2012_WAFL_season

2012 WAFL season

2012 WAFL season

Australian rules football season


The 2012 WAFL season was the 128th season of the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations. The season opened on 17 March, with Subiaco hosting West Perth at Leederville Oval, and concluded with the 2012 WAFL Grand Final, in which Claremont defeated East Fremantle by 26 points. The 2012 Sandover Medal was won by Kane Mitchell of Claremont, while the leading goalkicker was South Fremantle's Ben Saunders.

Quick Facts Teams, Premiers ...

Pre-season News and Rule changes

On 1 February, it was announced that the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) had signed a new three-year deal with sports company Burley-Sekem as the officially endorsed supplier of footballs to all WA competition, maintaining a strong relationship with Burley that dates back to 1907.[1]

The WAFL implemented one major rule change in accordance with changes at AFL level in regard to the rushed behind rule:[2]

  • A free kick would be awarded against a player who intentionally rushes a behind over the attacking team's goal or behind line or into a goal post. The umpires were to give the defender the benefit of the doubt and the point would be awarded if the defender was deemed to be under sufficient pressure.

On 27 February the following amendments were accepted by the WAFC Football Affairs Committee:[3]

  • An annual 3 per cent increase in the WAFL Salary Cap, starting in 2012 to $217,000
  • Due to widespread support for retention of loyal players, a maximum of $10,000 outside of the Salary Cap could be paid to one veteran player (one who had played 100 or more games at one WAFL club). This amendment ran on a trial basis.
  • A fixed fine for late lodgement of Salary Cap documents plus a daily non-compliance fine of $50 per day
  • Introduction of Weekly League match prizes of up to $750.

Clubs

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Home-and-away season

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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State game

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Round 11 (Rivalry Round)

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15 (NAIDOC Week)

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Ladder

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

Finals

Semi-finals

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Preliminary final

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Grand Final

 
Sunday, 23 September (2:15 pm) Claremont def. East Fremantle Subiaco Oval (crowd: 18,612)
8.6 (54)
11.11 (77)
13.13 (91)
 18.16 (124)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.1 (7)
7.5 (47)
13.6 (84)
 15.8 (98)
Umpires: Scott McPhee, Todd Keating, Justin Orr
Simpson Medal: Paul Medhurst (Claremont)
Television broadcast: ABC1

See also


References

  1. "Burley remains ball of choice for WA Football". wafootball.com.au. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. "WAFL law change for season 2012". wafootball.com.au. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. "WAFL Salary Cap & Points System". wafootball.com.au. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. Egan, Chris (26 March 2012). "Headland's eight goals too much for gallant Peel". wafootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. "Royal life member Swan backing in East Perth". wafootball.com.au. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. Pike, Chris (6 July 2012). "Centurion Geappen at home in black-and-white". wafootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  7. "Inaugural Cable-Michael Cup clash". wafootball.com.au. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

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