West Australian Netball League

Founded	1989; 37 years ago (1989)
Country	Australia
Region	Western Australia
Divisions	Open Division Under-21 Division Men's Division
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	3
Current champions	Western Roar
Most championships	Southside Demons (eight league/open premierships)
Website	wa.netball.com.au

The West Australian Netball League, also referred to as the WA Netball League, is a state netball league featuring teams from Western Australia. It is organised by Netball Western Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third-level league, below Suncorp Super Netball and the Super Netball Reserves competitions.

Over the last two decades West Australian Netball League has changed names multiple times. It was originally known as the Gold Netball League. During the later 2000s and early 2010s, it was known as the Smarter than Smoking Netball League. In 2019 it became known as the Gold Industry Group WANL.^{[clarification needed]} Historically, the league's most successful team has been Southside Demons. During the 2010s, the most successful team was West Coast Warriors.

The league was launched in 1989 as the Gold Netball League.^{[citation needed]} It originally featured just one division.^{[citation needed]} A reserves division was added in 1990 and an under-18 division added in 2000.^{[citation needed]} The inaugural premiers in 1989 were Coastal Raiders. During the early 1990s, Perth Superdrome Bullets were the dominant team, winning four titles in a row between 1991 and 1994 and then a fifth title in 1996.^[1][2]

Historically, the WANL's most successful team are Demons.^{[citation needed]} Founded in 1989 and originally based in Kenwick, Demons have played under various names. They won their first senior premiership in 1997 as KAE Sparks and a second in 2004 as Southside Sparks. In 2004 they became the first WANL team to win all three divisions. In 2006, after forming a partnership with Perth Football Club, they became South East Demons. Between 2007 and 2010, as Midland Brick Demons, they completed a four-in-a-row of senior premierships. As South East Demons they won a seventh and eight premiership in 2013 and 2014 respectively. In 2018 they adopted their current name, Southside Demons. Notable Demons players included Australia internationals, Caitlin Bassett and Courtney Bruce, and Jill McIntosh Medal winner, Lindal Rohde.^[3][2][4][5]

During the 2010s the most successful WANL team was West Coast Warriors. Like Demons, Warriors have also played under several names. They originally played as West Coast Warriors. They later became Wanneroo Warriors, Compact Warriors, West Coast Falcons and, in 2014, back to West Coast Warriors. They won their first senior premiership in 1998. With a team coached by England international, Ama Agbeze and featuring Alicia Janz, they won their second premiership in 2012 as West Coast Falcons. They have since won further premierships in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Other notable Warriors players include three time Jill McIntosh Medal winner Caitlyn Brown, two time Jill McIntosh Medal winner and Australian Diamond #189 Donnell Wallam and two time Jill McIntosh Medal winner Andrea Gilmore.^{[3][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Between 2001 and 2004 the WANL featured a men's netball division. Bullets were the inaugural premiers. Coastals won the other three titles. The Men's Division was relaunched in 2018 featuring four teams – West Coast Warriors, Perth Lions, South East Demons and Wheatbelt Flames.^[12] West Coast Warriors would go on to win the first two titles before Roar dominated winning 4 in a row.^[3][13][14] In 2024, Rangers entered a men’s side in the competition^[15] and Peel Lightning followed suit in 2026.^[16]

Netball WA announced a revamped competition in 2019, initially with seven clubs (Comets, Rangers, Demons, Jets, Warriors and Roar), with Peel Lightning joining for the 2020 season.^[17] Now known as GIG WANL under a new sponsorship from the Gold Industry Group,^[18] the new format included an Open, 20U and Men's division with most games held at the Gold Netball Centre, rather than at local club venues. Jets and Lightning hold three home games per season in Eaton and Mandurah respectively. The 20U division was reworked to 21U for the 2024 season and beyond.

Western Roar has been the dominant club since the new iteration of GIG WANL, winning two Open premierships, five 20U/21U premierships, and five Men's premierships including four in a row from 2022–2025. West Coast Warriors have won the most Open premierships with 3.

The 2026 season features the below eight clubs. The divisions in which they compete in are represented in green.

Notes

• Southside Demons previously played as KAE Sparks, Southside Sparks, Midland Brick Demons and South East Demons
• West Coast Warriors previously played as Wanneroo Warriors, Compact Warriors, West Coast Falcons.

Source:^[3][2]

 Australia

 England

• Ama Agbeze

Source:^{[24][27][28][29][30][31]}

The Jill McIntosh Medal is awarded annually to the WANL's Best and fairest player. Between 1989 and 1990, it was called the Classique Player of the Series and between 1991 and 1993, it was known as the Berri Medal.

Source:^[11]

• c. 2007–2016: Smarter than Smoking
• 2019–present: Gold Industry Group