2020 WAFL season

2020 WAFL season
2020 WAFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle; 14th premiership
Minor premiers	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle; 13th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist	Sam Fisher (Swan Districts)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Mason Shaw (South Fremantle)
Attendance
Matches played	40
Total attendance	94,341 (2,359 per match)
Highest	10,179 (Grand Final Claremont Vs South Fremantle)
	← 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 18 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)	‹See Tfd›Peel Thunder 9.6 (60)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Perth 10.10 (70)	David Grays Arena (crowd: 3,499)	^[3]
Saturday 18 July (2:30 pm)	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.9 (75)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Claremont 15.5 (95)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,304)
Saturday 18 July (2:30 pm)	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 6.5 (41)	def. by	‹See Tfd›West Perth 8.4 (52)	Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,916)
Saturday 18 July (2:35 pm)	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 18.8 (116)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 3.3 (21)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 4,002)
	Bye ‹See Tfd›East Perth

Round 2


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

Round 3


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

Round 4


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

Round 5


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

Round 6


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

Round 7


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

Round 8


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

Round 9


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

Ladder

2020 WAFL ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle	8	7	1	583	350	166.6	28	Finals series
2	‹See Tfd›Claremont	8	6	2	554	429	129.1	24
3	‹See Tfd›West Perth	8	6	2	562	436	128.9	24
4	‹See Tfd›Perth	8	5	3	553	554	99.8	20
5	‹See Tfd›East Perth	8	4	4	569	520	109.4	16
6	‹See Tfd›Subiaco	8	4	4	562	517	108.7	16
7	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts	8	3	5	428	483	88.6	12
8	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle	8	1	7	424	607	69.9	4
9	‹See Tfd›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)	‹See Tfd›West Perth 7.6 (48)	def.	‹See Tfd›Perth 5.7 (37)	Provident Financial Oval (crowd: 3,850)
Sunday 20 September (2:30 pm)	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 3.6 (24)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Claremont 10.11 (71)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,983)

Preliminary final


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

Grand Final


	2020 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 4 October (3:10 pm)	‹See Tfd›Claremont	def. by	‹See Tfd›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.

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