2014 WAFL season

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2014 WAFL season
Teams9
Premiers Subiaco
12th premiership
Minor premiers East Perth
18th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist Aaron Black
West Perth (47 votes)
Bernie Naylor Medallist Ben Saunders
South Fremantle (59 goals)
Attendance
Matches played94
Total attendance198,699 (2,114 per match)
Highest11,987 (Grand Final, East Perth vs. Subiaco)
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The 2014 WAFL season was the 130th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season began on 22 March 2014 and concluded on 21 September 2014 with the 2014 WAFL Grand Final. [1] West Perth entered the season as reigning premiers after defeating East Perth by 49 points in the 2013 WAFL Grand Final at Patersons Stadium. [2]

Contents

The 2014 season was the first to feature Western Australia’s professional AFL clubs West Coast and Fremantle engage in direct alignments with East Perth and Peel Thunder respectively. [3]

Subiaco were the premiers for the 2014 season, after they defeated favourites East Perth by 16 points at Patersons Stadium. [2]

Clubs

ClubHome groundLocation2013 season
Claremont Claremont Showground Claremont 17-3 (Preliminary final)
East Fremantle East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle 11-9 (DNQ Finals)
East Perth Leederville Oval Leederville 12-8 (Runners up)
Peel Thunder Rushton Park Mandurah 3-17 (DNQ Finals)
Perth Lathlain Park Lathlain 10-10 (DNQ Finals)
South Fremantle Fremantle Oval Fremantle 6-14 (DNQ Finals)
Subiaco Leederville Oval Leederville 6-14 (DNQ Finals)
Swan Districts Bassendean Oval Bassendean 12-8 (semi-final)
West Perth Arena Joondalup Joondalup 13-7 (Premiers)

Premiership season fixtures

Source: WAFL 2014 season fixtures and results

Round 1

Round 1
Sat, 22 March 2:05 PM East Fremantle 11.7 (73)def. by West Perth 10.10 (70) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2563)
Sat, 22 March 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 9.10 (64)def. by East Perth 12.11 (83) Rushton Park (crowd: 2242)
Sat, 22 March 2:05 PM Perth 19.10 (124)def. Claremont 9.5 (59) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1885)
Sat, 22 March 4:05 PM Subiaco 17.9 (111)def. South Fremantle 9.19 (73) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1712)
Bye
Swan Districts

After their big win, Perth found themselves on top of the ladder for the first time since the corresponding fixture of 2008. Over the next 22 rounds of football the Demons occupied all nine spots on the WAFL league ladder, becoming the first team to achieve this. Their ladder positions after each round were 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9. [4]

Round 2

Round 2
Fri, 28 March 7:00 PM South Fremantle 18.10 (118)def. by Perth 19.9 (123) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1978)
Sat, 29 March 2:05 PM West Perth 8.10 (58)def. by Claremont 10.10 (70) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1610)
Sat, 29 March 2:05 PM East Fremantle 6.16 (52)def. by Subiaco 16.12 (108) Geraldton (crowd: 2280)
Sat, 29 March 2:05 PM East Perth 16.13 (109)def. Swan Districts 14.7 (91) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1975)
Bye
Peel Thunder

Round 3

Round 3
Fri, 4 April 6:20 PM South Fremantle 8.5 (53)def. by East Perth 20.8 (128) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1692)
Sat, 5 April 12:30 PM Claremont 6.14 (50)def. by Subiaco 18.22 (130) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1087)
Sat, 5 April 2:05 PM Swan Districts 16.18 (114)def. Peel Thunder 11.13 (79) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1288)
Sat, 5 April 2:05 PM West Perth 15.13 (103)def. Perth 13.7 (85) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1915)
Bye
East Fremantle

Round 4

Round 4
Sat, 12 April 2:05 PM East Fremantle 21.11 (137)def. Claremont 9.8 (62) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1529)
Sat, 12 April 2:05 PM East Perth 7.7 (49)def. by West Perth 22.17 (149) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2294)
Sat, 12 April 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 13.10 (88)def. by Subiaco 16.9 (105) Rushton Park (crowd: 1484)
Sat, 12 April 2:05 PM Swan Districts 13.16 (94)def. South Fremantle 11.15 (81) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1725)
Bye
Perth

