2025 WAFL Season Grand Final: South Fremantle v East Perth

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 2025 between South Fremantle and East Perth in the grand final of the 2025 season of the West Australian Football League. South Fremantle hosted East Perth at Optus Stadium. Chad Pearson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Craig White and the visitors were coached by Ross McQueen.

South Fremantle (8.8.56) defeated East Perth (8.6.54).

Match Details

Season: 2025 WAFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: South Fremantle v East Perth
Date: Sunday 21 September 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: South Fremantle def. East Perth
Score: 8.8.56 - 8.6.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Fremantle 1 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
East Perth 1 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 4 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Margin SFRM by 2 SFRM by 14 SFRM by 20 SFRM by 2 SFRM by 2
Duration 25:40 27:20 28:14 34:16 1:55:30

Honour Roll

South Fremantle

Captain: Chad Pearson
Coach: Craig White

East Perth

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross McQueen

Player Statistics

South Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Artemis, Jaxon FPL ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 1 ? ? 0 1 2 4
7 Blechynden, Tom HFFL ? 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 6 ? ? 0 2 1 3
29 Bourne, Chase WL ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 2 ? ? 1 2 0 1
19 Byron, Glenn HBFR ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 4 ? ? 0 1 0 2
37 Dodds, Toby BPL ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 ? ? 0 1 4 1
16 Donaldson, Brandon INT ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 ? ? 0 0 0 1
25 Drage, Aaron FPR ? 0 1 16 8 8 5 0 1 ? ? 0 2 0 5
3 Florenca, Jake C ? 1 0 19 6 13 2 0 7 ? ? 0 1 2 1
20 Free, Hamish RU ? 2 1 14 11 3 1 19 1 ? ? 0 3 3 0
6 Hughes, Ethan BPR ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 0 ? ? 0 0 4 0
8 Jones, Jamaine HBFL ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 5 ? ? 1 2 4 1
26 O'Hehir, Roan WR ? 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 ? ? 3 1 0 2
34 Parker, Matthew RO ? 1 0 18 10 8 5 0 4 ? ? 2 4 0 4
12 Pearson, Chad (c) CHB ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 1 ? ? 0 2 3 1
4 Rayson, Lewis INT ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 5 ? ? 1 0 3 1
5 Ruscoe, Trey FF ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 3 ? ? 2 0 0 1
41 Sax, Jacob INT ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 ? ? 0 1 1 0
1 Schloithe, Haiden INT ? 1 1 10 4 6 3 0 3 ? ? 1 1 0 1
28 Strom, Noah FB ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 3 ? ? 0 0 1 0
14 Strom, Zachary CHF ? 1 0 11 7 4 4 3 6 ? ? 0 0 1 1
24 Ward, Matthew HFFR ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 6 ? ? 1 1 0 3
9 Winder, Isiah RR ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 3 ? ? 1 3 2 4
Rushed ?
Total (22 players) 8 8 277 168 109 77 22 69 0+ 0+ 13 28 31 37

East Perth

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Ameduri, Christian HFFL ? 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 9 ? ? 4 0 0 3
10 Baker, Jordyn HBFL ? 0 0 31 23 8 12 0 1 ? ? 2 0 0 4
22 Brayshaw, Hamish C ? 2 1 24 11 13 5 0 5 ? ? 1 1 1 2
6 Burgiel, Coby INT ? 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 5 ? ? 2 0 0 3
4 Hille, Shayne FPL ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 ? ? 1 0 0 2
28 Jones, Scott RU ? 1 0 16 9 7 8 35 2 ? ? 1 1 0 1
21 Macreadie, Harrison CHB ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 ? ? 2 0 3 0
8 Medhat, Tom FF ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 2 4 ? ? 1 0 0 1
14 Middleton, Ben CHF ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 2 2 ? ? 1 0 0 3
39 Milner, Xavier INT ? 1 0 12 8 4 8 0 1 ? ? 1 1 1 0
1 Msando, Jacob BPR ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 4 ? ? 2 0 1 2
16 North, Tom RO ? 0 0 28 14 14 5 0 2 ? ? 0 0 3 2
37 Raykos, Zachary WL ? 0 1 23 10 13 5 0 5 ? ? 4 4 3 3
11 Saunders, Riley INT ? 0 0 19 14 5 11 0 2 ? ? 1 0 1 0
26 Schofield, Mitchell HFFR ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 ? ? 0 0 0 2
27 Scott, Angus WR ? 0 0 20 8 12 6 0 1 ? ? 0 2 2 1
15 Sturrock, James INT ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 4 ? ? 0 0 2 1
35 Tedesco, Liam RR ? 1 1 17 11 6 2 0 4 ? ? 3 1 2 5
2 Van Diemen, Sam FPR ? 1 1 13 11 2 3 0 6 ? ? 1 0 0 0
30 Watts, Corey FB ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 2 ? ? 1 1 2 1
5 Willcocks, Kye BPL ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 3 ? ? 0 1 3 3
7 Wright, Stanley HBFR ? 0 0 32 24 8 9 0 0 ? ? 0 1 5 1
Rushed ?
Total (22 players) 8 6 371 235 136 116 39 66 0+ 0+ 28 13 29 40

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

South Fremantle Coach: Craig White
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
5 K. Willcocks 30 C. Watts 1 J. Msando 20 H. Free 16 B. Donaldson
25 A. Drage 5 T. Ruscoe 31 J. Artemis 9 I. Winder 4 L. Rayson
FORWARD 34 M. Parker 41 J. Sax
HALF-BACK

1 H. Schloithe
10 J. Baker 21 H. Macreadie 7 S. Wright



24 M. Ward 14 Z. Strom 7 T. Blechynden



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 Z. Raykos 22 H. Brayshaw 27 A. Scott



26 R. O'Hehir 3 J. Florenca 29 C. Bourne FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 S. Jones 6 C. Burgiel
HALF-FORWARD 35 L. Tedesco 39 X. Milner
13 C. Ameduri 14 B. Middleton 26 M. Schofield 16 T. North 11 R. Saunders
19 G. Byron 12 C. Pearson (c) 8 J. Jones

15 J. Sturrock
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 S. Hille 8 T. Medhat 2 S. Van Diemen



6 E. Hughes 28 N. Strom 37 T. Dodds



BACK



East Perth Coach: Ross McQueen