2012 WAFL Grand Final

West Australian local football grand tournament December 2017 December 2017 2012 WAFL Cla 18.16 (124) EF 15.8 (98) 23 September 2012 Paul Medhurst (Cla) 18,612 Patersons Stadium ABC1 (television)720 ABC (radio)ABC Grandstand (radio/online) 2011 2013 The 2012 WAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Claremont Football Club and the East Fremantle Football Club on Sunday 23 September 2012 at Patersons Stadium, to determine the premier team of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for the 2012 season. Claremont won an exciting game by 26 points - 18.16 (124) to 15.8 (98) - and Paul Medhurst of Claremont was awarded the Simpson Medal. The win, which gave Claremont's its 12th WAFL premiership, was also the first time the Tigers had won successive flags since their 1938-1940 hat-trick.Tigers claim back-to-back flags Russell Reid The West Australian http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/wafl/14935368/tigers-claim-back-to-back-flags/ 18 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121018004736/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/wafl/14935368/tigers-claim-back-to-back-flags/ 23 September 2012 Background Claremont, the reigning premiers, finished the home-and-away rounds on top of the ladder with 15 wins and a large percentage. The Tigers advanced directly to the Grand Final after defeating SD in the Second Semi-final. East Fremantle finished third at the end of the home-and-away rounds with 14 wins. The Sharks defeated EP in the First Semi-final and then Swan Districts in the Preliminary Final to advance to the Grand Final. This was the first time the Sharks had made it to the Grand Final since 2000, and their most recent Grand Final victory was in 1998. In the lead-up to the Grand Final, Claremont captain Andrew Browne failed a fitness test on his injured left hamstring, and deputy Luke Blackwell was appointed to lead the side. Teams Claremont FB: Jesse Laurie David Crawford Jeremy McGovern HB: Aaron Holt James Thomson Lewis Stevenson C: Tom Swift Nick Suban Kane Mitchell HF: Rory Walton Tom Lee Jake Murphy FF: Ian Richardson Chad Jones Brad Nisbett R: Mitch Andrews Luke Blackwell (c) Byron Schammer I: Paul Medhurst Andrew Foster Gerrick Weedon Trinity Handley Coach: Marc Webb East Fremantle FB: Brad Cooper Mitch Brown Steven Dodd HB: James Bayliss Tom Howlett Andrew Stephen C: Bradd Dalziell Mark McGough (c) Sean Henson HF: Sam Menegola Luke Weller Brad Dick FF: Brock O'Brien Rob Young Jacob Brennan R: Jonathan Griffin Richard Hadley Koby Stevens I: Jayden Schofield Rory O'Brien Leith Teakle Cameron Sutcliffe Coach: Steve Malaxos Match report East Fremantle closed to within one point at the start of the final quarter when Young kicked his second,http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/claremont-survives-east-fremantle-fightback-to-claim-2012-wafl-flag/story-e6frg243-1226479807927 Claremont survives East Fremantle fightback to claim 2012 WAFL flag Chris Pike 23 September 2012 but Claremont managed to steady and kick five of the last six goals to run out comfortable winners in the end. The defeat was especially bitter for the Sharks as, for the second time since 2000, they lost Grand Finals in all three grades; they had lost earlier to Claremont in the Reserves, and were defeated for the Colts premiership by SF. Match details 2012 WAFL Grand Final Sunday, 23 September 2:15pm Cla 8.6 (54) 11.11 (77) 13.13 (91) 18.16 (124) Medhurst 6Richardson, Mitchell 3Foster 2Schammer, Blackwell, Lee, Jones 1 Medhurst, Blackwell, Mitchell, Richardson, Schammer, Foster, Walton Foster (knee) Handley (rough conduct) H EF 1.1 (7) 7.5 (47) 13.6 (84) 15.8 (98) 3 Griffin, Young2 B. O'Brien1 Menegola, Teakle, Stevens, McGough, Brennan, R. O'Brien, Dalziell Griffin, Dalziell, Brown, Howlett, Dodd, Young, Menegola Bayliss (elbow) Young (rough conduct) Patersons Stadium 18,612 Report Justin Orr, Todd Keating, Scott McPhee Simpson Medal Paul Medhurst ABC1 References Category:West Australian Football League Grand Finals WAFL