The annual cumulative ORFFA premiership points update sees Venus Bay, Gariwerd, Gundagai and Lovely Banks rise up the standings while Iron Knob, Brirdsville, Nowhere Else and Wineglasas Bay shift downward. For the second consecutive season Iron Knob recorded their worst ever season on all 3 measures (ladder, premiership points and aggregate points) while Birdsville, Nowhere Else and Nareewillock all recorded their worst ever season ladder and premiership points finishes. Lovely Banks equalled and bettered their ladder and premiership points finish from 2019, respectively. The above table is also saved in excel format attached
2021 Premier: Cradle Mountain Devils (@dmandrews ) Runner-up: Venus Bay Vultures (@Fitzy ) Wooden spoon: Nareewillock Nuffers (@TheTassieHawk / @chris88 - change mid season) Zac Dawson Who Cares Cup: Waikikamoocow Incorrigibles (@graeme ) Les W medal: Jackson Macrae (Iron Knob) Rising star: ? State of Origin: Vic/Tas 1839 defeated The Others 1742. State of Origin BOG: Marcus Bontempelli 149 (Charlie’s Opening Spelunkers & Vic/Tas)
The 2021 ORFFA spoon belongs firmly to myself @anthak - forming a deluxe twin set along with the 2019 edition
The ORFFA all time ladder through 11 seasons saw swapping of spots from positions 7 through 15. Mt Beauty, Wagga Wagga, Marble Bar and Lovely Banks climb while Birdsville, Dunsborough, Charlie's Opening and Whitsundays move down. Foul Bay failed to reach the 8 for the the first time ever while amazingly Dunsborough (formerly Nowhere Else) have finished 15th for 3 consecutive years, their only bottom 4 finishes, with the only other team to manage 3 straight ladder finishes in the same spot being the 2013-15 Hoppers wooden spoon trifecta. Gariwerd, Foul Bay and Iron Knob held their all time ranking despite their best, worst and worst ever seasons respectively Lovely Banks again reached their highest ladder position and broke their season points record The above table is also saved in excel format (attached)
I corrected for the Round 16 adjusted result and points scored and the impacts on1st, 2nd and 3rd place after home and away.
In 2021 the Nuffers won one game and had a points for of only 14,659 In 2022 the Nuffers won four games, won consecutive games for the first time in five years and had a points for of 18,160 So a 3,500 points for improvement in a single season - equivalent to an extra 194.4 points for per week or an extra 13 points per player per week. This is encouraging progress, especially given there were about 10 players on the Nuffers list that either virtually didn't play a game this season (as rookies, due to injury or other reasons), or played less than a half dozen games. Cull again, recruit again, go again.
2022 Ladder Pos, team, Wins, Losses, Pts For, Premiership Points 1 Gundagai Grasshoppers 14 3 23277 56 2 Gariwerd Cockatoos 14 3 22167 56 3 Venus Bay Vultures 13 4 22069 52 4 Mount Beauty Uglies 11 6 21148 44 5 Waikikamoocow Incorrigibles 11 6 21113 44 6 Cradle Mountain Devils 10 7 22077 40 7 Lovely Banks Lilacs 10 7 20706 40 8 Wagga Wagga Wombats 10 7 19720 40 9 Foul Bay Chickens 9 8 20431 36 10 Marble Bar Misfits 9 8 20210 36 11 Wineglass Bay Packers 8 9 19145 32 12 Charlies Opening Spelunkers 7 10 19996 28 13 Whitsunday Warriors 7 10 19908 28 14 Birdsville Battlers 5 12 20364 20 15 Dunsborough Dung Beetles 5 12 18822 20 16 Nareewillock Nuffers 4 13 18160 16 17 Iron Knob Codpieces 3 14 17979 12 18 Larrikin Lagoon Lefties 3 14 17539 12 Premier: Gariwerd Cockatoos (@anthak ) Runner-up: Gundagai Grasshoppers (@snoz ) Wooden spoon: Larrikin Lagoon Lefties (@That KI Guy ) Zac Dawson Who Cares Cup: Birdsville Battlers (@JC ) Les W medal: Rory Laird (Gariwerd) Rising star: ? State of Origin: Vic/Tas 1825 defeated The Others 1780. State of Origin BOG: Max Gawn 198 (Mount Beauty Uglies & Vic/Tas)
The ORFFA all time ladder through 12 seasons saw swapping of spots aplenty with Cradle Mountain, Gundagai, Charlies Opening and Narewillock moved up the all time standings while Iron Knob, Gariwerd, Dunbsbourough and Larrikin Lagoon moved down Gundagai 23803 fell just shy of Foul Bay 24068 and Iron Knob 23862 2014 season tallies. The Nuffers best ever season included a points tally tally better than Wineglass Bay 2013 (20657) and WhitSundays 2014 (20414) tallies and narrowly short of Lovely Banks 2022 (20706) tally meaning all teams have had a 1200 average season over the competition's 12 seasons. The Nuffers 5th placed finish was better than Lovely Banks 2022 7th placed finish and WhitSundays 2014 and 2019 9th placed finish meaning 16 of the 18 teams have finished in the top 5. Charlies Opening also scored their most points ever, highest ladder position and most wins and Mt Beauty also managed their most wins. Iron Knob, Gariwerd and 2023 wooden spooner Dunsborough had their worst ever seasons The Whitsundays remain the only team not to have reached the finals finishing 9th-15th in all 12 seasons The above table is also saved in excel format (attached)