2016 TSL season
The 2016 AFL Tasmania TSL premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged across Tasmania, Australia over twenty-one home and away rounds and six finals series matches between 24 March and 17 September.
The League was known as the Southern Cross State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with the company.
Prospect Hawks would replace the Western Storm at the end of the 2015 season. However they would only field a Development League side in 2016 and dropped out of the Development League at the end of the 2016 season.
Glenorchy were the premiers for the 2016 season, after they defeated North Launceston by 20 points in the Grand Final.
Participating clubs
- Burnie Dockers Football Club
- Clarence District Football Club
- Devonport Football Club
- Glenorchy District Football Club
- Hobart City Football Club
- Kingborough Tigers Football Club
- Lauderdale Football Club
- Launceston Football Club
- North Launceston Football Club
- - Prospect Hawks Football Club -
Awards
- Alastair Lynch Medal : Jaye Bowden
- Eade Medal : Paul Hudson
- Hudson Medal : Jaye Bowden – 80 goals
- Baldock Medal : Clinton French
- Cazaly Medal : Aaron Cornelius
- Matthew Richardson Medal : Toutai Havea
- RACT Insurance Player Of The Year: Jaye Bowden
- Development League Grand Final Best On Ground: Jarrod Harper
2016 TSL coaches
- Clint Proctor
- Trent Bartlett & Jeromey Webberley
- Mitch Thorp
- Aaron Cornelius
- Kane Richter
- Darren Winter
- Chris Hills
- Zane Littlejohn
- Adam Henley
2016 TSL leading goalkickers
- Jaye Bowden - 80
- Mitch Thorp - 55
Highest individual goalkicker (match)
- 12 – Jaye Bowden v Hobart City – 9 July 2016 at North Hobart Oval
Premiership season
Round 1
- – Hobart City 7.6 v Kingborough 15.12 – North Hobart Oval
- – North Launceston 9.9 v Launceston 5.9 – York Park
- – Lauderdale 12.12 v Glenorchy 6.16 – Lauderdale Oval
- – Devonport 9.10 v Burnie 11.9 – Devonport Oval
- Bye: Clarence
Round 2
- – Burnie 15.18 v Kingborough 7.10 – West Park Oval
- – Launceston 9.16 v Hobart City 9.8 – Windsor Park
- – Glenorchy 13.9 v Clarence 5.8 – KGV Oval
- – North Launceston 11.17. v Devonport 9.9 – York Park
- Bye: Lauderdale
Round 3
- – Devonport 10.10 v Lauderdale 10.6 – Devonport Oval
- – Hobart City 5.10 v Burnie 17.16 – North Hobart Oval
- – Glenorchy 17.12 v Launceston 4.3 – KGV Oval
- – Kingborough 18.12 V Clarence 14.9 – Twin Ovals Complex
- Bye: North Launceston
Round 4
- – Burnie 11.13 v Glenorchy 7.11 – West Park Oval
- – Clarence 10.10 v Hobart City 12.9 – Bellerive Oval
- – Lauderdale 14.14 v North Launceston 5.13 – Lauderdale Oval
- – Launceston 13.7 v Devonport 15.9 Windsor Park
- Bye: Kingborough
Round 5
- – Clarence 18.7 v Devonport 10.10 – Bellerive Oval
- – Burnie 8.14 v North Launceston 14.13 – West Park Oval
- – Launceston 8.6. v Lauderdale 13.15 – Windsor Park
- – Kingborough 6.8 v Glenorchy 21.12 – Twin Ovals Complex
- Bye: Hobart City
Round 6
- – Devonport 20.13 v Kingborough 9.2 – Devonport Oval
- – Lauderdale 9.10 v Burnie 18.16 – Lauderdale Oval
- – North Launceston 14.18 v Clarence 9.10 – York Park
- – Glenorchy 17.9 v Hobart City 6.5 – KGV Oval
- Bye: Launceston
Round 7
- – Hobart City 11.7 v Devonport 15.17 – North Hobart Oval
- – Kingborough 5.7 v North Launceston 20.18 – Twin Ovals Complex
- – Clarence 23.13 v Lauderdale 15.7 – Bellerive Oval
- – Burnie 17.13 v Launceston 15.6 – West Park Oval
- Bye: Glenorchy
Round 8
- – Hobart City 12.10 v Lauderdale 13.6 – North Hobart Oval
- – Kingborough 8.15 v Launceston 24.5 – Twin Ovals Complex
- – Clarence 12.17 v Burnie 18.13 – Bellerive Oval
- – Glenorchy 8.13 v North Launceston 5.7 – KGV Oval
- Bye: Devonport
Round 9
- – Launceston 17.14 v Clarence 9.14 – Windsor Park
- – Lauderdale 19.21 v Kingborough 5.11 – Lauderdale Oval
- – North Launceston 11.12 v Hobart City 11.6 – York Park
