2020 WAFL season

2020 WAFL season
2020 WAFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	South Fremantle; (14th premiership)
Minor premiers	South Fremantle; (13th minor premiership)
Matches played	40
Attendance	94,341 (2,359 per match)
Highest attendance	10,179 (Grand Final Claremont Vs South Fremantle)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Mason Shaw (South Fremantle)
Sandover Medallist	Sam Fisher (Swan Districts)
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 WAFL season (officially the 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season) was the 136th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on July 18th due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced West Coast into recess for this season.^[1]

Perth played in its first finals match since 1997, against West Perth at Arena Joondalup.^[2] Contrariwise, Peel, for over a decade and a half Perth’s perennial rivals for the wooden spoon, became the first team since 1999 to finish a Westar Rules/WAFL season without a win – indeed, before this COVID-19-shortened season, no WAFL team had managed only one win in a season since the Thunder in 2003.

Clubs[]

Club	Home ground	Location	2019 season
Claremont	Claremont Oval	Claremont	6-2 (Runners up)
East Fremantle	East Fremantle Oval	East Fremantle	1-7 (DNQ Finals)
East Perth	Leederville Oval	Leederville	4-4 (DNQ Finals)
Peel Thunder	Rushton Park	Mandurah	0-8 (DNQ Finals)
Perth	Lathlain Park	Lathlain	5-3 (Semi Final)
South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	Fremantle	7-1 (Premiers)
Subiaco	Leederville Oval	Leederville	4-4 (DNQ Finals)
Swan Districts	Bassendean Oval	Bassendean	3-5 (DNQ Final)
West Perth	Arena Joondalup	Joondalup	6-2 (Preliminary final)

Fixtures[]

Round 1[]


	Round 1
Saturday 18 July (2:00 pm)	Peel Thunder 9.6 (60)	def. by	Perth 10.10 (70)	David Grays Arena (crowd: 3,499)	^[3]
Saturday 18 July (2:30 pm)	Subiaco 11.9 (75)	def. by	Claremont 15.5 (95)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,304)
Saturday 18 July (2:30 pm)	Swan Districts 6.5 (41)	def. by	West Perth 8.4 (52)	Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,916)
Saturday 18 July (2:35 pm)	South Fremantle 18.8 (116)	def.	East Fremantle 3.3 (21)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 4,002)
	Bye: East Perth

Round 2[]


	Round 2
Saturday 25 July (2:30 pm)	East Fremantle 13.9 (87)	def.	Peel Thunder 6.9 (45)	New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 1,757)	^[4]
Saturday 25 July (2:30 pm)	West Perth 4.7 (31)	def. by	South Fremantle 5.9 (39)	Providential Finance Oval (crowd: 1,580)
Saturday 25 July (2:30 pm)	Claremont 13.7 (85)	def.	Swan Districts 7.6 (48)	Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 2,276)
Saturday 25 July (3:05 pm)	Perth 14.4 (88)	def.	East Perth 10.7 (67)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,801)
	Bye: Subiaco

Round 3[]


	Round 3
Saturday 1 August (12:40 pm)	Swan Districts 6.4 (40)	def. by	Subiaco 11.13 (79)	Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,853)	^[5]
Saturday 1 August (2:30 pm)	East Perth 15.9 (99)	def.	East Fremantle 8.8 (56)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,536)
Saturday 1 August (2:30 pm)	Peel Thunder 5.9 (39)	def. by	West Perth 20.11 (131)	David Grays Arena (crowd: 1,580)
Saturday 1 August (3:05 pm)	South Fremantle 7.6 (48)	def.	Claremont 5.10 (40)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,150)
	Bye: Perth

Round 4[]


	Round 4
Saturday 8 August (2:30 pm)	West Perth 12.9 (81)	def.	East Perth 8.1 (49)	Providential Finance Oval (crowd: 2,644)	^[6]
Saturday 8 August (2:30 pm)	East Fremantle 8.10 (58)	def. by	Perth 10.4 (64)	New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 1,536)
Saturday 8 August (2:30 pm)	Claremont 8.10 (58)	def.	Peel Thunder 5.5 (35)	Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,280)
Saturday 8 August (3:05 pm)	Subiaco 7.5 (47)	def. by	South Fremantle 15.7 (97)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,120)
	Bye: Swan Districts

Round 5[]


	Round 5
Saturday 15 August (2:30 pm)	South Fremantle 10.7 (67)	def.	Swan Districts 7.5 (47)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,652)	^[7]
Saturday 15 August (2:30 pm)	Peel Thunder 5.8 (38)	def. by	Subiaco 10.15 (75)	David Grays Arena (crowd: 1,422)
Saturday 15 August (2:30 pm)	Perth 12.11 (83)	def. by	West Perth 13.12 (90)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,902)
Saturday 15 August (3:05 pm)	East Perth 8.4 (52)	def. by	Claremont 12.14 (86)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,514)
	Bye: East Fremantle

Round 6[]


