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2023 premiership season [[File:,!--Afl sydney logo.png-->|frameless]] Date 1 April—9 September 2023 Teams 9 Premiers UNSW/ES Bulldogs Runners-up North Shore Bombers Minor premiers North Shore Bombers Wooden spooners East Coast Eagles Leading goalkicker Kieran Emery (79 Goals) Matches played 78
The 2023 AFL Sydney season was the 120th season of the AFL Sydney competiton , which is one of highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in New South Wales. Comprised of 9 teams, the AFL Sydney competetion was played between 1 April-9 September. The Grand Final was won by the UNSW/ES Bulldogs who defeated the North Shore Bombers to claim a 28th premiership. This was also the East Coast Eagles last season in the competiton due to poor on-field results collecting 1 win all season.
Background [ edit ] On 10 September 2022, UNSW/ES Bulldogs defeated North Shore Bombers , a fierce rivalry in the 118th AFL Sydney Grand Final to claim a record 27th Premiership at Henson Park in front of around 1,500 people. UNSW/ES won by 30 points (7.10 (52) d. 2.10 (22)) In one of the lowest scoring Grand Finals in AFL Sydney history.
Mens Premier Devison Teams [ edit ] Home And Away Season [ edit ] Round 1 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
East Coast
3.6 (24)
Manly-Warringah
17.14 (116)
Kanebridge Oval
1 April 2023
North Shore
18.9 (117)
UTS
3.7 (25)
Gore Hill Oval
1 April 2023
Inner West
5.6 (36)
UNSW/ES
13.17 (95)
Picken Oval
1 April 2023
Pennant Hills
13.3 (81)
St George
4.6 (30)
Mike Kenny Oval
1 April 2023
Round 2 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
Manly-Warringah
8.24 (72)
Inner West
4.8 (32)
Weldon Oval
15 April 2023
East Coast
7.4 (46)
North Shore
20.18 (138)
Kanebridge Oval
15 April 2023
Pennant Hills
13.4 (82)
Sydney University
15.10 (100)
Mike Kenny Oval
15 April 2023
St George
3.7 (25)
UNSW/ES
19.18 (132)
Olds Park
15 April 2023
Round 3 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
Sydney University
14.16 (100)
East Coast
3.8 (26)
No 1 Oval
22 April 2023
UTS
7.12 (54)
Manly-Warringah
7.9 (51)
Waverly Oval
22 April 2023
UNSW/ES
7.7 (49)
North Shore
13.9 (87)
Henson Park
22 April 2023
Inner West
7.9 (51)
Pennant Hills
9.13 (67)
Picken Oval
25 April 2023
Round 4 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UTS
2.3 (15)
UNSW/ES
18.19 (127)
Blacktown
29 April 2023
East Coast
0.3 (3)
Pennant Hills
9.16 (70)
Kanebridge Oval
29 April 2023
Manly-Warringah
7.12 (54)
Sydney University
10.10 (70)
Weldon Oval
29 April 2023
North Shore
19.22 (136)
St George
7.6 (48)
Gore Hill Oval
29 April 2023
Round 5 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UNSW/ES
15.12 (102)
Manly-Warringah
4.9 (33)
Henson Park
6 May 2023
Sydney University
16.16 (112)
UTS
11.9 (75)
No 1 Oval
6 May 2023
Inner West
6.7 (43)
North Shore
18.17 (125)
Picken Oval
6 May 2023
St George
12.10 (82)
East Coast
7.6 (48)
Olds Park
6 May 2023
Round 6 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
Inner West
26.13 (169)
East Coast
7.9 (51)
Picken Oval
13 May 2023
UTS
9.8 (62)
Pennant Hills
13.7 (85)
Trumper Park