Round 5

Round 5
Fri, 18 April 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 10.8 (68)def. by East Fremantle 12.14 (86) Rushton Park (crowd: 2235)
Fri, 18 April 4:05 PM Subiaco 16.10 (106)def. East Perth 12.10 (82) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3440)
Sat, 19 April 2:05 PM West Perth 10.15 (75)def. by South Fremantle 15.8 (98) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1690)
Sun, 20 April 2:05 PM Perth 13.13 (91)def. by Swan Districts 14.8 (92) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2286)
Bye
Claremont

Round 6

Round 6
Fri, 25 April 2:45 PM Swan Districts 11.9 (75)def. West Perth 9.14 (68) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2656)
Fri, 25 April 3:00 PM East Fremantle 9.12 (66)def. by South Fremantle 13.5 (83) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3421)
Sat, 26 April 2:05 PM East Perth 14.14 (98)def. Perth 11.10 (76) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1331)
Sun, 26 April 2:05 PM Claremont 15.12 (102)def. Peel Thunder 11.8 (74) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1408)
Bye
Subiaco

Round 7

Round 7
Sat, 3 May 2:05 PM East Fremantle 9.11 (65)def. by East Perth 11.9 (75) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1673)
Sat, 3 May 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 6.12 (48)def. by Perth 10.17 (77) Rushton Park (crowd: 1512)
Sat, 3 May 2:05 PM South Fremantle 17.13 (115)def. Claremont 8.3 (51) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1395)
Sat, 3 May 4:05 PM Subiaco 13.6 (84)def. by Swan Districts 19.13 (127) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2037)
Bye
West Perth

Round 8

Round 8
Sat, 10 May 2:05 PM East Perth 19.10 (124)def. Claremont 6.8 (44) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1517)
Sat, 10 May 2:05 PM Perth 11.8 (74)def. by Subiaco 16.12 (108) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1340)
Sat, 10 May 2:05 PM Swan Districts 20.15 (135)def. East Fremantle 10.15 (75) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1911)
Sun, 11 May 2:05 PM West Perth 14.9 (93)def. Peel Thunder 14.8 (92) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1256)
Bye
South Fremantle

Round 9

Round 9
Sat, 17 May 2:05 PM Swan Districts 11.17 (83)def. Claremont 8.9 (57) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2471)
Sat, 17 May 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 11.13 (79)def. South Fremantle 7.13 (55) Rushton Park (crowd: 1461)
Sat, 17 May 2:05 PM Perth 12.9 (81)def. by East Fremantle 13.12 (90) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1595)
Sun, 17 May 2:05 PM Subiaco 13.8 (86)def. by West Perth 14.12 (96) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2508)
Bye
East Perth

Round 10

Round 10
Sat, 31 May 2:05 PM Perth 13.8 (86)def. by Swan Districts 18.15 (123) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2501)
Mon, 2 June 2:05 PM Claremont 13.9 (87)def. Subiaco 10.18 (78) Claremont Showground (crowd: 3312)
Mon, 2 June 2:05 PM South Fremantle 13.13 (91)def. by East Fremantle 15.16 (106) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5566)
Mon, 2 June 2:05 PM West Perth 7.11 (53)def. by East Perth 10.9 (69) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 6201)
Bye
Peel Thunder

Round 11

Round 11
Sat, 7 June 2:05 PM East Fremantle 15.10 (100)def. Peel Thunder 11.9 (75) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1623)
Sat, 7 June 2:05 PM Perth 9.6 (60)def. by East Perth 22.8 (140) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2683)
Sat, 7 June 2:05 PM Swan Districts 14.10 (94)def. by Subiaco 22.10 (142) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3596)
Sat, 7 June 2:05 PM Claremont 9.11 (65)def. by West Perth 10.14 (74) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1861)
Bye
South Fremantle

