Nightcliff three-peat and PINT take out historic first premiership on NTFL grand final night

With less than 20 seconds to go in the Northern Territory Football League grand final, inside a Nightcliff Tigers forward line saturated with nearly 36 weary bodies, St Mary’s — holding onto a six point lead — looked the sure and deserving victors as they stifled the Tigers’ desperate last-ditch attempts to level the scores.

With just 10 seconds to go, Nightcliff players were still trying to fashion a clean kick at goal in a sea of manic green and gold defenders.

When the ball somehow squeezed out to ex-Port Adelaide Power player John…