Saints win crunch game; extend NTFL gap in third
ST MARY’S has all but locked in a finals spot thanks to a vital victory over Darwin Buffaloes as the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Men’s Premier League returned from the mid-season break. Sitting third and fourth respectively, the Saints boasted seven wins from 11 games with 28 points, while the Buffaloes had five wins […]
NTFL Round 12 | Crocs stay top, Peris-Chong debuts
SOUTHERN Districts will take top spot into the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Christmas break after downing the second placed Waratah by 28 points on Saturday. The Crocs led from the first goal, which came within just 20 seconds off the boot of Ronald Fejo, and maintained the ascendancy at Gardens Oval in an impressive […]
Queensland to Maroon on the ‘Map’ in rep clashes
STATE football will return to the eastern coast of Australia, with Queensland and Tasmania set to do battle in a double-header of men’s and women’s representative football next year. In a throwback to bygone years, Australia’s most northern state and most southern state, will converge on the latter at North Hobart Oval for a huge […]
NTFL Round 11 | Davey debuts, Bennell’s Bombers fight out draw
THERE is another Davey boy in the Bombers’ midst, with Alijah the latest of Alwyn Snr’s sons to make his senior Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) debut. After twins Alwyn Jr and Jayden were drafted to Essendon last month, their younger sibling turned out for Palmerston on Saturday and even bagged a goal for his […]
Green Ants march past Magpies in upset win
PINT caused the biggest upset in Round 8 of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Men’s Premier League, defeating the third placed Palmerston by 47 points. In an impressive four-quarter performance, the Green Ants started strongly to race out to a four-goal lead at quarter time, and held that advantage by half-time. A dominant six […]
Simply the Betts: Five-goal haul hoists Pies into second
A FIVE-GOAL haul to former AFL star Eddie Betts on his birthday helped his Palmerston Magpies defeat Swan Districts in a 20-point Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) win on the weekend. Celebrating his 36th birthday on the day no less, Betts wound back the clock to kick almost half of the game’s goals to be […]
Humble Johnston determined to be the best
“BECOME the best.” Northern Territory AFL Draft prospect Lloyd Johnston has a simple aim if he can reach the top level, with the humble defender living his best life at the moment. If Johnston can indeed earn a place on an AFL list in 2023, then the talented teenager said he would stop at nothing […]
Ginbey embracing rise to the top
ONE of the rarer AFL Draft stories going around is that of East Perth’s Reuben Ginbey, who in the space of two years, rose from a local footballer to a potential Top 10 AFL draftee. The West Australian won his state’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), made the All-Australian team, earned a National Draft Combine invite […]
NTFL Men’s – Six rounds in: Four Top Performers
SIX rounds into the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Men’s Premier League and there are a host of ex-AFL and AFL hopefuls getting strutting their stuff in the Top End. For the Round 6 recap, we take a look at which players have already made waves and are impressing for their respective sides. We particularly […]
Tiwi Bombers break 988-day drought
TIWI Bombers have broken a remarkable 988-day losing streak thanks to a 15-point Round 5 win over the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Men’s Premier League’s newest club, PINT. It had been such a long time coming for the Bombers who had suffered through two and half winless seasons, but they were finally able to […]
