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No idea where to put this, but I thought it was interesting enough to put somewhere

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.aflnt.com.au/news/2023/aflnt-statement-tiwi-bombers-football-club[/URL]

AFLNT STATEMENT: TIWI BOMBERS FOOTBALL CLUB

AFL Northern Territory has met with the Tiwi Bombers Football Club to discuss the club’s forfeit of their Men’s Premier League game against Waratah Football Club on Saturday 14 January 2023.

Forfeits in any community football competition aren’t ideal.  For a Premier NTFL fixture not to have occurred due to a forfeit is disappointing for the clubs involved, the players, the league, and the community more broadly.

As a result of the forfeit, the Tiwi Bombers Football Club will receive a fine of $10,000, which will be suspended for the remainder of the 2022/23 TIO NTFL season. The suspended amount will be implemented if the club has any connection to any similar instances.

AFLNT acknowledges that the Tiwi Bombers Football Club face challenges that most community football clubs across the country don’t face.

As such, AFLNT will continue to work with the Tiwi Bombers Football Club, and the Tiwi community, to plan for the sustainability of the club moving forward.