2011 WAFL season

The 2011 WAFL season was the 127th season of the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations. The season opened on 19 March, with East Perth defeating Swan Districts by 15 points at Steel Blue Oval, and concluded with the 2011 WAFL Grand Final, with Claremont defeating Subiaco by 56 points. The 2011 Sandover Medal was won by Luke Blackwell of Claremont. The top three teams – Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth – qualified for the 2012 Foxtel Cup.

2011 WAFL season
2011 WAFL logo
Teams9
PremiersClaremont
11th premiership
Minor premiersClaremont
14th minor premiership
Sandover MedallistLuke Blackwell (Claremont)
Bernie Naylor MedallistBlake Broadhurst (Subiaco)
Attendance
Matches played92
Total attendance208,989 (2,272 per match)
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Rule changes

The WAFL implemented two rule changes for the 2011 season, to conform with similar rules changes in the Australian Football League (AFL):[1]

  • The advantage rule was altered to put the onus on the player rather than the umpire to decide whether they can take the advantage from a free kick.
  • The rough conduct rule was altered to make any player who makes forceful contact to the head of another player while bumping is liable to suspension, unless the player was (a) contesting the ball and did not have a reasonable alternative way to contest the ball or (b) the contact was caused by circumstances outside the control of the player that could not reasonably be foreseen.

Clubs

ClubCoachCaptainBest and fairestLeading goalkicker
ClaremontSimon McPheeClancy RudeforthLuke BlackwellBeau Wilkes (42)
East FremantleSteve MalaxosMark McGoughRory O'BrienBrock O'Brien (51)
East PerthTony MicaleMichael SwanBrendan LeeJosh Smith (50)
Peel ThunderTrevor WilliamsBrendon JonesKristin ThorntonBradley Holmes (36)
PerthDamien McMahonSteven ArmstrongRoss YoungMatthew Moody (41)
South FremantleJohn DimmerJaymie GrahamRyan CookCory Dell'Olio (55)
SubiacoChris WatermanAidan ParkerKyal HorsleyBlake Broadhurst (73)
Swan DistrictsGreg HardingJosh RobertsTallan AmesTim Geappen (51)
West PerthBill MonaghanJason SalecicDion FleayAnthony Tsalikis (39)

Season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 19 March (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 16.11 (107)def. byEast Perth 18.14 (122)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 3,361)Report
Saturday, 19 March (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 10.12 (72)def. byClaremont 23.15 (153)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,004)Report
Bye
Peel Thunder, Perth, South Fremantle, Subiaco, West Perth

Round 2

Round 2
Friday, 25 March (6:45 pm)Subiaco 13.12 (90)def. byWest Perth 15.7 (97)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,599)Report
Saturday, 26 March (2:15 pm)East Perth 12.17 (89)def. bySouth Fremantle 17.11 (113)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,057)Report
Saturday, 26 March (2:15 pm)Claremont 17.16 (118)def.Swan Districts 12.7 (79)Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,723)Report
Saturday, 26 March (2:15 pm)Perth 11.20 (86)def. byEast Fremantle 21.9 (135)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,459)Report
Bye
Peel Thunder

Round 3

Round 3
Friday, 1 April (7:40 pm)South Fremantle 15.10 (100)def. byPerth 15.11 (101)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,552)Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 12.12 (84)def. bySubiaco 15.13 (103)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,388)Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:15 pm)Claremont 19.10 (124)def.Peel Thunder 10.11 (71)Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,220)Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:15 pm)West Perth 15.13 (103)def.Swan Districts 13.8 (86)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,116)Report
Bye
East Perth

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 9 April (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 15.10 (100)def. bySouth Fremantle 16.17 (113)Anniversary Park, Rockingham (crowd: 1,808)Report
Saturday, 9 April (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 6.16 (52)def. byWest Perth 11.9 (75)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,531)Report
Saturday, 9 April (2:15 pm)East Perth 12.13 (85)def. byClaremont 20.7 (127)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,116)Report
Saturday, 9 April (2:15 pm)Perth 12.11 (83)def.Subiaco 9.17 (71)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,882)Report
Bye
Swan Districts

