518

1495

101.54%

Southport

1573

1266

124.25%

Brisbane Lions

1432

1652

86.68%

Sydney Hills Eagles

1371

1695

80.88%

Belconnen

1279

1742

73.42%

Queanbeyan

1329

1932

68.79%

Eastlake

999

1931

51.73%

Gold Coast Suns

954

2257

42.27%

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

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Update: 25 August 2014

Finals series

Elimination Finals


	Elimination Finals
Saturday 30 August (1:30 pm)	Aspley 12.15 (87)	def.	Redland 9.10 (64)	Graham Road Oval	Report
Saturday 30 August (7:00 pm)	Northern Territory 7.11 (53)	def.	Ainslie 5.6 (36)	TIO Stadium	Report
The NEAFL executive announced the schedule of the finals series at the conclusion of the home and away season.^[9]

Preliminary Finals


	Preliminary Finals
Saturday 6 September (3:15 pm)	UWS Giants 10.7 (67)	def. by	Aspley 16.16 (112)	Blacktown ISP Oval	Report
Sunday 7 September (12:45 pm)	Sydney Swans 16.11 (107)	def.	Northern Territory 6.9 (45)	Blacktown ISP Oval	Report

Grand Final


	2014 NEAFL Grand Final
Saturday 13 September (1:30 pm)	Aspley	def.	Sydney Swans	Graham Road Oval, Brisbane^[10]	Report
	3.3 (21) 9.4 (58) 9.7 (61) 15.12 (102)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5 (23) 7.7 (49) 14.8 (92) 15.10 (100)	Andrew Ireland Medal: Tom Mitchell (Sydney)

3: French, Smith 1: Joyce, Turner, Sansbury, Dawson, Toye, Holman, Williams, Wagner, Payne		Goals	5: Membrey 2: Towers 1: Hiscox, Wright, Jones, Mills, Naismith, Mitchell, O'Keefe, Jack
Matthews, Wagner, Smith, Thomson, Lucy, Holman		Best	Mitchell, Membrey, Richards, Towers, Biggs, O'Keefe



This match was the first ever between these two teams in the NEAFL^[11] For full match stats click here

Foxtel Cup

Main article: 2014 Foxtel Cup

Two NEAFL clubs, Aspley and Belconnen, were invited to compete in the Foxtel Cup knockout competition for season 2014. Both teams were knocked out in the Qualifying/First Round stage of the competition. Their results are shown below:

Qualifier 29 March 2014 12:00 EST	Aspley	173 - 17 stand alone game	Belconnen	Graham Road, Aspley match report
	7.3 (45) 9.9 (63) 20.14 (134) 25.23 (173)	match report	0.1 (1) 2.2 (14) 2.2 (14) 2.5 (17)
		Goals
	E.Sansbury 6, J.Stanley 3, C.Stiller 3, C.French 2, D.Smith 2, M.Pettitt 2, R.Copeland , M.Payne , M.Hutchinson , D.Bevan , A.Hughes , R.Matthews , J.Ives		M.Porter ,M. Sharp	\|
		Bests
	M.Payne, E.Sansbury, J.Stanley, R.Copeland, A.Lucy, J.Turner		D.Hector, R.Turnbull, C.York, M.Sharp	\|

Game #3 20 May 2014 20:35 EST	Williamstown	93 - 48 stand alone game	Aspley	MCG match report match statistics
	4.1 (25) 5.4 (34) 9.7 (61) 14.9 (93)	match report	1.2 (8) 4.3 (27) 5.5 (35) 7.6 (48)
		Goals
	A.Marcon 3, J.Owen 3, S.Clouston 2, D.Conway 2, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons, S.Tighe, C.Nastasi		A.Hughes 2, J.Nelis, J.Williams, R.Matthews, C.French, M.Payne.	\|
		Bests
	A.Marcon, S.Tighe, N.Sing, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons.		R.Matthews, M.Payne, J.Williams, R.Copeland, A.Lucy.	\|

State games

The top-level players from the NEAFL partook in two state games in season 2014, one against the West Australian Football League representative team on May 24^[12] and another against the Tasmanian State League representative team on June 21.^[13]


	2014 State Game
Saturday 24 May (12:00 pm)	NEAFL 6.11 (47)	def. by	WAFL 19.18 (132)	Blacktown ISP Oval, Sydney^[14] (crowd: 500)	Report
Simpson Medal (WAFL): Ashton Hams


	2014 State Game
Saturday 21 June (2:00 pm)	TSL 18.12 (120)	def.	NEAFL 12.7 (79)	Blundstone Arena^[15]
Lefroy Medal (TSL): Jason Laycock (Match Report)

Awards

The newly instituted NEAFL MVP Award was won by Matthew Payne (Aspley), who polled 102 votes. Aaron vandenBerg of Ainslie was next best with 77 votes.
The newly instituted Leading Goalkicker Award was won by Cleve Hughes (Redland).
Paul Hunter (Redland) won the NEAFL Rising Star Award.
Xavier Clarke (Northern Territory) won the NEAFL Coach of the Year Award.^[16]

References

External links

http://www.neafl.com.au/ Official NEAFL website

North East Australian Football League

Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Teams	Ainslie Aspley Brisbane Lions Eastlake Gold Coast NT Thunder Redland Southport Sydney Swans Sydney University UWS Giants

Former teams	Belconnen Broadbeach Labrador Morningside Mount Gravatt Queanbeyan Sydney Hills Eagles Tuggeranong

Main grounds	Ainslie Oval Blacktown International Sportspark Carrara Stadium Fankhauser Reserve Giffin Park Graham Rd Oval Manuka Oval Marrara Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Showground Stadium Sydney University Oval Victoria Point Oval