2021–22 NTFL season
101th season of the NTFL
The 2021–22 NTFL season was the 101st season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The first game was played on Friday, 1 October, and the Grand Final was played on Saturday, 19 March, with St Marys winning a record of 33 premierships after defeating Waratah by 35 points in the grand final.
They ended the Nightcliff Tigers chance of winning a 4 peat premiership streak, after playing them in the Preliminary Final after Waratah knocked them off first in the second semi final.
Ladder
Finals
Grand Final
Notable events
During the fourth quarter of Darwin's round 18 match against Southern Districts, Darwin player Thomas Baulch took a sip from a beer handed to him on-field by a spectator. Video of the moment went viral, with the NTFL suspending Baulch for two weeks, ordering him to remove the video from his social media accounts and write a letter of apology to AFL Northern Territory.
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