1990 TFL Statewide League season

The 1990 TFL Statewide League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged across Tasmania over 21 roster rounds and 6 finals series matches between 31 March and 22 September 1990.

1990 TFL Statewide League season
Teams	Burnie Hawks Clarence Kangaroos Devonport Blues Glenorchy Magpies Hobart Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Demons North Launceston Robins Sandy Bay Seagulls South Launceston Bulldogs
Premiers	Hobart
Minor premiers	Clarence 6th minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played	111
Total attendance	203,566 (1,834 per match)

The League was known as the Cascade-Boags Statewide League under a dual commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement worth A$1.08 million over the following three years with both Cascade Brewery in Hobart and Boag's Brewery in Launceston.

Participating Clubs

• Burnie Hawks Football Club
• Clarence District Football Club
• Devonport Blues Football Club
• Glenorchy District Football Club
• Hobart Football Club
• New Norfolk District Football Club
• North Hobart Football Club
• North Launceston Football Club
• Sandy Bay Football Club
• South Launceston Football Club

1990 TFL Statewide League Club Coaches

• Mark Scott (Burnie Hawks)
• Peter Daniel (Clarence)
• Peter Knights (Devonport)
• Danny Ling (Glenorchy)
• Mark Browning (Hobart)
• Peter Chisnall (New Norfolk)
• Roland Crosby (North Hobart)
• Steven Goulding (North Launceston)
• Shane Williams & Geoff Whitton (Sandy Bay)
• Ricky Dolliver (South Launceston)

Final scoreboard at North Hobart after the 1990 TFL Statewide Grand Final shows a 58-point victory to Hobart over North Launceston.

Medibank Private Cup (Reserves) Grand Final

• Burnie Hawks 13.11 (89) v Glenorchy 9.9 (63) – North Hobart Oval

Tasmania Bank Colts (Under-19's) Grand Final

• Nth Launceston 10.13 (73) v Glenorchy 10.4 (64) – North Hobart Oval

TFL Fourths (Under-17's) Grand Final

• Clarence 10.11 (71) v Sandy Bay 9.17 (71) – KGV Football Park

Leading Goalkickers: TFL Statewide League

• Paul Dac (New Norfolk) – 103
• Wayne Fox (Sth Launceston & Sandy Bay) – 88
• Chris Reiwoldt (Clarence) – 77
• Mark Williams (Devonport) – 71

Medal Winners

• Ricky Hanlon (New Norfolk) – William Leitch Medal
• Michael Winter (Hobart) – Darrel Baldock Medal (Best player in TFL Grand Final)
• Jeffrey Wood (Devonport) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
• Drew Hall (Sandy Bay) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
• Stephen Old (Clarence) – D.R Plaister Medal (Under-17's)
• James Manson (Collingwood) – Lefroy Medal (Best player in State Match)

Interstate Matches

State of Origin Match (Sunday, 24 June 1990) – (Tas-TV footage of Tasmania's 1990 State Of Origin victory)

• Tasmania 20.14 (134) v Victoria 14.17 (101) – Att: 18,651 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate Matches

Intrastate Match (Sunday, 24 June 1990)

• TFL 28.17 (185) v NTFL 10.5 (65) – Att: 18,651 at North Hobart Oval (State of Origin Curtain Raiser)

1990 TFL Club Home Attendance Figures

• Clarence: 23,692 for 11 matches at 2,153
• Hobart: 17,744 for 10 matches at 1,774
• Devonport: 17,722 for 10 matches at 1,772
• New Norfolk: 18,718 for 11 matches at 1,701
• Nth Hobart: 18,470 for 11 matches at 1,679
• Nth Launceston: 16,513 for 10 matches at 1,651
• Burnie Hawks: 17,276 for 11 matches at 1,570
• Glenorchy: 14,198 for 10 matches at 1,419
• Sandy Bay: 12,260 for 10 matches at 1,226
• Sth Launceston: 8,401 for 11 matches at 763

