# 2016–17 NTFL season

The 2016–17 NTFL season was the 96th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The first four games in Round 1 were played on Saturday, 8 October 2016, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday 18 March 2017, with the St Marys Saints defeating Wanderers Eagles by 54 points to win their 32nd premiership title (The most titles in NTFL history).

## Ladder

2016–17 NTFL Ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | St Marys (P) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2381 | 1119 | 212.8 | 64 |
| 2 | Nightcliff | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1933 | 1175 | 164.5 | 64 |
| 3 | Wanderers | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1450 | 1503 | 96.5 | 40 |
| 4 | Southern Districts | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1598 | 1619 | 98.7 | 36 |
| 5 | Darwin | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1460 | 1554 | 94.0 | 32 |
| 6 | Waratah | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1213 | 1429 | 84.9 | 30 |
| 7 | Palmerston | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 953 | 1906 | 50.0 | 12 |
| 8 | Tiwi Bombers | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1465 | 2148 | 68.2 | 6 |

## 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 | St Marys | 126 | | | | 1 | St Marys | 91 |
| | | | 3 | Wanderers | 26 | | | | 3 | Wanderers | 37 |
| 2 | Nightcliff | 63 | | | | 3 | Wanderers | 113 | | | |
| 3 | Wanderers | 85 | | | | 2 | Nightcliff | 39 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Nightcliff | 31 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Southern Districts | 19 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Southern Districts | 104 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Darwin | 77 | | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

| | 2016–17 NTFL Grand Final | 2016–17 NTFL Grand Final | 2016–17 NTFL Grand Final | | |
| Saturday 18 March 2017 (7:00 pm) | St Marys | def. | Wanderers | Marrara Stadium | Report |
| | 3.1 (19) 5.3 (33) 8.6 (54) 13.7 (85) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.1 (7) 2.5 (17) 3.7 (25) 4.13 (37) | | |

## Women's Premier League

The Women's Premier League for 2016–17 season was won by the Darwin Buffettes having a 18-point win over Waratah.

### Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Darwin | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1224 | 340 | 360.0 | 52 | Finals |
| 2 | Waratah | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1095 | 446 | 245.5 | 52 | Finals |
| 3 | Pint | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 899 | 449 | 200.2 | 42 | Finals |
| 4 | Tracy Village | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 666 | 441 | 151.0 | 40 | Finals |
| 5 | St Marys | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1097 | 547 | 200.5 | 34 | Finals |
| 6 | Wanderers | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 904 | 546 | 165.6 | 34 | Finals |
| 7 | Palmerston | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 441 | 795 | 55.5 | 18 | |
| 8 | Southern Districts | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 290 | 1189 | 24.4 | 8 | |
| 9 | Nightcliff | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 156 | 2019 | 7.7 | 8 | |

### Finals

| Qualifying finals | Qualifying finals | Qualifying finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 4 | Tracy Village | 21 | | | | | | |
| 5 | St Marys | 10 | 4 | Tracy Village | 14 | | | |
| | | | 1 | Darwin | 100 | | | |
| 1 | Darwin | 81 | | | | 1 | Darwin | 45 |
| 2 | Waratah | 27 | | | | 2 | Waratah | 27 |
| | | | 2 | Waratah | 29 | | | |
| 3 | Pint | 33 | 6 | Wanderers | 14 | | | |
| 6 | Wanderers | 54 | | | | | | |