Round 12

Round 12
Sat, 14 June 2:05 PM West Perth 12.8 (80)def. by East Fremantle 14.5 (89) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1514)
Sat, 14 June 2:05 PM East Perth 21.17 (143)def. South Fremantle 12.10 (82) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1715)
Sat, 14 June 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 5.11 (41)def. by Swan Districts 11.16 (82) Rushton Park (crowd: 1719)
Sat, 14 June 2:05 PM Subiaco 14.19 (103)def. Perth 11.5 (71) Kalgoorlie (crowd: 1770)
Bye
Claremont

Round 13

Round 13
Sat, 21 June 2:05 PM Claremont 10.6 (66)def. by East Perth 12.10 (82) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1251)
Sat, 21 June 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 12.18 (90)def. Perth 10.11 (71) Rushton Park (crowd: 2334)
Sat, 21 June 2:05 PM South Fremantle 6.15 (51)def. by Swan Districts 9.2 (56) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1330)
Sat, 21 June 2:05 PM Subiaco 8.14 (62)def. by East Fremantle 11.5 (71) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1452)
Bye
West Perth

Round 14

Round 14
Sat, 28 June 2:05 PM Subiaco 11.18 (84)def. Peel Thunder 7.16 (58) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1300)
Sat, 28 June 2:05 PM Swan Districts 11.5 (71)def. by Claremont 15.7 (97) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1636)
Sun, 29 June 2:05 PM South Fremantle 10.11 (71)def. by West Perth 19.19 (133) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1515)
Bye
East Fremantle, East Perth, Perth

Round 15

Round 15
Sat, 5 July 2:05 PM Claremont 12.13 (85)def. South Fremantle 9.9 (63) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1560)
Sat, 5 July 2:05 PM East Fremantle 14.18 (102)def. Perth 14.8 (92) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1655)
Sat, 5 July 2:05 PM East Perth 16.13 (109)def. Peel Thunder 6.10 (46) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1751)
Sat, 5 July 2:05 PM West Perth 11.10 (76)def. by Swan Districts 16.9 (105) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2319)
Bye
Subiaco

Round 16

Round 16
Sat, 12 July 2:05 PM East Perth 14.20 (104)def. East Fremantle 11.10 (76) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2523)
Sat, 12 July 2:05 PM Perth 10.17 (77)def. by South Fremantle 13.11 (89) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1730)
Sat, 12 July 2:05 PM West Perth 11.6 (72)def. by Subiaco 13.19 (97) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 5362)
Sat, 12 July 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 11.8 (74)def. Claremont 9.18 (72) Rushton Park (crowd: 1725)
Bye
Swan Districts

Round 17

Round 17
Sat, 19 July 2:05 PM Claremont 14.13 (97)def. Swan Districts 14.10 (94) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1784)
Sat, 19 July 2:05 PM East Fremantle 14.14 (98)def. Peel Thunder 11.8 (74) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1441)
Sat, 19 July 2:05 PM Subiaco 27.9 (171)def. Perth 15.8 (98) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1729)
Bye
East Perth, South Fremantle, West Perth

Round 18

Round 18
Sat, 26 July 2:05 PM Claremont 7.10 (52)def. East Fremantle 4.11 (35) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1551)
Sat, 26 July 2:05 PM Swan Districts 11.11 (77)def. Perth 10.11 (71) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1433)
Sat, 26 July 2:05 PM East Perth 5.9 (39)def. West Perth 2.6 (18) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1493)
Sat, 26 July 2:05 PM South Fremantle 12.12 (84)def. by Subiaco 13.15 (93) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1159)
Bye
Peel Thunder

West Perth’s score was its lowest for 95 years since it scored 1.5 (11), also against the Royals, at Perth Oval in the fourth round of 1919. [5] The previous lower score by any WAFL club was 2.5 (17) by East Fremantle in the fourth round of 2006. [6]

