2011 WAFL Grand Final

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]

2011 WAFL Grand Final
Claremont Subiaco
19.13 (127) 10.11 (71)
Date25 September 2011
StadiumPatersons Stadium
Attendance15,459
Accolades
Simpson MedalBeau Wilkes (Claremont)
Broadcast in Australia
NetworkABC1 (television)
720 ABC (radio)
ABC Grandstand (radio/online)
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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 Swan Districts 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 South Fremantle, and preliminary final, against West Perth.

Claremont Subiaco
Rd.1 East Fremantle BYE
Rd.2 Swan Districts West Perth
Rd.3 Peel Thunder East Fremantle
Rd.4 East Perth Perth
Rd.5 Subiaco Claremont
Rd.6 BYE East Perth
Rd.7 West Perth South Fremantle
Rd.8 Perth BYE
Rd.9 East Fremantle Swan Districts
Rd.10 South Fremantle Peel Thunder
Rd.11 Swan Districts Perth
Rd.12 Subiaco Claremont
Rd.13 BYE East Perth
Rd.14 Perth East Fremantle
Rd.15 South Fremantle West Perth
Rd.16 West Perth South Fremantle
Rd.17 BYE BYE
Rd.18 Peel Thunder Swan Districts
Rd.19 East Perth Peel Thunder
Rd.20 BYE Perth
Rd.21 Swan Districts East Perth
Rd.22 East Fremantle BYE
Rd.23 Peel Thunder East Fremantle
Rd.24 East Perth Peel Thunder
SF West Perth South Fremantle
SF DNP West Perth
GF Subiaco Claremont
Legend:   Win   Loss

Teams

Claremont
FB:Clancy Rudeforth (c)Brandon FranzBrett Jones
HB:Alroy GilliganDavid CrawfordTrinity Handley
C:Tom SwiftKane MitchellLewis Stevenson
HF:Gerrick WeedonBeau WilkesIan Richardson
FF:Andrew FosterChad JonesLuke Blackwell
R:Mitch AndrewsAndrew BrowneByron Schammer
I:Jake MurphyClay McLernonTom Lee
Jesse Laurie
Coach:Simon McPhee

Subiaco
FB:Robert ForrestDarren RumbleKane Bloxsidge
HB:Rhett KerrAidan Parker (c)Des Headland
C:Shaun HildebrandtChris PhelanPat Hassett
HF:Kyal HorsleyBradley StevensonJason Bristow
FF:Danny HughesBlake BroadhurstReece Blechynden
R:Clancy WheelerAdam CockieAbe Davey
I:Ben RandallAllistair PickettScott Worthington
George Hampson
Coach:Chris Waterman

Match
2011 WAFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September 2:15pm Claremont def. Subiaco Patersons Stadium (crowd: 15,459) Report
6.3 (39)
10.7 (67)
13.12 (90)
 19.13 (127)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 4.3 (27)
6.6 (42)
8.9 (57)
 10.11 (71)		 Umpires: Hendrie, Parry, McPhee
Simpson Medal: Beau Wilkes
Television broadcast: ABC1
Wilkes 5
Gilligan 3
Handley, Richardson, Rudeforth 2
Crawford, Foster, Lee, Schammer, Weedon 1		 Goals 3 Broadhurst, Headland
2 Pickett
1 Kerr, B. Stevenson,
Wilkes, Andrews, Mitchell, Gilligan, Murphy, B Jones, Foster Best Bristow, Horsley, Kerr, Blechynden, Headland
Murphy (head) Injuries Wheeler (head), Randall (ankle)
Reports Headland (forceful front-on contact)
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References
  1. WAFL Grand Final preview Archived 23 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine – wafl.com.au. Published 22 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. Premiers Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine – wafl.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
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