The 2014 NEAFL season was the fourth season of the
North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on Saturday, 29 March and concluded on Saturday, 13 September with the NEAFL
Grand Final.
were the premiers for the season after they defeated the
Sydney Swans reserves by two points in the Grand Final due to a goal kicked moments before final siren.
League structure
For the first time since the NEAFL's inception in November 2010, a major restructure of the league occurred ahead of the 2014 season. The total number of clubs in the competition was reduced from 19 to 14, with
Tuggeranong (ACT),
Broadbeach (QLD),
Labrador (QLD),
Morningside (QLD) and
Mt Gravatt
Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill and lookout within this suburb (). In the , Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,366 people.
Geography
The suburb is situated in the south-e ...
(QLD) all having their licenses revoked.
The conference system which resulted in clubs being geographically split into either an Eastern (
NSW
)
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/
ACT) or Northern (
QLD
)
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, subdivision_type = Country
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/
NT) conference was abolished and was replaced by a single competition ladder structure, ensuring the top 6 teams at the end of the home and away season would progress to a finals series.
Although
North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been ...
is considered to be a strategic area for future
AFL
AFL may refer to:
Sports
* American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues:
** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...
expansion, NEAFL executives elected not to base a team in the region for the 2014 season.
Participating clubs
Premiership season
Source
NEAFL season 2014 results and fixtures''
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
Ladder
Finals series
Elimination finals
Preliminary finals
Grand Final
Foxtel Cup
Two NEAFL clubs, and , were invited 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 season 2014. Both teams were knocked out in the Qualifying/First Round stage of the competition. Their results are shown below:
State games
The top-level players from the NEAFL partook in two
state games in season 2014, one against the
West Australian Football League representative team on 24 May
and another against the
Tasmanian State League
The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the "Tasmanian Football League (TFL)" (formerly known as the "Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL)" and several other short-term names) is the highest ranked Australian r ...
representative team on 21 June.
Awards
* The League MVP Award was awarded to Matthew Payne of , who polled 102 votes.
* The NEAFL Rising Star was awarded to Paul Hunter of .
[
* The NEAFL leading goalkicker award was awarded to Cleve Hughes of .][
* The NEAFL coach of the year was awarded to ]Xavier Clarke
Xavier Clarke (born 28 September 1983) is a former Australian rules football player who played for St Kilda and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Clarke has Indigenous Australian heritage and his ancestry can ...
of .[
* The NEAFL goal of the year was awarded to Jordan Harper of , for his goal during round 1.][
]
Team of the Year
Best and fairest winners
AFL draftees
N – national draft
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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