2012 WAFL season

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2012 WAFL season
Teams9
Premiers Claremont
12th premiership
Minor premiers Claremont
15th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist Kane Mitchell (Claremont)
Bernie Naylor Medallist Ben Saunders (South Fremantle)
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The 2012 WAFL season was the 128th season of the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations. The season opened on 17 March, with Subiaco hosting West Perth at Leederville Oval, and concluded with the 2012 WAFL Grand Final, in which Claremont defeated East Fremantle by 26 points. The 2012 Sandover Medal was won by Kane Mitchell of Claremont, while the leading goalkicker was South Fremantle's Ben Saunders.

Contents

Pre-season News and Rule changes

On 1 February, it was announced that the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) had signed a new three-year deal with sports company Burley-Sekem as the officially endorsed supplier of footballs to all WA competition, maintaining a strong relationship with Burley that dates back to 1907. [1]

The WAFL implemented one major rule change in accordance with changes at AFL level in regard to the rushed behind rule: [2]

On 27 February the following amendments were accepted by the WAFC Football Affairs Committee: [3]

Clubs

ClubCoachCaptainBest and fairestLeading goalkicker
Claremont Marc Webb Andrew Browne
East Fremantle Steve Malaxos Mark McGough
East Perth Tony Micale Michael Swan
Peel Thunder Trevor Williams Brendon Jones
Perth Damien McMahon Ross Young
South Fremantle Paul Hasleby Ryan Cook
Subiaco Chris Waterman Aidan Parker
Swan Districts Greg Harding Josh Roberts
West Perth Bill Monaghan Jason Salecic

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 17 March (2:10 pm) Subiaco 13.7 (85)def. East Perth 8.13 (61) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2005) Report
Sunday, 18 March (2:10 pm) Perth 8.11 (59)def. by Claremont 15.11 (101) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1631) Report
Bye
East Fremantle, Peel Thunder, Swan Districts, South Fremantle, West Perth

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 24 March (2:10 pm) West Perth 14.7 (91)def. by Swan Districts 19.13 (127) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2457) Report
Saturday, 24 March (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 13.8 (86)def. by Subiaco 19.17 (131) Rushton Park (crowd: 1582) Report
Saturday, 24 March (2:10 pm) Claremont 16.7 (103)def. East Perth 15.9 (99) Claremont Oval (crowd: 2035) Report
Saturday, 24 March (6:40 pm) South Fremantle 19.14 (128)def. Perth 19.6 (120) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1459) Report
Bye
East Fremantle

Round 3

Round 3
Friday, 30 March (6:40 pm) South Fremantle 15.15 (105)def. by Subiaco 18.5 (113) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2298) Report
Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) Perth 12.12 (84)def. Peel Thunder 12.7 (79) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1536) Report
Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 19.8 (122)def. Claremont 13.10 (88) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1634) Report
Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) East Perth 11.12 (78)def. by West Perth 13.8 (86) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2531) Report
Bye
Swan Districts

Round 4

Round 4
Friday, 6 April (4:15 pm) East Perth 14.11 (95)def. Perth 10.8 (68) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3774) Report
Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 13.13 (91)def. by East Fremantle 15.21 (111) Rushton Park (crowd: 1573) Report
Monday, 9 April (2:10 pm) Claremont 15.13 (103)def. West Perth 9.4 (58) Claremont Oval (crowd: 2212) Report
Monday, 9 April (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 17.20 (122)def. South Fremantle 15.9 (99) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 4672) Report
Bye
Subiaco

Round 5

Round 5
Friday, 13 April (6:45 pm) Subiaco 10.16 (76)def. East Fremantle 9.12 (66) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2085) Report
Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 10.16 (76)def. by Peel Thunder 13.12 (90) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1451) Report
Sunday, 15 April (2:10 pm) West Perth 12.13 (85)def. Perth 10.13 (73) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2217) Report
Sunday, 15 April (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 9.13 (67)def. by Claremont 18.19 (127) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2071) Report
Bye
East Perth

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 12.10 (82)def. by South Fremantle 23.17 (155) Rushton Park (crowd: 1600) Report
Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) Perth 10.16 (76)def. Subiaco 11.7 (73) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1671) Report
Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) Claremont 9.16 (70)def. by Swan Districts 11.10 (76) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1653) Report
Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 13.11 (89)def. by East Perth 14.9 (93) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1731) Report
Bye
West Perth

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) West Perth 13.17 (95)def. Peel Thunder 11.14 (80) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1724) Report
Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 18.18 (126)def. South Fremantle 6.5 (41) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2408) Report
Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 21.9 (135)def. Perth 14.14 (98) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2553) Report
Saturday, 28 April (4:30 pm) Subiaco 5.5 (35)def. by East Perth 9.12 (66) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2178) Report
Bye
Claremont

