2015 NEAFL season

The 2015 NEAFL season was the fifth season of the North East Australian Football League. The season began on Saturday, 11 April and concluded on Saturday, 19 September with the NEAFL Grand Final. were the premiers, defeating by one point in the Grand Final.

League structure

The structure of the league follows on from 2014 with a single conference involving the three eastern states/territories and the Northern Territory. Three clubs decided not to renew their licenses due to financial complications, including Canberra-based clubs, Belconnen and Queanbeyan, and Sydney-based club, Sydney Hills.

Premiership season

All starting times are local.

Round 8

Round 16

Win/Loss table

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	F1	F2	GF	Ladder
				X					X							X						X	X	X	9
									X		X						X								2
					X					X										X		X	X	X	10
					X				X						X							X	X	X	11
						X					X					X						X	X	X	7
	X								X												X	X			1
					X				X					X								X	X	X	8
			X						X				X										X	X	6
							X				X							X					X	X	5
		X							X							X								X	4
								X				X							X			X		X	3
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	F1	F2	GF	Ladder

Ladder

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top 6.
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.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1		4	8	12	12	16	20	24	24	28	32	36	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	60	64	64
2		0	4	8	12	16	16	16	20	20	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	60
3		0	0	0	0	4	8	12	16	16	20	20	24	24	28	32	32	36	40	44	44	48
4		4	8	12	16	16	20	24	28	28	32	32	36	40	40	40	44	44	44	44	48	48
5		4	4	8	12	12	16	16	20	24	28	28	28	28	32	36	36	40	40	44	44	48
6		4	4	4	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	20	20	24	28	32
7		0	0	0	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	20	20	20	20	24	24	28	32
8		4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	12	16	20	20	20	20	24	24	24	28	28	28
9		0	4	8	8	8	8	12	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	22	22	22	22
10		0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8
11		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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 7 June in Burpengary and the victory was the first time a NEAFL representative side had won since the competition unified in 2014.

Squad

The 2015 NEAFL representative squad consisted of players from all NEAFL clubs excluding AFL reserves teams. The team contained seven former AFL-listed players, led by two-time premiership winner with and 200-gamer, Josh Hunt. The side also included young talent in the NEAFL with the inclusion of three 2015 AFL draftees, Josh Smith, Matt Uebergang, and Josh Wagner. The team was coached by AFL Queensland Hall of Famer and former AFL footballer, John Blair. captain, Tim Barton, was named as best on ground.

Awards

The League MVP was awarded to Tom Young of, who received 86 votes.
The NEAFL Rising Star was awarded to Maxwell Kouvaras of >
The NEAFL leading goalkicker was awarded to Darren Ewing of, who kicked 78 goals during the regular season.
The NEAFL goal of the year was awarded to Will Hoskin-Elliott of, for his goal during round 14.
The NEAFL mark of the year was awarded to Jarrod Garlett of, for his mark during round 18.

Rising Star nominations

The NEAFL Rising Star was awarded to the most promising young talent in the NEAFL competition. Players were nominated each week and must have been under the age of 21 and have played less than 20 NEAFL games.

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
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6
7
8
9
10
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12
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14
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17
18

AFL draftees

Draft pick	Player	Club	Drafted to
3_N
7_N
14_N
14_N
24_N
41_N
43_N
69_N
6_R
9_R
13_R
16_R
20_R
23_R
25_R
30_R
34_R
67_R

N – national draft

R – rookie draft