2019 WAFL season
# 2019 WAFL season

The 2019 WAFL season (officially the 2019 Optus WAFL Premiership Season) 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. Subiaco defeated South Fremantle in the Grand Final by 96 points, the club's fourth premiership in six years and fifteenth overall. 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.

## 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 | Finals series |
| 3 | Claremont | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1368 | 1042 | 131.3 | 48 | Finals series |
| 4 | West Coast | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1214 | 1216 | 99.8 | 36 | Finals series |
| 5 | West Perth | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1389 | 1425 | 97.5 | 36 | Finals series |
| 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 | |

## Finals

### Qualifying and Elimination Finals

| | Qualifying Final | Qualifying Final | 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 | Elimination Final | Elimination Final | | |
| Sunday 1 September (2:40 pm) | West Coast 5.15 (45) | def. | West Perth 6.6 (42) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1,794) | Report |

### Semi-finals

| | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunday 9 September (2:10 pm) | Claremont 10.6 (66) | def. | West Coast 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 | 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 | 2019 WAFL Grand Final | 2019 WAFL Grand Final | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunday 22 September (2:40 pm) | Subiaco | v | 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) | Umpires: Matt Adams (6), Dan Johanson (9), Jordan Wright (25) Simpson Medal: Ben Sokol (Subiaco) Television broadcast: Seven Network | Umpires: Matt Adams (6), Dan Johanson (9), Jordan Wright (25) Simpson Medal: Ben Sokol (Subiaco) Television broadcast: Seven Network |
| Sokol 6, Marsh 3, Delahunty 2, Kitchin, Joyce, Moore, Newton, Wheeler, Horsley, Edwards-Baldwin | Sokol 6, Marsh 3, Delahunty 2, Kitchin, Joyce, Moore, Newton, Wheeler, Horsley, Edwards-Baldwin | Goals | Bewick, Schloithe, Stewart | Bewick, Schloithe, Stewart |
| Sokol, Delahunty, Horsley, Marsh, Newton | Sokol, Delahunty, Horsley, Marsh, Newton | Best | Main, Suban, Higgins | Main, Suban, Higgins |

### Bracket

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