The 2014 WAFL season was the 130th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season began on 22 March 2014 and concluded on 21 September 2014 with the 2014 WAFL Grand Final. West Perth entered the season as reigning premiers after defeating East Perth by 49 points in the 2013 WAFL Grand Final at Patersons Stadium.
The 2014 season was the first to feature Western Australia’s professional AFL clubs West Coast and Fremantle engage in direct alignments with East Perth and Peel Thunder respectively.
Subiaco were the premiers for the 2014 season, after they defeated favourites East Perth by 16 points at Patersons Stadium.
Clubs Club Home ground Location 2013 season Claremont Claremont Showground Claremont 17-3 (Preliminary final) East Fremantle East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle 11-9 (DNQ Finals) East Perth Leederville Oval Leederville 12-8 (Runners up) Peel Thunder Rushton Park Mandurah 3-17 (DNQ Finals) Perth Lathlain Park Lathlain 10-10 (DNQ Finals) South Fremantle Fremantle Oval Fremantle 6-14 (DNQ Finals) Subiaco Leederville Oval Leederville 6-14 (DNQ Finals) Swan Districts Bassendean Oval Bassendean 12-8 (semi-final) West Perth Arena Joondalup Joondalup 13-7 (Premiers)
Premiership season fixtures Source: WAFL 2014 season fixtures and results
Round 1
After their big win, Perth found themselves on top of the ladder for the first time since the corresponding fixture of 2008. Over the next 22 rounds of football the Demons occupied all nine spots on the WAFL league ladder, becoming the first team to achieve this. Their ladder positions after each round were 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9.
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Ladder
Finals series
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Foxtel Cup
The two 2013 Grand Finalists West Perth and East Perth were invited to compete in the Foxtel Cup knockout competition in 2014. Their performances are shown below:
Round 1
Semi-finals
Grand Final
State game The WAFL representative team competed against the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) representative team on May 24 in Sydney.
Awards The Sandover Medal (awarded to the fairest and best player of the home and away season) was won by Aaron Black (), who polled 47 votes, only 1 vote ahead of Luke Blackwell () and Shane Nelson ().West Perth's Aaron Black wins 2014 Sandover Medal The Bernie Naylor Medal (for the leading goalkicker in the home and away season) was won by Ben Saunders (), who kicked 59 goals in 20 home and away matches.Saunders claims second Bernie Naylor Medal in three years Brian Dawson () received the JJ Leonard Medal as the Coach of the Year after guiding the Royals to a second straight grand final, and his fourth in five seasons as a league coach.West Perth's Aaron Black wins 2014 Sandover Medal (other awards) The Subiaco Football Club were awarded the Rodriguez Shield, as the team with the best combined record at league, reserves and senior colts level in the 2014 season.West Perth's Aaron Black wins 2014 Sandover Medal (other awards) The Reserves premiership was won by . They defeated on a score of 5.9 (39) def. 3.7 (25). The Colts premiership was won by . They defeated on a score of 11.9 (75) def. 7.13 (55).
References
External links Official WAFL website