2011 WAFL season

Rule changes

The WAFL implemented two rule changes for the 2011 season, to conform with similar rules changes in the Australian Football League (AFL):

• The advantage rule was altered to put the onus on the player rather than the umpire to decide whether they can take the advantage from a free kick.
• The rough conduct rule was altered to make any player who makes forceful contact to the head of another player while bumping is liable to suspension, unless the player was (a) contesting the ball and did not have a reasonable alternative way to contest the ball or (b) the contact was caused by circumstances outside the control of the player that could not reasonably be foreseen.

Clubs

Season

Round 1

• Ian Richardson () kicked seven goals.

Round 2

• In the replay of the 2010 WAFL Grand Final, defeated by 39 points.

Round 3

• Andrew Browne () gathered 36 possessions against , a season record.

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6 (Anzac Day)

Round 7

Round 8

• Bradd Dalziell () gathered 36 possessions against , a season record.
• Chad Jones () kicked eight goals against , a season record.
• The game between and was the 500th WAFL game played at Lathlain Park (Brownes Stadium).

Round 9

• Josh Roberts () played his 150th WAFL game.

Round 10

• recorded their first win for the season.

Round 11

Round 12 (Foundation Day)

• Round 12 was the highest-attended round of the season, with 18,138 attending the four games held. The attendance between and at East Fremantle Oval (7,531 people) was also the highest of the home-and-away season.

Round 13

• Darren Rumble () played his 150th WAFL game.

State game

Brabazon, Geappen, Thornton 2 Dell-Olio, Rory O'Brien 1 2 Clouston, Davey, Illet, Payne 1 Abey, Shelton, Smith, Vearing

• Western Australia played Queensland for the first time since 2008.

Round 14

• Kris Miller () played his 250th WAFL game.

Round 15

Round 16

• The match between and at Ports Oval was the first match at the venue, and the fourth overall in Esperance, with the other three being played at Esperance Oval.

Round 17

• Tallan Ames () played his 150th WAFL game.

Round 18

• Leith Teakle () played his 150th WAFL game.

Round 19

• David Crawford () played his 150th game.
• The match between and was originally scheduled to be played at Steel Blue Oval, but was moved to Kevin Richards Memorial Oval, Karratha, at the request of Swan Districts.

Round 20

• Allistair Pickett () played his 200th WAFL game.
• Gavin Statham umpired his 300th WAFL game.

Round 21

Round 22

• Andrew McCarrey () played his 150th WAFL game.

Round 23

• Josh Pearce and Dustin Burns (both ) played their 150th WAFL games.

Round 24

Finals series

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Main article: 2011 WAFL Grand Final

Gilligan 3 Handley, Richardson, Rudeforth 2 Crawford, Foster, Lee, Schammer, Weedon 1 2 Pickett 1 Kerr, B. Stevenson,

• won their first premiership since 1996.

Ladder

References

References

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