NTFL 2022-23 Round 1 action gallery: All the pics from the opening round of the NTFL

The NTFL is back and we were there across the opening weekend to snap all the action. Check out our gallery here.

Waratah march on for the season opener against St Mary’s. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

NTFL opening game of 22/23 season was Saints vs Waratah in a grand final rematch. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s and Waratah battle for possession in the NTFL 2022-23 season opener. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Saints and Waratah get into an biff over a decision in the opening game of the 2022-23 NTFL season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Saints’ Joseph Salmon makes a tackle. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

NTFL opening game of 22/23 season was Saints vs Waratah in a grand final rematch. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s Nick Yarran against Waratah in the opening round. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s Nick Yarran kicks the ball down field Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah livewire Kurtley Silver faces off with St Mary’s captain Nate Paredes. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah goal kicker Tom Banuelos charges for the ball. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah’s Arnold Kirby faces off with Ryan Smith of St Mary’s in the ruck. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s Dylan Landt looks for options. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s and Waratah compete for the ball in the NTFL 2022-23 opener. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah’s Kurtley Silver is tackled by St Mary’s. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Jayden Magro kicks the ball down field for Waratah against St Mary’s. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah captain Brodie Carroll with ball in hand against St Mary’s. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah dominated St Mary’s in the competition opener. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s tried to fight back against a dominant Waratah in the season opener. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s elite goalscorer Jackson Calder kicks forward. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

St Mary’s Luke Oborn tries to kick through the rock-solid Tahs defence. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah’s Will Clark in the opener against St Mary’s. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah midfielder Ro Turnbull attempts a tackle on Kieran Parnell. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah captain Brodie Carroll kicks the ball forward. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah’s Jayden Magro scraps for the ball. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Dylan Landt gathers the ball off the ground. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Waratah’s Dylan Collis gets the ball out of the backfield. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Dylan Landt reaches for the ball in the opener against Waratah. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Eddie Betts plays in the forward line for Palmerston Magpies in Rd 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Eddie Betts plays in the forward line for Palmerston Magpies in Rd 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Eddie Betts plays in the forward line for Palmerston Magpies in Rd 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Eddie Betts plays in the forward line for Palmerston Magpies against Tiwi Bombers. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Eddie Betts plays in the forward line for Palmerston Magpies in Rd 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Steven Motlop plays for the Wanderers in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Steven Motlop plays for the Wanderers against Darwin Buffaloes in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Tiwi Bombers Maria Rioli plays against Palmerston Magpies in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Natasha Medbury is tackled by a Tiwi Bombers forward in the NTFL 22/23 season opener. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Tiwi Bombers Rhiannon Busch pushes the ball forward in the NTFL 22/23 season opener against Palmerston Magpies. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Fredya Puruntatameri plays in the first ever Tiwi Bombers Premier Women's side for the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Palmerston Magpies Tristen Waack dominates the ruck in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Tatyana Perry fights off Tiwi Bombers in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Natasha Medbury defends the Magpies inside 50 against a relentless Tiwi Bombers in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Dakotah Pettit-Holmes in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Maria Rioli for Tiwi Bombers in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Natasha Medbury clears the ball in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Tsharni Graham goes up against Freda Puntatemeri in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Kirra Hill-Carter runs the ball through the middle in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Palmerston’s Lila Tonkin in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Grace Chopin in round 1 of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Madison Lampton flies over Bayley Valentine in round one of the Womens' NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Alex Woodward chases down Skye Graham in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Bonnie McDougall tackles Skye Graham in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Kirra Hill-Carter pushes off Missy Munro in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Grace Chopin kicks the ball out from the Palmerston Magpies box in the first womens game of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Tsharni Graham runs down the field in the first game of the women's NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Madison Lampton goes up against Arthurina Moreen in the first game of the women's NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Katie Wills in the first game of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Tiwi Bombers in the first game of the women's NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Bayley Valentine in the first game of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Tiwi Bombers Maria Rioli plays against Palmerston Magpies in round one of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Kiarna Brown races towards the goals in the first game of the first game of the women's NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Natasha Medbury goes up against Maria Roili in the first game of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Maria Rioli kicks a goal in the first game of the women's NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Dakota Pettit-Holmes against Bayley Valentine in the first game of the women's NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Bombers David Kruse goes up against Tristen Waack in round one of the Men's NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson

Stanley Tipiloura fights off a Palmerston Magpie to chase down the ball in the first round of the NTFL 22/23 season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson