At the conclusion of the 2010 QAFL season, the Thunder were invited to join the newly formed North East Australian Football League (NEAFL).

[1] The Thunder finished the regular season with the best record in the Northern Conference and in doing so claimed their first ever minor premiership.

The Thunder went on to prove their superiority by claiming the first ever Northern Conference NEAFL premiership by defeating the Morningside Panthers.

[2] The Thunder won two NEAFL premierships and entered a side in the VFL Women's competition in Victoria.

By the end of the 2019 season, AFL Northern Territory revealed it could no longer justify keeping the club afloat, and announced its cessation from both competitions.