The 2011 NEAFL season was the inaugural season of the

North East Australian Football League The North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) was an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The league was formed in November 2010, and its inaugural co ...

(NEAFL). The season began on Saturday, 2 April and concluded on Saturday, 24 September with the NEAFL Grand Final. were the Northern Division Champions after defeating in the Northern Conference Grand Final, whilst defeated the reserves in the Eastern Conference Grand Final to become the Eastern Conference Champions. The Cross Conference Grand Final resulted in NT Thunder defeating Ainslie, ultimately resulting in becoming the 2011 NEAFL Premiers.

League structure

The league is split into two divisions called the North division and the East division. The North division comprises nine teams based in South East Queensland (five in Brisbane and four on the Gold Coast) as well as one based in the Northern Territory. The East division contains five teams based in the Australian Capital Territory and two based in Sydney. The top three teams from the 2010 QAFL and the top team from the 2010 AFL Canberra season all qualified for the

Foxtel Cup The Leagues Championship Cup, officially branded under the sponsor's name as the Foxtel Cup, was an annual Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia ...

Participating clubs

Regular season

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

Round 22

Ladder

Finals series

Eastern Conference Northern Conference

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Foxtel Cup

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Awards

*The

Grogan Medal The Grogan Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the best and fairest player in home and away rounds of each season's Queensland State League (Australian rules football), QAFL/Queensland State League competition. From 2011 to presen ...

was shared between Matthew Payne of and Cameron Ilett of . Both polled 23 votes to be judged as the best and fairest players in the Northern Conference of the NEAFL. *The

Mulrooney Medal The Mulrooney Medal is an Australian rules football award for the best and fairest player in the AFL Canberra first-grade competition. It has been the premier individual award for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory sinc ...

was shared between

Daniel Currie Daniel Currie (born 15 February 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League. Currie was originally drafted to the S ...

and

Jarred Moore Jarred Moore (born 6 March 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) who is currently serving as an assistant coach with the North Melbourne Football Club. Moore grew up in Langwarrin and played for the Da ...

, both of the . Both players polled 16 votes to be judged as the best and fairest players in the Eastern Conference of the NEAFL. *The NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award was awarded to Ross Tungatalum of the . The NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award is given to the player voted as the best rising star in the Northern Conference of the NEAFL. *The Gary Robb Rising Star Award was awarded to Hayden Armstrong of the . The Gary Robb Rising Star Award is given to the player voted as the best rising star in the Eastern Conference of the NEAFL. *The Ray Hughson Medal was awarded to Darren Ewing of the , who kicked 115 goals during the season.

Best and fairest

Team of the year

Eastern Conference

Northern Conference

AFL draftees

N – national draft
R – rookie draft

Footnotes

;Notes :1. QLD zone selection acquired during the 2011 trade period.

References

External links

*http://www.neafl.com.au/ Official NEAFL website {{NEAFL Australian rules football competition seasons 2011 in Australian rules football