{"id":85428,"date":"2021-08-20T16:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=85428"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:27:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:27:52","slug":"nab-league-set-for-revamped-finals-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2021\/08\/20\/nab-league-set-for-revamped-finals-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"NAB League set for revamped finals structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n\n\nTHE AFL announced on Thursday<\/a> the NAB League is set for a shake-up to its finals structure, with 13 full-time regions split into country and metro conferences. A three-week finals series will commence next weekend (August 28\/29) for five country-based programs – Bendigo Pioneers, Geelong Falcons, Gippsland Power, Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Murray Bushrangers – while Dandenong Stingrays and Tasmania Devils will join the metro allotment.\r\n\r\nEssentially, two premierships will be awarded – one for the winner of either conference – as the AFL attempts to hold as many games as possible over the next six weeks after a heavily interrupted season. The eight-team metro conference will begin competition once community football is allowed to resume in Victoria. These fixtures will also serve as an additional selection process for a makeshift Victorian championships, where primary and secondary Vic Country and Vic Metro squads will compete against each other in late-September.\r\n\r\nGWV currently tops the country improvised country pool and is set to lock horns with second-ranked Bendigo Pioneers on Saturday. The third-placed Geelong Falcons take on Murray Bushrangers on the same afternoon, while bottom side Gippsland Power has the bye. Below is the three week country finals schedule; there will also be consolation fixtures in weeks two and three between teams knocked out of contention.\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n\n\n2021 NAB League Finals Map\r\n(Country Conference)<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWeek 1 (August 28\/29)<\/strong>\r\nFirst Semi Final \u2013 2nd v 5th\r\nSecond Semi Final \u2013 3rd v 4th\r\n\r\n1st – Bye\r\nTwo winners and highest-ranked loser to progress to Week 2.\r\n\r\nWeek 2 (September 4\/5)<\/strong>\r\nFirst Preliminary Final \u2013 1st v Lowest Ranked\r\nSecond Preliminary Final \u2013 2nd Ranked v 3rd Ranked\r\n\r\nWeek 3 (September 11\/12)<\/strong>\r\nGrand Final \u2013 Winner PF1 v Winner PF2\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n\n\nCurrent NAB League Ladder:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n1. Sandringham Dragons (M) | 8-1, 188.6%\r\n2. GWV Rebels (C) | 7-3, 129.1%\r\n3. Northern Knights (M) | 6-3, 138.5%\r\n4. Bendigo Pioneers (C) | 6-5, 109.1%\r\n5. Tasmania Devils (M) | 5-3, 114.3%\r\n6. Geelong Falcons (C) | 5-6, 101.6%\r\n7. Eastern Ranges (M) | 5-4, 98.0%\r\n8. Calder Cannons (M) | 5-4, 84.8%\r\n9. Dandenong Stingrays (M) | 3-6, 101.5%\r\n10. Oakleigh Chargers (M) | 3-6, 90.3%\r\n11. Western Jets (M) | 3-6, 85.4%\r\n12. Murray Bushrangers (C) | 3-7, 84.0%\r\n13. Gippsland Power (C) | 3-7, 60.3%\r\n\r\nLegend:<\/strong><\/em>\r\nC – denotes Country conference\r\nM – denotes Metro conference\r\n\r\nCountry Conference Ladder:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n1. GWV Rebels | 7-3, 129.1%\r\n2. Bendigo Pioneers | 6-5, 109.1%\r\n3. Geelong Falcons | 5-6, 101.6%\r\n4. Murray Bushrangers | 3-7, 84.0%\r\n5. Gippsland Power | 3-7, 60.3%\r\n\r\nMetro Conference Ladder:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n1. Sandringham Dragons | 8-1, 188.6%\r\n2. Northern Knights | 6-3, 138.5%\r\n3. Tasmania Devils | 5-3, 114.3%\r\n4. Eastern Ranges | 5-4, 98.0%\r\n5. Calder Cannons | 5-4, 84.8%\r\n6. Dandenong Stingrays | 3-6, 101.5%\r\n7. Oakleigh Chargers | 3-6, 90.3%\r\n8. Western Jets | 3-6, 85.4%\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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THE AFL announced on Thursday the NAB League is set for a shake-up to its finals structure, with 13 full-time regions split into country and metro conferences. A three-week finals series will commence next weekend (August 28\/29) for five country-based programs – Bendigo Pioneers, Geelong Falcons, Gippsland Power, Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Murray […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":85214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11586,11587,11588,11589,11590,11591,11592,11593,7949,8,11594,11595,11596,11597,3134,11598],"tags":[14158,25,235,17721,17723,10162,17719,17720,17718,6718,1124,17724,7951,17722,8865,1334,14229,15890,1879,1880,1883],"class_list":["post-85428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bendigo-pioneers","category-calder-cannons","category-dandenong-stingrays","category-eastern-ranges","category-geelong-falcons","category-gippsland-power","category-gwv-rebels","category-murray-bushrangers","category-nab-league","category-news","category-northern-knights","category-oakleigh-chargers","category-sandringham-dragons","category-tasmania-devils","category-victoria","category-western-jets","tag-2021-nab-league","tag-afl","tag-afl-draft","tag-conferences","tag-country-conference","tag-draft-central","tag-finals-map","tag-finals-pathway","tag-finals-structure","tag-fixtures","tag-ladder","tag-metro-conference","tag-nab-league","tag-nab-league-conferences","tag-nab-league-finals","tag-national-championships","tag-news","tag-under-19","tag-vic-country","tag-vic-metro","tag-victoria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87660,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85428\/revisions\/87660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}