List of WAFL Women's premiers

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This page is a complete chronological listing of WAFL Women's premiers. WAFL Women's (WAFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Western Australia. Currently Claremont have the most premierships in the competition, having won three titles.

Contents

List of premiers

The following is a list of premiers and the grand final results.

SeasonPremiersRunners-upScoreLou Knitter MedalVenueDate
2019 East Fremantle Swan Districts 8.5 (53) d. 4.4 (28) Gabby O'Sullivan (East Fremantle) Lathlain Park 14 September 2019 [1]
2020 Peel Thunder Subiaco 4.4 (28) d. 2.1 (13) Chloe Wrigley (Peel Thunder) Arena Joondalup 19 September 2020 [2] [3]
2021 Peel Thunder (2) Swan Districts (2)5.3 (33) d. 2.3 (15) Sabreena Duffy (Peel Thunder) Rushton Park 11 July 2021 [4] [5]
2022 Claremont East Fremantle 7.4 (46) d. 6.2 (38) Jasmin Stewart (Claremont) Claremont Oval 2 July 2022 [6] [7]
2023 East Fremantle (2) Claremont 4.2 (26) d. 2.2 (14) Zipporah Fish (East Fremantle) Mineral Resources Park 15 July 2023 [8] [9]
2024 Claremont (2) East Fremantle (2)3.2 (20) d. 2.5 (17) Jayme Harken (Claremont) Pentanet Stadium 7 July 2024 [10] [11]
2025 Claremont (3) Swan Districts (3)3.6 (24) d. 3.5 (23) Jayme Harken (Claremont) Mineral Resources Park 24 August 2025 [12]

Table correct to the end of the 2025 season.

Premierships by team

This table summarises all premierships won by each team.

ClubGrand final
matches		PremiershipsRunners-upYears since
last premiership
TotalYearsTotalYears
Claremont 432022, 2024, 2025120230
East Fremantle 422019, 202322022, 20242
Peel Thunder 222020, 20210—4
Swan Districts 20—32019, 2021, 2025—
Subiaco 10—12020—
South Fremantle 00—0——
West Perth 00—0——
East Perth 00—0——
Perth 00—0——

Table correct to the end of the 2025 season.

Premiership frequency

ClubYears in
competition		SeasonsPremiershipsRunners-upStrike rate (based on
seasons in competition)		Average years per
PremiershipGrand final
Claremont 2019–present73142.85%2.331.75
East Fremantle 2019–present72228.57%3.501.75
Peel Thunder 2019–present72028.57%3.503.50
Swan Districts 2019–present7030.00%—2.33
Subiaco 2019–present7010.00%—7.00
South Fremantle 2020–present6000.00%——
West Perth 2022–present4000.00%——
East Perth 2023–present3000.00%——
Perth 2025–present1000.00%——

Table correct to the end of the 2025 season.

Premiership droughts

The duration of the drought is given as the number of full seasons contested between premierships; the season in which the drought is broken is considered to be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought.

+ Drought began upon club's entry to league
ClubSeasonsStartGrand final appearances
during drought
Swan Districts 72019+2019, 2021, 2025
Subiaco 72019+2020
South Fremantle 62020+
West Perth 42022+
Peel Thunder 42022
East Perth 32023+
East Fremantle 220232024
Perth 12025+
Claremont 02025

Table correct to the end of the 2025 season.

Grand Final matchups

This is a list of the grand final matchups between two teams in the WAFL Women's, thus far. The only two teams to have played each other in more than one grand final are East Fremantle and Claremont.

#Match-upGrand Final AppearancesTeam(s) Premiership Years
Team(s)Premiership Years
3 East Fremantle vs
Claremont 		2022, 2023, 2024 East Fremantle 2023
Claremont 2022, 2024
1 Swan Districts vs
East Fremantle 		2019 Swan Districts -
East Fremantle 2019
Subiaco vs
Peel Thunder 		2020 Subiaco -
Peel Thunder 2020
Peel Thunder vs
Swan Districts 		2021 Peel Thunder 2021
Swan Districts -
Claremont vs
Swan Districts 		2025 Claremont 2025
Swan Districts -

Table correct to the end of the 2025 season.

Reserves-grade and Rogers Cup premierships

WAFLW Reserves

A reserve-grade competition, known as the WAFLW Reserves, was held between 2019 and 2022, before being suspended by the state's football commission. [13] [14]

SeasonPremiersRunners-upScoreVenueDateRef.
2019 Claremont South Fremantle 7.5 (47) d. 2.0 (12) Lathlain Park 14 September 2019 [15] [16]
2020 Claremont (2) East Fremantle 3.1 (19) d. 2.5 (17) Arena Joondalup 19 September 2020 [17] [18]
2021 Peel Thunder East Fremantle 6.4 (40) d. 5.4 (34) Rushton Park 11 July 2021 [19]
2022 Claremont (3) East Fremantle 3.5 (35) d. 2.2 (14)Unknown2 July 2022 [20]

Rogers Cup

The Rogers Cup is the leading under-18/19 development pathway competition for young female footballers. It was inaugurated in 2013 by the West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL) before the WAFL assumed ownership of the competition in 2021. [21] [22] [23]

SeasonPremiersRunners-upScoreVenueDateRef.
2013 South Fremantle Peel Thunderbirds 3.7 (25) d. 3.6 (24)Unknown25 August 2013 [24] [25]
2014 Peel Thunderbirds Claremont 5.11 (41) d. 3.4 (22) Arena Joondalup 31 August 2014 [24] [26]
2015 Peel Thunderbirds (2) South Fremantle 5.5 (35) d. 2.4 (16) East Fremantle Oval 6 September 2015 [24] [27] [28]
2016 Peel Thunderbirds (3) Swan Districts 11.9 (75) d. 5.3 (33) Leederville Oval 28 August 2016 [24] [29]
2017 Swan Districts South Fremantle 3.7 (25) d. 2.3 (15) Leederville Oval 20 August 2017 [30] [31]
2018 Peel Thunderbirds (4) East Fremantle 5.8 (38) d. 3.0 (18) Claremont Oval 26 August 2018 [32] [33]
2019 Peel Thunder (5) South Fremantle 6.8 (44) d. 5.1 (31) Lathlain Park 14 September 2019 [34] [35]
2020 South Fremantle (2) Peel Thunder 8.4 (52) d. 1.4 (10) Arena Joondalup 19 September 2020 [36] [37]
2021 West Perth South Fremantle 10.6 (66) d. 1.3 (9) Rushton Park 11 July 2021 [38] [39]
2022 East Fremantle Peel Thunder 12.6 (78) d. 2.5 (17) Claremont Oval 2 July 2022 [40] [41]
2023 West Perth (2) South Fremantle 3.4 (22) d. 2.7 (19) Lathlain Park 15 July 2023 [42] [43]
2024 West Perth (3) Subiaco 3.12 (30) d. 0.0 (0) Arena Joondalup 7 July 2024 [44]
2025 West Perth (4) Claremont 7.6 (48) d. 4.6 (30) Lathlain Park 24 August 2025 [45] [46]

See also

References

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