The 2011 WAFL season was the 127th season of the West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...

 and its various incarnations.

The season opened on 19 March, with defeating by 15 points at Steel Blue Oval

Steel Blue Oval

Bassendean Oval is a sports stadium, located in Bassendean, Western Australia. The capacity of the venue is 22,000 people....

, and concluded with the 2011 WAFL Grand Final, with defeating by 56 points. The 2011 Sandover Medal

Sandover Medal

The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League...

 was won by Luke Blackwell

Luke Blackwell

Luke Blackwell is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Claremont in the West Australian Football League . He formerly played for Carlton in the Australian Football League...

 of .

Rule changes

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

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (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
  Free kick (Australian rules football)
  A free kick in Australian rules football is a penalty awarded by a field umpire to a player who has been infringed by an opponent or is the nearest player to a player from the opposite team who has broken a rule.-Protocol:...
  
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• 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 which could not reasonably be foreseen.

Clubs

Club	Coach	Captain	Best and fairest	Leading goalkicker
	Simon McPhee Simon McPhee Simon McPhee is an Australian rules football coach, currently serving as senior coach of the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League...	Clancy Rudeforth Clancy Rudeforth Clancy Rudeforth is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL...	Luke Blackwell Luke Blackwell Luke Blackwell is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Claremont in the West Australian Football League . He formerly played for Carlton in the Australian Football League...	Beau Wilkes Beau Wilkes Beau Wilkes is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...  (42)
	Steve Malaxos Steve Malaxos Stephen "Steve" Malaxos is a former Australian rules footballer and coach from Western Australia. While playing for Claremont in the WAFL, he won the 1984 Sandover Medal. Malaxos was an All-Australian with Claremont in 1986 and while he was with the West Coast Eagles in 1988...	Mark McGough Mark McGough Mark McGough is an Australian rules football player who played with the Collingwood and St Kilda football clubs in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:He was selected by Collingwood in the third round of the 2001 AFL Draft...	Rory O'Brien	Brock O'Brien Brock O'Brien Brock O'Brien is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He plays as a midfielder or defender and was selected by the Fremantle Football Club with selection 52 in the 2006 AFL National Draft....  (51)
	Tony Micale Tony Micale Anthony Claude "Tony" Micale is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current coach of the East Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League .-Playing career:...	Michael Swan	Brendan Lee	Josh Smith Josh Smith (Australian footballer) Josh Smith is an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the AFL between 2008 and 2010.Recruited from West Perth in the West Australian Football League with the 62nd selection in the 2007 AFL Draft, Smith made his AFL debut in Round 7 of the 2008 AFL season but only played...  (50)
	Trevor Williams	Brendon Jones	Kristin Thornton Kristin Thornton Kristin Thornton is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for in the West Australian Football League .He was recruited as the number 54 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from Peel Thunder...	Bradley Holmes (36)
	Damien McMahon	Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who is currently without a club. He has played for the Melbourne Football Club and the West Coast Eagles....	Ross Young Ross Young Ross Young is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League, after previously playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....	Matthew Moody Matthew Moody Matthew Moody is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 23 draft pick in the 2003 AFL Draft from South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...  (41)
	John Dimmer	Jaymie Graham Jaymie Graham Jaymie Graham is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. He previously played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....	Ryan Cook	Corey Dell-Olio (55)
	Chris Waterman Chris Waterman Chris Waterman is a former Australian rules footballer and has been a part of AFL football for over half of his life . Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football league where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of 15...	Aidan Parker Aidan Parker Aidan William John Parker is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . He was previously rookie-listed with the Adelaide Football Club in Australian Football League...	Kyal Horsley	Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . In 2010 and 2011 he was the club's leading goalkicker. In 2011 he won the Bernie Naylor Medal for the most goals at the end of the home and away season in the WAFL with a...  (73)
	Greg Harding Greg Harding Greg Harding is an Australian rules footballer. He played for both the Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. He was drafted by Fremantle from Claremont in the WAFL as a zone selection in the 1995 AFL Draft and played mainly as a defender.He made his AFL debut in the opening round...	Josh Roberts	Tallan Ames	Tim Geappen (51)
	Bill Monaghan Bill Monaghan Bill Monaghan is the current coach of the West Perth Football Club and a former player for the Subiaco Lions and Peel Thunder.He played 204 games for Subiaco and Peel, captained Peel, and represented Western Australia at fullback....	Jason Salecic	Dion Fleay	Anthony Tsalikis (39)

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6 (Anzac Day)

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12 (Foundation Day)

Round 13

State game

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Semi Finals

Preliminary Final

Grand Final