# 2023 TSL season

The 2023 TSL season was the 131st season of the Tasmanian State League (TSL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Tasmania. The season began on 7 April and concluded on 21 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 21 rounds, followed by a three-week finals series.
Kingborough won the TSL premiership for the first time, defeating North Launceston by 15 points in the 2023 TSL Grand Final.

## Background
### Glenorchy player shortage

During the pre-season, reports emerged that Glenorchy was suffering a shortage of players and was "unlikely" to field a senior team in 2023. The club had failed to win a single game during the 2022 season, with just 12 players attending one training session held around January 2023.
Ultimately, the club was able to field senior and reserves sides in 2023, although it failed to win a senior game for the second season in a row.

## Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kingborough (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1488 | 840 | 177.1 | 60 | Finals series |
| 2 | North Launceston | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1645 | 938 | 175.4 | 60 | Finals series |
| 3 | Clarence | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1232 | 1162 | 106.0 | 44 | Finals series |
| 4 | Launceston | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1314 | 1106 | 118.8 | 36 | Finals series |
| 5 | North Hobart | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1091 | 1374 | 79.4 | 28 |
| 6 | Lauderdale | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1135 | 1320 | 86.0 | 24 |
| 7 | Glenorchy | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 728 | 1893 | 38.5 | 0 |
Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. (P) Premiers

## Finals
### Qualifying and elimination finals

| | Qualifying final | Qualifying final | Qualifying final | |
| Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Clarence 11.13 (79) | def. | Launceston 2.5 (17) | Blundstone Arena |
| | Elimination final | Elimination final | Elimination final | |
| Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Kingborough 10.11 (71) | def. | North Launceston 5.5 (35) | Twin Ovals |

### Preliminary final

| | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | |
| Saturday, 17 September (1:30 pm) | North Launceston 7.8 (50) | def. | Clarence 4.6 (30) | UTAS Stadium |

### Grand Final

| | 2023 TSL Grand Final | 2023 TSL Grand Final | 2023 TSL Grand Final | |
| Saturday, 21 September (2:30 pm) | Kingborough | def. | North Launceston | North Hobart Oval |
| | 1.2 (8) 5.6 (36) 8.7 (55) 8.8 (56) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.2 (20) 3.3 (21) 4.6 (30) 5.11 (41) | |
| Lovell 3, Baker, Carter, Clifford, Cole, Tomkinson | Lovell 3, Baker, Carter, Clifford, Cole, Tomkinson | Goals | Cox-Goodyer 3, Griffiths, Sulzberger | Cox-Goodyer 3, Griffiths, Sulzberger |
| Lovell, Clifford, Baker, Bastick, Gadomski, McCulloch | Lovell, Clifford, Baker, Bastick, Gadomski, McCulloch | Best | Cox-Goodyer, Vandam, Griffiths, Avent, Bennett, Lee | Cox-Goodyer, Vandam, Griffiths, Avent, Bennett, Lee |

## Awards

* Sam Siggins (Lauderdale) won the Alistair Lynch Medal as the TSL's best and fairest player for the second season in a row, finishing with 23 votes.
* Brad Cox-Goodyer (North Launceston) won the Peter Hudson Medal as the leading goalkicker, finishing the home-and-away season with 53 goals.