2019 WAFL season

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]

2019 WAFL season
Teams10
PremiersSubiaco
(15th premiership)
Minor premiersSubiaco
(17th minor premiership)
Bernie Naylor MedallistBen Sokol
Subiaco (51 goals)
Sandover MedallistLachlan Delahunty
Subiaco (28 votes)

Ladder
2019 WAFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Subiaco (P) 18 17 1 0 1700 911 186.6 68 Finals series
2 South Fremantle 18 13 5 0 1556 1212 128.4 52
3 Claremont 18 12 6 0 1368 1042 131.3 48
4 West Coast 18 9 9 0 1214 1216 99.8 36
5 West Perth 18 9 9 0 1389 1425 97.5 36
6 Perth 18 9 9 0 1226 1335 91.8 36
7 Peel Thunder 18 7 11 0 1285 1318 97.5 28
8 East Fremantle 18 5 13 0 1109 1493 74.3 20
9 East Perth 18 5 13 0 1004 1446 69.4 20
10 Swan Districts 18 4 14 0 1005 1458 68.9 16
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 Eagles 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 Eagles 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 vs. 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)		 Simpson Medal: Ben Sokol (Subiaco)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Sokol 6, Marsh 3, Delahunty 2, Kitchin, Joyce, Moore, Newton, Wheeler, Horsley, Edwards-Baldwin Goals Bewick, Schloithe, Stewart
Sokol, Delahunty, Horsley, Marsh, Newton Best Main, Suban, Higgins

Bracket
 
  Qualifying / Elimination Final Semi-finals Preliminary final Grand Final
                                     
1 Subiaco 14.13 (97)  
    2 South Fremantle 10.3 (63)         1 Subiaco 18.12 (120)
2 South Fremantle 11.5 (71)     2 South Fremantle 9.9 (63)   2 South Fremantle 3.6 (24)
3 Claremont 9.10 (64)       3 Claremont 4.9 (33)  
3 Claremont 10.6 (66)
4 West Coast Eagles 5.15 (45)   4 West Coast Eagles 8.12 (60)  
5 West Perth 6.6 (42)

See also

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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