The AFL has today confirmed the fixture for the 2022 NAB League Boys quarter finals.
Saturday September 3
Second Quarter Final, Tasmania Devils (2nd) vs. Bendigo Pioneers (7th)
IKON Park, 11:30am AEST
Broadcaster: NAB League app
First Quarter Final, Gippsland Power (1st) vs. Northern Knights (8th)
IKON Park, 2:00pm AEST
Broadcaster: NAB League app
Sunday September 4
Third Quarter Final, Dandenong Stingrays (3rd) vs. Western Jets (6th)
Mars Stadium, 11:00am AEST
Broadcaster: NAB League app
Fourth Quarter Final, Sandringham Dragons (4th) vs. Calder Cannons (5th)
Mars Stadium, 1:30pm AEST
Broadcaster: NAB League app
Note: Rankings following Wildcard Round
IKON Park will host a double-header on Saturday September 3, with Ballarat’s Mars Stadium to then host two matches on Sunday September 4.
All quarter finals will be streamed live and free on the NAB League app.
Gippsland Power, Tasmania Devils and Dandenong Stingrays all feature in this weekend’s quarter finals after progressing as the top three teams on the ladder at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. They did not contest the Wildcard Round.
The remaining five teams competing in the quarter finals were victorious in their respective Wildcard Round matches, where four of the five Wildcard matches were won by the team ranked lower on the ladder.
The three-week knockout finals series will culminate in the 2022 NAB League Boys Grand Final, which will be played at IKON Park on Friday September 16, from 5:10pm AEST.
2022 NAB League Boys Finals Series Structure
Wildcard Round
Saturday August 27 and Sunday August 28
First Wildcard Match: GWV Rebels (4th) 11.8.74 def by Northern Knights (13th) 11.12.78
Second Wildcard Match: Oakleigh Chargers (5th) 8.11.59 def by Bendigo Pioneers (12th) 10.11.71
Third Wildcard Match: Geelong Falcons (6th) 4.9.33 def by Western Jets (11th) 10.8.68
Fourth Wildcard Match: Eastern Ranges (7th) 8.15.63 def by Calder Cannons (10th) 10.7.67
Fifth Wildcard Match: Sandringham Dragons (8th) 11.11.77 def Murray Bushrangers (9th) 10.7.67
Finals Week 1 – Quarter Finals
Saturday September 3 and Sunday September 4
First Quarter Final: 1st v lowest ranked Wildcard winner
Second Quarter Final: 2nd v second-lowest ranked Wildcard winner
Third Quarter Final: 3rd v third-lowest ranked Wildcard winner
Fourth Quarter Final: fifth-lowest ranked Wildcard winner v fourth-lowest ranked Wildcard winner
Finals Week 2 – Preliminary Finals
Saturday September 10
First Preliminary Final: Winner of First Quarter Final vs Winner of Fourth Quarter Final
Second Preliminary Final: Winner of Second Quarter Final vs Winner of Third Quarter Final
Venue: ETU Stadium, Port Melbourne
Finals Week 3 – Grand Final
Friday September 16
Grand Final: Winner of First Preliminary Final vs Winner of Second Preliminary Final
(IKON Park, 5:10pm)
This year the AFL is celebrating the 30-year history of the NAB League (formerly TAC Cup), the competition that has produced more AFL and AFLW players than any other in recent decades,
The boys competition was first played in 1992 as the Victorian State Football League (VSFL) Under 18s with six teams and was sponsored by the TAC up until 2018, before NAB took over naming rights.