Round 19

Round 19
Sat, 2 August 2:05 PM East Perth 10.9 (69)def. by Subiaco 15.7 (97) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2010)
Sat, 2 August 2:05 PM Perth 12.3 (75)def. by Peel Thunder 21.14 (140) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1449)
Sat, 2 August 2:05 PM East Fremantle 9.11 (65)def. by South Fremantle 16.12 (108) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2224)
Sat, 2 August 2:05 PM West Perth 14.9 (93)def. Swan Districts 5.7 (37) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1806)
Bye
Claremont

Round 20

Round 20
Sat, 9 August 2:05 PM Claremont 17.8 (110)def. Perth 10.13 (73) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1637)
Sat, 9 August 2:05 PM South Fremantle 13.17 (95)def. Peel Thunder 14.10 (94) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1611)
Sat, 9 August 2:05 PM Swan Districts 11.5 (71)def. by East Perth 14.22 (106)Hands Oval, Bunbury (crowd: 3061)
Sat, 9 August 2:05 PM West Perth 7.6 (48)def. by East Fremantle 9.11 (65) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1550)
Bye
Subiaco

Round 21

Round 21
Sat, 16 August 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 8.11 (59)def. by West Perth 9.14 (68) Rushton Park (crowd: 1351)
Sat, 16 August 2:05 PM Perth 14.6 (90)def. by East Perth 28.14 (182) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1517)
Sat, 16 August 2:05 PM Subiaco 9.15 (69)def. by Claremont 11.11 (77) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1893)
Sat, 16 August 2:05 PM Swan Districts 9.15 (69)def. by South Fremantle 18.7 (115) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2087)
Bye
East Fremantle

Round 22

Round 22
Fri, 22 August 7:00 PM South Fremantle 15.9 (99)def. Subiaco 12.13 (85) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1391)
Sat, 23 August 2:05 PM Claremont 8.6 (54)def. West Perth 6.12 (48) Claremont Showground (crowd: 1735)
Sat, 23 August 2:05 PM East Fremantle 18.14 (122)def. Swan Districts 9.6 (60) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2015)
Sat, 23 August 2:05 PM Peel Thunder 5.9 (39)def. by East Perth 14.21 (105) Rushton Park (crowd: 1378)
Bye
Perth

Round 23

Round 23
Sat, 30 August 2:05 PM South Fremantle 14.20 (104)def. Peel Thunder 10.14 (74) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1142)
Sat, 30 August 2:05 PM East Perth 11.11 (77)def. by Claremont 12.12 (84) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1830)
Sat, 30 August 2:05 PM Perth 9.8 (62)def. by West Perth 21.18 (144) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1641)
Sun, 31 August 2:05 PM Subiaco 12.9 (81)def. East Fremantle 8.8 (56) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1750)
Bye
Swan Districts

Ladder

2014 ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 East Perth 20164019731430138.064
2 Subiaco (P)20146020001578126.756
3 East Fremantle 20128016291609101.248
4 Swan Districts 20128017501741100.548
5 Claremont 2011901441168385.644
6 West Perth 20911016191440112.436
7 South Fremantle 2091101728180795.636
8 Peel Thunder 2041601456177881.916
9 Perth 2031701657218775.812
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semi-finals

First semi-final
Sunday 7 September (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 19.7 (121)def. Swan Districts 14.14 (98) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,670) Report
Second semi-final
Sunday 7 September (2:15 pm) East Perth 13.12 (90)def. Subiaco 7.16 (58) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,770) Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday 14 September (2:15 pm) Subiaco 10.13 (73)def. East Fremantle 7.26 (68) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3,608) Report