1990 TFL Statewide League Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Clarence	21	16	5	0	2530	1745	145.0	64
2	North Launceston	21	15	6	0	2201	1636	134.5	60
3	Hobart	21	14	7	0	2261	1839	122.9	56
4	Sandy Bay	21	13	8	0	2006	1840	109.0	52
5	New Norfolk	21	12	8	1	2164	2047	105.7	50
6	Burnie Hawks	21	10	10	1	2241	2091	107.2	42
7	Devonport	21	10	11	0	2136	2011	106.2	40
8	North Hobart	21	7	14	0	1793	2190	81.9	28
9	Glenorchy	21	5	16	0	1732	2171	79.8	20
10	South Launceston	21	2	19	0	1689	3163	53.4	8

Source:

Round 1

(Saturday, 31 March 1990)

• Nth Hobart 10.15 (75) v Glenorchy 7.19 (61) – Att: 2,235 at North Hobart Oval
• Hobart 13.15 (93) v Sandy Bay 9.13 (67) – Att: 1,652 at Queenborough Oval
• New Norfolk 18.15 (123) v Devonport 14.12 (96) – Att: 1,201 at Boyer Oval
• Sth Launceston 16.7 (103) v Nth Launceston 15.10 (100) – Att: 1,200 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Burnie Hawks 15.11 (101) v Clarence 10.11 (71) – Att: 1,507 at West Park Oval

Round 2

(Saturday, 7 April 1990)

• Hobart 15.17 (107) v New Norfolk 14.10 (94) – Att: 1,494 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 17.14 (116) v Nth Hobart 15.5 (95) – Att: 2,394 at Bellerive Oval
• Sandy Bay 17.12 (114) v Glenorchy 9.13 (67) – Att: 1,620 at KGV Football Park
• Nth Launceston 18.18 (126) v Burnie Hawks 11.11 (77) – Att: 1,681 at York Park
• Devonport 28.16 (184) v Sth Launceston 14.18 (102) – Att: 1,427 at Devonport Oval

Round 3

(Saturday, 14 April & Monday, 16 April 1990)

• Nth Launceston 16.11 (107) v Nth Hobart 9.8 (62) – Att: 1,896 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 17.14 (116) v New Norfolk 12.16 (88) – Att: 1,427 at Boyer Oval
• Hobart 18.21 (129) v Sth Launceston 15.9 (99) – Att: 856 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Clarence 14.8 (92) v Glenorchy 11.9 (75) – Att: 2,500 at Bellerive Oval (Monday)
• Burnie Hawks 24.20 (164) v Devonport 12.8 (80) – Att: 3,007 at West Park Oval (Monday)

Round 4

(Saturday, 21 April 1990)

• Hobart 19.14 (128) v Burnie Hawks 14.16 (100) – Att: 1,645 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 20.14 (134) v Sth Launceston 10.14 (74) – Att: 823 at Queenborough Oval
• New Norfolk 22.11 (143) v Glenorchy 19.12 (126) – Att: 1,663 at KGV Football Park
• Clarence 14.8 (92) v Nth Launceston 9.19 (73) – Att: 1,707 at York Park
• Devonport 14.8 (92) v Nth Hobart 12.14 (86) – Att: 1,477 at Devonport Oval

Round 5

(Saturday, 28 April 1990)

• Hobart 25.19 (169) v Nth Hobart 16.12 (108) – Att: 2,308 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 23.14 (152) v Devonport 16.7 (103) – Att: 1,408 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 14.18 (102) v Glenorchy 11.12 (78) – Att: 1,100 at KGV Football Park
• New Norfolk 17.15 (117) v Sth Launceston 15.16 (106) – Att: 812 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Burnie Hawks 15.18 (108) v Sandy Bay 8.14 (62) – Att: 1,433 at West Park Oval

Round 6

(Saturday, 5 May 1990)

