2017 TSL season explained

Competition:	tsl
Year:	2017
Teams:	9
Premiers:	North Launceston
Minor Premiers:	North Launceston
Matches:	81
Lynch Medal:	Bradley Cox-Goodyer (North Launceston)
Top Goal Scorer:	Jaye Bowden
Wooden Spooners:	Burnie
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 AFL Tasmania TSL premiership season is an Australian rules football competition staged across Tasmania, Australia over twenty-one home and away rounds and six finals series matches between 31 March and 23 September.^[1]

The League was known as the Southern Cross State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with the company.^[2]

North Launceston defeated Lauderdale by 87 points to win the 2017 TSL Grand Final.^[3]

Participating clubs

• Burnie Dockers Football Club
• Clarence District Football Club
• Devonport Football Club
• Glenorchy District Football Club
• Tigers Football Club
• North Hobart Football Club
• Lauderdale Football Club
• Launceston Football Club
• North Launceston Football Club

2017 TSL coaches

• Clint Proctor (Burnie)
• Jeromey Webberley (Clarence)
• Mitch Thorp (Devonport)
• Aaron Cornelius (Glenorchy)
• Kane Richter (Hobart City)
• Darren Winter (Lauderdale)
• Sam Lonergan (Launceston)
• Tom Couch (North Launceston)
• Scott Matheson & Aaron Vince (Tigers FC)

Awards

• Alastair Lynch Medal (Best afield throughout season): Bradley Cox-Goodyer (North Launceston)^[4]
• Lefroy Medal (Best afield in State Game): Jay Lockhart (North Launceston)^[5]
• RACT Insurance Player of the Year (Best player voted by the media): Jaye Bowden (Glenorchy)^[6]
• Matthew Richardson Medal (Rookie of the Year): James Holmes (Clarence)^[7]
• Baldock Medal (Grand Final Best on Ground): Bradley Cox-Goodyer (North Launceston)^[8]
• Cazaly Medal (Premiership Coach in TSL): Tom Couch (North Launceston)
• Development League Grand Final Best On Ground: Luke Murfitt-Cowen (Clarence)^[9]
• Hudson Medal (Highest goal kicker in TSL season): Jaye Bowden (Glenorchy) 52 Goals

2017 TSL leading goalkickers

• Jaye Bowden (Glenorchy) - 53
• Sonny Whiting (Launceston) - 50
• Bradley Cox-Goodyer (North Launceston - 45
• Tom Couch (North Launceston) - 45
• Thor Boscott (Lauderdale) - 44

Highest Individual Goalkickers In a Match

• 11 – Jaye Bowden (Glenorchy) v (Devonport) – 8 April 2017 at KGV Oval
• 9 – Thor Boscott (Lauderdale) v (Tigers FC) – 15 July 2017 at Lauderdale Oval
• 8 – Bradley Cox-Goodyer (North Launceston) v (Lauderdale) – 23 September 2017 at UTAS Stadium
• 7 – Sonny Whiting (Launceston) v (Burnie) – 8 April 2017 at Windsor Park
• 7 – Trent Standen (Clarence) v (Glenorchy) – 6 May 2017 at KGV Oval
• 7 – Tom Couch (North Launceston) v (Hobart City) – 17 June 2017 at North Hobart Oval
• 7 – Rulla Kelly-Mansell (Launceston) v (Burnie) – 17 June 2017 at West Park Oval
• 7 – Ryan Wiggins (Lauderdale) v (Clarence) – 2 September 2017 at Blundstone Arena

Premiership season

Source: TSL Season 2017 results and fixtures

Round 21

Season records

Highest club scores

• 28.18. (186) – Glenorchy v Devonport 8 April 2017 at KGV Oval
• 25.18. (168) - Lauderdale v Burnie 27 May 2017 at Lauderdale Oval
• 24.22. (166) – Glenorchy v Burnie 8 July 2017 at KGV Oval

