Peel Football League

Peel Football League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1992
President	Paul Campaner
No. of teams	8
Most recent champion(s)	Sth Mandurah (League) Halls Head (Reserves) Halls Head (Colts)

The Peel Football League (PFL) is a country football league based in the Peel region of Western Australia. The competition was formed in 1992 when teams from the Metropolitan Football League and Murray Districts Football League merged. There are currently eight league and reserves teams and nine colts teams.

The formation years

The Metropolitan Football League (MFL) was a predecessor to the PFL and competed from 1988 to 1991 under the administration of the Sunday Football League. The six founding MFL teams in 1988 were Kwinana, Manning, Midland, Mosman Park, North Fremantle and Cockburn. In 1989, the MFL grew from 6 teams to 8 teams with the inclusion of Mundijong Centrals and Pinjarra. These two teams were previously competing in the Murray Districts Football League (along with Harvey Town, South Mandurah and Waroona).

The MFL gained another two teams in 1990, with the admission of South Mandurah and Waroona, who were forced to join the league when the Murray Districts Football League disbanded at the end of the 1989 season. Cockburn also did not compete in 1990, but re-entered for the final year of the MFL in 1991.

In 1992, the ten MFL teams broke ties with the Sunday Football League and combined with Mandurah (from the Sunday Football League) and Belmont to form the new Peel Football League (PFL). In 1994, Midland, Mosman Park, Manning, North Fremantle, Cockburn and Belmont left the PFL to form Division 2 of the Sunday Football League (along with a new club from Kingsley). However, the loss of these six teams was offset by the admission of Rockingham (from the WA Amateur Football League) and a new team from Harvey.

Note: The information above was sourced from Sunday Football League Yearbooks and Westside Football Newspapers.

Merger rumours and the loss of the Bulls

The end of 2008 saw the end of neighbouring competition the Sunday Football League. This fuelled rumours that 4 of their clubs would be joining the competition in 2009. There were many mixed reactions throughout the competition, with majority of the people and clubs involved, against the idea. Even though clubs rejected the offer, rumours fuelled that the WAFC were going to over rule the clubs and input the new clubs in by themselves. The Harvey Bulls reacted immediately. With playing numbers already at a dangerous low, and coming off a poor season, the input of the four clubs would increase travel time and therefore playing interest would tumble further. So in an effort to increase interest in the club, it held a meeting within the community to decide on their future. There were two options decided to vote upon. Move to the South West Football League or fold. In an overwhelming decision it was voted to create a submission to become the tenth team in the SWFL.

While all this was happening the PFL decided to try to fight of the merger. All clubs voted against it, but it was up to the WAFC to decide on their fate. Meanwhile, the SWFL decided to look into the Bulls submission. The Bulls had a meeting with the SWFL board and both parties came out of the meeting happy, and it was now up to the other clubs in the SWFL to vote upon the Bulls in a months time. The bulls needed to get 7 or more votes out of 9 to enter the competition.

The SWFL voted late December on 2008. 8 of the clubs voted in favour of the Bulls with the only club against it was neighbouring and now rival team Harvey-Brunswick-Lecshanault Lions. In their 15 years in the PFL the Bulls played in 6 Grand Finals, winning 3 premierships, and played in 12 finals series.

Later it was decided that the SFL teams were better suited to enter in the amateur Perth competition. However Armadale were nevertheless admitted to the PFL to replace the Bulls.

Current clubs

CLUB	COLOURS	HOME GROUND	JOINED LEAGUE
Baldivis Brumbies	Yellow, Red and Navy Blue	Baldivis Oval, Baldivis	2006
Halls Head Lightning	Navy Blue and White	Merlin Street, Falcon	2008
Mandurah Mustangs	Red and White	Rushton Park, Mandurah	1992
(Mundijong) Centrals Blues	Navy Blue and White	Mundijong Oval, Mundijong	1992
Pinjarra Tigers	Yellow and Black	Sir Ross Mclarty Oval, Pinjarra	1992
Rockingham Rams	Red, Black and White	Anniversary Park, Rockingham	1994
South Mandurah Falcons	Yellow and Blue	Falcon Oval, Falcon	1992
Waroona Demons	Red and Black	Waroona Oval, Waroona	1992