• Clarence 23.9 (147) v Hobart 10.9 (69) – Att: 3,344 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 26.12 (168) v Nth Hobart 10.6 (66) – Att: 1,356 at Queenborough Oval
• New Norfolk 16.12 (108) v Burnie Hawks 15.18 (108) – Att: 1,584 at Boyer Oval
• Sth Launceston 14.14 (98) v Glenorchy 13.16 (94) – Att: 738 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Devonport 14.13 (97) v Nth Launceston 5.13 (43) – Att: 1,765 at Devonport Oval

Round 7

(Saturday, 12 May 1990)

• New Norfolk 13.24 (102) v Nth Hobart 13.5 (83) – Att: 1,747 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 12.13 (85) v Sandy Bay 8.15 (63) – Att: 2,164 at Bellerive Oval
• Devonport 10.11 (71) v Glenorchy 7.5 (47) – Att: 966 at KGV Football Park
• Nth Launceston 15.13 (103) v Hobart 7.15 (57) – Att: 1,530 at York Park
• Burnie Hawks 23.10 (148) v Sth Launceston 7.17 (59) – Att: 1,147 at West Park Oval

Round 8

(Saturday, 19 May 1990)

• Devonport 18.15 (123) v Hobart 9.13 (67) – Att: 1,328 at North Hobart Oval
• Nth Launceston 18.12 (120) v Sandy Bay 8.11 (59) – Att: 1,055 at Queenborough Oval
• New Norfolk 17.18 (120) v Clarence 16.11 (107) – Att: 2,607 at Boyer Oval
• Nth Hobart 21.11 (137) v Sth Launceston 11.17 (83) – Att: 750 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Burnie Hawks 17.21 (123) v Glenorchy 10.14 (74) – Att: 1,304 at West Park Oval

Round 9

(Saturday, 26 May 1990)

• Nth Hobart 20.7 (127) v Burnie Hawks 14.13 (97) – Att: 1,481 at North Hobart Oval
• Hobart 9.14 (68) v Glenorchy 5.5 (35) – Att: 1,694 at KGV Football Park
• Clarence 32.20 (212) v Sth Launceston 4.3 (27) – Att: 1,396 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 22.20 (152) v New Norfolk 11.7 (73) – Att: 2,270 at York Park
• Sandy Bay 13.18 (96) v Devonport 14.10 (94) – Att: 2,164 at Devonport Oval

Round 10

(Saturday, 2 June & Sunday, 3 June 1990)

• Hobart 22.18 (150) v Sandy Bay 9.15 (69) – Att: 1,610 at North Hobart Oval
• Nth Hobart 10.11 (71) v Glenorchy 9.15 (69) – Att: 1,628 at KGV Football Park
• Clarence 20.23 (143) v Burnie Hawks 10.12 (72) – Att: 1,719 at Bellerive Oval
• Devonport 15.19 (109) v New Norfolk 14.13 (97) – Att: 1,816 at Devonport Oval
• Nth Launceston 28.20 (188) v Sth Launceston 7.10 (52) – Att: 2,349 at York Park (Sunday)

Round 11

(Saturday, 9 June. Sunday, 10 June & Monday, 11 June 1990)

• Glenorchy 13.16 (94) v Sandy Bay 14.8 (92) – Att: 1,291 at Queenborough Oval (Saturday)
• New Norfolk 20.17 (137) v Hobart 13.17 (95) – Att: 2,392 at Boyer Oval (Saturday)
• Nth Launceston 19.11 (125) v Burnie Hawks 17.14 (116) – Att: 1,716 at West Park Oval (Saturday)
• Devonport 29.12 (186) v Sth Launceston 13.14 (92) – Att: 1,037 at Youngtown Memorial Ground (Sunday)
• Clarence 23.16 (154) v Nth Hobart 13.10 (88) – Att: 2,919 at North Hobart Oval (Monday)

Round 12

(Saturday, 16 June & Sunday, 17 June 1990)

