2022 WAFL season

2022 WAFL season
Teams10
PremiersWest Perth
20th premiership
Minor premiersWest Perth
10th minor premiership
Sandover MedallistBlaine Boekhorst
(East Fremantle)
Bernie Naylor MedallistBen Sokol
Subiaco (41 goals)
Highest16,791 (Grand Final, West Perth vs Claremont)
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The 2022 WAFL season is the 138th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL).The season commenced on the 15th of April, and concluded with the Grand Final on the 1st of October, with West Perth defeating Claremont at Leederville Oval by 12 points. Fixtures were released in stages, to allow for COVID flexibility. The first stage saw the first nine rounds of the season be released,[1] rounds 10-14 were released before the start of Round 7 (3 June),[2] and the final rounds (14-20) were released on July 8, before the start of Round 12.[3] All the teams from the previous season have been retained, as there was speculation if the West Coast Eagles reserves would return.[4]

  1. ^ "2022 WAFL Fixtures". WA Football Commission. 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ "WAFL NEW FIXTURES ANNOUNCED - Rounds 10 to 14". WA Football Commission. 3 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Exciting Finale to Home and Away WAFL Season in Fixture Release". WA Football Commission. 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "West Coast remain in WAFL Competition". WA Football Commission. 17 November 2021.