2016 WAFL season

2016 WAFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Template:WAFL PT 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Template:WAFL Sub 14th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist	Jye Bolton Template:WAFL Cla (49 votes)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Ben Saunders Template:WAFL SF (52 goals)

The 2016 WAFL season was the 132nd season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season concluded on 25 September 2016 with the 2016 WAFL Grand Final between Template:WAFL Sub and Template:WAFL PT at Domain Stadium. Peel won the match by 23 points, recording their first ever premiership.

Ladder

2016 ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Template:WAFL Sub	20	16	4	0	1798	1263	142.4	64
2	Template:WAFL SF	20	15	5	0	1820	1397	130.3	60
3	Template:WAFL WP	20	13	7	0	1504	1438	104.6	52
4	Template:WAFL PT (P)	20	11	9	0	1421	1382	102.8	44
5	Template:WAFL EP	20	10	10	0	1411	1415	99.7	40
6	Template:WAFL EF	20	9	11	0	1523	1611	94.5	36
7	Template:WAFL Cla	20	7	13	0	1728	1479	116.8	28
8	Template:WAFL Per	20	7	13	0	1315	1729	76.1	28
9	Template:WAFL SD	20	2	18	0	1127	1933	58.3	8

Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Elimination and Qualifying Finals

	Elimination Final
Sunday 4 September (3:10 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 12.14 (86)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 5.7 (37)	Bendigo Bank Stadium (crowd: 2,834)
Peel Thunder's first ever win in a finals game.

	Qualifying Final
Saturday 3 September (2:10 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 18.13 (121)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 10.9 (69)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 3,727)

Semi-finals

	First semi-final
Sunday 11 September (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 7.3 (45)	def. by	Template:WAFL PT 15.15 (105)	HBF Arena (crowd: 3,073)	Report

	Second semi-final
Sunday 11 September (3:10 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 14.12 (96)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 9.2 (56)	Medibank Stadium (crowd: 2,834)	Report

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Sunday 18 September (2:40 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 10.10 (70)	def. by	Template:WAFL PT 16.13 (109)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 4,155)	Report
Peel Thunder qualified for their first ever Grand Final.

Grand Final

	2016 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday 25 September (2:30 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub	def. by	Template:WAFL PT	Domain Stadium (crowd: 15,031)	Report
	1.0 (6) 5.3 (33) 7.7 (49) 8.8 (56)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.6 (30) 7.6 (48) 9.11 (65) 11.13 (79)	Simpson Medal: Connor Blakely (Peel Thunder) Television broadcast: Seven Network
2: Horsley 1: Ryan, Stevenson, Wheeler, Twomey, Robinson, Phelan		Goals	5: Yarran 3: Ugle 1: Mzungu, Apeness, Langdon
Horsley, Cockie, Broughton, Jackson, Delahunty, Phelan		Best	Langdon, Yarran, Blakely, Mzungu, de Boer, Silvagni, Nyhuis, Ugle, O'Brien
Peel Thunder won their first premiership, and became the first team to win a premiership from 4th place since 1965.