2017 NEAFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Matches played | 65 |
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The 2017 NEAFL season is the seventh season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on Saturday, 1 April and will conclude on Saturday, 9 September or Sunday, 10 September with the NEAFL Grand Final.
Source: NEAFL 2017 season results and fixture
Notable features of the draw include:
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
This table can be sorted by margin
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.
The 2017 NEAFL representative squad consisted of players from all NEAFL clubs excluding AFL reserves teams (Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Sydney Swans, WSU Giants). The team contained eight former AFL-listed players. The team was coached by AFL Queensland Hall of Famer and former AFL footballer, John Blair.
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.