• Hobart 27.23 (185) v Sth Launceston 12.13 (85) – Att: 990 at North Hobart Oval
• New Norfolk 20.11 (131) v Sandy Bay 12.22 (94) – Att: 1,159 at Queenborough Oval
• Clarence 16.22 (118) v Glenorchy 14.13 (97) – Att: 1,798 at KGV Football Park
• Nth Launceston 11.13 (79) v Nth Hobart 8.6 (54) – Att: 1,154 at York Park
• Burnie Hawks 16.15 (111) v Devonport 13.13 (91) – Att: 4,013 at Devonport Oval (Sunday)

Round 13

(Saturday, 30 June & Sunday, 1 July 1990)

• Devonport 18.15 (123) v Nth Hobart 15.15 (105) – Att: 1,230 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 22.16 (148) v Nth Launceston 7.14 (56) – Att: 2,409 at Bellerive Oval
• New Norfolk 22.12 (144) v Glenorchy 13.6 (84) – Att: 2,125 at Boyer Oval
• Burnie Hawks 9.10 (64) v Hobart 7.9 (51) – Att: 1,066 at West Park Oval
• Sandy Bay 22.15 (147) v Sth Launceston 13.15 (93) – Att: 783 at York Park (Sunday)

Round 14

(Saturday, 7 July 1990)

• Nth Hobart 7.12 (54) v Hobart 6.12 (48) – Att: 1,090 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 6.6 (42) v Burnie Hawks 3.7 (25) – Att: 708 at Queenborough Oval
• New Norfolk 12.14 (86) v Sth Launceston 2.5 (17) – Att: 982 at Boyer Oval
• Glenorchy 14.12 (96) v Nth Launceston 9.10 (64) – Att: 1,061 at York Park
• Clarence 14.12 (96) v Devonport 8.9 (57) – Att: 1,677 at Devonport Oval

Round 15

(Saturday, 14 July 1990)

• Hobart 13.23 (101) v Clarence 11.12 (78) – Att: 2,136 at Bellerive Oval
• Sandy Bay 16.8 (104) v Nth Hobart 14.12 (96) – Att: 1,508 at North Hobart Oval
• Glenorchy 24.18 (162) v Sth Launceston 18.14 (122) – Att: 1,135 at KGV Football Park
• Nth Launceston 14.13 (97) v Devonport 12.8 (80) – Att: 1,352 at York Park
• New Norfolk 18.19 (127) v Burnie Hawks 16.16 (112) – Att: 1,370 at West Park Oval

Round 16

(Saturday, 21 July & Sunday, 22 July 1990)

• Hobart 13.11 (89) v Nth Launceston 11.13 (79) – Att: 1,608 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 15.9 (99) v Clarence 12.15 (87) – Att: 1,587 at Queenborough Oval
• New Norfolk 14.15 (99) v Nth Hobart 9.4 (58) – Att: 1,913 at Boyer Oval
• Glenorchy 14.12 (96) v Devonport 11.10 (76) – Att: 1,333 at Devonport Oval
• Burnie Hawks 22.16 (148) v Sth Launceston 13.9 (87) – Att: 545 at York Park (Sunday)

Round 17

(Saturday, 28 July 1990)

• Nth Hobart 21.19 (145) v Sth Launceston 14.6 (90) – Att: 858 at North Hobart Oval
• Glenorchy 18.10 (118) v Burnie Hawks 14.17 (101) – Att: 1,233 at KGV Football Park
• Clarence 17.15 (117) v New Norfolk 15.9 (99) – Att: 4,697 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 18.8 (116) v Sandy Bay 13.14 (92) – Att: 1,666 at York Park
• Hobart 13.20 (98) v Devonport 9.11 (65) – Att: 1,177 at Devonport Oval

Round 18

(Saturday, 4 August 1990)

• Hobart 22.14 (146) v Glenorchy 7.12 (54) – Att: 1,908 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 12.10 (82) v Devonport 10.12 (72) – Att: 900 at Queenborough Oval
• Nth Launceston 13.15 (93) v New Norfolk 12.10 (82) – Att: 1,705 at Boyer Oval
• Clarence 20.17 (137) v Sth Launceston 12.7 (79) – Att: 544 at York Park
• Burnie Hawks 21.15 (141) v Nth Hobart 12.13 (85) – Att: 1,743 at West Park Oval