	Round 6
Saturday 22 August (2:30 pm)	Subiaco 7.12 (54)	def. by	East Perth 9.9 (63)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,750)	^[8]
Saturday 22 August (2:30 pm)	Claremont 7.11 (53)	def. by	Perth 11.4 (70)	Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,856)
Saturday 22 August (2:40 pm)	Swan Districts 9.8 (62)	def.	Peel Thunder 4.9 (33)	Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,733)
Saturday 22 August (3:05 pm)	West Perth 8.11 (59)	def.	East Fremantle 8.7 (55)	Providential Finance Oval (crowd: 1,348)
	Bye: South Fremantle

Round 7[]


	Round 7
Saturday 29 August (12:05 pm)	Perth 9.10 (64)	def. by	Subiaco 13.12 (90)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,542)	^[9]
Saturday 29 August (2:00 pm)	Peel Thunder 5.5 (35)	def. by	South Fremantle 9.16 (70)	David Grays Arena (crowd: 1,768)
Saturday 29 August (2:30 pm)	East Fremantle 9.6 (60)	def. by	Claremont 10.5 (65)	New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 2,105)
Saturday 29 August (2:35 pm)	East Perth 11.9 (75)	def.	Swan Districts 6.4 (40)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,757)
	Bye: West Perth

Round 8[]


	Round 8
Saturday 5 September (2:30 pm)	Subiaco 12.12 (84)	def.	East Fremantle 6.7 (43)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,475)	^[10]
Saturday 5 September (2:30 pm)	Claremont 10.12 (72)	def.	West Perth 5.11 (41)	Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 2,284)
Saturday 5 September (2:35 pm)	South Fremantle 13.7 (85)	def.	East Perth 9.9 (63)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,919)
Saturday 5 September (3:05 pm)	Swan Districts 11.9 (75)	def.	Perth 7.6 (48)	Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,558)
	Bye: Peel Thunder

Round 9[]


	Round 9
Saturday 12 September (2:30 pm)	East Perth 15.11 (101)	def.	Peel Thunder 4.6 (30)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,257)	^[11]
Saturday 12 September (2:30 pm)	West Perth 12.5 (77)	def.	Subiaco 8.10 (58)	Providential Finance Oval (crowd: 2,574)
Saturday 12 September (4:30 pm)	Perth 8.18 (66)	def.	South Fremantle 9.7 (61)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,201)
Sunday 13 September (2:05 pm)	East Fremantle 6.8 (44)	def. by	Swan Districts 11.9 (75)	New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 1,852)
	Bye: Claremont

Ladder[]

2020 WAFL ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	South Fremantle	8	7	1	583	350	166.6	28	Finals series
2	Claremont	8	6	2	554	429	129.1	24
3	West Perth	8	6	2	562	436	128.9	24
4	Perth	8	5	3	553	554	99.8	20
5	East Perth	8	4	4	569	520	109.4	16
6	Subiaco	8	4	4	562	517	108.7	16
7	Swan Districts	8	3	5	428	483	88.6	12
8	East Fremantle	8	1	7	424	607	69.9	4
9	Peel Thunder	8	0	8	315	654	48.2	0

Source: Australian Football
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals[]

Semi-finals[]


	Semi-finals
Sunday 20 September (1:35 pm)	West Perth 7.6 (48)	def.	Perth 5.7 (37)	Provident Financial Oval (crowd: 3,850)
Sunday 20 September (2:30 pm)	South Fremantle 3.6 (24)	def. by	Claremont 10.11 (71)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,983)

Preliminary final[]


	Preliminary final
Sunday 27 September (3:35 pm)	South Fremantle 11.5 (71)	def.	West Perth 7.8 (50)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 5,026)

Grand Final[]


	2020 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 4 October (3:10 pm)	Claremont	def. by	South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10,179)
	1.1 (7) 2.4 (16) 5.6 (36) 6.7 (43)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 2.7 (19) 4.10 (34) 6.10 (46)	Umpires: Matt Adams (6) Jordan Fry (7) Ben Laycock (27) Simpson Medal: Jye Bolton (Claremont) Television broadcast: Seven Network


3: Waterman 1: England, Edwards, Hardisty		Goals	3: Strom 1: Donaldson, Main, Shaw, Miller
Waterman, Bolton, Rogers, Bailey		Best	Strom, Dragovich, Main, Scloithe

References[]

^ "australianfootball.com / 2020 WAFL Premiership Season".
^ "Perth Demons fans share social media delight".
^ "Round 1 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 2 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 3 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 4 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 5 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 6 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 7 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 8 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
^ "Round 9 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

External links[]

Official WAFL website

[wafl-season-1] "australianfootball.com / 2020 WAFL Premiership Season".

[Perth_Demons_breaking_23_years_of_finals_drought-2] "Perth Demons fans share social media delight".

[3] "Round 1 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[4] "Round 2 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[5] "Round 3 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[6] "Round 4 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[7] "Round 5 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[8] "Round 6 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[9] "Round 7 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[10] "Round 8 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[11] "Round 9 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

v t West Australian Football League seasons
WAFA era (1885–1906)	1885 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
First WAFL era (1907–1930)	1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
WANFL era (1931–1979)	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Second WAFL era (1980–1996)	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 (WASFL) 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Westar Rules era (1997–2000)	1997 1998 1999 2000
Third WAFL era (2001–onwards)	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021