Former clubs

CLUB	COLOURS	JOINED LEAGUE	LEFT LEAGUE	NOTES
Armadale Demons	Red and Black	2009	2009	Joined from the Sunday FL when it disbanded; joined the WAAFL in 2010
Belmont Bombers	Red, White and Black	1992	1993	Joined the Sunday FL Division 2 in 1994
Cockburn Saints	Blue and White	1992	1993	Joined the Sunday FL Division 2 in 1994 (as Cockburn Eagles)
Harvey Bulls	Red, Black and Green	1994	2008	Joined the SWFL, to reduce travel factors and gain more exposure through a better competition
Kwinana Knights	Red, Blue and White	1992	2005	Left competition 3 games into 2005, after poor results, lack of players and financial difficulties
Manning Maroons	Maroon and Yellow	1992	1993	Joined the Sunday FL Division 2 in 1994
Midland Tigers	Black and Yellow	1992	1993	Joined the Sunday FL Division 2 in 1994
Mosman Park Mossies	Red and Black	1992	1993	Joined the Sunday FL Division 2 in 1994
North Fremantle Magpies	Black and White	1992	1993	Joined the Sunday FL Division 2 in 1994

Grand final results

LEAGUE

1992 Mundijong Centrals 17.12.114 d Mandurah 10.9.69

1993 Mandurah 9.11.65 d Pinjarra 8.7.55

1994 Pinjarra 16.9.105 d Mandurah 8.6.54

1995 Mandurah 19.22.136 d Harvey 18.14.122

1996 Harvey 9.9.63 d Rockingham 8.12.60

1997 Rockingham 14.17.101 d Pinjarra 7.5.47

1998 South Mandurah 16.6.102 d Mundijong Centrals 12.15.87

1999 Mundijong Centrals 13.10.88 d Harvey 8.8.56

2000 Mundijong Centrals 14.10.94 d Harvey 10.6.66

2001 Pinjarra 14.11.95 d Mundijong Centrals 7.7.49

2002 Pinjarra 9.9.63 d Mandurah 6.13.49

2003 Mandurah 11.8.74 d Pinjarra 9.9.63

2004 Harvey 14.10.94 d Pinjarra 9.5.59

2005 Harvey 16.17.113 d Rockingham 3.15.33

2006 South Mandurah 15.14.104 d Waroona 9.7.61

2007 Mundijong Centrals 13.7.85 d South Mandurah 8.8.56

2008 South Mandurah 26.16.172 d Mundijong Centrals 5.5.35

2009 Waroona d South Mandurah

2010 Waroona 20.18.138 d Mandurah 7.2.44

2011 Waroona 16.7.103 d Rockingham 8.7.55

2012 Waroona 8.7.55 d Rockingham 7.9.51

2013 Pinjarra 15.14.104 d Waroona 12.7.79

Premierships

LEAGUE

Club	Years Won	Total
Waroona	2009-2012	4
Centrals	1992, 1999, 2000, 2007	4
Harvey	1996, 2004, 2005	3
Mandurah	1993, 1995, 2003	3
Pinjarra	1994, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014	5
South Mandurah	1998, 2006, 2008, 2015	4
Rockingham	1997	1

RESERVES

Team	Years Won	Total
Rockingham	1995–1999, 2001, 2005, 2006	8
Mandurah	1992–1994, 2003, 2004, 2010	6
Harvey	2000, 2002	2
South Mandurah	2007, 2009, 2013	3
Centrals	2008	1
Pinjarra	2011	1
Waroona	2012	1
Halls Head	2015	1

COLTS

Team	Years Won	Total
Mandurah	1993, 1994, 1999, 2001–2003, 2005, 2012	8
Rockingham	1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010	6
South Mandurah	1995, 1997, 2007	3
Halls Head	2009, 2011, 2015	3
Pinjarra	1996	1
Baldivis	2013	1