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 16 April (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 13.10 (88)def. bySouth Fremantle 16.17 (113)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,573)Report
Saturday, 16 April (2:15 pm)Perth 20.14 (134)def.Peel Thunder 14.9 (93)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,482)Report
Saturday, 16 April (2:15 pm)Subiaco 13.8 (86)def. byClaremont 13.14 (92)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,087)Report
Saturday, 16 April (2:15 pm)West Perth 15.10 (100)def.East Perth 11.11 (77)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,495)Report
Bye
East Fremantle

Round 6 (Anzac Day)

Round 6
Friday, 22 April(4:15 pm)Subiaco 16.11 (107)def.East Perth 13.13 (91)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 4,457)Report
Saturday, 23 April (2:15 pm)West Perth 20.20 (140)def.Peel Thunder 7.6 (48)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,039)Report
Monday, 25 April (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 14.18 (102)def.East Fremantle 10.13 (73)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3,925)Report
Monday, 25 April (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 18.12 (120)def.Perth 10.11 (71)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,460)Report
Bye
Claremont

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 15.15 (105)def. bySwan Districts 16.13 (109)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,302)Report
Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm)East Perth 12.12 (84)def. byEast Fremantle 17.14 (116)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,002)Report
Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm)Claremont 14.18 (102)def.West Perth 10.13 (73)Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,020)Report
Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 18.12 (139)def.Subiaco 19.12 (126)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,042)Report
Bye
Perth

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm)East Perth 12.12 (84)def. bySwan Districts 15.14 (104)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,770)Report
Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 16.22 (118)def.Peel Thunder 14.7 (91)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,308)Report
Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm)Perth 10.9 (69)def. byClaremont 23.14 (152)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,779)Report
Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm)West Perth 21.10 (136)def.South Fremantle 9.9 (63)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,430)Report
Bye
Subiaco

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 12.13 (85)def. byEast Perth 22.13 (145)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,377)Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 11.7 (73)def. bySubiaco 18.10 (118)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 5,091)Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm)Claremont 11.14 (80)def. byEast Fremantle 16.9 (105)Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,702)Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm)Perth 13.7 (85)def. byWest Perth 16.13 (109)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 2,240)Report
Bye
South Fremantle

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm)Subiaco 16.14 (110)def. byPeel Thunder 19.15 (129)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,092)Report
Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 13.10 (88)def.Swan Districts 12.10 (82)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,507)Report
Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 15.5 (95)def. byClaremont 18.11 (119)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,702)Report
Sunday, 22 May (2:15 pm)East Perth 18.14 (122)def.Perth 7.11 (53)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,729)Report
Bye
Subiaco

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 14.11 (95)def. byClaremont 17.13 (115)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,096)Report
Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm)Perth 20.7 (127)def.Subiaco 14.13 (97)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,512)Report
Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 13.18 (96)def.Peel Thunder 13.10 (88)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,644)Report
Sunday, 29 May (2:15 pm)West Perth 10.11 (71)def. byEast Fremantle 13.8 (86)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,319)Report
Bye
East Perth

Round 12 (Foundation Day)

Round 12 (Foundation Day)
Saturday, 4 June (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 16.8 (104)def.Perth 14.10 (94)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,593)Report
Monday, 6 June (2:15 pm)East Perth 11.8 (74)def. byWest Perth 12.14 (86)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 5,767)Report
Monday, 6 June (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 11.5 (71)def. bySouth Fremantle 12.16 (88)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7,531)Report
Monday, 6 June (2:15 pm)Claremont 17.12 (114)def.Subiaco 9.14 (68)Claremont Oval (crowd: 2,319)Report
Bye
Swan Districts

Round 13

Round 13)
Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 17.13 (115)def.West Perth 13.16 (94)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,465)Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm)East Perth 7.10 (52)def. bySubiaco 14.10 (94)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,722)Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 18.15 (123)def. bySwan Districts 22.8 (140)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,727)Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 13.7 (85)def.Perth 10.8 (68)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,408)Report
Bye
Claremont