Lowest club scores

• 2.5. (17) – Devonport v Launceston 6.8. (44) – 12 August 2017 at Devonport Oval
  • 2.6. (18) – Burnie v Glenorchy 29.14. (188) – 30 April 2017 at West Park Oval 2.6. (18) – Burnie v North Launceston 23.22. (160) – 19 August 2017 at UTAS Stadium

TSL Team Of The Year

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TSL Finals Series

Elimination Final

(Saturday 2 September)

• Launceston: 1.4. (10) | 4.6. (30) | 10.10. (70) | 14.15. (99)
• Glenorchy: 2.2. (14) | 5.7. (37) | 6.8. (44) | 10.10. (70)

at Blundstone Arena

Qualifying Final

(Saturday 2 September)

• Lauderdale: 6.2. (38) | 8.2. (50) | 12.6. (78) | 20.6. (126)
• Clarence: 3.2. (20) | 7.10. (52) | 9.15. (69) | 10.19. (79)

at Blundstone Arena

1st Semi-Final

• Launceston: 1.0. (6) | 6.2. (38) | 9.4. (58) | 13.8. (86)
• Clarence: 3.2. (20) | 4.4. (28) | 5.7. (37) | 7.11. (53)

at Blundstone Arena

2nd Semi-Final

• North Launceston: 5.5. (35) | 9.9. (63) | 14.13. (97) | 18.21. (129)
• Lauderdale: 0.3. (3) | 2.10. (22) | 4.11. (35) | 4.11. (35)

at UTAS Stadium

Preliminary Final

• Lauderdale: 2.3. (15) | 7.7. (49) | 10.8. (68) | 12.14. (86)
• Launceston: 5.3. (33) | 6.5. (41) | 9.7. (61) | 9.8. (62)

at Blundstone Arena

Mercury Cup Grand Final (Development League)

(Saturday 23 September)

• Clarence: 3.1. (19) | 4.1. (25) | 7.5. (47) | 11.7. (73)
• Launceston: 3.2. (20) | 6.3. (39) | 8.4. (52) | 8.7. (55)

at UTAS Stadium

State Game

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External links

• Tasmanian State League Website
• AFL Tasmania

Notes and References

1. http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/tsl/122/premiership%2Bseason/6/6/2017/basic/ 2017 TSL Premiership Season
2. http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2015/02/southern-cross-tv-announced-new-naming-rights-sponsor/ Southern Cross TV announced naming rights sponsor
3. News: North Launceston puts on a masterclass to thump Lauderdale in TSL grand final. Bresnehan. James. 23 September 2017. The Mercury (Hobart). News Corp Australia. 23 September 2017.
4. Web site: Cox-Goodyer Does The Dusty . 8 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171009042235/http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/10/tasmanian-football-awards-cox-goodyer-does-the-dusty/ . 9 October 2017 . dead .
5. Web site: NEAFL Take Spoils From Blundstone Arena Arm Wrestle . 13 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170613150752/http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/06/%EF%BB%BFneafl-take-spoilf-from-blundstone-arena-arm-wrestle/ . 13 June 2017 . dead .
6. http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/08/bowden-makes-it-three/ Bowden Makes It Three
7. Web site: Courageous Holmes Claims Richardson Medal . 7 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170907075610/http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/09/courageous-holmes-claims-richardson-medal/ . 7 September 2017 . dead .
8. http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/4944391/north-flag-never-in-danger/ North Flag Never In Danger
9. Web site: Clarence Make It Three In A Row . 25 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083413/http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/09/clarence-make-it-three-in-a-row/ . 25 September 2017 . dead .
10. Web site: Southern Cross TSL Team of The Year . 14 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170915113331/http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/09/2017-southern-cross-tsl-team-of-the-year/ . 15 September 2017 . dead .
11. Web site: NEAFL Take Spoil From Blundstone Arena . 13 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170613150752/http://tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/06/%EF%BB%BFneafl-take-spoilf-from-blundstone-arena-arm-wrestle/ . 13 June 2017 . dead .