2018 TAC Cup season

2018 premiership season
Teams	12
Premiers	Dandenong Stingrays 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Dandenong Stingrays 4th minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Bendigo Pioneers 10th wooden spoon

The 2018 TAC Cup season was the 27th season of the TAC Cup competition. The season was won by the Dandenong Stingrays who have claimed there first premiership title after five despite losses in grand finals, they defeated the Oakleigh Chargers in the grand final by 1 goal.

Ladder

2018 TAC Cup Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Dandenong Stingrays (P)	16	15	1	0	1571	745	210.87	60
2	Gippsland Power	16	12	2	2	1336	885	150.96	52
3	Oakleigh Chargers	16	10	5	1	1236	874	141.42	42
4	Sandringham Dragons	16	10	6	0	952	1158	82.21	40
5	Murray Bushrangers	16	9	7	0	1249	1078	115.86	36
6	Western Jets	16	9	7	0	1044	1118	93.38	36
7	Calder Cannons	16	7	8	1	1120	1073	104.38	30
8	Northern Knights	16	7	8	1	967	1074	90.04	30
9	Greater Western Victoria Rebels	16	5	10	1	987	1220	80.90	22
10	Geelong Falcons	16	5	11	0	892	1098	81.24	20
11	Eastern Ranges	16	2	14	0	780	1229	63.47	8
12	Bendigo Pioneers	16	2	14	0	744	1326	56.11	8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Finals series

Finals Week 1

	Wild Card Rounds
Saturday 1 September (11:30 am)	Calder Cannons 8.7 (55)	def. by	Geelong Falcons 8.8 (56)	Eureka Stadium
Saturday 1 September (2:00 pm)	Northern Knights 3.4 (22)	def. by	GWV Rebels 14.7 (91)	Eureka Stadium
Sunday 2 September (11:00 am)	Western Jets 12.12 (84)	def.	Eastern Ranges 7.4 (46)	Princes Park
Sunday 2 September (1:30 pm)	Murray Bushrangers 9.18 (72)	def.	Bendigo Pioneers 6.9 (45)	Princes Park

Finals Week 2

	First Elimination Final
Saturday 8 September (12:00 pm)	Dandenong Stingrays 19.20 (134)	def.	GWV Rebels 3.6 (24)	Princes Park

	Second Elimination Final
Saturday 8 September (2:30 pm)	Gippsland Power 13.10 (88)	def.	Geelong Falcons 7.11 (53)	Princes Park

	Third Elimination Final
Sunday 9 September (11:00 am)	Oakleigh Chargers 25.13 (163)	def.	Western Jets 6.7 (43)	Princes Park

	Fourth Elimination Final
Sunday 9 September (1:30 pm)	Sandringham Dragons 13.16 (94)	def.	Murray Bushrangers 7.9 (51)	Princes Park

Finals Week 3

	First Preliminary Final
Saturday 15 September (11:30 am)	Dandenong Stingrays 14.11 (95)	def.	Sandringham Dragons 8.5 (53)	Princes Park

	Second Preliminary Final
Saturday 15 September (2:00 pm)	Gippsland Power 3.4 (22)	def. by	Oakleigh Chargers 17.13 (115)	Princes Park

Grand Final

	2018 TAC Cup Grand Final
Saturday 22 September (12:05 pm)	Dandenong Stingrays	def.	Oakleigh Chargers	Princes Park	Report
	2.1 (13) 6.2 (38) 10.7 (67)  12.8 (80)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	3.2 (20) 3.6 (24) 6.8 (44)  11.8 (74)
2: Z. Foot, L. McDonnell, B. Williams, S. Sturt 1: E. Cahill, F. Bayne, R. Bowman, T. Bedford		Goals	4: D. Williams 2: N. Anderson 1: J. Ross, R. Collier-Dawkins, A. Bosenavulagi, J. Robertson, J. Gasper
C. Hustwaite, D. Frampton, L. Stenning, W. Hamill, S. Fletcher, B. Williams		Best	M. Rowell, R. Collier-Dawkins, D. Williams, N. Answerth , J. Robertson, L. Westwood