Honour board

LEAGUE

	Premiers	Premiership Coach	Runners Up	Minor Premiers	Wooden Spoon	B/F	R/U B/F	GF BOG	Leading Goal Kicker	Budget Player Of The Year/ Mandurah Mail
1992	Centrals	Ric Ellard	Mandurah	Mandurah	Kwinana	Ric Ellard (Centrals)
1993	Mandurah		Pinjarra	Mandurah	Manning	Des Hayward (Mandurah)
1994	Pinjarra		Mandurah	Mandurah	Kwinana	Brad Perry (Mandurah)
1995	Mandurah	Haydn Bunton	Harvey	Mandurah	Centrals	Peter Humes (Kwinana)	Brendon Baker (Rockingham)		Kurnutt Thorne (Kwinana)	N/A
1996	Harvey	Mark Bayliss	Rockingham	Harvey	Centrals	Clinton Dennis (Mandurah)		Ned Fimmano (Harvey)
1997	Rockingham	Mark Watson	Pinjarra	Rockingham		Brendan Baker (Rockingham)
1998	South Mandurah	Bob Maher	Centrals	South Mandurah		Bruno Italiano (Harvey)	Aaron Jeffery (Centrals)		Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (161)
1999	Centrals	Terry Richardson	Harvey			Aaron Jeffery (Centrals)	Kieren Ugle (Rockingham)	Brad Oldfield (Centrals)
2000	Centrals	Terry Richardson	Harvey	Harvey	Kwinana	Cam Allen (Harvey)	Brendon Braithwaite (Rockingham), Patrick Young (Waroona)	Clarry Green (Centrals)	Mark Bayliss (Harvey)	Bruno Italiano (Harvey)
2001	Pinjarra	Troy Wilson	Centrals	Pinjarra	Kwinana	Rob Lawson (Mandurah)		Phil Gilbert(Pinjarra)
2002	Pinjarra	Phil Gilbert	Mandurah	Pinjarra	South Mandurah	Bruce Briene (Pinjarra)	Todd Nancarrow (Pinjarra)	Todd Nancarrow (Pinjarra)	Leon Harris (kwinana)	Cam Allen (Harvey)
2003	Mandurah	Bill Lawler	Pinjarra	Mandurah		Richard Leigh(Pinjarra)	Peter Miller (Pinjarra)	Matt Liddell (Mandurah)	Joe Smith (Waroona) (75)	Ricky Jetta (Kwinana) and Leon Demarte (Mandurah)
2004	Harvey	Ned Fimmano	Pinjarra	Harvey	South Mandurah	Nathan Burridge (Harvey)	Ryan Redfern (Harvey)	Nathan Burridge (Harvey)	Sam Hart (Kwinana) (98)	Ricky Jetta (Kwinana)
2005	Harvey	Ned Fimmano	Rockingham	Rockingham	Pinjarra	Ryan Redfern (Harvey)	Dean Taylor (Waroona)	Ryan Redfern (Harvey)	Sam Hart (Rockingham) (65)	Mark Cherubino (Harvey)
2006	South Mandurah	Sean Wrigley	Waroona	Rockingham	Harvey	Greg Sanders (Rockingham)		Scott Simister (South Mandurah)	Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (172)
2007	Centrals	Aaron Jeffery	South Mandurah	South Mandurah	Pinjarra	Jason Morgan (Centrals)	Rowan Arnott (South Mandurah)	Jason Morgan (Centrals)	Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (124)	Scott Franklin (Rockingham)
2008	South Mandurah	Sean Wrigley	Centrals	South Mandurah	Mandurah	Matthew Ware (Rockingham)	Matthew Giumelli (Waroona)		Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (223)	Daniel Wilson (Centrals)
2009	Waroona	Paul Pannell	South Mandurah	Waroona				Dustin Roberts (Waroona)	Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (132)
2010	Waroona	Paul Pannell	Mandurah	Waroona	Halls Head			Ben Matthews-Herrald (Waroona)	Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (100)
2011	Waroona	Paul Pannell	Rockingham	Waroona				Matthew Giumelli (Waroona)	Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (122)
2012	Waroona	Craig Callaghan	Rockingham	Rockingham					Rod Tregenza (South Mandurah) (130)
2013	Pinjarra		Waroona	Pinjarra		Eddie Dann (Rockingham)

