2014 NEAFL season
Australian rules football season
2014 NEAFL season Teams 14 Premiers Aspley 1st premiershipMinor premiers UWS Giants 1st minor premiershipNEAFL MVP Matthew PayneAspley (102 votes) Leading goalkicker Cleve HughesRedland (79 goals) Matches played 131
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 .[ 1]
Aspley 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.[ 2]
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 (QLD) all having their licenses revoked.[ 3]
The conference system which resulted in clubs being geographically split into either an Eastern (NSW /ACT ) or Northern (QLD /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.[ 4]
Although North Queensland is considered to be a strategic area for future AFL expansion,[ 5] [ 6] NEAFL executives elected not to base a team in the region for the 2014 season.[ 7]
Participating clubs
2014 NEAFL Participating Clubs
Club
Location
Home ground
Ainslie
Canberra , ACT
Alan Ray Oval
Aspley
Brisbane , QLD
Graham Road
Belconnen
Canberra , ACT
StarTrack Oval
Brisbane Lions
Brisbane , QLD
Giffin Park
Eastlake
Canberra , ACT
StarTrack Oval
Gold Coast
Gold Coast , QLD
Metricon Stadium
NT Thunder
Darwin , NT
TIO Stadium
Queanbeyan
Canberra , ACT
Dairy Farmers Park
Redland
Brisbane , QLD
Tidbold Park
Southport
Gold Coast , QLD
Fankhauser Reserve
Sydney Hills
Sydney , NSW
Bruce Purser Reserve
Sydney Swans
Sydney , NSW
Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney University
Sydney , NSW
Sydney Cricket Ground
UWS Giants
Sydney , NSW
Spotless Stadium
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 8
Saturday, 17 May (12:00 pm)
Eastlake 3.7 (25)
def. by
Sydney Swans 23.18 (156)
StarTrack Oval
Saturday, 17 May (2:00 pm)
Ainslie 15.15 (105)
def.
Queanbeyan 9.7 (61)
Alan Ray Oval
Saturday, 17 May (2:00 pm)
Sydney Hills 11.8 (74)
def. by
Sydney University 13.13 (91)
Bruce Purser Reserve
Saturday, 17 May (7:00 pm)
NT Thunder 19.14 (128)
def.
Brisbane Lions 8.11 (59)
TIO Stadium
Sunday, 18 May (1:30 pm)
Redland 23.18 (156)
def.
Gold Coast 8.9 (57)
Tidbold Park
Bye Aspley , Belconnen , Southport , UWS Giants
Sydney Swans midfielder, Tom Mitchell , accumulated 64 disposals in the Swans' victory over Eastlake. It is believed to be a record based on Champion Data statistics.[ 8]
Round 9
Round 9
Sunday, 25 May (11:30 am)
Gold Coast 2.7 (19)
def. by
UWS Giants 32.18 (210)
Metricon Stadium
Bye Ainslie , Aspley ,Belconnen , Brisbane Lions , Eastlake , NT Thunder , Queanbeyan , Redland , Southport , Sydney Hills , Sydney Swans , Sydney University , Tuggeranong
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
Source:
Source Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals series
Elimination finals
Elimination finals
Saturday 30 August (1:30 pm)
Aspley 12.15 (87)
def.
Redland 9.10 (64)
Graham Road Oval
Report
Saturday 30 August (7:00 pm)
NT Thunder 7.11 (53)
def.
Ainslie 5.6 (36)
TIO Stadium
Report
The NEAFL executive announced the schedule of the finals series at the conclusion of the home and away season.[ 9]
Preliminary finals
Grand Final
2014 NEAFL Grand Final
Saturday 13 September (1:30 pm)
Aspley
def.
Sydney Swans
Graham Road Oval, Brisbane [ 10]
Report
3.3 (21) 9.4 (58) 9.7 (61)15.12 (102)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final
3.5 (23) 7.7 (49) 14.8 (92)15.10 (100)
Andrew Ireland Medal : Tom Mitchell (Sydney)
3: French, Smith 1: Joyce, Turner, Sansbury, Dawson, Toye, Holman, Williams, Wagner, Payne
Goals
5: Membrey 2: Towers 1: Hiscox, Wright, Jones, Mills, Naismith, Mitchell, O'Keefe, Jack
Matthews, Wagner, Smith, Thomson, Lucy, Holman
Best
Mitchell, Membrey, Richards, Towers, Biggs, O'Keefe
This match was the first ever between these two teams in the NEAFL[ 11]
Foxtel Cup
Two NEAFL clubs, Aspley and Belconnen , were invited to compete in the Foxtel Cup knockout competition for season 2014. Both teams were knocked out in the Qualifying/First Round stage of the competition. Their results are shown below:
Qualifier 29 March 2014 12:00 EST
Aspley
173 - 17 stand alone game
Belconnen
Graham Road, Aspley
match report
7.3 (45) 9.9 (63) 20.14 (134) 25.23 (173)
match report
0.1 (1) 2.2 (14) 2.2 (14) 2.5 (17)
Goals
E.Sansbury 6, J.Stanley 3, C.Stiller 3, C.French 2, D.Smith 2, M.Pettitt 2, R.Copeland , M.Payne , M.Hutchinson , D.Bevan , A.Hughes , R.Matthews , J.Ives
M.Porter ,M. Sharp
Bests
M.Payne, E.Sansbury, J.Stanley, R.Copeland, A.Lucy, J.Turner
D.Hector, R.Turnbull, C.York, M.Sharp
Game #3 20 May 2014 20:35 EST
Williamstown
93 - 48 stand alone game
Aspley
MCG
match report
match statistics
4.1 (25) 5.4 (34) 9.7 (61) 14.9 (93)
match report
1.2 (8) 4.3 (27) 5.5 (35) 7.6 (48)
Goals
A.Marcon 3, J.Owen 3, S.Clouston 2, D.Conway 2, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons, S.Tighe, C.Nastasi
A.Hughes 2, J.Nelis, J.Williams, R.Matthews, C.French, M.Payne.
Bests
A.Marcon, S.Tighe, N.Sing, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons.
R.Matthews, M.Payne, J.Williams, R.Copeland, A.Lucy.
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[ 12] and another against the Tasmanian State League representative team on 21 June.
Awards
The League MVP Award was awarded to Matthew Payne of Aspley , who polled 102 votes.[ 15]
The NEAFL Rising Star was awarded to Paul Hunter of Redland .[ 15]
The NEAFL leading goalkicker award was awarded to Cleve Hughes of Redland .[ 15]
The NEAFL coach of the year was awarded to Xavier Clarke of NT Thunder .[ 15]
The NEAFL goal of the year was awarded to Jordan Harper of Belconnen , for his goal during round 1.[ 16]
The NEAFL mark of the year was awarded to Kelvin Barnes of Sydney University , for his mark during round 7.[ 16]
Team of the Year
Best and fairest winners
AFL draftees
N – national draft
R – rookie draft
References
External links
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