2024 WAFL season

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The 2024 WAFL season is the 140th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on the 28th of March 2024. [1]

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East Fremantle are the reigning premiers. [2]

Prior to the start of the season, two Peel Thunder players were suspended over "lewd incidents" at a pre-season camp. Jack Ilott was suspended for the entire season after making an "inappropriate sexual comment towards a woman associated with the club", while Michael Sellwood was suspended for one match over a separate "crude incident". [3]

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 1
Thursday 28 March (7:10 pm) West Perth 11.9 (75)def. Claremont 11.7 (73) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 4,350) [4]
Saturday 30 March (1:40 pm) Peel Thunder 12.10 (82)def. East Fremantle 9.9 (63) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 2,367)
Saturday 30 March (2:30 pm) South Fremantle 6.7 (43)def. by East Perth 12.10 (82) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,728)
Saturday 30 March (2:30 pm) Swan Districts 21.11 (137)def. West Coast 10.13 (73) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 3,039)
Saturday 30 March (4:10 pm) Perth 10.10 (70)def. Subiaco 8.8 (56) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,398)

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday 6 April (11:10 am) West Coast 8.7 (55)def. by South Fremantle 22.11 (143) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 662) [5]
Saturday 6 April (2:30 pm) Claremont 6.9 (45)def. by East Fremantle 21.9 (135) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,477)
Saturday 6 April (2:30 pm) East Perth 18.11 (119)def. Swan Districts 11.16 (82) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 2,562)
Saturday 6 April (4:00 pm) West Perth 17.14 (116)def. Perth 9.14 (68) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 2,476)
Sunday 7 April (2:10 pm) Subiaco 14.8 (92)def. Peel Thunder 9.12 (66) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 1,791)

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday 13 April (1:40 pm) Peel Thunder 10.9 (69)def. East Perth 8.5 (53) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 1,772)
Saturday 13 April (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 10.10 (70)def. Claremont 9.15 (69) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,190)
Saturday 13 April (2:10 pm) Subiaco 10.9 (69)def. West Perth 8.17 (65) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 1,678)
Saturday 13 April (4:10 pm) Perth 9.12 (66)def. Swan Districts 9.9 (63) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,542)
Sunday 14 April (10:00 am) West Coast 13.17 (95)def. East Fremantle 14.7 (91) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 496)

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday 20 April (2:00 pm) West Coast 7.13 (55)def. by Peel Thunder 18.15 (123) Optus Stadium (crowd: TBC)
Saturday 20 April (2:10 pm) Claremont 11.12 (78)def. Subiaco 8.9 (57) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,463)

Round 5

Round 5
Thursday 25 April (4:10 pm) Perth 10.10 (70)def. by East Perth 13.13 (91) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 3,831)
Saturday 27 April (2:10 pm) West Perth 7.11 (53)def. by South Fremantle 10.11 (71) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,778)
Sunday 28 April (2:30 pm) Swan Districts 11.8 (74)def. by East Fremantle 11.10 (76) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,760)

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday 4 May (2:10 pm) Subiaco 7.10 (52)def. by East Fremantle 17.7 (109) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 1,287)
Saturday 4 May (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 25.14 (164)def. West Perth 7.9 (51) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 1,612)
Saturday 4 May (2:30 pm) Claremont 6.10 (46)def. by Swan Districts 9.9 (63) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,610)
Saturday 4 May (2:30 pm) South Fremantle 10.14 (74)def. Perth 4.13 (37) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,847)
Sunday 5 May (11:10 am) East Perth 18.7 (115)def. West Coast 6.5 (41) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 1,150)

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday 11 May (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 9.15 (69)def. by Peel Thunder 14.4 (88) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,428)
Saturday 11 May (2:30 pm) Perth 6.10 (46)def. by Claremont 15.13 (103) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,523)
Saturday 11 May (2:30 pm) Subiaco 10.12 (72)def. by South Fremantle 12.7 (79) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 1,322)
Saturday 11 May (2:40 pm) East Fremantle 9.9 (63)def. by East Perth 10.6 (66) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,722)
Saturday 11 May (3:00 pm) West Perth 24.12 (156)def. West Coast 10.4 (64) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,387)

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday 25 May (10:00 am) West Coast 13.10 (88)def. Claremont 9.13 (67) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: TBC)
Saturday 25 May (2:10 pm) East Perth 17.11 (83)def. Subiaco 8.11 (59) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 2,478)
Saturday 25 May (2:00 pm) Peel Thunder 12.14 (86)def. South Fremantle 6.6 (42) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 1,611)
Saturday 25 May (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 11.11 (77)def. Perth 10.13 (73) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,068)
Saturday 25 May (2:30 pm) Swan Districts 13.9 (87)def. West Perth 10.14 (74) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,192)

Round 9

Round 7
Saturday 1 June (2:30 pm) Claremont 10.12 (72)def. Peel Thunder 5.13 (43) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: TBC)
Saturday 1 June (2:30 pm) Subiaco 7.12 (54)def. by Swan Districts 9.11 (65) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: TBC)
Sunday 2 June (11:10 am) Perth 10.9 (69)def. by West Coast 10.11 (71)Henry Street Oval, Northam (crowd: TBC)
Monday 3 June (1:10 pm) South Fremantle 13.9 (87)def. East Fremantle 10.13 (73) Fremantle Oval (crowd: TBC)
Monday 3 June (2:30 pm) West Perth 11.17 (83)def. by East Perth 13.8 (86) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: TBC)