2011 Ladder

Peel	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Waroona	17	1	2100	887	236.75%	68
Rockingham	15	3	2230	1158	192.57%	60
Pinjarra	13	5	1772	1484	119.41%	52
Mundijong Centrals	9	9	1567	1790	87.54%	36
South Mandurah	7	11	1722	1665	103.42%	28
Mandurah	6	12	1566	1741	89.95%	24
Baldivis	3	15	1207	2393	50.44%	12
Halls Head	2	16	1055	2101	50.21%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Mundijong Centrals	17	11	113	South Mandurah	13	10	88
Qualifying	Rockingham	18	17	125	Pinjarra	8	14	62
1st Semi	Pinjarra	16	11	107	Mundijong Centrals	13	9	87
2nd Semi	Waroona	11	14	80	Rockingham	12	6	78
Preliminary	Rockingham	13	17	95	Pinjarra	11	12	78
Grand	Waroona	16	7	103	Rockingham	8	7	55

2012 Ladder

Peel	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Rockingham	17	1	0	2014	1101	182.92%	68
Waroona	16	2	0	2120	946	224.10%	64
South Mandurah	10	8	0	1687	1707	98.83%	40
Baldivis	10	8	0	1617	1794	90.13%	40
Mundijong Centrals	7	11	0	1592	1508	105.57%	28
Pinjarra	6	12	0	1169	1419	82.38%	24
Mandurah	4	13	1	1258	1940	64.85%	18
Halls Head	1	16	1	1060	2102	50.43%	6

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Baldivis	12	6	78	Mundijong Centrals	18	12	120
Qualifying	Waroona	20	13	133	South Mandurah	7	3	45
1st Semi	South Mandurah	18	10	118	Mundijong Centrals	16	6	102
2nd Semi	Rockingham	13	12	90	Waroona	12	8	80
Preliminary	Waroona	21	16	142	South Mandurah	6	8	44
Grand	Waroona	8	7	55	Rockingham	7	9	51

Champion club

Year	Winner	Total Points	League	Reserves	Colts
2007	South Mandurah
2008	South Mandurah

AFL players who originally come from PFL clubs

- Paul Bower (South Mandurah)- Carlton

- Daniel Haines (South Mandurah)- Fremantle

- Matt Riggio (Waroona) - North Melbourne

- Daniel Wells (Kwinana) - North Melbourne

- Farren Ray (Mandurah) - Western Bulldogs/ St Kilda

- Brock O'Brien (Pinjarra) - Fremantle

- Nathan Wilson (Mandurah) - GWS Giants

- Brad Walsh (Rockingham) - Carlton

- Harley Bennell (Pinjarra) - Gold Coast/ Fremantle

Australian rules football in Western Australia

Representative side	Sandgropers

Governing bodies	West Australian Football Commission West Australian Country Football League (regional)

Professional clubs (AFL)	West Coast Eagles Fremantle Football Club

Major leagues	West Australian Football League West Australian State Premiership (former)

Metropolitan leagues	Western Australian Amateur Football League Metro Football League

Other leagues	Avon Central Kimberley Central Midlands, Central Wheatbelt East Kimberley Eastern Districts Esperance District Fortescue Gascoyne Goldfields Great Northern Great Southern Hills Lower South West Mortlock Newman North Midlands North Pilbara Ongerup Peel Ravensthorpe South West Upper Great Southern West Kimberley

Women's leagues	West Australian Women's Football League

Principal venues	Bassendean Oval Claremont Oval Claremont Showgrounds East Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval Arena Joondalup Lathlain Park Leederville Oval Rushton Park Subiaco Oval

Major events	Western Derby

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