2020–21 NTFL season
# 2020–21 NTFL season

The 2020/21 NTFL season was the 100th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).

The first game was played on Saturday, 2 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 20 March, with the Nightcliff Tigers winning the match by 7 points in a golden point thriller over St Marys. The Tigers claimed their sixth premiership title and even winning three premiership's in a row, this was the first team asides Saint Mary's to win three or more titles in a row since the Darwin Buffaloes 4 peat from 1967/68 to 1970/71.

## Ladder

2020/21 NTFL Ladder :

| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nightcliff (P) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1748 | 935 | 186.95 | 62 |
| 2 | St Marys | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1596 | 1027 | 155.40 | 56 |
| 3 | Wanderers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1568 | 1229 | 127.58 | 50 |
| 4 | Waratah | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1555 | 1135 | 137.00 | 40 |
| 5 | Darwin | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1358 | 1292 | 105.11 | 40 |
| 6 | Southern Districts | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1196 | 1261 | 94.85 | 28 |
| 7 | Palmerston | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1011 | 1771 | 57.09 | 12 |
| 8 | Tiwi Bombers | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1084 | 2466 | 43.96 | 0 |
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers ||||||||||

### Ladder progression

| | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nightcliff (P) | $4_2$ | $8_2$ | $12_2$ | $12_3$ | $16_3$ | $20_3$ | $24_1$ | $24_2$ | $28_1$ | $30_1$ | $34_1$ | $38_1$ | $42_1$ | $46_1$ | $50_1$ | $54_1$ | $58_1$ | $62_1$ |
| 2 | St Marys | $0_7$ | $0_7$ | $4_5$ | $8_5$ | $12_5$ | $12_5$ | $16_4$ | $20_3$ | $24_3$ | $28_3$ | $32_3$ | $36_2$ | $40_2$ | $40_3$ | $44_2$ | $48_2$ | $52_2$ | $56_2$ |
| 3 | Wanderers | $4_4$ | $8_3$ | $8_4$ | $12_2$ | $16_2$ | $20_2$ | $24_2$ | $28_1$ | $28_2$ | $30_2$ | $34_2$ | $34_3$ | $38_3$ | $42_2$ | $42_3$ | $46_3$ | $50_3$ | $50_3$ |
| 4 | Waratah | $4_1$ | $4_4$ | $8_3$ | $8_4$ | $12_4$ | $12_4$ | $12_5$ | $16_5$ | $20_5$ | $24_4$ | $24_4$ | $28_4$ | $32_4$ | $36_4$ | $40_4$ | $40_4$ | $40_4$ | $40_4$ |
| 5 | Darwin | $4_3$ | $8_1$ | $12_1$ | $16_1$ | $16_1$ | $20_1$ | $20_3$ | $20_4$ | $24_4$ | $24_5$ | $24_5$ | $28_5$ | $28_5$ | $32_5$ | $36_5$ | $36_5$ | $40_5$ | $40_5$ |
| 6 | Southern Districts | $0_5$ | $0_6$ | $0_7$ | $4_6$ | $4_6$ | $8_6$ | $12_6$ | $16_6$ | $16_6$ | $16_6$ | $20_6$ | $20_6$ | $20_6$ | $20_6$ | $20_6$ | $24_6$ | $24_6$ | $28_6$ |
| 7 | Palmerston | $0_8$ | $4_5$ | $4_6$ | $4_7$ | $4_7$ | $4_7$ | $4_7$ | $4_7$ | $4_7$ | $8_7$ | $8_7$ | $8_7$ | $8_7$ | $8_7$ | $8_7$ | $8_7$ | $8_7$ | $12_7$ |
| 8 | Tiwi Bombers | $0_6$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ | $0_8$ |

## Finals

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | Nightcliff | 114 | | | | 1 | Nightcliff | 110+ |
| | | | 3 | Wanderers | 39 | | | | 2 | St Marys | 103+ |
| 2 | St Marys | 66 | | | | 3 | Wanderers | 53 | | | |
| 3 | Wanderers | 86 | | | | 2 | St Marys | 80 | | | |
| | | | 2 | St Marys | 93 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Waratah | 67 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Waratah | 84 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Darwin | 58 | | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

| | 2020/21 NTFL Grand Final | 2020/21 NTFL Grand Final | 2020/21 NTFL Grand Final | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday 20 March 2021 (6:45 pm) | Nightcliff | drew with | St Marys | Marrara Stadium | Report |
| | 5.2 (32) 9.5 (59) 11.10 (76) 15.12 (102) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.0 (18) 6.3 (39) 11.5 (71) 16.6 (102) | | |
| This was the first grand final to be played in extra time, with 2 quarters being played for five minutes. ||||||
| | Golden Point (Extra Time) | Golden Point (Extra Time) | Golden Point (Extra Time) | |
| | Nightcliff | def. | St Marys | Marrara Stadium |
| | 15.13 (103)   16.14 (110) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 16.6 (102)   16.7 (103) | |
| Nightcliff won their third consecutive premiership, marking their first ever threepeat. ||||||