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) East Perth 15.16 (106)def. Swan Districts 9.17 (71) Manjimup (crowd: 1019) Report
Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) Perth 13.8 (86)def. by East Fremantle 17.10 (112) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1509) Report
Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 16.12 (108)def. West Perth 11.16 (82) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1422) Report
Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) Subiaco 14.11 (95)def. by Claremont 22.11 (143) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1774) Report
Bye
Peel Thunder

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) West Perth 13.7 (85)def. by East Fremantle 12.15 (87) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1801) Report
Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 12.5 (77)def. by Claremont 22.21 (153) Rushton Park (crowd: 1309) Report
Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) East Perth 17.8 (110)def. South Fremantle 15.8 (98) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2011) Report
Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 20.16 (136)def. Subiaco 15.10 (100) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2052) Report
Bye
Perth
  • East Perth won their first game against South Fremantle since Round 23, 2004, ending a run of 16 consecutive losses to the Bulldogs.

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) West Perth 14.16 (100)def. Subiaco 12.6 (78) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1933) Report
Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 18.6 (114)def. by East Perth 25.14 (164) Rushton Park (crowd: 1466) Report
Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) Claremont 24.14 (158)def. Perth 11.4 (70) Claremont Oval (crowd: 2302) Report
Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 9.9 (63)def. by Swan Districts 15.15 (105) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1794) Report
Bye
South Fremantle

State game

South Australia vs Western Australia
Saturday, 26 May (12:40 pm) South Australia def. Western Australia Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2843) Report
4.3 (27)
10.6 (66)
11.8 (74)
15.11 (101)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		4.1 (25)
7.2 (44)
11.8 (74)
13.9 (87)		 Simpson Medal: Paul Johnson
Television broadcast: ABC1
Grocke 7
Kirkby 2
Jericho, Schiller, Gray, Clayton, Liddle, Schmidt 1		Goals4 Handley
3 Richardson, Medhurst
2 Smith
1 Wulff
Grocke, Schmidt, Liddle, Thomas, Jarrad, Boyd, Webber Best Johnson, Hams, Handley, Wulff, Blackwell, Parker, Medhurst, Mitchell
  • 12 players made their debut for Western Australia, including captain Craig Wulff and Simpson Medallist Paul Johnson (East Perth)

Round 11 (Rivalry Round)

Round 11
Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) Claremont 11.18 (84)def. by Peel Thunder 14.14 (98) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1352) Report
Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) Perth 15.8 (98)def. by Swan Districts 22.12 (144) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2425) Report
Monday, 4 June (2:10 pm) West Perth 15.9 (99)drew with East Perth 15.9 (99) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 4905) Report
Monday, 4 June (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 15.12 (102)def. by East Fremantle 16.14 (110) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6838) Report
Bye
Subiaco

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 21.12 (138)def. Peel Thunder 7.9 (51) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1452) Report
Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) Subiaco 9.10 (64)def. by Perth 20.14 (134) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1946) Report
Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 18.12 (120)def. South Fremantle 15.16 (106) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2897) Report
Sunday, 10 June (2:10 pm) East Perth 13.13 (91)def. Claremont 13.12 (90) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1837) Report
Bye
West Perth
  • Rob Young (East Fremantle) played his 100th game and kicked four goals.
  • Perth’s win over Subiaco is their 1,000th in WAFL football. They are the second last of the six WAFL teams from before 1925 to reach this milestone, with Subiaco at the close of 2013 requiring six more wins.

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 12.14 (86)def. by Swan Districts 27.15 (177) Rushton Park (crowd: 1697) Report
Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Perth 8.16 (64)def. by West Perth 16.10 (106) Lathlain Park (crowd: 3225) Report
Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 10.19 (79)def. by Subiaco 13.7 (85) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1741) Report
Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 8.10 (58)def. by East Perth 16.21 (117) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1651) Report
Bye
Claremont

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) West Perth 10.14 (74)def. by East Fremantle 19.12 (126) Kalannie (crowd: 1726) Report
Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) Subiaco 15.6 (96)def. by Claremont 16.13 (109) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2111) Report
Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 16.18 (114)def. East Perth 13.9 (87) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3417) Report
Sunday, 24 June (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 15.15 (105)def. by Peel Thunder 21.8 (134) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1643) Report
Bye
Perth

Round 15 (NAIDOC Week)

Round 15
Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) East Perth 7.9 (51)def. by Subiaco 12.16 (88) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2372) Report
Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 9.17 (71)def. by West Perth 11.13 (79) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2319) Report
Sunday, 1 July (2:10 pm) Claremont 17.17 (119)def. South Fremantle 10.4 (64) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1922) Report
Sunday, 1 July (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 15.16 (106)def. Perth 13.9 (87) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1819) Report
Bye
Peel Thunder

