2017 NEAFL season

Source: NEAFL 2017 season results and fixture Notable features of the draw include: • Two regional matches in Newcastle and Wagga Wagga. • First Friday night match in Darwin, Northern Territory. • First matches at new South Pine Sports Complex facilities. • Nineteen confirmed AFL curtain raisers. • Six aligned AFL academy under-18 series matches. • NEAFL representative match v TSL in round 11. • All starting times are local. 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 ==Win/loss table==

Bold – Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin This table can be sorted by margin } == Ladder==

Ladder progression • Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top six. • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished in first place on the ladder in that round. • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round. • Underlined numbers indicates the team had a bye during that round. ==Finals series==

Elimination finals Preliminary finals Grand Final ==Representative match==

The NEAFL representative team played against the Tasmanian State League representative team in the league's sole state match for the year. The match was played on 10 June at Blundstone Arena with the NEAFL representative side winning by seventeen points. Squad The 2017 NEAFL representative squad consisted of players from all NEAFL clubs excluding AFL reserves teams (, , , ). The team contained eight former AFL-listed players. The team was coached by AFL Queensland Hall of Famer and former AFL footballer, John Blair. ==Rising Star nominations==

The NEAFL Rising Star is awarded to the most promising young talent in the NEAFL competition. Players are nominated each week and must be under the age of 21 and have played less than 20 NEAFL games. ==References==