The biggest weekend in Tasmanian football history will see a Northern derby serve as a curtain-raiser to the state's first ever AFL finals.
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The State League has announced its roster for the first week of finals with the blockbuster semi between minor premier Launceston and perennial title contender North Launceston taking place at Windsor Park.
The 12.45pm start should see the game dovetail nicely with the AFL's second elimination final between Sydney Swans and Greater Western Sydney taking place at UTAS Stadium from 3.20pm.
Launceston will also host both Development League semi-finals on Saturday with the Blues taking on Clarence ahead of the TSL clash at Windsor Park while North Launceston hosts Glenorchy at Invermay Park.
However, both Northern sides' under-18s must head south with North taking on Lauderdale and the Blues up against Clarence ahead of the second TSL semi between Clarence and Tigers all contributing to a packed schedule at Bellerive Oval.
In other TSL news, the match review panel has been busy with Lauderdale's high profile recruit Allen Christensen copping a one-match ban.
The former Brisbane and Geelong midfielder was offered two matches after being reported for making high contact on Launceston's Jack Donnellan during a melee early in the fourth quarter of their fixture.
The panel determined the strike be graded as a "classifiable offence" deemed as intentional conduct, with low impact and high contact.
Christensen reduced the ban to one week with an early guilty plea.
Meanwhile North Hobart duo Dylan Ford and Jack McCulloch both pleaded guilty to offences against Clarence's Luke Swinton.
The panel determined that Ford's strike be graded as a "low-level offence" due to insufficient force being applied and his one-match ban was reduced to a reprimand.
The panel made the same finding on McCulloch because Swinton's head made contact with the fence following their challenge.
McCulloch also accepted an early guilty plea.