2011 WAFL Grand Final explained

Year:2011
Competition:WAFL
Home Score:19.13 (127)
Away Score:10.11 (71)
Date:25 September 2011
Simpson:Beau Wilkes
Attendance:15,459
Stadium:Patersons Stadium
Network:ABC1 (television)
720 ABC (radio)
ABC Grandstand (radio/online)
Last:2010
Next:2012

The 2011 WAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Claremont Football Club and the Subiaco Football Club, on 25 September 2011 at Patersons Stadium, to determine the premier team of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for the 2011 season.[1] Claremont won the game by 56 points, 19.13 (127) to 10.11 (71), with Beau Wilkes of Claremont winning the Simpson Medal as best on ground. The attendance of 15,459 was the lowest since 8,991 people attended the 1944 Grand Final.[2]

Lead-up to the grand final

The two teams had previously met twice in the season, with Claremont winning both encounters.

Claremont

Claremont had lost by one point to in the previous year's Grand Final, and finished minor premiers in 2011, winning fifteen games and losing five. The club won eight of their first ten matches.

Subiaco

The club won only three of their first ten matches, but drew back later in the season to win nine of their last ten matches, including the first semi-final, against, and preliminary final, against .

ClaremontSubiaco
Rd.1East FremantleBYE
Rd.2Swan DistrictsWest Perth
Rd.3Peel ThunderEast Fremantle
Rd.4East PerthPerth
Rd.5SubiacoClaremont
Rd.6BYEEast Perth
Rd.7West PerthSouth Fremantle
Rd.8PerthBYE
Rd.9East FremantleSwan Districts
Rd.10South FremantlePeel Thunder
Rd.11Swan DistrictsPerth
Rd.12SubiacoClaremont
Rd.13BYEEast Perth
Rd.14PerthEast Fremantle
Rd.15South FremantleWest Perth
Rd.16West PerthSouth Fremantle
Rd.17BYEBYE
Rd.18Peel ThunderSwan Districts
Rd.19East PerthPeel Thunder
Rd.20BYEPerth
Rd.21Swan DistrictsEast Perth
Rd.22East FremantleBYE
Rd.23Peel ThunderEast Fremantle
Rd.24East PerthPeel Thunder
SFWest PerthSouth Fremantle
SFDNPWest Perth
GFSubiacoClaremont
Legend:

Teams

Claremont

FB: Clancy Rudeforth (c) Brandon Franz Brett Jones
HB: Alroy Gilligan Trinity Handley
C: Lewis Stevenson
HF: Ian Richardson
FF: Luke Blackwell
R: Mitch Andrews Byron Schammer
I: Jake Murphy Clay McLernon Tom Lee
Jesse Laurie
Coach:

Subiaco

FB: Robert Forrest Kane Bloxsidge
HB: Rhett Kerr Aidan Parker (c) Des Headland
C: Shaun Hildebrandt Chris Phelan Pat Hassett
HF: Bradley Stevenson Jason Bristow
FF: Reece Blechynden
R: Clancy Wheeler Abe Davey
I: Ben Randall Scott Worthington
George Hampson
Coach:

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/2933-wafl-grand-final-preview WAFL Grand Final preview
  2. http://www.wafl.com.au/honours/premiers Premiers