# 2018–19 NTFL season

The 2018–19 NTFL season was the 98th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The first game was played on Friday, 5 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 16 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers defeating Southern Districts Crocs by 22 points to win its fourth premiership. This was the first time when the club won a premiership since 1964/65, breaking its 54-year drought. This was the longest premiership drought in NTFL history, second is Wanderers Eagles by 34 years from 1923/24 to 1957/58).

## Ladder

2018–19 NTFL Ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | Nightcliff (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1689 | 1017 | 166.1 | 60 |
| 2 | Southern Districts | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1677 | 1138 | 147.4 | 52 |
| 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1599 | 1572 | 101.7 | 36 |
| 4 | Waratah | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1356 | 1350 | 100.4 | 36 |
| 5 | Darwin | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1331 | 1407 | 94.6 | 32 |
| 6 | Palmerston | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1180 | 1672 | 70.6 | 28 |
| 7 | Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1111 | 1497 | 74.2 | 24 |
| 8 | St Marys | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1058 | 1354 | 78.1 | 20 |

### 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$_1$ | 8$_3$ | 12$_3$ | 16$_2$ | 16$_2$ | 20$_2$ | 24$_2$ | 28$_2$ | 32$_2$ | 36$_2$ | 40$_2$ | 44$_1$ | 48$_1$ | 48$_1$ | 52$_1$ | 56$_1$ | 60$_1$ |
| 2 | Southern Districts | 4$_4$ | 8$_2$ | 12$_1$ | 16$_1$ | 20$_1$ | 24$_1$ | 24$_1$ | 28$_1$ | 32$_1$ | 36$_1$ | 36$_1$ | 40$_1$ | 40$_2$ | 40$_2$ | 44$_2$ | 48$_2$ | 52$_2$ | 52$_2$ |
| 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 0$_6$ | 0$_7$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 0$_8$ | 4$_7$ | 8$_7$ | 12$_5$ | 12$_5$ | 12$_7$ | 12$_7$ | 16$_6$ | 20$_6$ | 24$_4$ | 28$_4$ | 28$_5$ | 32$_4$ | 36$_3$ |
| 4 | Waratah | 0$_8$ | 4$_3$ | 8$_4$ | 12$_4$ | 12$_4$ | 12$_4$ | 16$_3$ | 16$_4$ | 20$_3$ | 20$_4$ | 20$_4$ | 24$_4$ | 24$_4$ | 24$_5$ | 28$_5$ | 32$_4$ | 32$_5$ | 36$_4$ |
| 5 | Darwin | 0$_5$ | 4$_4$ | 8$_2$ | 12$_2$ | 12$_3$ | 16$_3$ | 16$_4$ | 16$_3$ | 20$_4$ | 20$_3$ | 24$_3$ | 24$_3$ | 28$_3$ | 32$_3$ | 32$_3$ | 32$_3$ | 32$_3$ | 32$_5$ |
| 6 | Palmerston | 4$_1$ | 4$_6$ | 4$_7$ | 4$_7$ | 8$_6$ | 12$_5$ | 12$_6$ | 12$_7$ | 12$_7$ | 16$_6$ | 20$_5$ | 20$_5$ | 24$_5$ | 24$_6$ | 24$_6$ | 24$_6$ | 28$_6$ | 28$_6$ |
| 7 | Wanderers | 4$_3$ | 4$_5$ | 4$_5$ | 4$_5$ | 4$_7$ | 4$_8$ | 4$_8$ | 8$_8$ | 8$_8$ | 8$_8$ | 12$_8$ | 12$_8$ | 12$_8$ | 16$_8$ | 16$_8$ | 20$_8$ | 20$_8$ | 24$_7$ |
| 8 | St Marys | 0$_7$ | 0$_8$ | 4$_6$ | 4$_6$ | 8$_5$ | 8$_6$ | 12$_5$ | 12$_6$ | 12$_6$ | 16$_5$ | 16$_6$ | 16$_7$ | 16$_7$ | 16$_7$ | 20$_7$ | 20$_7$ | 20$_7$ | 20$_8$ |

## 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 | 149 | | | | 1 | Nightcliff | 61 |
| | | | 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 59 | | | | 2 | Southern Districts | 39 |
| 2 | Southern Districts | 65 | | | | 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 40 | | | |
| 3 | Tiwi Bombers | 86 | | | | 2 | Southern Districts | 160 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Southern Districts | 89 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Waratah | 46 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Waratah | 133 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Darwin | 60 | | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

| | 2018–19 NTFL Grand Final | 2018–19 NTFL Grand Final | 2018–19 NTFL Grand Final | | |
| Saturday 16 March 2019 (7:15 pm) | Nightcliff | def. | Southern Districts | Marrara Stadium (crowd: 8,219) | Report |
| | 1.3 (9) 4.7 (31) 6.10 (46) 8.13 (61) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.3 (9) 2.5 (17) 3.7 (25) 5.9 (39) | | |
| This was the Nightcliff Tiger's first premiership win since the 1964/65 season. ||||||

## Awards

* Nightcliff finished on top for the first time since 2011/12.
* The wooden spoon was "awarded" to St Marys for the first time in the club's history.