The 2024–25 NTFL season was the 104th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the Northern Territory. The season began on 4 October 2024 and concluded on 15 March 2025, with four divisions for the men's and three for the women's senior competitions.
Brodie Filo of the Nightcliff Tigers won the Nichols Medal (Men's Premier League best and fairest), winning a record 3rd medal, previously having earned the 2015/16 and 2019/20 medals. Jasmyn Hewett of PINT won the Women's Premier League Best and Fairest, also her third medal.
Notable events During a Women's Premier League match between Waratah and Darwin in round 8, Darwin player Tayla Hart-Aluni suffered a severe leg injury. The Men's Premier League match between the same clubs that was scheduled to follow was cancelled as a result, with both teams awarded two premiership points.
Men's Premier League
Southern Districts won the Men's Premier League (MPL) premiership for the fourth time, defeating St Mary's by 15 points in the grand final.
Ladder + Team Qualification 1 Southern Districts (P) 16 15 1 0 1803 713 252.9 60 Finals series 2 Nightcliff Tigers 16 12 4 0 1395 867 160.9 48 3 Tiwi Bombers 16 11 5 0 1243 1001 124.8 44 4 Waratah 16 10 5 1 1285 897 143.3 42 5 St Mary's 16 10 6 0 1257 826 152.2 40 6 PINT 16 5 11 0 863 1017 84.9 20 7 Wanderers 16 4 11 0 715 1382 51.7 18 8 Darwin 16 2 13 1 617 1559 39.6 10 9 Palmerston Magpies 16 1 14 1 672 1588 42.3 6
Finals
Women's Premier League
St Mary's won the Women's Premier League (WPL) premiership for the sixth time, defeating the Nightcliff Tigers by one point in the grand final.
Ladder + Team Qualification 1 PINT 16 15 1 0 1011 338 299.1 60 Finals series 2 St Mary's (P) 16 14 2 0 1041 311 334.7 56 3 Nightcliff Tigers 16 13 3 0 1040 338 307.7 52 4 Palmerston Magpies 16 8 8 0 819 498 164.5 32 5 Tiwi Bombers 16 8 8 0 854 659 129.6 32 6 Darwin 16 6 10 0 588 596 98.7 24 7 Waratah 16 5 11 0 478 749 63.8 20 8 Southern Districts 16 3 13 0 429 736 58.3 12 9 Wanderers 16 0 16 0 57 2092 2.7 0
Finals
Representative matches On 5 April 2025, the NTFL played women's and men's representative matches against the Central Australian Football League (CAFL) at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs. The NTFL women's side was captained by Janet Baird and the NTFL men's side was captained by Steven Motlop.
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