The 2014 NEAFL season was the fourth season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) in Australia. The season began on Saturday, 29 March and concluded on Saturday, 13 September with the NEAFL Grand Final.
The Brisbane-based team 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 (QLD) all having their licenses revoked.
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.
Although North Queensland was considered to be a strategic area for future AFL expansion, NEAFL executives elected not to base a team in the region for the 2014 season.
Participating clubs 2014 NEAFL Participating ClubsClubLocationHome ground Canberra, ACT Alan Ray Oval Brisbane, QLD Graham Road Canberra, ACT StarTrack Oval Brisbane, QLD Giffin Park Canberra, ACT StarTrack Oval Gold Coast, QLD Metricon Stadium Darwin, NT TIO Stadium Canberra, ACT Dairy Farmers Park Brisbane, QLD Tidbold Park Gold Coast, QLD Fankhauser Reserve Sydney, NSW Bruce Purser Reserve Sydney, NSW Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney, NSW Sydney Cricket Ground 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 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 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 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 of . The NEAFL goal of the year was awarded to Jordan Harper of , for his goal during round 1. The NEAFL mark of the year was awarded to Kelvin Barnes of , for his mark during round 7.
Team of the Year
Best and fairest winners Club Award name PlayerRef. Hibberson Cup Trophy Carl Herbert Medal Best and Fairest Club Champion Dowling Medal Doc Mackenzie Medal Driscoll Medal
AFL draftees
Draft pick Player Club Drafted to10N 13N 24N 38N 44N 61N 69N 85N 2R N – national draft R – rookie draft
References
External links http://www.neafl.com.au/ Official NEAFL website