2011 NEAFL season


The 2011 NEAFL season was the inaugural season of the North East Australian Football League. The season featured 17 clubs and ran from 2 April to 15 September, comprising a 22-round home-and-away season across two conferences, followed by a five-week finals series.
won the inaugural NEAFL championship after defeating by 22 points in the [|2011 NEAFL Grand Final].

League structure

The league is split into two divisions called the North division and the East division. The North division comprises nine teams based in South East Queensland as well as one based in the Northern Territory. The East division contains five teams based in the Australian Capital Territory and two based in Sydney. The top three teams from the 2010 QAFL and the top team from the 2010 AFL Canberra season all qualified for the Foxtel Cup.

Home-and-away season

Round 8

Round 16

Ladder

Eastern Conference


Northern Conference


Finals series

Eastern Conference
'''Northern Conference'''

Awards

  • The Grogan Medal was shared between Matthew Payne of and Cameron Ilett of. Both polled 23 votes to be judged as the best and fairest players in the Northern Conference of the NEAFL.
  • The Mulrooney Medal was shared between Daniel Currie and Jarred Moore, both of the. Both players polled 16 votes to be judged as the best and fairest players in the Eastern Conference of the NEAFL.
  • The NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award was awarded to Ross Tungatalum of the. The NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award is given to the player voted as the best rising star in the Northern Conference of the NEAFL.
  • The Gary Robb Rising Star Award was awarded to Hayden Armstrong of the. The Gary Robb Rising Star Award is given to the player voted as the best rising star in the Eastern Conference of the NEAFL.
  • The Ray Hughson Medal was awarded to Darren Ewing of the, who kicked 115 goals during the season.
  • Seven of the Queensland-based clubs entered their reserves teams in the QAFL reserves competition for the 2011 season. won the premiership, defeating 14.11 to 8.10 in the grand final.

AFL draftees

Draft pickPlayerClubDrafted to
88NAlex Sexton
91NJackson Allen
14RTom Bell
22RStephen Wrigley
51RSimon Tunbridge
57RRichard Newell
93RHarry Cunningham
94RJosh Hall
95RJack Lynch
96RSam Michael
—Dayne Zorko
—Peter Yagmoor

N – national draft
R – rookie draft