2021 NAB League Boys season

The 2021 NAB League Boys season was the 29th season of the NAB League Boys competition for under-19 male Australian rules footballers in Victoria. The season commenced on 27 March and concluded on 3 September, after the AFL announced the cessation of further matches due the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

2021 premiership season
Teams13 (and 5 academy teams)
PremiersNot awarded[1]

Format

The league consists of 13 full-time teams (12 from Victoria and 1 from Tasmania) competing in a nine-to-eighteen round regular season. There are also five academy teams that partake in some matches but are not eligible for finals (those teams are Sydney Swans Academy, GWS Giants Academy, Brisbane Lions Academy, Gold Coast Suns Academy and Northern Territory).

The season was again impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Victorian Government imposed health orders in the latter half of the season that prevented matches from being played. A total of 68 regular season matches were played before the AFL announced on 3 September that there would be no further matches for metropolitan teams.[3] The league kept open the possibility of resuming matches for country-based teams, though this did not eventuate.[1][4][5]

Ladder
2021 NAB League Boys Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Sandringham Dragons 9 8 1 0 696 369 188.62 32
2 Greater Western Victoria Rebels 10 7 3 0 656 508 129.13 28
3 Northern Knights 9 6 3 0 633 457 138.51 24
4 Bendigo Pioneers 11 6 5 0 793 727 109.08 24
5 Tasmania Devils 8 5 3 0 535 468 114.32 20
6 Geelong Falcons 11 5 6 0 634 624 101.60 20
7 Eastern Ranges 9 5 4 0 588 600 98.00 20
8 Calder Cannons 9 5 4 0 435 513 84.80 20
9 GWS Giants Academy 4 4 0 0 309 218 141.74 16
10 Dandenong Stingrays 9 3 6 0 623 614 101.47 12
11 Oakleigh Chargers 9 3 6 0 577 639 90.30 12
12 Western Jets 9 3 6 0 509 596 85.40 12
13 Murray Bushrangers 10 3 7 0 621 739 84.03 12
14 Gippsland Power 10 3 7 0 504 836 60.29 12
15 Gold Coast Suns Academy 2 1 1 0 132 114 115.79 4
16 Sydney Swans Academy 3 1 2 0 252 218 115.60 4
17 Brisbane Lions Academy 2 0 2 0 74 200 37.00 0
18 NT Thunder Academy 2 0 2 0 63 194 32.47 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Source
Updated 30 September 2021

See also

References
  1. Callum Twomey (3 September 2021). "UPDATE: Second WA v SA U19 clash looms, Vic season cancelled". AFL.com.au.
  2. "Fixture for 2021 NAB League Boys". SportsTG.
  3. "NAB Premiership Season 2021". Australian Football.
  4. "Conference system, two premiers in NAB League finals shake-up". AFL.com.au. 20 August 2021.
  5. "Season is over for Victorian prospects after the AFL moved to stop the end of the metropolitan NABLeagueBoys Season due to the COVID situation in Victoria 68 high quality games played this season". NAB League. Twitter. 3 September 2021.
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