1995 TFL Statewide League season

The 1995 TFL Statewide League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition, staged across Tasmania, Australia over twenty roster rounds and six finals series matches between 8 April and 23 September 1995.

1995 TFL Statewide League season
Teams
PremiersNorth Launceston
Minor premiersNorth Launceston
4th minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played105
Total attendance143,827 (1,370 per match)
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This was the tenth season of statewide football and the League was known as the Cascade-Boags Draught Super League under a dual commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with both Cascade Brewery in Hobart and Boag's Brewery in Launceston.

Participating clubs

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1995 TFL Statewide League Club Coaches

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TFL Statewide League Reserves Grand Final

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TFL Statewide League Colts (Under-19's) Grand Final

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TFL Fourths (Under-17's) Grand Final

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Leading Goalkickers: TFL Statewide League

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  • Byron Howard Jnr (Nth Hobart) – 104
  • Simon Byrne (Glenorchy) – 99
  • Michael McGregor (Sandy Bay) – 93
  • S.Smith (Sth Launceston) – 79

Medal Winners

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  • Danny Noonan (Clarence) & Geoff Wiggins (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • Andrew McLean (Nth Launceston) – Darrel Baldock Medal (Best player in TFL Grand Final)
  • Jeremy Busch (Nth Hobart) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Ricky Braslin (New Norfolk) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • Craig Haremza (New Norfolk) & Damian Triffitt (New Norfolk) – D.R Plaister Medal (Under-17's)

Interstate Matches

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Interstate Match (Saturday, 13 May 1995)

1995 TFL Statewide League Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D B PF PA PP Pts
1 North Launceston 18 17 1 0 2 2428 1189 204.2 68
2 Clarence 18 16 2 0 2 2362 1379 171.3 64
3 New Norfolk 18 13 5 0 2 1857 1514 122.7 52
4 Devonport 18 11 6 1 2 1938 1563 124.0 46
5 Burnie Dockers 18 11 7 0 2 1998 1526 130.9 44
6 Glenorchy 18 10 8 0 2 1881 1695 111.0 40
7 North Hobart 18 8 10 0 2 1594 1682 94.8 32
8 Sandy Bay 18 6 11 1 2 1702 1934 88.0 26
9 Hobart 18 2 16 0 2 1317 2038 64.6 8
10 South Launceston 18 2 16 0 2 1549 2453 63.1 8[a]
11 Launceston 18 2 16 0 2 1001 2668 37.5 8[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b South Launceston were stripped of four premiership points after defeating Launceston in Round 10 due to fielding an unregistered player, four points were awarded to Launceston.

Round 1

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(Saturday, 8 April & Sunday, 9 April 1995)

Round 2

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(Saturday, 15 April & Monday, 17 April 1995)

Bye: Clarence, Sth Launceston & Nth Launceston.

Round 3

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(Saturday, 22 April & Sunday, 23 April 1995)

  • Devonport 19.11 (125) v Nth Hobart 9.11 (65) – Att: 1,006 at North Hobart Oval
  • Clarence 18.13 (121) v Glenorchy 9.16 (70) – Att: 1,816 at Bellerive Oval
  • Nth Launceston 18.17 (125) v New Norfolk 14.7 (91) – Att: 1,351 at York Park
  • Burnie Dockers 18.8 (116) v Sth Launceston 17.12 (114) – Att: 1,419 at West Park Oval (Night)
  • Hobart 16.13 (109) v Sandy Bay 12.6 (78) – Att: 1,487 at Snug Park (Sunday)
  • Bye: Launceston.

Round 4

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(Saturday, 29 April & Sunday, 30 April 1995)

Round 5

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(Saturday, 6 May & Sunday, 7 May 1995)

Round 6

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(Saturday, 20 May & Sunday, 21 May 1995)

Round 7

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(Saturday, 27 May 1995)

Round 8

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(Saturday, 3 June & Sunday, 4 June 1995)

Round 9

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(Saturday, 10 June 1995)

Round 10

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(Saturday, 17 June & Sunday, 18 June 1995)

  • Burnie Dockers 15.11 (101) v Sandy Bay 13.10 (88) – Att: 626 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Launceston 17.12 (114) v Clarence 8.18 (66) – Att: 3,687 at York Park
  • Devonport 18.14 (122) v Hobart 9.14 (68) – Att: 1,101 at Devonport Oval
  • New Norfolk 15.17 (107) v Nth Hobart 14.18 (102) – Att: 1,777 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
  • Sth Launceston 17.16 (118) v Launceston 13.13 (91) – Att: 729 at Windsor Park (Sunday) *
  • Bye: Glenorchy.

Note: Sth Launceston later deducted four premiership points for playing an unregistered player in this match.

