# 2018 WAFL season

The 2018 WAFL season (officially the 2018 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership Season) is the 134th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on 30 March 2018 and concluded with the 2018 WAFL Grand Final on 22 September 2018.

## Ladder

2018 ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | Subiaco (P) | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2051 | 926 | 221.5 | 72 |
| 2 | South Fremantle | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1688 | 1251 | 134.9 | 52 |
| 3 | West Perth | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1615 | 1377 | 117.3 | 44 |
| 4 | Claremont | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1406 | 1434 | 98.0 | 36 |
| 5 | East Perth | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1581 | 1486 | 106.4 | 32 |
| 6 | Perth | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1465 | 1756 | 83.4 | 28 |
| 7 | Peel Thunder | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1232 | 1536 | 80.2 | 28 |
| 8 | Swan Districts | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1379 | 1675 | 82.3 | 24 |
| 9 | East Fremantle | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1079 | 2055 | 52.5 | 8 |

## Clubs

| Club | Home ground | Location | Captain | Coach |
| Claremont | Claremont Oval | Claremont | Ian Richardson | Darren Harris |
| East Fremantle | East Fremantle Oval | East Fremantle | Jamie McNamara | Robert Wiley |
| East Perth | Leederville Oval | Leederville | Patrick McGinnity Kyle Anderson | Luke Webster |
| Peel Thunder | Rushton Park | Mandurah | Gerald Ugle | Cam Shepherd |
| Perth | Lathlain Park | Lathlain | Clinton Jones | Earl Spalding |
| South Fremantle | Fremantle Oval | Fremantle | Dylan Main | Todd Curley |
| Subiaco | Leederville Oval | Leederville | Kyal Horsley | Jarrad Schofield |
| Swan Districts | Bassendean Oval | Bassendean | David Ellard Tony Notte | Adam Pickering |
| West Perth | Arena Joondalup | Joondalup | Aaron Black | Bill Monaghan |

## Finals series
### Qualifying and Elimination Finals

| | Qualifying Final | Qualifying Final | Qualifying Final | | |
| Saturday 1 September (2:40pm) | South Fremantle 22.12 (144) | def. | West Perth 6.10 (46) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 3,099) | Report |
| | Elimination Final | Elimination Final | Elimination Final | | |
| Sunday 2 September (2:40pm) | Claremont 12.11 (83) | def. | East Perth 8.7 (55) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,669) | Report |

### Semi-finals

| | First semi-final | First semi-final | First semi-final | | |
| Sunday 9 September (2:15pm) | West Perth 19.9 (123) | def. | Claremont 10.10 (70) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3,102) | Report |
| | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | | |
| Sunday 9 September (3:10pm) | Subiaco 12.12 (84) | def. | South Fremantle 10.6 (66) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 3,287) | Report |

### Preliminary final

| | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | | |
| Sunday 16 September (2:40pm) | South Fremantle 9.17 (71) | def. by | West Perth 15.7 (97) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 3,907) | Report |

### Grand Final

| | 2018 WAFL Grand Final | 2018 WAFL Grand Final | 2018 WAFL Grand Final | | |
| Sunday 23 September (2:40pm) | Subiaco | def. | West Perth | Optus Stadium (crowd: 25,064) | Report |
| | 4.4 (28) 9.8 (62) 15.11 (101) 19.13 (127) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.1 (1) 2.3 (15) 4.3 (27) 7.4 (46) | Umpires: Matthew Adams, Ben Laycock, Justin Power Simpson Medal: Kyal Horsley (Subiaco) Television broadcast: Seven Network | Umpires: Matthew Adams, Ben Laycock, Justin Power Simpson Medal: Kyal Horsley (Subiaco) Television broadcast: Seven Network |
| Halligan, Sokol 5; Waters 3; Horsley 2; Newton, Phelan, Wheeler, Clarke 1 | Halligan, Sokol 5; Waters 3; Horsley 2; Newton, Phelan, Wheeler, Clarke 1 | Goals | Black, Chalmers 2; Strijk, Peirce, Mills 1 | Black, Chalmers 2; Strijk, Peirce, Mills 1 |
| Horsley, Deluca, Clarke, Sokol, Lockyer, Kitchin, Phelan, Halligan, Litherland | Horsley, Deluca, Clarke, Sokol, Lockyer, Kitchin, Phelan, Halligan, Litherland | Best | Black, Nelson, Peirce, Wilhelm, Chalmers | Black, Nelson, Peirce, Wilhelm, Chalmers |
| Subiaco became the second team in WAFL history to complete a perfect season after East Fremantle in 1946. ||||||