The 2013 NEAFL season was the third season of the
North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The
Brisbane Lions reserves were the premiers for the season after they defeated the
Sydney Swans reserves by 8 points in the
Grand Final.
League structure
The league is split into two divisions called the Northern Conference and the Eastern Conference. The two teams who win their respective Conference finals series meet in the Grand Final.
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
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
State games
The two NEAFL conferences participated in
state games in 2013, with the NEAFL Eastern Conference (NSW/ACT) competing against the Tasmanian State League and the NEAFL Northern Conference (QLD/NT) competing against the South Australian National Football League.
Foxtel Cup
Three NEAFL clubs were extended an invitation to compete in 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 ...
knockout competition for 2013. These clubs were 2012 Northern Conference runners up
Northern Territory, 2012 Eastern Conference premiers and 2012 Northern Conference third-ranked team . Their results are shown below:
Qualifying round
Round 1
Awards
Eastern conference
*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 awarded to James Bennett of .
*The NEAFL (Eastern) Rising Star was awarded to Brent Macleod of .
*The NEAFL (Eastern) leading goal kicker was awarded to Josh Bennett of , who kicked 61 goals.
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*The NEAFL (Eastern) goal of the year was awarded to Andrew Dess of , for his goal in round 19.][
*The NEAFL (Eastern) mark of the year was awarded to Marcus Crook of , for his mark in round 8.][
*The NEAFL (Eastern) coach of the year was awarded to ]Matthew Lokan
Matthew Lokan (born 20 November 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian Nation ...
of .[
]
Northern conference
*The Grogan Medal was awarded to Haydn Kiel of , who polled 21 votes.Cheynee Stiller
Cheynee Stiller (born 3 May 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League.
Stiller was recruited through the 2005 rookie draft and was elevated to the Lions senio ...
of , who polled 45 votes.[
*The NEAFL (Northern) Rising Star was awarded to Josh Smith of .][
*The Ray Hughson Medal was awarded to Darren Ewing of , who kicked 94 goals.][
*The NEAFL (Northern) coach of the year was awarded to John Blair of .][
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Team of the year
Eastern conference
Northern conference
AFL draftees
R – rookie draft
References
External links
*http://www.neafl.com.au/ Official NEAFL website
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Australian rules football competition seasons
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