Seymour's Jack Peris claimed the NTFL premiership with Nightcliff recently.
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Rechelle Zammit
While the Goulburn Valley League season is still over a week away from kicking off in 2026, Seymour’s Jack Peris already has a premiership medallion hanging around his neck.
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The Lion traded the Seymour strip for that of the Nightcliff Tigers in the Northern Territory Football League over the past few months, helping the side storm to a mammoth 72-point Men’s Premier League grand final triumph over St. Mary’s on March 14 at TIO Stadium.
Playing on the wing, Peris lined up alongside Rochester’s Mitch Trewhella, who proved influential in the engine room, as the yellow and black romped to the 13.14 (92) to 2.8 (20) triumph, securing the club’s first flag in five years.
It was a Top End season to remember for Trewhella, too, which ended with the Nightcliff best-and-fairest, an equal-third finish in the Nichols Medal, and both hands around the NTFL premiership cup.
Rochester's Mitch Trewhella will return to the GVL with some extra silverware after winning the Northern Territory Football League premiership.
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Bruce Povey
The Tigers booted two goals and held St Mary’s to three behinds in the opening stanza as both teams attempted to navigate the soggy conditions, and it was apparent which was successful in that area in the second quarter.
A six-goal to two term saw Nightcliff open a 39-point buffer at half-time and they never looked back.
While Trewhella and Peris celebrated, however, another Goulburn Valley League star would rue a missed chance for more silverware.
Shepparton Swans turned Lancaster recruit Luke Davies could not add another Saints premiership to his collection after helping the proud Top End club to the league’s top prize in 2024, but will go down as one of St Mary’s only two goalscorers for the match.
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