The 2016 NEAFL season was the sixth season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on Saturday, 2 April and concluded on Sunday, 11 September with the NEAFL Grand Final. The premiership was won by the .
Participating clubs Two teams changed their names prior to the 2016 season. Eastlake's NEAFL side started to play as the Canberra Demons in an attempt to be seen as Canberra's representative team in the NEAFL competition. The club wishes to provide a clear AFL pathway for local talent and to get rid of the baggage between other clubs in the ACT. As part of this decision the team also adopted a blue and gold guernsey for home games, reflecting the territory's traditional colours. The team will still wear Eastlake's red and black colours in away matches. The Greater Western Sydney reserves team became known as the Western Sydney University Giants to reflect the re-branding of the university from University of Western Sydney. 2016 NEAFL participating clubsClubLocationHome groundBrisbane, QLDGraham RoadBrisbane, QLDGiffin ParkCanberra, ACTStarTrack OvalGold Coast, QLDMetricon StadiumDarwin, NTTIO StadiumBrisbane, QLDTidbold ParkGold Coast, QLDFankhauser ReserveSydney, NSWSydney Cricket GroundSydney, NSWHenson ParkSydney, NSWSpotless Stadium
Premiership season All starting times are local.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Win/Loss table
Bold – Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin This table can be sorted by margin
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Ladder
Ladder progression Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top 6. Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished in first place on the ladder in that round. Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round. Underlined numbers indicates the team had a bye during that round. Team1234567891011121314151617181920211 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 28 32 36 36 40 40 44 48 52 52 52 56 56 602 4 4 8 8 8 8 12 16 16 16 20 24 28 28 32 32 36 36 40 44 483 0 4 8 12 12 12 16 20 20 20 24 24 24 28 32 36 40 40 44 48 484 4 8 8 12 16 20 24 24 28 28 28 28 28 28 32 36 40 44 48 48 485 4 4 8 12 16 16 16 20 20 24 28 28 32 32 32 36 36 36 36 40 446 0 0 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 16 20 20 20 24 24 28 327 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 12 16 20 20 24 24 24 24 28 28 28 28 288 4 8 8 8 8 12 12 16 20 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 1210 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12
Finals series
Elimination finals
Preliminary finals
Grand final
Awards The League MVP was awarded to Matt Payne of , who received 87 votes. The NEAFL Rising Star was awarded to Hayden Bertoli-Simmonds of . The NEAFL leading goalkicker was awarded to Darren Ewing of , who kicked 58 goals during the regular season. The NEAFL goal of the year was awarded to Luke Rogerson of . The NEAFL mark of the year was awarded to Matt Flynn of .
Team of the Year
Best and fairest winners Club Award name PlayerRef. Carl Herbert Medal Neville Fallon Medal Best and fairest NEAFL Player of the Year Club Champion Dowling Medal Doc Mackenzie Medal Driscoll Medal NEAFL Development Award
Rising Star nominations The NEAFL Rising Star is awarded to the most promising young talent in the NEAFL competition. Players are nominated each week and must be under the age of 21 and have played less than 20 NEAFL games. Round Player ClubRef. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
AFL draftees
Draft pick Player Club Drafted to10N 14N 20N 34N 36N 42N 47N 51N 54N 55N 67N 72N 75N 51R Academy pre-selection Academy pre-selection QLD zone selection NSW zone selection
N – national draft R – rookie draft
References
External links http://www.neafl.com.au/ Official NEAFL website