The Thunder finished the regular season with the best record in the Northern Conference and in doing so claimed their first ever minor premiership. The Thunder went on to prove their superiority by claiming the first ever Northern Conference NEAFL premiership by defeating the Morningside Panthers. A week later the Thunder defeated the newly crowned Eastern Conference NEAFL premiers, Ainslie Tri-Colours, to claim the first ever NEAFL premiership at Traeger Park.[2]
The Thunder won two NEAFL premierships and entered a side in the VFL Women's competition in Victoria. By the end of the 2019 season, AFL Northern Territory revealed it could no longer justify keeping the club afloat, and announced its cessation from both competitions.[3]
Between 2011 and 2013, the Team of the Year representatives were from the Northern Conference. Since 2014, the representatives have been for the whole NEAFL competition.
Darren Ewing (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
The NT Thunder club song is "We are the Territory Thunder".
We are Territory boys/girls We are Territory Thunder
Yellow, ochre, black and white We are out for plunder
Premierships are on our mind
We’ll tear our foes asunder
We are Territory boys/girls
We are Territory Thunder
We are Territory boys/girls
We are Territory Thunder
Ngiya pumanyinga (I am Thunder) Kuwa Ngintha pumanyinga (You are Thunder) Kuwa Ngawa pumanyinga, Ngawa pumanyinga, Ngawa pumanyinga (We are Thunder) Kuwa, Kuwa, Kuwa
Match records
Correct to the end of round 17, 2017
Highest score for: 193 points Round 18, 2010 (Gardens Oval) – NT Thunder 29.19 (193) vs. Broadbeach 8.3 (51)
Longest winning streak: 13 matches Round 11, 2015 vs. Sydney University (Henson Park) to round 1, 2016 vs. Gold Coast (TIO Stadium)
Longest losing streak: 3 matches (achieved four times) Round 15, 2009 vs. Redland (Traeger Park) to round 17, 2009 vs. Southport (Carrara Stadium) Round 2, 2010 vs. Redland (Victoria Point Oval) to round 4, 2010 vs. Southport (Fankhauser Reserve) Northern conference grand final, 2012 vs. Brisbane Lions (Leyshon Park) to round 2, 2013 vs. Aspley (Graham Road Oval) Round 20, 2013 vs. Redland (Traeger Park) to round 22, 2013 vs. Aspley (TIO Stadium)
Most goals in a match by an individual: 14 goals Darren Ewing, round 19, 2013 (Leyshon Park)
References
^AFL's north east boost – AFL.com.au
^Thunder soars to take prized double - NT News
^"Thunder no more: AFLNT confirms no NEAFL and VFLW teams". AFL.com.au. 12 September 2019.
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