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday 8 June (10:00 am) Subiaco 16.16 (112)def. West Coast 6.11 (47) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: TBC)
Sunday 9 June (2:10 pm) East Perth 6.14 (50)def. by Claremont 9.5 (59) Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: TBC)
Sunday 9 June (2:30 pm) East Fremantle 12.10 (82)def. West Perth 5.10 (40) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: TBC)

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday 15 June (1:10 pm) Peel Thunder v Perth Lane Group Stadium
Saturday 15 June (2:30 pm) East Fremantle v Subiaco East Fremantle Oval
Saturday 15 June (2:30 pm) Swan Districts v South Fremantle Steel Blue Oval

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday 22 June (1:10 pm) South Fremantle v West Coast Fremantle Oval
Saturday 22 June (2:10 pm) Swan Districts v East Perth Steel Blue Oval
Saturday 22 June (2:30 pm) Claremont v Perth Revo Fitness Stadium
Saturday 22 June (2:30 pm) West Perth v Peel Thunder Pentanet Stadium

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday 29 June (2:30 pm) East Fremantle v Claremont East Fremantle Oval
Saturday 29 June (2:30 pm) East Perth v South Fremantle Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Saturday 29 June (2:30 pm) Peel Thunder v Subiaco Lane Group Stadium
Saturday 29 June (2:30 pm) Perth v West Perth Mineral Resources Park
Sunday 30 June (1:10 pm) Swan Districts v West Coast Steel Blue Oval

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday 6 July (2:30 pm) Claremont v South Fremantle Revo Fitness Stadium
Saturday 6 July (2:30 pm) Peel Thunder v West Coast Lane Group Stadium
Saturday 6 July (2:30 pm) Perth v East Fremantle Mineral Resources Park
Saturday 6 July (2:30 pm) Subiaco v East Perth Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Saturday 6 July (2:30 pm) West Perth v Swan Districts Pentanet Stadium

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday 13 July (11:10 am) West Coast v West Perth Mineral Resources Park
Saturday 13 July (2:30 pm) Swan Districts v Claremont Steel Blue Oval
Saturday 13 July (2:40 pm) East Fremantle v Peel Thunder East Fremantle Oval

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday 20 July (2:30 pm) East Perth v Perth Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Saturday 20 July (2:30 pm) South Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval
Saturday 20 July (4:10 pm) West Perth v East Fremantle Pentanet Stadium

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday 27 July (2:30 pm) Claremont v East Perth Revo Fitness Stadium
Saturday 27 July (2:30 pm) Perth v Peel Thunder Mineral Resources Park
Saturday 27 July (2:30 pm) South Fremantle v Swan Districts Fremantle Oval
Saturday 27 July (2:30 pm) Subiaco v West Coast Sullivan Logistics Stadium

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday 3 August (11:10 am) West Coast v Perth Mineral Resources Park
Saturday 3 August (2:30 pm) Peel Thunder v Claremont Lane Group Stadium
Saturday 3 August (2:30 pm) East Fremantle v South Fremantle East Fremantle Oval
Saturday 3 August (2:30 pm) Swan Districts v Subiaco Steel Blue Oval
Saturday 3 August (2:30 pm) East Perth v West Perth Sullivan Logistics Stadium

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday 10 August (11:10 am) West Coast v East Perth Mineral Resources Park
Saturday 10 August (2:30 pm) South Fremantle v Peel Thunder Fremantle Oval
Saturday 10 August (2:30 pm) Subiaco v Perth Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Saturday 10 August (2:30 pm) East Fremantle v Swan Districts East Fremantle Oval
Saturday 10 August (2:30 pm) Claremont v West Perth Revo Fitness Stadium

Round 20

Round 20
Friday 16 August (7:10 pm) West Perth v Subiaco Pentanet Stadium
Saturday 17 August (2:30 pm) East Perth v East Fremantle Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Saturday 17 August (2:30 pm) Perth v South Fremantle Mineral Resources Park
Saturday 17 August (2:30 pm) Peel Thunder v Swan Districts Lane Group Stadium
Saturday 17 August (2:30 pm) Claremont v West Coast Revo Fitness Stadium

Round 21

Round 21
Saturday 24 August (2:30 pm) Subiaco v Claremont Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Saturday 24 August (2:30 pm) Swan Districts v Perth Steel Blue Oval
Saturday 24 August (2:30 pm) South Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval
Saturday 24 August (2:30 pm) East Fremantle v West Coast East Fremantle Oval
Sunday 25 August (2:30 pm) East Perth v Peel Thunder Sullivan Logistics Stadium

Ladder

Updated to the End of Round 10
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 East Perth 9720745569130.928 Finals series
2 Peel Thunder 8620721497145.124
3 South Fremantle 8620609527115.624
4 East Fremantle 9540769614125.216 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Swan Districts 8440640596107.416
6 Claremont 945061262797.616
7 Subiaco 936062366294.112
8 West Perth 936071376493.312
9 West Coast 9360589101358.112
10 Perth 826049965176.78
Source: WAFL.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Notes:
  1. East Fremantle were deducted 4 points due to breaching their salary cap in the 2022 WAFL season. [6]

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