2023 WAFL Women's season

The 2023 WAFL Women's season was the fifth season of the WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The season commenced on 11 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 15 July 2023.^[1] East Perth made their debut in the competition, increasing the number of participating clubs in the league to eight, and marking the first season to include all eight stand-alone clubs from the West Australian Football League (WAFL).^[2][3]

2023 WAFL Women's season
Teams	8
Premiers	East Fremantle 2nd premiership
Minor premiers	Claremont 1st minor premiership
Best and fairest	Jayme Harken Claremont
Leading goalkicker	Adele Arnup Claremont (26 goals)
Matches played	56
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Clubs

• Claremont, East Fremantle, East Perth, Peel Thunder
• South Fremantle, Subiaco, Swan Districts, West Perth

Seven clubs from 2021 return to the competition, with East Perth joining the league for the first time.^[4][5]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Claremont	14	13	0	1	631	170	371.2	54	Finals series
2	South Fremantle	14	10	3	1	693	316	219.3	42
3	East Fremantle (P)	14	8	5	1	548	302	181.5	34
4	Swan Districts	14	8	6	0	603	441	136.7	32
5	Subiaco	14	7	6	1	485	313	155.0	30
6	West Perth	14	5	9	0	331	551	60.1	20
7	Peel Thunder	14	3	11	0	253	679	37.3	12
8	East Perth	14	0	14	0	115	887	13.0	0

Source: australianfootball.com WAFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semi-finals

	First Semi-Final
Sunday, 2 July (12:00 pm)	East Fremantle 7.4 (46)	def.	Swan Districts 2.5 (17)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval	Report

	Second Semi-Final
Sunday, 2 July (2:00 pm)	Claremont 4.5 (29)	def.	South Fremantle 2.1 (13)	Revo Fitness Stadium	Report

Preliminary final

	Preliminary Final
Sunday, 9 July (3:15 pm)	South Fremantle 3.4 (22)	def. by	East Fremantle 7.3 (45)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval	Report

Grand Final

	2023 WAFLW Grand Final
15 July 2023 (2:45 pm)	Claremont	def. by	East Fremantle	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 4,000)	Stats Report
	1.0 (6) 1.1 (7) 2.2 (14) 2.2 (14)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 3.1 (19) 3.2 (20) 4.2 (26)	Lou Knitter Medal (Best on ground): Zippy Fish (East Fremantle) Television broadcast: Seven Network
R Ortlepp, B Anderson 1		Goals	C Reilly 2 G Cleaver, M Leitch 1
C Ortlepp, K Orme		Best	Z Fish, C Reilly, L Catherine

Awards

• Dhara Kerr Award

Jayme Harken (Claremont)

• WAFLW Joanne Huggins Leading Goal Kicker Award

Adele Arnup (Claremont)

• WAFLW Cath Boyce Rookie of the Year Award

Evie Cowcher^[a] (Peel Thunder)

• Coach of the Year

Craig McNaughton (South Fremantle)

• Rogers Cup Fairest and Best

Mia Russo (West Perth)

• Rogers Cup Leading Goal Kicker

Nicole Taylor-Thorpe (South Fremantle)

• Rogers Cup Premiers

West Perth

Sources:^[7][8]

Notes

1. Originally presented to Renee Morgan in error.^[6]