# 2020–21 NTFL season

The 2020–21 NTFL season was the 100th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
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.

## 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 |

### Ladder progression

| | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 1 | Nightcliff (P) | 4$_2$ | 8$_2$ | 12$_2$ | 12$_3$ | 16$_3$ | 20$_3$ | 24$_1$ | 24$_2$ | 28$_1$ | 30$_1$ | 34$_1$ | 38$_1$ | 42$_1$ | 46$_1$ | 50$_1$ | 54$_1$ | 58$_1$ | 62$_1$ |
| 2 | St Marys | 0$_7$ | 0$_7$ | 4$_5$ | 8$_5$ | 12$_5$ | 12$_5$ | 16$_4$ | 20$_3$ | 24$_3$ | 28$_3$ | 32$_3$ | 36$_2$ | 40$_2$ | 40$_3$ | 44$_2$ | 48$_2$ | 52$_2$ | 56$_2$ |
| 3 | Wanderers | 4$_4$ | 8$_3$ | 8$_4$ | 12$_2$ | 16$_2$ | 20$_2$ | 24$_2$ | 28$_1$ | 28$_2$ | 30$_2$ | 34$_2$ | 34$_3$ | 38$_3$ | 42$_2$ | 42$_3$ | 46$_3$ | 50$_3$ | 50$_3$ |
| 4 | Waratah | 4$_1$ | 4$_4$ | 8$_3$ | 8$_4$ | 12$_4$ | 12$_4$ | 12$_5$ | 16$_5$ | 20$_5$ | 24$_4$ | 24$_4$ | 28$_4$ | 32$_4$ | 36$_4$ | 40$_4$ | 40$_4$ | 40$_4$ | 40$_4$ |
| 5 | Darwin | 4$_3$ | 8$_1$ | 12$_1$ | 16$_1$ | 16$_1$ | 20$_1$ | 20$_3$ | 20$_4$ | 24$_4$ | 24$_5$ | 24$_5$ | 28$_5$ | 28$_5$ | 32$_5$ | 36$_5$ | 36$_5$ | 40$_5$ | 40$_5$ |
| 6 | Southern Districts | 0$_5$ | 0$_6$ | 0$_7$ | 4$_6$ | 4$_6$ | 8$_6$ | 12$_6$ | 16$_6$ | 16$_6$ | 16$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 24$_6$ | 24$_6$ | 28$_6$ |
| 7 | Palmerston | 0$_8$ | 4$_5$ | 4$_6$ | 4$_7$ | 4$_7$ | 4$_7$ | 4$_7$ | 4$_7$ | 4$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 12$_7$ |
| 8 | Tiwi Bombers | 0$_6$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ |

## Finals

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand 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 | 2020–21 NTFL 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) | Golden Point (Extra Time) | 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. ||||||