Grand Final

2014 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 21 September (2:15 pm) East Perth def. by Subiaco Patersons Stadium (crowd: 11,987) Report
2.2 (14)
4.5 (29)
6.8 (44)
9.12 (66)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
1.7 (13)
4.9 (33)
10.12 (72)
11.16 (82)
Umpires: Stuart Parry, Scott McPhee, Matthew Adams
Simpson Medal: Jason Bristow (Subiaco)
Television broadcast: ABC
F. McInness 3, J. Smith 2, D. Cadwallader, F. Clutterbuck, P. McGinnity, S. ButlerGoalsG. Hampson 3, C. Deluca 2, C. Phelan 2, J. Bristow, R. Waters, K. Horsley, J. Deluca
B. Lee, B. Wilson, K. Anderson, D. Cadwallader, S. Butler, J. BrennanBestJ. Bristow, C. Phelan, K. Horsley, G. Hampson, D. Leishman, W. Twomey
  • The attendance of 11,987 was the lowest WAFL Grand Final crowd since 1944 [7]

Foxtel Cup

The two 2013 Grand Finalists West Perth and East Perth were invited to compete in the Foxtel Cup knockout competition in 2014. Their performances are shown below:

Round 1

Game #2 6 May 2014
20:35 EST
Box Hill Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 51 - 53
stand alone game
Flag of Western Australia.svg West Perth Etihad Stadium

match report
match statistics

 
0.4 (4)
1.6 (12)
5.7 (37)
7.9 (51)
match report 2.0 (12)
4.7 (31)
5.9 (39)
7.11 (53)
  Goals 
Sicily 3, Ross 3, Willsmore Black, Brown, Adams, Tsalikis, Kerr, Bartholomew, Johnson
  Bests 
Woodward, Kennedy, Ross, Isles, Sicily, Mirra Nelson, Jones, Manning, Crisp, Guadagnin, Morrow

Game #4 27 May 2014
18:35 WST
East Perth Flag of Western Australia.svg 65 - 15
stand alone game
Flag of South Australia.svg Norwood Patersons Stadium

match report
match statistics

 
2.4 (16)
6.6 (42)
8.8 (56)
9.11 (65)
match report 0.1 (1)
0.2 (2)
1.3 (9)
2.3 (15)
  Goals 
S.Tunbridge 2, S.Lycett, B.Lee,
W.Maginness, D.Main, J. Smith,
B.Colledge, J.Oakley-Nicholls
 S.Phillips, M.Bower
  Bests 
S.Lycett, S.Tunbridge, B.Colledge,
F.Clutterbuck, B.Lee, S.Payne
 T.DeMatteis, K.Murphy, D.Auciello, S.Baldasso, T.Forster

Semi-finals

Semi Final #1 24 June 2014
18:35 WST
Western Storm Flag of Tasmania.svg 23 - 97
stand alone game
Flag of Western Australia.svg West Perth Patersons Stadium

match report
match statistics

 
0.2 (2)
0.3 (3)
1.5 (11)
3.5 (23)
match report 3.3 (21)
7.5 (47)
11.6 (72)
15.7 (97)
  Goals 
A.Russell, W.Hanson, L.Barker M.McPhee 3, S.Martin 3, M.Johnson 2
M.Guadagnin, K.Shannon, M.Crisp,
B.Antonio, R.Bartholomew,
T.Manzone, S.Marusic
  Bests 
J.Blackberry, M.Hanson, B.Thorp, T.Bardenhagen, J.Child A.Lynch, J.Thrum, L.Meadows,
S.Martin, B.Antonio, S.Marusic

Semi Final #2 1 July 2014
20:35 EST
Williamstown Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 71 - 47
stand alone game
Flag of Western Australia.svg East Perth Patersons Stadium, Perth

match report
match statistics

 
1.3 (9)
4.4 (28)
7.5 (47)
10.11 (71)
match report 2.1 (13)
4.2 (26)
6.3 (39)
7.5 (47)
  Goals 
J.Owen 2, S.Hetherington, A.Anastasio,
J.Johnstone, J.Dorgan, S.Critchley,
A.Woods, S.Wyatt, K.Lambert
  J.Hill 3, A.Carter, F.McInness,
B.Colledge, B.Lee
  Bests 
K.Lambert, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons,
J.Owen, S.Tighe, S.Critchley,
A.Mangan
 S.Payne, P.Johnson, Colledge,
B.Lee, J.Hill, J.Oakley-Nicholls

