The 2023 TSL season was the 131st season of the Tasmanian State League (TSL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Tasmania. The season began on 7 April and concluded on 21 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 21 rounds, followed by a three-week finals series.
won the TSL premiership for the first time, defeating by 15 points in the 2023 TSL Grand Final.
Background Glenorchy player shortage During the pre-season, reports emerged that was suffering a shortage of players and was "unlikely" to field a senior team in 2023. The club had failed to win a single game during the 2022 season, with just 12 players attending one training session held around January 2023.
Ultimately, the club was able to field senior and reserves sides in 2023, although it failed to win a senior game for the second season in a row.
Ladder + Team Qualification 1 (P) 18 15 3 0 1488 840 177.1 60 Finals series 2 18 15 3 0 1645 938 175.4 60 3 18 11 7 0 1232 1162 106.0 44 4 18 9 9 0 1314 1106 118.8 36 5 18 7 11 0 1091 1374 79.4 28 6 18 6 12 0 1135 1320 86.0 24 7 18 0 18 0 728 1893 38.5 0
Finals Qualifying and elimination finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Awards Sam Siggins () won the Alistair Lynch Medal as the TSL's best and fairest player for the second season in a row, finishing with 23 votes. Brad Cox-Goodyer () won the Peter Hudson Medal as the leading goalkicker, finishing the home-and-away season with 53 goals.
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