Round 11

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(Saturday, 24 June & Sunday, 25 June 1995)

  • Nth Hobart 19.17 (131) v Sth Launceston 11.14 (80) – Att: 937 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 27.22 (184) v Launceston 3.12 (30) – Att: 779 at KGV Football Park
  • New Norfolk 19.10 (124) v Sandy Bay 13.11 (89) – Att: 1,084 at Boyer Oval
  • Clarence 18.12 (120) v Burnie Dockers 17.6 (108) – Att: 1,217 at West Park Oval
  • Nth Launceston 12.13 (85) v Devonport 8.13 (61) – Att: 3,053 at York Park (Sunday)
  • Bye: Hobart.

Round 12

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(Saturday, 1 July & Sunday, 2 July 1995)

Round 13

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(Saturday, 8 July & Sunday 9 July 1995)

  • Glenorchy 17.14 (116) v Sandy Bay 15.11 (101) – Att: 1,061 at KGV Football Park
  • Clarence 16.25 (121) v Sth Launceston 14.10 (94) – Att: 988 at Bellerive Oval
  • Devonport 20.15 (135) v Launceston 14.8 (92) – Att: 692 at Windsor Park
  • Burnie Dockers 20.8 (128) v New Norfolk 13.11 (89) – Att: 1,375 at West Park Oval
  • Nth Hobart 15.14 (104) v Hobart 12.15 (87) – Att: 1,695 at TCA Ground (Sunday)
  • Bye: Nth Launceston.

Round 14

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(Saturday, 15 July & Sunday, 16 July 1995)

Round 15

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(Saturday, 22 July 1995)

Round 16

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(Saturday, 29 July & Sunday, 30 July 1995)

Note: Nth Launceston sets a TFL all-time record score.

Round 17

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(Saturday, 5 August & Sunday, 6 August 1995)

Note: Simon Byrne (Glenorchy) sets TFL Statewide record of 17.9 in a single match.

Round 18

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(Saturday, 12 August & Sunday, 13 August 1995)

  • Sth Launceston 15.16 (106) v Hobart 12.9 (81) – Att: 553 at Bellerive Oval *
  • Nth Launceston 25.14 (164) v Glenorchy 12.8 (80) – Att: 1,019 at York Park
  • Clarence 30.16 (196) v Launceston 13.11 (89) – Att: 401 at Windsor Park
  • Devonport 15.14 (104) v New Norfolk 14.15 (99) – Att: 1,599 at Devonport Oval
  • Sandy Bay 10.15 (75) v Nth Hobart 6.13 (49) – Att: 1,096 at Queenborough Oval (Sunday) *
  • Bye: Burnie Dockers.

Note: Both Hobart & Sandy Bay home fixtures transferred to Bellerive & Queenborough due to unfit surface at North Hobart.

Round 19

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(Saturday, 19 August 1995)

Round 20

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(Saturday, 26 August 1995)

Qualifying Final

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(Saturday, 2 September 1995)

  • New Norfolk: 4.3 (27) | 5.8 (38) | 10.10 (70) | 12.12 (84)
  • Clarence: 5.4 (34) | 6.8 (44) | 8.12 (60) | 10.14 (74)
  • Attendance: 3,206 at North Hobart Oval

Elimination Final

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(Sunday, 3 September 1995)

  • Burnie Dockers: 1.1 (7) | 4.5 (29) | 4.9 (33) | 13.13 (91)
  • Devonport Blues: 2.2 (14) | 2.3 (15) | 7.6 (48) | 8.6 (54)
  • Attendance: 4,315 at Devonport Oval

Second Semi Final

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(Saturday, 9 September 1995)

  • Nth Launceston: 4.4 (28) | 5.5 (35) | 7.10 (52) | 12.12 (84)
  • New Norfolk: 1.4 (10) | 5.6 (36) | 8.9 (57) | 10.12 (72)
  • Attendance: 3,916 at York Park

First Semi Final

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(Sunday, 10 September 1995)

  • Clarence Roos: 3.5 (23) | 6.8 (44) | 12.13 (85) | 22.18 (150)
  • Burnie Dockers: 4.2 (26) | 8.3 (51) | 10.4 (64) | 10.4 (64)
  • Attendance: 2,524 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

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(Sunday, 17 September 1995)

  • Clarence: 6.6 (42) | 10.8 (68) | 11.13 (79) | 14.14 (98)
  • New Norfolk: 3.0 (18) | 5.5 (35) | 8.8 (56) | 13.11 (89)
  • Attendance: 4,425 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

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(Saturday, 23 September 1995) – (ABC-TV highlights: 1995 TFL Grand Final)

  • Nth Launceston: 4.5 (29) | 6.5 (41) | 9.8 (62) | 9.11 (65)
  • Clarence: 3.2 (20) | 5.9 (39) | 6.11 (47) | 7.13 (55)
  • Attendance: 9,448 at North Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury, Launceston Examiner and North West Advocate publications.