Grand Final

Grand Final 22 July 2014
20:35 EST
West Perth Flag of Western Australia.svg 8 - 71
stand alone game
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Williamstown Simonds Stadium, Geelong

match report
match statistics

 
0.2 (2)
0.2 (2)
0.2 (2)
1.2 (8)
match report 5.4 (34)
5.9 (39)
7.11 (53)
10.11 (71)
  Goals 
C.Chalmers C.Nastasi 2, S.Clouston 2, J.Johnstone 2,
J.Owen, J.Dorgan, K.Lambert, S.Tighe
  Bests 
A.Strijk, R.Kerr, L.Tedesco B.Davies, K.Lambert, S.Tighe, N.Sing,
D.Fahey, J.McKenzie, S.Clouston

State game

The WAFL representative team competed against the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) representative team on May 24 in Sydney. [8]

2014 State Game
Saturday 24 May (12:00 pm) NEAFL 6.11 (47)def. by WAFL 19.18 (132) Blacktown ISP Oval, Sydney [9] (crowd: 500) Report

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Sam Menegola is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He had previously been listed by Hawthorn and Fremantle, but didn't play a senior game for either club. He is related to former Swan Districts premiership winner and Richmond player, Todd Menegola.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyal Horsley</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1987)

Kyal Horsley is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, he previously also played with the Kalgoorlie City Football Club in the Goldfields Football League (GFL) and the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), where he finished runner-up in the 2011 Sandover Medal to Luke Blackwell. Horsley was drafted by Gold Coast with the second pick in the 2012 Rookie draft, and made his debut for the club in round five of the 2012 season. He was delisted by the club at the end of the 2013 season, after 14 games. Horsley returned to the Subiaco Football Club in 2014 to captain the WAFL side for the 2014 season. Horsley had a powerful return to the WAFL finishing third in the Sandover Medal count after leading the Lions to their 12th premiership.

The 2012 WAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Claremont Football Club and the East Fremantle Football Club on Sunday 23 September 2012 at Patersons Stadium, to determine the premier team of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for the 2012 season. Claremont won an exciting game by 26 points - 18.16 (124) to 15.8 (98) - and Paul Medhurst of Claremont was awarded the Simpson Medal. The win, which gave Claremont's its 12th WAFL premiership, was also the first time the Tigers had won successive flags since their 1938-1940 hat-trick.

The 1998 Westar Rules Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between East Fremantle and West Perth on Sunday, 20 September 1998, at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia to determine the premier team of Westar Rules for the 1998 season. East Fremantle won convincingly by forty-three points, 20.10 (130) to 13.9 (87), taking out their twenty-ninth premiership but their last as of 2022.

The 1933 WANFL season was the 49th season of the Western Australian National Football League in its various incarnations. It was the last year of a seven-team senior competition, and saw George Doig, during the second semi-final, become the first player to kick one hundred goals in a season.

The 1935 WANFL season was the 51st season of the Western Australian National Football League. The season saw West Perth win the premiership under the coaching of Johnny Leonard; it was the only time in West Perth's history that it won consecutive premierships, preceding a brief but exceptionally steep decline that saw the Cardinals four years later suffer the equal longest losing streak in WA(N)FL history.

The 1924 WAFL season was the 40th season of the West Australian Football League. Although East Perth and East Fremantle completely dominated the season until after the Carnival, each having lost only one match of the first eleven, neither was to win the premiership and the Royals’ record sequence of five consecutive premierships came to an end in the semi-final.

Joshua Deluca is a former professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) after being delisted.

The 2022 WAFL season is the 138th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL).The season commenced on the 15th of April, and concluded with the Grand Final on the 1st of October, with West Perth defeating Claremont at Leederville Oval by 12 points. Fixtures were released in stages, to allow for COVID flexibility. The first stage saw the first nine rounds of the season be released, rounds 10-14 were released before the start of Round 7, and the final rounds (14-20) were released on July 8, before the start of Round 12. All the teams from the previous season have been retained, as there was speculation if the West Coast Eagles reserves would return.

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