13 May 2023
St George
11.3 (69)
Sydney University
8.1 (49)
Olds Park
13 May 2023
North Shore
11.11 (77)
Many-Warringah
6.6 (42)
Gore Hill Oval
13 May 2023
Round 7 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
East Coast
13.7 (85)
UTS
4.8 (32)
Kanebridge Oval
20 May 2023
Manly-Warringah
10.13 (73)
St George
9.12 (66)
Weldon Oval
20 May 2023
Pennant Hills
9.6 (60)
UNSW/ES
13.12 (90)
Mike Kenny Oval
20 May 2023
Sydney University
13.8 (86)
Inner West
7.10 (52)
No 1 Oval
20 May 2023
Round 8 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UNSW/ES
6.12 (48)
Sydney University
7.7 (49)
Henson Park
26 May 2023
North Shore
28.19 (187)
East Coast
6.2 (38)
Gore Hill Oval
27 May 2023
UTS
8.9 (57)
Inner West
7.8 (50)
Waverly Oval
27 May 2023
St George
7.5 (47)
Pennant Hills
10.10 (70)
Olds Park
27 May 2023
Round 9 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UNSW/ES
21.11 (137)
UTS
10.4 (64)
Henson Park
2 June 2023
Sydney University
9.15 (69)
North Shore
13.17 (95)
No 1 Oval
3 June 2023
Inner West
12.11 (83)
St George
16.10 (106)
Wagener Oval
3 June 2023
Pennant Hills
9.12 (66)
Manly-Warringah
4.8 (32)
Mike Kenny Oval
3 June 2023
Round 10 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
East Coast
10.4 (64)
Sydney University
10.20 (80)
Kanebridge Oval
17 June 2023
Manly-Warringah
10.10 (70)
UNSW/ES
14.10 (94)
Weldon Oval
17 June 2023
Pennant Hills
10.15 (75)
Inner West
8.6 (54)
Mike Kenny Oval
17 June 2023
St George
6.8 (44)
North Shore
21.13 (139)
Olds Park
17 June 2023
Round 11 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
Inner West
7.3 (45)
Manly-Warringah
18.11 (119)
Picken Oval
24 June 2023
North Shore
20.4 (124)
Pennant Hills
5.10 (40)
Gore Hill Oval
24 June 2023
East Coast
5.7 (37)
UNSW/ES
15.24 (114)
Kanebridge Oval
24 June 2023
St George
15.11 (101)
UTS
6.14 (50)
Olds Park
24 June 2023
Round 12 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UTS
7.7 (49)
North Shore
15.14 (104)
Waverly Oval
1 July 2023
Sydney University
14.8 (92)
Pennant Hills
8.12 (60)
No 1 Oval
1 July 2023
Manly-Warringah
15.13 (103)
East Coast
7.8 (50)
Weldon Oval
1 July 2023
UNSW/ES
8.9 (57)
Inner West
8.8 (56)
Henson Park
2 July 2023
Round 13 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
Inner West
12.6 (78)
Sydney University
2.9 (21)
Picken Oval
8 July 2023
East Coast
2.8 (20)
St George
14.14 (98)
Kanebridge Oval
8 July 2023
Manly-Warringah
5.10 (40)
North Shore
17.11 (113)
Weldon Oval
8 July 2023
Pennant Hills
11.14 (80)
UTS
3.5 (23)
Mike Kenny Oval
8 July 2023
Round 14 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UNSW/ES
3.12 (30)
Pennant Hills
11.9 (75)
Henson Park
15 July 2023
UTS
10.18 (78)
East Coast
7.6 (48)
Waverly Oval
15 July 2023
Sydney University
11.13 (79)
Manly-Warringah
9.9 (63)
No 1 Oval
15 July 2023
St George
15.7 (97)
Inner West
6.8 (44)
Olds Park
15 July 2023
Round 15 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
Sydney University
15.12 (102)
St George
10.12 (72)
No 1 Oval
22 July 2023
North Shore
9.12 (66)
UNSW/ES
7.7 (49)
Gore Hill Oval
22 July 2023
Manly-Warringah
15.14 (104)
UTS
4.7 (31)
Weldon Oval
22 July 2023
