2015 WAFL season

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2015 WAFL season
Teams9
Premiers Subiaco
13th premiership
Minor premiers Subiaco
13th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist Aidan Tropiano
Perth (45 votes)
Bernie Naylor Medallist Shane Yarran
Subiaco (46 goals)
Highest13,094 (Grand Final, Subiaco vs. West Perth)
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The 2015 WAFL season was the 131st season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season began on 20 March 2015 and concluded on 27 September 2015 with the 2015 WAFL Grand Final between Subiaco and West Perth at Domain Stadium. Subiaco won the match by 66 points, recording their second consecutive premiership and 13th overall.

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For the first time since 1994, the finals series was based on a top-5, rather than the top 4 system that has been used since 1931, with the exception of 1991–1994. [1]

Clubs

ClubHome groundLocation2014 season
Claremont Claremont Showground Claremont 11-9 (DNQ Finals)
East Fremantle East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle 12-8 (Preliminary final)
East Perth Leederville Oval Leederville 16-4 (Runners up)
Peel Thunder Rushton Park Mandurah 4-16 (DNQ Finals)
Perth Lathlain Park Lathlain 3-17 (DNQ Finals)
South Fremantle Fremantle Oval Fremantle 9-11 (DNQ Finals)
Subiaco Leederville Oval Leederville 14-6 (Premiers)
Swan Districts Bassendean Oval Bassendean 12-8 (semi-final)
West Perth Arena Joondalup Joondalup 9-11 (DNQ Finals)

Ladder

2015 ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Subiaco (P)20173018991102172.368
2 West Perth 20137016881448116.652
3 Peel Thunder 20137017341632106.352
4 East Perth 20119016971480114.744
5 Claremont 201010015311433106.840
6 Swan Districts 201010016271571103.640
7 South Fremantle 2081201458176382.732
8 East Fremantle 2061401452178881.224
9 Perth 2021801269213859.48
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Elimination and Qualifying Finals

Elimination Final
Sunday 6 September (2:10 pm) East Perth 13.15 (93)def. Claremont 9.7 (61) Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,670) Report
Qualifying Final
Sunday 6 September (2:15 pm) West Perth 22.13 (145)def. Peel Thunder 5.6 (36) HBF Arena (crowd: 2500 (approx)) Report
  • Peel Thunder's first ever finals game after 19 seasons.

Semi-finals

First semi-final
Sunday 13 September (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 9.8 (62)def. by East Perth 10.24 (84) Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd:  2500 (approx)) Report
  • Skipper Brendan Lee leads the Royals into the Preliminary Final with 35 disposals
Second semi-final
Sunday 13 September (2:15 pm) Subiaco 17.13 (115)def. West Perth 9.6 (60) Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2500 (approx)) Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday 20 September (2:10 pm) West Perth 14.13 (97)def. East Perth 10.8 (68) HBF Arena (crowd: 2800) Report
  • The Falcons storm home to beat their arch-rivals on the back of 6 goals to Michael Lourey

Grand Final

2015 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 27 September (2:15 pm) Subiaco def. West Perth Domain Stadium (crowd: 13,094) Report
3.4 (22)
10.7 (67)
17.8 (110)
 21.10 (136)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
3.3 (21)
5.4 (34)
7.9 (51)
 10.10 (70)
Umpires: Scott McPhee, Stuart Parry, Matthew Adams
Simpson Medal: Matt Boland (Subiaco)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
7: Boland
5: Yarran
2: Halligan
1: Wheeler, Menegola, Deluca, Mahoney, Wood, Twomey, Phelan
Goals2: Strijk, Rasmussen
1: Lourey, Rohde, Lynch, Adams, Black, Potente
Menegola, Yarran, Wheeler, Twomey, Boland, Phelan, Kitchin, Rumble, LowndesBestStrijk, Nelson, Manzone, van Berlo, Keunen, Kerr

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References

  1. Townsend, John (6 September 2014). "WAFL adopts top five for finals".