2023 WAFL Women's season

Last updated

2023 premiership season
Teams8
Premiers East Fremantle
2nd premiership
Minor premiers Claremont
1st minor premiership
Best and fairestJayme Harken
Claremont
Leading goalkickerAdele Arnup
Claremont (26 goals)
Matches played56
  2022
2024  

The 2023 WAFL Women's season was the fifth season of the WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The season commenced on 11 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 15 July 2023. [1] East Perth made their debut in the competition, increasing the number of participating clubs in the league to eight, and marking the first season to include all eight stand-alone clubs from the West Australian Football League (WAFL). [2] [3]

Contents

Clubs

Seven clubs from 2021 return to the competition, with East Perth joining the league for the first time. [4] [5]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Claremont 141301631170371.254 Finals series
2 South Fremantle 141031693316219.342
3 East Fremantle (P)14851548302181.534
4 Swan Districts 14860603441136.732
5 Subiaco 14761485313155.030
6 West Perth 1459033155160.120
7 Peel Thunder 14311025367937.312
8 East Perth 14014011588713.00
Source: australianfootball.com WAFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semi-finals

First Semi-Final
Sunday, 2 July (12:00 pm) East Fremantle 7.4 (46)def. Swan Districts 2.5 (17) Fremantle Community Bank Oval Report
Second Semi-Final
Sunday, 2 July (2:00 pm) Claremont 4.5 (29)def. South Fremantle 2.1 (13) Revo Fitness Stadium Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary Final
Sunday, 9 July (3:15 pm) South Fremantle 3.4 (22)def. by East Fremantle 7.3 (45) Fremantle Community Bank Oval Report

Grand Final

2023 WAFLW Grand Final
15 July 2023
(2:45 pm)
Claremont def. by East Fremantle Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 4,000) Stats
Report
1.0 (6)
1.1 (7)
2.2 (14)
 2.2 (14)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.1 (7)
3.1 (19)
3.2 (20)
 4.2 (26)
Lou Knitter Medal (Best on ground): Zippy Fish (East Fremantle)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
R Ortlepp, B Anderson 1GoalsC Reilly 2
G Cleaver, M Leitch 1
C Ortlepp, K OrmeBestZ Fish, C Reilly, L Catherine

Awards

Jayme Harken (Claremont)
Adele Arnup (Claremont)
Evie Cowcher [lower-alpha 1] (Peel Thunder)
Craig McNaughton (South Fremantle)
Mia Russo (West Perth)
Nicole Taylor-Thorpe (South Fremantle)
West Perth

Sources: [7] [8]

Notes

  1. Originally presented to Renee Morgan in error. [6]

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