OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 16 JULY 27, 2019 $3.00 » Eagles, Thunder crunch finals numbers » Lions’ king hits milestone Limited Bound Copies of the Football Budget available for Sale • Full Seasons Professionally Bound • 1998 to 2018 $75 per Volume Contact [email protected] or 9388 7844 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL GRAND FINAL SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 $10.00 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 1 APRIL 6, 2019 $3.00 The last WAFL Grand Final at Subiaco Oval 2017 Collector’s Edition » New era dawns for WAFL » POSTER INSIDE + 8 page Subiaco Oval history feature » Match facts Limited Bound Copies of the Football Budget available for Sale • Full Seasons Professionally Bound CONTENTS • 1998 to 2018 Every week 6 Tipping 7 Previews $75 per Volume 16-17 WAFC 18 Club Notes Contact [email protected] 19 WAFL statistics or 9388 7844 21 WAFLW fixtures, results 22 Scoreboards and ladders 23 WAFL fixtures EPTEMBER 24, 2017 $10.00 GRAND FINAL S ROUND 1 APRIL 6, 2019 $3.00 ON OF THE WAFL Features OFFICIAL PUBLICATI OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL 4-5 Eagles, Thunder crunch finals numbers 8 Collectables WAFL game time 9 Subiaco v West Coast 10-11 South Fremantle v Swan Districts 12-13 Claremont v Perth WAFLW game time 14 Subiaco v Swan Districts 15 East Fremantle v Peel Thunder The last WAFL Grand Final at Subiaco Oval » New era dawns for WAFL 2017 Collector’s Edition » Match facts » POSTER INSIDE + 8 page Subiaco Oval history feature 3 4 \\ Kurt Mutimer (WCE) Eagles, Dockers crunch WAFL finals numbers Publisher It has been one of the most contentious issues This publication is proudly produced for the WA Football Commission by in the WAFL for the past few seasons. Media Tonic. But State league followers have to be pragmatic. Phone 9388 7844 West Coast and Fremantle players have been lining Fax 9388 7866 Sales: [email protected] up in the competition throughout the season and have earned the right to feature in the WAFL finals – Editor Ross Lewis should their respective teams make the grade. [email protected] The entry of West Coast this year has changed Editorial Consultant the dynamic of the series and also raised a new issue Tracey Lewis for the WA Football Commission concerning who Photography can and can’t play in the September action. Andrew Ritchie In the previous five seasons East Perth and Peel Design/Typesetting Jacqueline Holland had similar AFL player qualification rules for the Direction Design and Print finals. The Royals were aligned to West Coast while Printing the Thunder had a link to Fremantle. The relationship Data Documents remains for the Mandurah club and the Dockers. www.datadocuments.com.au WAFL EAGLES AFL PLAYERS IN 2019 However, given the Eagles have a standalone Cover team in the WAFL in 2019 the WAFC has had to Fraser McInnes (WCE) PLAYER TOTAL GAMES devise new formulae for AFL players striving to line GAMES FROM R12 up in the finals. The Football Budget is printed on AH CHEE Brendon 10 1 Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced There are differences between the guidelines from a sustainably managed forest AINSWORTH Brayden 11 3 for the Eagles and Dockers squad members. And and uses manufacturing processes of ALLEN Matthew 10 2 with the West Coast WAFL team and Peel still the highest environmental standards. BARRASS Thomas 1 0 holding hopes of finishing in the top five it is worth Bouncedown is printed by an Environmental Accredited printer. BINES Patrick 1 0 investigating the qualification guidelines. The magazine is 100% recyclable. BRANDER Jarrod 9 1 One rule that is the same for both clubs is West BRAYSHAW Hamish 9 3 Coast and Fremantle players must have represented WAFL admission prices BROOKSBY Keegan 13 3 the WAFL Eagles or the Thunder in a minimum five $15 – Adult* games during the 18-game home-and-away season. $12 – Concession* CAMERON Jarrod 8 0 Free – Children 15 and under COLE Tom 2 1 And three of those five games must have been *Includes a copy of Football Budget EDWARDS Harry 6 0 registered in the team’s last eight games of the FOLEY Luke 12 2 qualifying season. MASTEN Chris 2 0 But West Coast will be permitted to field a Find us on MCINNES Fraser 11 3 maximum 17 players in any WAFL final played on MUTIMER Kurt 12 3 a weekend in which the AFL Eagles aren’t also NAITANUI Nicholas 1 0 engaged in a national league final. NELSON Jackson 7 0 Peel will be restricted to 12 Dockers under the O’NEILL Xavier 11 1 same conditions. Copyright © No part of this publication