2019 WAFL season

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2019 WAFL season
Teams10
Premiers Subiaco
15th premiership
Minor premiers Subiaco
17th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist Lachlan Delahunty
Subiaco (28 votes)
Bernie Naylor Medallist Ben Sokol
Subiaco (51 goals)
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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 v 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)1 Subiaco 18.12 (120)
2 South Fremantle 10.3 (63)2 South Fremantle 3.6 (24)
2 South Fremantle 11.5 (71)2 South Fremantle 9.9 (63)
3 Claremont 9.10 (64)3 Claremont 4.9 (33)
3 Claremont 10.6 (66)
4 West Coast 8.12 (60)
4 West Coast 5.15 (45)
5 West Perth 6.6 (42)

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References

  1. ↑ "Optus says Yes to new era of WAFL". West Australian Football Commission. 1 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Tuohey, Steve (6 December 2018). "2019 WAFL Premiership Season fixtures". West Australian Football Commission.
  3. ↑ "Subiaco smash South Fremantle to win another WAFL Grand Final". The Roar. 22 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "West Coast Eagles launch new WAFL team as club bids for back-to-back AFL premierships". ABC News. 11 October 2018.
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