2023 SFL season

2023 SFL season
Date7 April − 16 September 2023
Teams8
PremiersCygnet
5th premiership
Minor premiersHuonville
Wooden spoonersNew Norfolk
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 SFL season was the 28th season of the Southern Football League (SFL), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Tasmania. The season began on 7 April and concluded on 16 September, comprising a 14-match home-and-away season over 18 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series.

Cygnet won the SFL premiership for the fifth time, defeating Huonville by 36 points in the 2023 SFL Grand Final.

League membership

After finishing seventh in 2022, the Hobart Football Club withdrew from the senior SFL competition as a result of a senior number of players not returning to club. The SFL allowed Hobart to field a standalone team in the SFL reserves competition.[1][2]

Ladder

New Norfolk forfeited its round 8 senior and reserves matches against Cygnet because of a COVID-19 outbreak at the club.[3]

Pos Team Pld W WF L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Huonville (P) 14 14 0 0 0 1570 623 252.0 56 Finals series
2 Cygnet 14 11 2 2 0 1514 642 235.8 48
3 Lindisfarne 14 7 0 7 0 1395 1019 136.9 28
4 Dodges Ferry 14 7 0 7 0 1295 1009 128.3 28
5 Brighton 14 7 0 7 0 1028 946 108.7 28
6 Sorell 14 7 0 7 0 874 1050 83.2 28
7 Claremont 14 2 0 12 0 757 1804 42.0 8
8 New Norfolk 14 0 0 14 0 586 1926 30.4 0

Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals week 1

Elimination final
Saturday, 26 August (2:00pm) Dodges Ferry 9.9 (63) def. Brighton 6.13 (49) Shark Park [5]
First qualifying final
Saturday, 26 August (2:30pm) Cygnet 14.12 (96) def. Lindisfarne 8.12 (60) Cygnet Oval [6]

Finals week 2

Second qualifying final
Saturday, 2 September (2:00pm) Huonville 13.9 (87) def. Cygnet 8.13 (61) Huonville Oval [7]
Semi-final
Saturday, 2 September (3:00pm) Lindisfarne 11.13 (73) def. by Dodges Ferry 14.15 (99) ANZAC Park [8]

Finals week 3

Preliminary final
Saturday, 9 September (2:00pm) Cygnet 18.12 (120) def. Dodges Ferry 3.6 (24) Cygnet Oval [9]

Grand Final

2023 SFL Grand Final
Saturday, 16 September (2:30pm) Huonville def. by Cygnet North Hobart Oval [10]
6.3 (39)
8.4 (52)
9.6 (60)
9.8 (62) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		1.2 (8)
4.5 (29)
8.7 (55)
14.14 (98)
J. McIndoe 3, M. Walker 2, E. Brock, B. Jones, J. Keogh, J. Thorpe Goals D. Bantick 3, T. Cowen 2, J. Lister 2, C. Walter 2, T. Boscott, R. Clark, J. Coad, J. Cowen, J. Direen
B. Jones, M. Walker, C. Johns, B. Rundell, M. Schenk, J. Howarth Best T. Boscott, E. Cowen, J. Simpson, L. Ashlin, W. Polley, R. Clark

References

  1. ^ "Hobart Football Club to play SFL Reserves". Southern Football League. 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Hobart Football Club's vision to restore the roar in '24". Hobart Football Club. 2 November 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Cygnet Senior Men v New Norfolk Senior Men, 2023, R8". PlayHQ. 27 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Southern Football League (Tas), 2023 ladder". PlayHQ. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Dodges Ferry Senior Men v Brighton Senior Men, 2023, FR1". PlayHQ. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Cygnet Senior Men v Lindisfarne Senior Men, 2023, FR1". PlayHQ. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Huonville Lions Senior Men v Cygnet Senior Men, 2023, FR2". PlayHQ. 2 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  8. ^ "indisfarne Senior Men v Dodges Ferry Senior Men, 2023, FR2". PlayHQ. 2 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Cygnet Senior Men v Dodges Ferry Senior Men, 2023, PF". PlayHQ. 9 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Huonville Lions Senior Men v Cygnet Senior Men, 2023, GF". PlayHQ. 16 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.