# 2015 WAFL season

The 2015 WAFL season was the 131st season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season began on 20 March 2015 and concluded on 27 September 2015 with the 2015 WAFL Grand Final between Subiaco and West Perth at Domain Stadium. Subiaco won the match by 66 points, recording their second consecutive premiership and 13th overall.
For the first time since 1994, the finals series was based on a top-5, rather than the top 4 system that has been used since 1931, with the exception of 1991–1994.

## Clubs

| Club | Home ground | Location | 2014 season |
| Claremont | Claremont Showground | Claremont | 11-9 (DNQ Finals) |
| East Fremantle | East Fremantle Oval | East Fremantle | 12-8 (Preliminary final) |
| East Perth | Leederville Oval | Leederville | 16-4 (Runners up) |
| Peel Thunder | Rushton Park | Mandurah | 4-16 (DNQ Finals) |
| Perth | Lathlain Park | Lathlain | 3-17 (DNQ Finals) |
| South Fremantle | Fremantle Oval | Fremantle | 9-11 (DNQ Finals) |
| Subiaco | Leederville Oval | Leederville | 14-6 (Premiers) |
| Swan Districts | Bassendean Oval | Bassendean | 12-8 (semi-final) |
| West Perth | Arena Joondalup | Joondalup | 9-11 (DNQ Finals) |

## Ladder

2015 ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | Subiaco (P) | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1899 | 1102 | 172.3 | 68 |
| 2 | West Perth | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1688 | 1448 | 116.6 | 52 |
| 3 | Peel Thunder | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1734 | 1632 | 106.3 | 52 |
| 4 | East Perth | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1697 | 1480 | 114.7 | 44 |
| 5 | Claremont | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1531 | 1433 | 106.8 | 40 |
| 6 | Swan Districts | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1627 | 1571 | 103.6 | 40 |
| 7 | South Fremantle | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1458 | 1763 | 82.7 | 32 |
| 8 | East Fremantle | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1452 | 1788 | 81.2 | 24 |
| 9 | Perth | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1269 | 2138 | 59.4 | 8 |

## Finals series
### Elimination and Qualifying Finals

| | Elimination Final | Elimination Final | Elimination Final | | |
| Sunday 6 September (2:10 pm) | East Perth 13.15 (93) | def. | Claremont 9.7 (61) | Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,670) | Report |
| | Qualifying Final | Qualifying Final | Qualifying Final | | |
| Sunday 6 September (2:15 pm) | West Perth 22.13 (145) | def. | Peel Thunder 5.6 (36) | HBF Arena (crowd: 2500 (approx)) | Report |
| Peel Thunder's first ever finals game after 19 seasons. ||||||

### Semi-finals

| | First semi-final | First semi-final | First semi-final | | |
| Sunday 13 September (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 9.8 (62) | def. by | East Perth 10.24 (84) | Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 2500 (approx)) | Report |
| Skipper Brendan Lee leads the Royals into the Preliminary Final with 35 disposals ||||||
| | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | | |
| Sunday 13 September (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 17.13 (115) | def. | West Perth 9.6 (60) | Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2500 (approx)) | Report |

### Preliminary final

| | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | | |
| Sunday 20 September (2:10 pm) | West Perth 14.13 (97) | def. | East Perth 10.8 (68) | HBF Arena (crowd: 2800) | Report |
| The Falcons storm home to beat their arch-rivals on the back of 6 goals to Michael Lourey ||||||

### Grand Final

| | 2015 WAFL Grand Final | 2015 WAFL Grand Final | 2015 WAFL Grand Final | | |
| Sunday 27 September (2:15 pm) | Subiaco | def. | West Perth | Domain Stadium (crowd: 13,094) | Report |
| | 3.4 (22) 10.7 (67) 17.8 (110) 21.10 (136) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.3 (21) 5.4 (34) 7.9 (51) 10.10 (70) | Umpires: Scott McPhee, Stuart Parry, Matthew Adams Simpson Medal: Matt Boland (Subiaco) Television broadcast: Seven Network | Umpires: Scott McPhee, Stuart Parry, Matthew Adams Simpson Medal: Matt Boland (Subiaco) Television broadcast: Seven Network |
| 7: Boland 5: Yarran 2: Halligan 1: Wheeler, Menegola, Deluca, Mahoney, Wood, Twomey, Phelan | 7: Boland 5: Yarran 2: Halligan 1: Wheeler, Menegola, Deluca, Mahoney, Wood, Twomey, Phelan | Goals | 2: Strijk, Rasmussen 1: Lourey, Rohde, Lynch, Adams, Black, Potente | 2: Strijk, Rasmussen 1: Lourey, Rohde, Lynch, Adams, Black, Potente |
| Menegola, Yarran, Wheeler, Twomey, Boland, Phelan, Kitchin, Rumble, Lowndes | Menegola, Yarran, Wheeler, Twomey, Boland, Phelan, Kitchin, Rumble, Lowndes | Best | Strijk, Nelson, Manzone, van Berlo, Keunen, Kerr | Strijk, Nelson, Manzone, van Berlo, Keunen, Kerr |