Footy training for Launceston & northern Tasmania
When the TSL folded, Launceston and North Launceston went back to the NTFA, and the northern premier league is stronger for it. The Devils play home games at York Park, so northern juniors see the pathway up close.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.
Northern Tasmania’s top community competition is the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. Its Premier League clubs are Deloraine, Launceston, Longford, North Launceston, Scottsdale and South Launceston, with two further divisions below. The Tasmania Devils pathway runs a northern hub, and the Devils play Talent League home games at York Park in Launceston.
The pathway in the North
The Tasmanian pathway runs a northern hub at every stage.
- Junior academies
- For 13–15-year-old boys and girls, in all three regions.
- Under-16s
- The state’s best under-16s train regionally and as a full squad toward the national development championships.
- Tasmania Devils (Talent League)
- Boys and girls aged 17 to 19, with home games at York Park, Launceston, and Bellerive Oval, Hobart.
- Senior Talent Academy and Tasmania VFL/VFLW
- Launched in 2025 across the South, North and North-West, ahead of Tasmania’s VFL entry in 2026.
AFL Tasmania can confirm this season’s program dates and venues.
The competitions
- NTFA Premier League
- Deloraine, Launceston, Longford, North Launceston, Scottsdale and South Launceston.
- NTFA Division 1 and Division 2
- Community football across the north below the Premier League.
Set it up for Launceston & the North
Four things, in the order the app asks them. None of them needs a coach.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — NTFA Premier League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats March as the start of the footy season, which matches the Talent League. If your community season starts in April, you can hold the pre-season a few weeks longer by setting the phase yourself. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
What you start with, by the month you join
Every block is four weeks — three building, one deload — so a free month is one complete block.
The footy year in Launceston & the North
- October
- Off-season. Rest, then rebuild general strength.
- November – February
- Pre-season. Aerobic base first, then strength, then speed and power.
- Late March
- The Talent League season starts — the 2026 boys’ season opened on 21–22 March.
- April – September
- Premier league seasons through a cold winter. Volume comes down, weights hold.
Frosty valley winters
Launceston sits in the Tamar Valley and gets cold, foggy, frosty winter mornings, while summers are warm. Build the base through the milder months, and in winter treat a thorough warm-up on a cold ground as part of the session — that is what keeps hamstrings on the park.
Coaching a side in Launceston & the North?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Footy in Launceston & the North: questions
What clubs are in the NTFA Premier League?
Where do the Tasmania Devils play in Launceston?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
Nearby and related
Hobart & the South
The Southern Football League, the southern Devils hub and Tasmania’s VFL side at North Hobart.
OpenThe North-West Coast
The eight-club North West Football League, from Smithton to Latrobe, and the north-west Devils hub.
OpenThe AFL pathway
From community level to state league and the draft — and what gets tested along the way.
OpenTurn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your team nights, and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.