Pennant Hills
16.18 (114)
East Coast
5.3 (33)
Mike Kenny Oval
22 July 2023
Round 16 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UNSW/ES
18.17 (125)
St George
3.15 (33)
Henson Park
29 July 2023
East Coast
8.11 (59)
Inner West
24.15 (159)
Kanebridge Oval
29 July 2023
UTS
11.11 (77)
Sydney University
17.13 (115)
Waverly Oval
29 July 2023
Pennant Hills
11.14 (80)
North Shore
5.6 (36)
Mike Kenny Oval
29 July 2023
Round 17 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
Inner West
15.6 (96)
UTS
10.5 (65)
Picken Oval
5 August 2023
UNSW/ES
13.20 (98)
East Coast
4.5 (29)
Henson Park
5 August 2023
North Shore
11.6 (72)
Sydney University
8.8 (56)
Gore Hill Oval
5 August 2023
St George
10.4 (64)
Manly-Warringah
12.12 (84)
Olds Park
5 August 2023
Round 18 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UTS
9.7 (61)
St George
11.12 (78)
Waverly Oval
12 August 2023
Sydney University
10.8 (68)
UNSW/ES
12.9 (81)
No 1 Oval
12 August 2023
North Shore
13.11 (89)
Inner West
8.6 (54)
Gore Hill Oval
12 August 2023
Manly-Warringah
14.2 (86)
Pennant Hills
6.17 (53)
Weldon Oval
12 August 2023
(P)
Premiers
Qualified for finals
#
Team
P
W
L
D
PF
PA
%
Pts
1
North Shore
16
15
1
0
1705
772
220.9
60
2
UNSW/ES (P)
16
12
4
0
1428
803
177.8
48
3
Pennant Hills
16
11
5
0
1158
893
129.7
44
4
Sydney University
16
11
5
0
1248
1068
116.9
44
5
Manly-Warringah
16
8
8
0
1142
1020
112.0
32
6
St Gerorge
16
7
9
0
1060
1297
81.7
28
7
Inner West
16
4
12
0
1102
1241
88.8
16
8
UTS
16
3
13
0
818
1490
54.9
12
9
East Coast
16
1
15
0
661
1738
38.0
4
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Finals Series [ edit ] Finals Week 1 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UNSW/ES
9.10 (64)
Pennant Hills
9.4 (58)
Blacktown
19 August 2023
Sydney University
13.9 (87)
Manly-Warringah
10.5 (65)
Blacktown
20 August 2023
Finals Week 2 [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
North Shore
8.9 (57)
UNSW/ES
8.7 (55)
Henson Park
26 August 2023
Pennant Hills
11.9 (75)
Sydney University
7.14 (56)
Henson Park
27 August 2023
Finals Week 3 (Preliminary Final) [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
UNSW/ES
10.9 (69)
Pennant Hills
5.8 (38)
Kanebridge Oval
2 September 2023
Finals Week 4 (Grand Final) [ edit ]
Home Team
Home Team Score
Away Team
Away Team Score
Ground
Date
North Shore
6.10 (46)
UNSW/ES
10.6 (66)
Blacktown
9 Septermber 2023
Leading Goalkickers (Top 10) [ edit ]
No.
Player
Goals
Matches
Team
Average
1
Kieran Emery
79
19
UNSW/ES
4.2 GPM
2
Harry Maguire
57
19
Pennant Hills
3.0 GPM
3
Ben Zoppo
43
16
Inner West
2.7 GPM
4
Josh Rayner
34
17
North Shore
2.0 GPM
5
Zac Youlten
33
17
Manly-Warringah
1.9 GPM
6
Izaac Hughes
33
16
Sydney University
2.1 GPM
7
Ash Backlund
32
16
UTS
2.0 GPM
8
William Gibbs
30
16
Sydney University
1.9 GPM
9
Theo Moraitis
30
13
Pennant Hills
2.3 GPM
10
Lachlan Tiziani
26
14
Inner West
1.9 GPM
This was East Coast's last season in AFL Sydney due to poor onfield results
UNSW/ES won a record 28th premiership defeating North Shore for consecutive yearsThe highest Score kicked was 187 points (North Shore ), and the lowest score kicked was 3 points (East Coast )