Round 19

(Saturday, 11 August & Sunday, 12 August 1990)

• Nth Hobart 13.24 (102) v Glenorchy 11.13 (79) – Att: 1,418 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 10.7 (67) v Hobart 9.6 (60) – Att: 1,729 at Queenborough Oval
• New Norfolk 10.11 (71) v Devonport 5.16 (46) – Att: 1,258 at KGV Football Park *
• Burnie Hawks 24.12 (156) v Clarence 19.9 (123) – Att: 1,477 at West Park Oval
• Nth Launceston 20.17 (137) v Sth Launceston 3.6 (24) – Att: 520 at York Park (Sunday)

Note: Match switched to KGV due to flooding at Boyer Oval.

Round 20

(Saturday, 18 August 1990)

• Hobart 21.22 (148) v New Norfolk 15.10 (100) – Att: 2,727 at North Hobart Oval
• Sandy Bay 24.21 (165) v Glenorchy 15.8 (98) – Att: 1,361 at KGV Football Park *
• Clarence 19.21 (135) v Nth Hobart 10.10 (70) – Att: 1,522 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 26.11 (167) v Burnie Hawks 12.7 (79) – Att: 1,743 at York Park
• Devonport 30.14 (194) v Sth Launceston 13.8 (86) – Att: 873 at Devonport Oval

Note: Wayne Fox (Sandy Bay) registers his 1000th TFL goal, 22 minutes into the first quarter.

Round 21

(Saturday, 25 August & Sunday, 26 August 1990)

• Nth Launceston 9.20 (74) v Nth Hobart 3.8 (26) – Att: 870 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 18.12 (120) v Glenorchy 7.3 (45) – Att: 1,347 at Bellerive Oval
• Sandy Bay 10.13 (73) v New Norfolk 2.11 (23) – Att: 1,524 at Boyer Oval
• Hobart 31.17 (203) v Sth Launceston 15.21 (111) – Att: 616 at York Park
• Devonport 14.13 (97) v Burnie Hawks 13.12 (90) – Att: 1,506 at West Park Oval (Sunday)

Qualifying Final

(Saturday, 1 September 1990)

• Nth Launceston: 4.2 (26) | 7.7 (49) | 14.10 (94) | 17.13 (115)
• Hobart: 4.4 (28) | 8.7 (55) | 12.11 (83) | 15.13 (103)
• Attendance: 4,282 at York Park

Elimination Final

(Sunday, 2 September 1990)

• Sandy Bay: 5.6 (36) | 11.8 (74) | 18.15 (123) | 24.21 (165)
• New Norfolk: 5.0 (30) | 9.2 (56) | 9.3 (57) | 12.4 (76)
• Attendance: 4,765 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 8 September 1990)

• Nth Launceston: 6.5 (41) | 7.8 (50) | 14.12 (96) | 16.18 (114)
• Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 7.8 (50) | 8.11 (59) | 12.12 (84)
• Attendance: 4,206 at North Hobart Oval

First Semi Final

(Sunday, 9 September 1990)

• Hobart: 7.4 (46) | 14.7 (91) | 19.10 (124) | 20.12 (132)
• Sandy Bay: 7.0 (42) | 9.3 (57) | 12.4 (76) | 15.9 (99)
• Attendance: 4,017 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 15 September 1990)

• Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 9.7 (61) | 10.11 (71) | 15.15 (105)
• Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 5.6 (36) | 12.11 (83) | 13.12 (90)
• Attendance: 5,669 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 22 September 1990) (ABC-TV highlights: 1990 TFL Grand Final)

• Hobart: 1.4 (10) | 5.8 (38) | 9.10 (64) | 19.16 (130)
• Nth Launceston: 3.3 (21) | 6.6 (42) | 9.10 (64) | 10.12 (72)
• Attendance: 15,633 at North Hobart Oval