2018 WAFL season

2018 WAFL season
Teams9
PremiersSubiaco
14th premiership
Minor premiersSubiaco
16th minor premiership
Sandover MedallistJye Bolton
Claremont (52 votes)
Bernie Naylor MedallistTyler Keitel
Andrew Strijk
West Perth (43 goals)
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The 2018 WAFL season (officially the 2018 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership Season[1]) is the 134th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on 30 March 2018 and concluded with the 2018 WAFL Grand Final on 22 September 2018.[1]

Ladder

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2018 ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Subiaco (P) 18 18 0 0 2051 926 221.5 72
2 South Fremantle 18 13 5 0 1688 1251 134.9 52
3 West Perth 18 11 7 0 1615 1377 117.3 44
4 Claremont 18 9 9 0 1406 1434 98.0 36
5 East Perth 18 8 10 0 1581 1486 106.4 32
6 Perth 18 7 11 0 1465 1756 83.4 28
7 Peel Thunder 18 7 11 0 1232 1536 80.2 28
8 Swan Districts 18 6 12 0 1379 1675 82.3 24
9 East Fremantle 18 2 16 0 1079 2055 52.5 8
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Clubs

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Club Home ground Location Captain Coach
Claremont Claremont Oval Claremont Ian Richardson Darren Harris
East Fremantle East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Jamie McNamara Robert Wiley
East Perth Leederville Oval Leederville Patrick McGinnity
Kyle Anderson
Luke Webster
Peel Thunder Rushton Park Mandurah Gerald Ugle Cam Shepherd
Perth Lathlain Park Lathlain Clinton Jones Earl Spalding
South Fremantle Fremantle Oval Fremantle Dylan Main Todd Curley
Subiaco Leederville Oval Leederville Kyal Horsley Jarrad Schofield
Swan Districts Bassendean Oval Bassendean David Ellard
Tony Notte
Adam Pickering
West Perth Arena Joondalup Joondalup Aaron Black Bill Monaghan

Finals series

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Qualifying and Elimination Finals

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Qualifying Final
Saturday 1 September
(2:40pm)
South Fremantle 22.12 (144) def. West Perth 6.10 (46) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 3,099) Report
Elimination Final
Sunday 2 September
(2:40pm)
Claremont 12.11 (83) def. East Perth 8.7 (55) Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,669) Report

Semi-finals

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First semi-final
Sunday 9 September
(2:15pm)
West Perth 19.9 (123) def. Claremont 10.10 (70) Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,102) Report
Second semi-final
Sunday 9 September
(3:10pm)
Subiaco 12.12 (84) def. South Fremantle 10.6 (66) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3,287) Report

Preliminary final

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Preliminary final
Sunday 16 September
(2:40pm)
South Fremantle 9.17 (71) def. by West Perth 15.7 (97) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 3,907) Report

Grand Final

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2018 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 23 September
(2:40pm)
Subiaco def. West Perth Optus Stadium (crowd: 25,064) Report
4.4 (28)
9.8 (62)
15.11 (101)
19.13 (127)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
0.1 (1)
2.3 (15)
4.3 (27)
7.4 (46)
Umpires: Matthew Adams, Ben Laycock, Justin Power
Simpson Medal: Kyal Horsley (Subiaco)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Halligan, Sokol 5; Waters 3; Horsley 2; Newton, Phelan, Wheeler, Clarke 1 Goals Black, Chalmers 2; Strijk, Peirce, Mills 1
Horsley, Deluca, Clarke, Sokol, Lockyer, Kitchin, Phelan, Halligan, Litherland Best Black, Nelson, Peirce, Wilhelm, Chalmers
  • Subiaco became the second team in WAFL history to complete a perfect season after East Fremantle in 1946.

References

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  1. ^ a b "WAFL set for an exciting 2018 season". WA Football. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.