2008 WAFL season

2008 WAFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Subiaco (11th premiership)
Minor premiers	Subiaco (12th minor premiership)
Matches played	94
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Brad Smith (Subiaco)
Sandover Medallist	Hayden Ballantyne (Peel Thunder)
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The 2008 WAFL season was the 124th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League, and was completely dominated by Subiaco, who not only recorded their first hat-trick of premierships but achieved a dominance over the rest of the league unrivalled in a major Australian Rules league since Port Adelaide in the 1914 SAFL season. The Lions lost once to eventual Grand Final opponents Swan Districts by the narrowest possible margin, and were previously generally predicted to achieve an undefeated season, being rarely threatened in their twenty-one victories. They finished seven-and-a-half games clear of second-placed West Perth, and convincingly won the Grand Final after trailing early.

Subiaco’s dominance overshadowed the other eight clubs, where the most notable features were the fall of 2007 finalists Claremont and East Perth to second last and last respectively, and a comeback by East Fremantle who won only two of their first eleven matches but then won eight of their last nine

The Peel versus East Fremantle game produces the greatest deficit in scoring shots by a winning club in WAFL history, beating the previous record by two shots.

Peel win another thriller, but this time record their first win scoring fewer goals than their opponents.

The Lathlain Park match was the first senior WAFL draw in 500 matches since East Perth and Swan Districts drew at Busselton in the opening round of 2003. It was a remarkable result because the colts teams had also drawn earlier in the day.

Claremont record their ninth consecutive defeat, their worst run since 1974-75, as Peel win for the first time at Claremont Oval.

Peel win from a 48-point half-time deficit, the third most in WAFL history.

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