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The 1997 Westar Rules season was the 113th season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia. It featured a number of dramatic changes to a competition whose popularity had been dramatically reduced by the drain of players to the Eagles and Dockers of the AFL. The competition's name was changed from the prosaic ‘West Australian Football League’ to ‘Westar Rules’ in an attempt to update the local competition for a more sophisticated audience.^[1] However, this change became regarded as unsuccessful and was reversed as per recommendations of the “Fong Report”^[2] after four seasons. West Perth also changed their name to Joondalup to recognise their location in Perth's growing northwestern suburbs, but changed back after the ninth round.

More significantly, after intense debate for a number of years about whether to expand or contract the competition,^[3] a new team, {{WAFL PT}}, was added, despite requests from Peel's licence holders that they not be required to enter before 1998.^[4] This was the first change to the number of teams in the WA(N)FL for sixty-three years.

In their first eighteen seasons, Peel won only seventy-three matches out of 354 (a winning percentage of 20.6%) and never had a winning season, finishing with nine wooden spoons. Along with occasional serious financial difficulties,^[5] this produced serious criticism of the decision in subsequent years, but Peel qualified for the finals for the first time in 2015, and won the premiership the following year. A proposal to limit Westar to players under 25 and a few older veterans in order to allow a better flow of players to the AFL^[6] was made during the season but rejected.

Affected badly by the erratic availability of a number of AFL-listed players,^[7] reigning premiers Claremont had their worst season since 1975 and equalled East Fremantle's decline in 1980 from premiers to only five wins, whilst Swan Districts, brilliant but erratic during 1996, began with nine wins in their first ten matches before losing eight of their next nine to miss the finals for the third successive season.

On a more positive side, the season saw {{WAFL SF}} win its first premiership in seventeen years in a thrilling comeback Grand Final win over traditional rivals East Fremantle, and {{WAFL Per}} have (after a disastrous opening) its only winning season since 1988, and culminating in its last finals appearance as of 2016.

Home-and-away Season

Round 1 (Easter Weekend)

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5 (Anzac Day)

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10 (Foundation Day)

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Ladder

Finals series

Semi-Finals

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

References

1. ^Devaney, John; Full Points Footy’s WA Football Companion; p. 96. {{ISBN|9780955689710}}
2. ^Barker, Anthony J. Behind the Play: A History of Football in Western Australia; pp. 358-360. {{ISBN|0975242709}}
3. ^See Casey, Kevin (1995); The Tigers’ Tale: the origins and history of the Claremont Football Club, p. 201. {{ISBN|0646264982}}
4. ^See Lewis, Ross; ‘Margin Could Cost Falcons’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 11 August 1997
5. ^‘WAFL club Peel Thunder found to have $300,000 loss’
6. ^Lewis, Ross; ‘Pair Show Virtues of Age’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 18 August 1997
7. ^¹Stocks, Gary; ‘Part-Time Tigers Make a Difference’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 16 June 1997
8. ^Perth Metro (Mount Lawley) March 1997 rainfall
9. ^Perth: Lowest Scores
10. ^¹Lague, Steve; ‘Swans’ Five Steal Show’; in The Game, p. 8; from The West Australian, 31 March 1997
11. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Strong South Spoil Celebrations’; in The Game, p. 8; from The West Australian, 31 March 1997
12. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Horror Session Stops Rot’; in The Game, p. 8; from The West Australian, 7 April 1997
13. ^Subiaco Football Club: Biggest Wins
14. ^‘Ugle Leads Swans from Brink’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 14 April 1997
15. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Lights Attract Fans’, in The Game, p. 11 from The West Australian, 21 April 1997
16. ^Reid, Russell; ‘Westar Fine for Starters’, in The Game, p. 12 from The West Australian, 28 April 1997
17. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Simister Steals Joondalup’s Thunder’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 28 April 1997
18. ^Stocks, Gary; ‘Shawcross, Burton Turn Lions Around’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 5 May 1997
19. ^Reid, Russell; ‘Wilson Moves Back to the Forefront’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 5 May 1997
20. ^{{Cite web |url=http://waflfootyfacts.net/streaks_all_teams.html |title=WAFL Footy Facts: Consecutive Losses by 100+ |access-date=31 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415054014/http://waflfootyfacts.net/streaks_all_teams.html#ConsecutiveLossesOver100 |archive-date=15 April 2014 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
21. ^Reid, Russell; ‘Thunder Stilled by Growling Bulldogs’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 12 May 1997
22. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Mitchell Burst Gets Tigers off Mark’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 12 May 1997
23. ^Reid, Russell; ‘Late Changes Lead to Easy Bulldogs Win’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 19 May 1997
24. ^¹‘Peel Upholds Local Pride’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 19 May 1997
25. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Whitelaw Rises to Occasion’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 19 May 1997
26. ^Reid, Russell; ‘Edmonds Looks Sandover Material’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 25 May 1997
27. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Mallis Pivotal in Killing off Tiger Hopes’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 25 May 1997
28. ^Duffield, Mark; ‘Victory Is Costly for Royals’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 25 May 1997
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30. ^{{Cite web |url=http://waflfootyfacts.net/Teams/Peel/Peel_vsgamer.html |title=WAFL Footy Facts: Peel Thunder |access-date=12 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031053301/http://www.waflfootyfacts.net/Teams/Peel/Peel_vsgamer.html |archive-date=31 October 2013 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
31. ^Lewis, Ross; ‘Spirit of “Terror” Sustains Falcons’ Charge’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 23 June 1997
32. ^Stocks, Gary; ‘More Questions than Answers for Royals’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 23 June 1997
33. ^East Fremantle v Subiaco- Game Records
34. ^Reid, Russell; ‘Demons Turn Up the Heat’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 7 July 1997
35. ^Lewis, Ross and Lague, Steve; ‘Todd Blasts Thunder’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 7 July 1997
36. ^WAFL Footy Facts: Drawn Matches {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010548/http://waflfootyfacts.net/Teams/All/draws.php |date=2014-05-13 }}
37. ^Lewis, Ross; ‘“Apples” Bears Fruit in a Thriller; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 14 July 1997
38. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Demons Blast Swans out of Water’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 4 August 1997
39. ^Stocks, Gary; ‘Sharks Raise Hopes of Centenary Premiership’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 4 August 1997
40. ^Claremont: Lowest Scores
41. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Swans’ Season Sinks in Mire’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 11 August 1997
42. ^Swan Districts: Lowest Scores
43. ^‘Perth Gets Points for Persistence’; ; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 11 August 1997
44. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Spinks Injury Sours Demons’ Win’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 18 August 1997
45. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Dorotich Helps Himself to a Piece of History’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 25 August 1997
46. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Happy Jackson Marks Milestone’; The Game, p. 11, from The West Australian, 8 September 1997
47. ^Reid, Russell; ‘Condon Leads Sharks’ Revival’; The Game, p. 11, from The West Australian, 8 September 1997
48. ^Lague, Steve; ‘Bulldogs Bubble in a Champagne Spell’; The Game, p. 11, from The West Australian, 15 September 1997