State game

Western Australia vs Queensland
Saturday, 18 June (2:15 pm)Western Australiadef.QueenslandBendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 3,260)Report
1.8 (14)
8.10 (58)
14.14 (98)
 16.17 (113)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
3.2 (20)
4.2 (26)
7.5 (47)
 10.8 (68)
Simpson Medal: Josh Smith
Television broadcast: ABC1
Smith 5
Brabazon, Geappen, Thornton 2
Dell-Olio, Rory O'Brien 1
Goals4 Zorko
2 Clouston, Davey, Illet, Payne
1 Abey, Shelton, Smith, Vearing
  • Western Australia played Queensland for the first time since 2008.

Round 14

Round 14)
Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 20.10 (130)def.East Perth 12.12 (84)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,704)Report
Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 7.13 (55)def. byWest Perth 15.10 (104)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,518)Report
Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm)Subiaco 16.8 (104)def.East Fremantle 11.15 (81)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,215)Report
Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm)Claremont 8.12 (60)def. byPerth 10.6 (66)Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,352)Report
Bye
Peel Thunder

Round 15

Round 15)
Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm)East Perth 12.10 (82)def.Peel Thunder 10.9 (69)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 1,476)Report
Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm)West Perth 15.8 (98)def.Subiaco 13.5 (83)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1,671)Report
Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm)Perth 12.8 (80)def. bySwan Districts 16.8 (104)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,643)Report
Sunday, 3 July (2:15 pm)Claremont 15.12 (102)def.South Fremantle 15.9 (99)Claremont Oval (crowd: 2,002)Report
Bye
East Fremantle

Round 16

Round 16)
Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 14.12 (96)def.East Fremantle 9.17 (71)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,477)Report
Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm)West Perth 13.13 (91)def.Claremont 13.7 (85)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,784)Report
Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm)Subiaco 18.11 (119)def. bySouth Fremantle 16.15 (111)Ports Oval, Esperance (crowd: 2,250)Report
Bye
East Perth, Perth, Swan Districts
  • The match between Subiaco and South Fremantle at Ports Oval was the first match at the venue, and the fourth overall in Esperance, with the other three being played at Esperance Oval.[4]

Round 17

Round 17)
Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 9.16 (70)def. byPeel Thunder 21.7 (133)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,676)Report
Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm)East Perth 18.15 (123)def.Perth 8.11 (59)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 1,901)Report
Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 18.10 (118)def. byWest Perth 21.9 (135)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,446)Report
Bye
Claremont, East Fremantle, Subiaco

Round 18

Round 18)
Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 12.8 (80)def. byClaremont 17.18 (120)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,181)Report
Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 18.6 (114)def.East Perth 17.8 (110)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,564)Report
Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm)Subiaco 20.19 (139)def.Swan Districts 6.7 (43)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 1,881)Report
Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm)West Perth 14.11 (95)def. byPerth 19.10 (124)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1,839)Report
Bye
South Fremantle

Round 19

Round 19)
Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 10.11 (71)def. bySubiaco 17.13 (115)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,113)Report
Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm)Claremont 20.16 (136)def.East Perth 10.10 (70)Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,922)Report
Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 11.7 (73)def. byEast Fremantle 27.13 (175)Kevin Richards Memorial Oval, Karratha (crowd: 1,930)Report
Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm)Perth 14.9 (93)def. bySouth Fremantle 15.18 (108)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 3,669)Report
Bye
West Perth

Round 20

Round 20)
Saturday, 6 August (2:15 pm)Subiaco 13.11 (89)def.Perth 11.9 (75)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,391)Report
Saturday, 6 August (2:15 pm)West Perth 10.14 (74)def. bySouth Fremantle 14.15 (99)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,048)Report
Bye
Claremont, East Fremantle, East Perth, Peel Thunder, Swan Districts