- – Devonport 8.10 v Glenorchy 17.8 – Devonport Oval
- Bye: Burnie
Round 10
- – Clarence 6.8 v Glenorchy 21.21 – Bellerive Oval
- – Burnie 11.17 v Devonport 8.13 – West Park Oval
- – Launceston 6.8 v North Launceston 14.11 – Windsor Park
- – Kingborough 8.10 v Hobart City 12.11 – Twin Ovals Complex
- Bye: Lauderdale
Round 11
- – Glenorchy 21.15 v Burnie 3.9 – KGV Oval
- – Hobart City 11.10 v Clarence 16.15 – North Hobart Oval
- – North Launceston 16.7 v Lauderdale 9.5 – York Park
- – Devonport 20.14 v Launceston 6.5 – Devonport Oval
- Bye: Kingborough
Round 12
- – Kingborough 13.7 v Burnie 16.9 – Twin Ovals Complex
- – Glenorchy 18.8 v Lauderdale 11.8 – KGV Oval
- – Hobart City 19.10 v Launceston 16.12 – North Hobart Oval
- – Devonport 12.5 v North Launceston 17.15 – Devonport Oval
- Bye: Clarence
Round 13
- – Burnie 17.21 v Hobart City 10.11 – West Park Oval
- – Lauderdale 12.11 v Devonport 12.10 – Lauderdale Oval
- – Launceston 6.8 v Glenorchy 26.14 – Windsor Park
- – Clarence 19.13 v Kingborough 10.12 – Bellerive Oval
- Bye: North Launceston
Round 14
- – Devonport 12.10 v Clarence 12.8 – Devonport Oval
- – North Launceston 16.11 v Burnie 10.11 – York Park
- – Lauderdale 13.21 v Launceston 10.9 – Lauderdale Oval
- – Glenorchy 29.14 v Kingborough 2.4 – KGV Oval
- Bye: Hobart City
Round 15
- – Burnie 12.10 v Lauderdale 8.9 – West Park Oval
- – Kingborough 10.12. v Devonport 22.13 – Twin Ovals Complex
- – Clarence 11.14 v North Launceston 21.10 – Bellerive Oval
- – Hobart City 6.8 v Glenorchy 27.9 – North Hobart Oval
- Bye: Launceston
Round 16
- – Devonport 8.12 v Hobart City 15.6 – Devonport Oval
- – North Launceston 30.19 v Kingborough 3.6 – York Park
- – Lauderdale 16.16 v Clarence 10.9 – Lauderdale Oval
- – Launceston 10.10 v Burnie 20.8 – Windsor Park
- Bye: Glenorchy
Round 17
- – Burnie 14.22 v Clarence 4.2 – West Park Oval
- – North Launceston 9.8 v Glenorchy 10.6 – York Park
- – Lauderdale 4.15 v Hobart City 5.9 – Lauderdale Oval *
- – Launceston 14.10 v Kingborough 14.8 – Windsor Park
- Bye: Devonport
Round 18
- – Glenorchy 12.10 v Devonport 6.9 – KGV Oval
- – Clarence 24.10 v Launceston 11.9 – Bellerive Oval
- – Hobart City 11.11 v North Launceston 11.12 – North Hobart Oval
- – Kingborough 9.13 v Lauderdale 11.19 – Twin Ovals Complex
- Bye: Burnie
Round 19
- – Burnie 12.11 v Devonport 10.14 – West Park Oval
- – Launceston 4.7 v North Launceston 18.10 – Windsor Park
- – Clarence 8.8 v Glenorchy 27.13 – Bellerive Oval
- Bye: Hobart City, Kingborough, Lauderdale
Round 20
- – Kingborough 9.8 v Hobart City 15.15 – Twin Ovals Complex
- – Lauderdale 14.12 v Clarence 12.17 – Lauderdale Oval
- – North Launceston 5.8 v Burnie 14.14 – York Park
- – Devonport 12.8 v Launceston 6.8 – Devonport Oval
Round 21
- – Hobart City 21.9 v Lauderdale 9.14 – North Hobart Oval
- – Glenorchy 21.22 v Kingborough 4.5 – KGV Oval
Ladder
Season records
Highest club scores
- 30.19. – North Launceston v Kingborough 16 July 2016 at Aurora Stadium
- 29.14. – Glenorchy v Kingborough 3 July 2016 at KGV Oval
- 23.15. – Glenorchy v Clarence 6 August 2016 at Bellerive Oval
Lowest club scores
- 2.4. – Kingborough v Glenorchy 29.14. – 3 July 2016 at KGV Oval
- 3.6. – Kingborough v North Launceston 30.19. – 16 July 2016 at York Park
- 4.2. – Clarence v Burnie 14.22. – 23 July 2016 at West Park Oval
TSL Team Of The Year
TSL Finals Series
Qualifying Final
- North Launceston: 1.2. | 4.4. | 5.6. | 7.11.
- Burnie: 4.5. | 5.5. | 5.6. | 5.7.
Elimination Final
- Lauderdale: – 3.7. | 5.12. | 10.20. | 14.23.
- Devonport: – 3.0. | 5.1. | 5.1 | 7.4.
1st Semi-Final
- Burnie: 6.5. | 10.7. | 12.11. | 14.15.
- Lauderdale: 2.1. | 5.6. | 9.13. | 10.16.
2nd Semi-Final
- North Launceston: 1.2. | 9.3. | 11.5. | 17.5.
- Glenorchy: 2.2. | 4.4. | 11.7. | 15.9.
Preliminary Final
- Glenorchy: 6.6. | 11.8. | 16.12. | 22.17.
- Burnie: 2.1. | 5.2. | 6.3. | 8.7.