may PETRUCCELLE Jack 1 1 The reason for the different rules rests with the be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system RIACH Brodie 12 3 Eagles having their own WAFL side while Peel has without the permission of the publisher. a district, along with reserves and colts players, to Opinions expressed in the Football Budget ROTHAM Joshua 9 3 are not necessarily those of the WAFC. develop so there must be a larger avenue for local SCHOFIELD Will 3 1 The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that talent to feature in any Thunder finals. the material produced in this publication is SMITH Josh 11 3 accurate, but gives no warranty in relation Also, the relative experience of the non AFL- VARDY Nathan 2 1 thereto and disclaims all liability for claims listed players at West Coast and Peel is significantly against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media VENABLES Daniel 3 0 Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other different due to the recruiting restrictions in place. person, which may rise from any person WATERMAN Jake 8 3 The Eagles WAFL unit has relied on players from acting on the materials contained herein. WATSON Francis 8 3 amateur and country ranks to top up its team while Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 WILLIAMS Bailey 12 3 the Thunder have access to a pool of district talent. 5 Eagles, Dockers By Ross Lewis crunch WAFL finals numbers The WAFC determined West Coast would be permitted to field 17 players by analysing the number of AFL-listed players the Eagles played on average each week at East Perth over the past five years, as well as how many players would have qualified in previous seasons under the current eligibility rules. The maximum 17 players allowed to the WAFL Eagles do not include Category B recruits Patrick Bines and Brodie Riach. However, one of the riders attached to the qualification criteria is that should West Coast or Fremantle be in action on the same finals weekend in which the Eagles or Peel have a WAFL final then there is no maximum quota requirement and the local league clubs can play as many – or as few – AFL-listed players as they desire. \\ Tom North (PT) There is also provision for West Coast and Fremantle to field an AFL- listed player who hasn’t met the qualification criteria in a WAFL final on submission of a request to the WAFC. But to be granted approval the AFL clubs would need a very good reason and that player must be included in each team’s maximum quota. On a more general note, any league players must have featured in five reserves matches (with no stipulation of when those games were registered) to be eligible for a finals fixture in the lower grade. PEEL AFL PLAYERS IN 2019 It is the same requirement for the colts competition, except that PLAYER TOTAL GAMES those players involved in the State Under 18s team get a WAFL colts GAMES FROM R12 match credit for each national championships fixture they lined up in BALLANTYNE Hayden 8 4 during 2019. BANFIELD Bailey 10 3 BENNELL Harley 4 0 AFL PLAYER FINALS CRITERIA BEWLEY Brett 6 1 The key points West Coast and Fremantle players must satisfy to play BLAKELY Connor 2 0 in the WAFL finals. CARTER Jason 14 4 • An AFL-listed player must have lined up in five games for the CERRA Adam 1 0 WAFL Eagles or Peel with at least three of those games to be COLYER Travis 6 2 played in the last eight matches. COX Brennan 4 0 • Reserves matches do not count towards the quota. CROWDEN Mitchell 11 3 • AFL players who miss a WAFL match because they are a DARCY Sean 5 0 travelling emergency but do not play are not credited with a DIXON Hugh 10 4 State league match. DUMAN Taylin 2 2 • West Coast can field a maximum 17 players in a WAFL final on GIRO Stefan 7 0 a weekend in which the AFL Eagles aren’t in a national league JONES Scott 10 1 final. LOGUE Griffin 5 1 • Peel can field a maximum 12 players in a WAFL final on a MCCARTHY Cameron 5 0 weekend in which Fremantle isn’t in a national league final. MEEK Lloyd 7 1 • If West Coast or Fremantle are involved in an AFL final on the NORTH Tom 14 4 same weekend as the WAFL Eagles or the Thunder are playing a NYHUIS Ryan 9 3 State league final the maximum quota doesn’t apply. O’REILLY Dillon 3 3 • Any club that names a player on the team sheet knowing or SCHULTZ Lachlan 9 1 intending that he won’t play, or who seeks to manipulate the STURT Sam 8 4 qualification rule will be investigated by WAFC under rule 6.2 SWITKOWSKI Sam 1 0 ‘Behaviour Detrimental to Football’, or any other applicable VALENTE Luke 7 3 rule, and may be penalised.