Sport
24 November, 2024
Tiered player points system for North Central; Tigers, Bulls hardest hit
NCFL faces biggest change with move to a tiered system for 2025.
The North Central Football League has moved to a tiered player points structure based on ladder positions this year, resulting in a gap of eight points between the top and bottom tiers.
Grand finalists Sea Lake Nandaly and Birchip-Watchem have had the biggest reduction in points across the four competitions with four less, dropping to 38.
Conversely, St Arnaud and Charlton that between them won just two games this year have had the biggest increase with an additional four points, increasing from 42 to 46.
The newly-merged Calder United will be in tier three with 44 player points for its first season in the competition.
Calder United is the club that has been born out of the amalgamation between Nullawil and Wycheproof-Narraport.
Despite having 42 points to utilise this year, premier Sea Lake Nandaly used an average of just 26.7 per game, so still has plenty of room to move in terms of adjusting to its reduced allocation from 42 to 38.
The salary caps for the NCFL remains at $106,600 for season 2025.
NORTH CENTRAL
38 points - Birchip-Watchem (-4), Sea Lake Nandaly (-4).
42 points - Wedderburn (NC), Donald (NC).
44 points - Boort (+2), Calder United (new club).
46 points - St Arnaud (+4), Charlton (+4).
Salary cap - $106,600.
CLUB BY CLUB
BIRCHIP-WATCHEM
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 37.9
Highest used: 41
Lowest used: 33
% of available points used: 90.3%
Wins: 14
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BOORT
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 37.4
Highest used: 40
Lowest used: 33
% of available points used: 89.1%
Wins: 7
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CHARLTON
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 35.3
Highest used: 39
Lowest used: 32
% of available points used: 83.9%
Wins: 0
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DONALD
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 34.2
Highest used: 38
Lowest used: 31
% of available points used: 81.4%
Wins: 9
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NULLAWIL
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 36.6
Highest used: 42
Lowest used: 30
% of available points used: 87.2%
Wins: 9
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SEA LAKE NANDALY
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 26.7
Highest used: 30
Lowest used: 23
% of available points used: 63.5%
Wins: 16
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ST ARNAUD
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 30.8
Highest used: 40
Lowest used: 28
% of available points used: 73.2%
Wins: 2
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WEDDERBURN
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 32.3
Highest used: 35
Lowest used: 31
% of available points used: 76.9%
Wins: 10
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WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT
Allocation per game: 42
Average used: 39.6
Highest used: 42
Lowest used: 34
% of available points used: 94.2%
Wins: 6