2011 NEAFL season

2011 NEAFL season
Date2 April – 15 September 2011
Teams17
ChampionsNT Thunder
1st championship
Runners-upAinslie
1st runners-up result
Eastern Conference
PremiersAinslie
1st Eastern premiership
Runners-upSydney Swans
1st Eastern runners-up result
Minor premiersSydney Swans
1st Eastern minor premiership
Mulrooney MedallistDaniel Currie
(Sydney Swans – 16 votes)
Jarred Moore
(Sydney Swans – 16 votes)
Leading goalkickerBen Hughes
(Ainslie – 63 goals)
Northern Conference
PremiersNT Thunder
1st Northern premiership
Runners-upMorningside
1st Northern runners-up result
Minor premiersNT Thunder
1st Northern minor premiership
Grogan MedallistCameron Ilett
(NT Thunder – 23 votes)
Matthew Payne
(Aspley – 23 votes)
Ray Hughson MedallistDarren Ewing
(NT Thunder – 115 goals)
Attendance
Matches played160

The 2011 NEAFL season was the inaugural season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). 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.

NT Thunder (the Northern Conference premiers) won the inaugural NEAFL championship after defeating Ainslie (the Eastern Conference premiers) by 22 points in the 2011 NEAFL Grand Final.