The 2025 WAFL season is the 141st season of the various incarnations of the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting f ...
(WAFL). The season began on 5 April and is scheduled to conclude on 21 September.
Background
Naming rights and fixture
The league announced a new naming rights sponsor ahead of the season, the first such sponsor since 2021, with overnight
freight
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transportation company Sullivan Logisitics becoming the league's primary sponsor. The league's fixture included 20 home-and-away rounds followed by a four-week finals series, culminating in the grand final at
Optus Stadium. Saturday night fixtures broadcast on free-to-air television station
Seven became regularly scheduled, in recognition of the
AFL
AFL may refer to:
Education
* Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity
* Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi''
* Assessment for learning
Military
* ...
's new broadcast deal which placed all Saturday matches on
pay-TV
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.
In February, the
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australi ...
and
Peel Thunder Football Club
The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...
's announced the two sides would continue with their 11-year long
reserves affiliation, which enables Fremantle-lised players not selected for the club's senior AFL team to play for Peel in the WAFL. Under the arrangement, Fremantle appoint Peel's senior WAFL team coach in consultation with Peel, while Peel will continue to appoint the Colts, Reserves and Assistant WAFL coaches, in consultation with Fremantle. The extension of the partnership is in effect to the end of the 2029 season.
Representative match
An
interstate representative match between the WAFL and SANFL has been scheduled for May in Adelaide.
Pre-season practice matches
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Home-and-away season
Round 1
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
Ladder
(R) = Reserves for AFL Seniors
Finals series
Qualifying and elimination finals
Semi-finals
Preliminary finals
Grand Final
References
External links
WAFL official website
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West Australian Football League seasons
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