2017–18 NTFL season

2017/18 NTFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Southern Districts 3rd premiership
Minor premiers	Southern Districts 5th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Palmerston 9th wooden spoon

The 2017/18 NTFL season was the 97th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).

The first game was played on Friday, 6 October 2017, and the Grand Final was played on Wednesday 21 March 2018, with the Southern Districts Crocs defeating Darwin Buffaloes in a 1-point thriller to win their 3rd premiership title.

• The Round 14 match between Nightcliff and Southern Districts was abandoned.

Ladder

2017/18 NTFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Southern Districts (P)	17	16	1	0	1738	901	192.90	66
2	Nightcliff	17	11	6	0	1270	875	145.14	46
3	Darwin	18	11	7	0	1283	1311	97.86	44
4	St Marys	18	10	8	0	1505	1349	111.56	40
5	Tiwi Bombers	18	8	9	1	1691	1708	99.00	34
6	Waratah	18	7	10	1	1261	1357	92.93	30
7	Wanderers	18	5	12	1	1163	1597	72.82	22
8	Palmerston	18	1	16	1	1011	1824	55.43	6
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Finals

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Southern Districts	68								3	Darwin	85
						3	Darwin	88								1	Southern Districts	86
	2	Nightcliff	88								1	Southern Districts	101
	3	Darwin	102								2	Nightcliff	67
						2	Nightcliff	72
						4	St Marys	52
	4	St Marys	105
	5	Tiwi Bombers	53

Grand Final

	2017/18 NTFL Grand Final
Wednesday 21 March 2018 (7:05 pm)	Darwin	def. by	Southern Districts	Marrara Stadium	Report
	1.2 (8) 7.4 (46) 11.5 (71) 13.7 (85)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	7.1 (43) 8.4 (52) 11.7 (73) 13.8 (86)