Round 21

Round 21)
Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 15.8 (98)def.West Perth 11.13 (79)Wonthella Park Oval, Geraldton (crowd: 2,299)Report
Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm)Subiaco 18.12 (120)def.East Perth 8.12 (60)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 1,807)Report
Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 16.9 (105)def.Peel Thunder 12.16 (88)Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1,632)Report
Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm)Claremont 21.17 (143)def.Swan Districts 14.5 (89)Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,812)Report
Bye
Perth

Round 22

Round 22)
Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 12.15 (87)def. byPerth 15.7 (97)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 2,299)Report
Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm)West Perth 12.18 (90)def. byEast Perth 18.9 (117)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 4,727)Report
Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 17.9 (111)def.South Fremantle 12.11 (83)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,616)Report
Sunday, 21 August (2:15 pm)East Fremantle 16.14 (110)def.Claremont 9.11 (65)East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,249)Report
Bye
Subiaco

Round 23

Round 23)
Saturday, 27 August (2:15 pm)Claremont 25.11 (161)def.Peel Thunder 10.8 (68)Claremont Oval (crowd: 1,444)Report
Saturday, 27 August (2:15 pm)Swan Districts 7.12 (54)def. byWest Perth 13.14 (92)Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,140)Report
Saturday, 27 August (2:15 pm)Subiaco 13.17 (95)def.East Fremantle 8.9 (57)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,699)Report
Saturday, 27 August (2:15 pm)Perth 15.11 (101)def.East Perth 13.18 (86)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,964)Report
Bye
South Fremantle
  • Josh Pearce and Dustin Burns (both West Perth) played their 150th WAFL games.[12]

Round 24

Round 24)
Saturday, 3 September (2:15 pm)Peel Thunder 5.12 (42)vSubiaco 16.14 (110)Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 1,306)Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:15 pm)East Perth 12.9 (81)def. byClaremont 16.11 (107)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 1,732)Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:15 pm)Perth 14.10 (94)def.Swan Districts 12.17 (89)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 1,860)Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:15 pm)South Fremantle 18.13 (121)def.East Fremantle 12.13 (85)Brownes Stadium (crowd: 4,316)Report
Bye
West Perth

Finals series

Semi-finals

1st semi Final
Sunday, 11 September (2:15 pm)Subiaco 24.18 (162)vSouth Fremantle 12.5 (77)Medibank Stadium (crowd: 3,322)Report
2nd semi Final
Sunday, 1 September (2:15 pm)Claremont 23.13 (151)def.West Perth 10.6 (66)Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,312)Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday, 18 September (2:15 pm)West Perth 5.11 (41)vSubiaco 8.8 (56)Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2,306)Report

Grand Final

2011 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday, 25 September 2:15pmClaremontdef.SubiacoPatersons Stadium (crowd: 15,459)Report
6.3 (39)
10.7 (67)
13.12 (90)
 19.13 (127)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
4.3 (27)
6.6 (42)
8.9 (57)
 10.11 (71)
Umpires: Craig Hendrie, Stuart Parry, Scott McPhee
Simpson Medal: Beau Wilkes
Television broadcast: ABC1
Wilkes 5
Gilligan 3
Handley, Richardson, Rudeforth 2
Crawford, Foster, Lee, Schammer, Weedon 1
Goals3 Broadhurst, Headland
2 Pickett
1 Kerr, B. Stevenson,
Wilkes, Andrews, Mitchell, Gilligan, Murphy, B Jones, FosterBestBristow, Horsley, Kerr, Blechynden, Headland
Murphy (head)InjuriesWheeler (head), Randall (ankle)
ReportsHeadland (forceful front-on contact)
  • The attendance of 15,459 was the lowest for a WAFL Grand Final since 1944.
  • Claremont won their first premiership since 1996.

Ladder

2011 WAFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1Claremont (P)20155022491658135.660Finals series
2West Perth20146019481685115.656
3Subiaco20128020441719118.948
4South Fremantle20128021182006105.648
5East Fremantle20119018761826102.744
6Perth2091101760202986.736
7East Perth2061401838201891.124
8Swan Districts2061401771220280.424
9Peel Thunder2051501747220879.120
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References