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) Claremont 19.17 (131)def. Swan Districts 5.4 (34) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1919) Report
Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) East Perth 17.19 (121)def. Peel Thunder 14.8 (92) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1571) Report
Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) Perth 18.12 (120)def. South Fremantle 12.14 (86) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1744) Report
Bye
East Fremantle, Subiaco, West Perth

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 20.16 (136)def. East Perth 10.12 (72) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,809) Report
Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 15.12 (102)def. by West Perth 15.15 (105) Fremantle Oval (crowd: -) Report
Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) Subiaco 9.7 (61)def. by Peel Thunder 15.9 (99) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,459) Report
Bye
Claremont, Perth, Swan Districts

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) West Perth 7.5 (47)def. by Claremont 26.10 (166) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2000)
Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 12.10 (82)def. by Perth 15.26 (116) Rushton Park (crowd: 1415)
Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) Subiaco 12.9 (81)def. by South Fremantle 14.17 (101) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1472)
Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 11.7 (73)def. by East Fremantle 20.16 (136) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2360)
Bye
East Perth

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 8.11 (59)def. by West Perth 25.9 (159) Rushton Park (crowd: 1333)
Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) Perth 10.16 (76)def. by East Perth 17.11 (113) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2116)
Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) Claremont 19.10 (124)def. East Fremantle 4.8 (32) Claremont Oval (crowd: 2851)
Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) Subiaco 13.5 (83)def. by Swan Districts 17.14 (116) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2157)
Bye
South Fremantle

In a Grand Final preview, Claremont crush the Sharks’ attack after quarter-time, kicking 15.8 (98) to 2.4 (16).

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 22.14 (146)def. Peel Thunder 7.5 (47) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1270)
Sunday, 5 August (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 16.12 (108)def. Perth 12.12 (84) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1447)
Bye
Claremont, East Fremantle, East Perth, Subiaco, West Perth

Round 21

Round 21
Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) West Perth 14.14 (98)def. by Subiaco 15.10 (100) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 6044)
Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) Claremont 20.12 (132)def. Peel Thunder 7.9 (51) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1208)
Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 15.15 (105)def. by South Fremantle 16.13 (109) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2378)
Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) East Perth 17.7 (109)def. by Perth 19.12 (126) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1929)
Bye
Swan Districts

Round 22

Round 22
Friday, 17 August (6:40 pm) South Fremantle 13.7 (85)def. by Swan Districts 17.18 (120) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2047)
Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) Perth 5.8 (38)def. by Claremont 29.13 (187) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1633)
Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) Subiaco 11.9 (75)def. by East Perth 15.25 (115) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2390)
Sunday, 19 August (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 23.15 (153)def. West Perth 7.8 (50) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1928)
Bye
Peel Thunder

Round 23

Round 23
Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) West Perth 13.8 (86)def. by South Fremantle 15.5 (95) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1,511) Report
Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 20.15 (135)def. Subiaco 12.11 (83) Rushton Park (crowd: 1,044) Report
Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) East Perth 14.8 (92)def. by East Fremantle 15.9 (99) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,995) Report
Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 14.8 (92)def. Claremont 12.11 (83) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3,002) Report
Bye
Perth

Round 24

Round 24
Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) Perth 12.9 (81)def. by Swan Districts 14.16 (100) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2,028)
Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) Claremont 23.13 (151)def. Subiaco 7.8 (50) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,752)
Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 10.9 (69)def. by East Fremantle 18.15 (123) Rushton Park (crowd: 1,329)
Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) East Perth 12.12 (84)def. by West Perth 14.14 (98) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,605)
Bye
South Fremantle

Ladder

2012 ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Claremont (P)20155024221416171.060
2 Swan Districts 20155021551819118.560
3 East Fremantle 20146021191653128.256
4 East Perth 20118119621815108.146
5 West Perth 2091011744193890.038
6 South Fremantle 2071301922218388.028
7 Subiaco 2071301652202781.528
8 Perth 2061401758217181.024
9 Peel Thunder 2051501702241470.520
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi-finals

First semi-final
Saturday, 8 September (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 16.15 (111)def. East Perth 11.8 (74) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3,557)
Second semi-final
Saturday, 8 September (2:10 pm) Claremont 17.16 (118)def. Swan Districts 14.2 (86) Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,865)

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday, 16 September (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 11.8 (74)def. by East Fremantle 13.23 (101) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 5,342) Report

Grand Final

 
Sunday, 23 September (2:15 pm) Claremont def. East Fremantle Subiaco Oval (crowd: 18,612)
8.6 (54)
11.11 (77)
13.13 (91)
18.16 (124)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		1.1 (7)
7.5 (47)
13.6 (84)
15.8 (98)		Umpires: Scott McPhee, Todd Keating, Justin Orr
Simpson Medal: Paul Medhurst (Claremont)
Television broadcast: ABC1

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