2023 TSL season

2023 TSL season
Date7 April − 21 September 2023
Teams7
PremiersKingborough
1st premiership
Minor premiersKingborough
Wooden spoonersGlenorchy
Alistair Lynch MedallistSam Siggins
(Lauderdale − 23 votes)
Peter Hudson MedallistBrad Cox-Goodyer
(North Launceston − 53 goals)
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The 2023 TSL season was the 131st season of the Tasmanian State League (TSL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Tasmania. The season began on 7 April and concluded on 21 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 21 rounds, followed by a three-week finals series.[1]

Kingborough won the TSL premiership for the first time, defeating North Launceston by 15 points in the 2023 TSL Grand Final.[2][3]

Background

Glenorchy player shortage

During the pre-season, reports emerged that Glenorchy was suffering a shortage of players and was "unlikely" to field a senior team in 2023.[4] The club had failed to win a single game during the 2022 season, with just 12 players attending one training session held around January 2023.[5][6]

Ultimately, the club was able to field senior and reserves sides in 2023, although it failed to win a senior game for the second season in a row.[7][8]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Kingborough (P) 18 15 3 0 1488 840 177.1 60 Finals series
2 North Launceston 18 15 3 0 1645 938 175.4 60
3 Clarence 18 11 7 0 1232 1162 106.0 44
4 Launceston 18 9 9 0 1314 1106 118.8 36
5 North Hobart 18 7 11 0 1091 1374 79.4 28
6 Lauderdale 18 6 12 0 1135 1320 86.0 24
7 Glenorchy 18 0 18 0 728 1893 38.5 0

Source: [9][10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finals

Qualifying final
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) Clarence 11.13 (79) def. Launceston 2.5 (17) Blundstone Arena [11]
Elimination final
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) Kingborough 10.11 (71) def. North Launceston 5.5 (35) Twin Ovals [12]

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 17 September (1:30 pm) North Launceston 7.8 (50) def. Clarence 4.6 (30) UTAS Stadium [13]

Grand Final

2023 TSL Grand Final
Saturday, 21 September (2:30 pm) Kingborough def. North Launceston North Hobart Oval [14][15]
1.2 (8)
5.6 (36)
8.7 (55)
8.8 (56) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		3.2 (20)
3.3 (21)
4.6 (30)
5.11 (41)
Lovell 3, Baker, Carter, Clifford, Cole, Tomkinson Goals Cox-Goodyer 3, Griffiths, Sulzberger
Lovell, Clifford, Baker, Bastick, Gadomski, McCulloch Best Cox-Goodyer, Vandam, Griffiths, Avent, Bennett, Lee

Awards

References

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