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
Teams	10
Premiers	Subiaco 15th premiership
Minor premiers	Subiaco 17th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist	Lachlan Delahunty Subiaco (28 votes)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Ben Sokol Subiaco (51 goals)
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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 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 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	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
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)								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)

See also

• List of WAFL premiers
• Australian rules football
• West Australian Football League
• Australian Football League
• 2019 AFL season