2019 WAFL season

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2019 WAFL season
Teams10
Premiers Subiaco
(15th premiership)
Minor premiers Subiaco
(17th minor premiership)
Bernie Naylor Medallist Ben Sokol
Subiaco (51 goals)
Sandover Medallist Lachlan Delahunty
Subiaco (28 votes)
  2018
2020  

The 2019 WAFL season (officially the 2019 Optus WAFL Premiership Season [1] ) was the 135th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on 6 April and concluded on 22 September 2019. [2] Subiaco defeated South Fremantle in the Grand Final by 96 points, the club's fourth premiership in six years and fifteenth overall. [3] The 2019 season saw the introduction of a 10th team into the league, the West Coast Eagles reserves, after their alignment with East Perth was terminated in July 2018. [4]

Contents

Ladder

2019 WAFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Subiaco (P)1817101700911186.668 Finals series
2 South Fremantle 18135015561212128.452
3 Claremont 18126013681042131.348
4 West Coast 189901214121699.836
5 West Perth 189901389142597.536
6 Perth 189901226133591.836
7 Peel Thunder 1871101285131897.528
8 East Fremantle 1851301109149374.320
9 East Perth 1851301004144669.420
10 Swan Districts 1841401005145868.916
Source: Australian Football
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Qualifying Final
Saturday 31 August (2:40 pm) South Fremantle 11.5 (71)def. Claremont 9.10 (64) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,226) Report
Elimination Final
Sunday 1 September (2:40 pm) West Coast 5.15 (45)def. West Perth 6.6 (42) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1,794) Report

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Sunday 9 September (2:10 pm) Claremont 10.6 (66)def. West Coast 8.12 (60) Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,349) Report
Sunday 9 September (2:10 pm) Subiaco 14.13 (97)def. South Fremantle 10.3 (63) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,873) Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday 15 September (3:10 pm) South Fremantle 9.9 (63)def. Claremont 4.9 (33) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3,494) Report

Grand Final

2019 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 22 September (2:40 pm) Subiaco vs. South Fremantle Optus Stadium (crowd: 18,491) Report
Scorecard
4.3 (27)
9.7 (61)
13.7 (85)
 18.12 (120)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.1 (7)
1.2 (8)
2.5 (17)
 3.6 (24)
Umpires: Matt Adams (6), Dan Johanson (9), Jordan Wright (25)
Simpson Medal: Ben Sokol (Subiaco)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Sokol 6, Marsh 3, Delahunty 2, Kitchin, Joyce, Moore, Newton, Wheeler, Horsley, Edwards-BaldwinGoalsBewick, Schloithe, Stewart
Sokol, Delahunty, Horsley, Marsh, NewtonBestMain, Suban, Higgins

Bracket

 
 Qualifying / Elimination FinalSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand Final
                   
1 Subiaco 14.13 (97) 
  2 South Fremantle 10.3 (63)    1 Subiaco 18.12 (120)
2 South Fremantle 11.5 (71)  2 South Fremantle 9.9 (63) 2 South Fremantle 3.6 (24)
3 Claremont 9.10 (64)   3 Claremont 4.9 (33) 
3 Claremont 10.6 (66)
4 West Coast 5.15 (45) 4 West Coast 8.12 (60) 
5 West Perth 6.6 (42)

See also

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References

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  2. Tuohey, Steve (6 December 2018). "2019 WAFL Premiership Season fixtures". West Australian Football Commission.
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  4. "West Coast Eagles launch new WAFL team as club bids for back-to-back AFL premierships". ABC News. 11 October 2018.