2016 WAFL season

Australian rules football season
Australian rules football season
2016 WAFL season
Teams9
Premiers‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder
1st premiership
Minor premiers‹See Tfd›Subiaco
14th minor premiership
Sandover MedallistJye Bolton
‹See Tfd›Claremont (49 votes)
Bernie Naylor MedallistBen Saunders
‹See Tfd›South Fremantle (52 goals)
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The 2016 WAFL season was the 132nd season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season concluded on 25 September 2016 with the 2016 WAFL Grand Final between ‹See Tfd›Subiaco and ‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder at Domain Stadium. Peel won the match by 23 points, recording their first ever premiership.[1]

Ladder

2016 ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 20 16 4 0 1798 1263 142.4 64
2 ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 20 15 5 0 1820 1397 130.3 60
3 ‹See Tfd›West Perth 20 13 7 0 1504 1438 104.6 52
4 ‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder (P) 20 11 9 0 1421 1382 102.8 44
5 ‹See Tfd›East Perth 20 10 10 0 1411 1415 99.7 40
6 ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 20 9 11 0 1523 1611 94.5 36
7 ‹See Tfd›Claremont 20 7 13 0 1728 1479 116.8 28
8 ‹See Tfd›Perth 20 7 13 0 1315 1729 76.1 28
9 ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 20 2 18 0 1127 1933 58.3 8
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Elimination and Qualifying Finals

Elimination Final
Sunday 4 September
(3:10 pm)
‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder 12.14 (86) def. ‹See Tfd›East Perth 5.7 (37) Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 2,834)
  • Peel Thunder's first ever win in a finals game.
Qualifying Final
Saturday 3 September
(2:10 pm)
‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 18.13 (121) def. ‹See Tfd›West Perth 10.9 (69) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 3,727)

Semi-finals

First semi-final
Sunday 11 September
(2:15 pm)
‹See Tfd›West Perth 7.3 (45) def. by ‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder 15.15 (105) HBF Arena (crowd: 3,073) Report
Second semi-final
Sunday 11 September
(3:10 pm)
‹See Tfd›Subiaco 14.12 (96) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 9.2 (56) Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,834) Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday 18 September
(2:40 pm)
‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 10.10 (70) def. by ‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder 16.13 (109) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 4,155) Report
  • Peel Thunder qualified for their first ever Grand Final.

Grand Final

2016 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 25 September
(2:30 pm)
‹See Tfd›Subiaco def. by ‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder Domain Stadium (crowd: 15,031) Report
1.0 (6)
5.3 (33)
7.7 (49)
8.8 (56)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
4.6 (30)
7.6 (48)
9.11 (65)
11.13 (79)
Umpires: Nathan Williamson, Mark Worobec, Justin Power
Simpson Medal: Connor Blakely (Peel Thunder)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
2: Horsley
1: Ryan, Stevenson, Wheeler, Twomey, Robinson, Phelan
Goals 5: Yarran
3: Ugle
1: Mzungu, Apeness, Langdon
Horsley, Cockie, Broughton, Jackson, Delahunty, Phelan Best Langdon, Yarran, Blakely, Mzungu, de Boer, Silvagni, Nyhuis, Ugle, O'Brien
  • Peel Thunder won their first premiership, and became the first team to win a premiership from 4th place since 1965.

References

  1. ^ "australianfootball.com / 2016 WAFL Premiership Season".
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