East Fremantle WAFLW premiership player Mylee Leitch has produced a standout result at the AFLW WA Draft Combine in Perth at the weekend. Leitch recorded the fastest time in the country for the agility test, posting 8.321 seconds. It’s also the second-best time in the history of the Combine, which dates back to 2017. The 19-year-old, who stands just 162cm, was part of the Sharks Read More ...

WA teenagers Joe Fonti and Riley Wills have enhanced their NAB AFL Draft prospects with a strong performance at the State Combine testing held in Perth yesterday.  A Claremont Colts premiership player, Fonti’s athleticism was on display with three top three finishes in testing.  The defender finished third in the running vertical jump, clocked the best time in the 20m sprint, and came second in Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) advises that the Nomination Committee, with representatives of the Community Football Advisory Council, Fremantle Football Club, WAFC, WAFL Council of Presidents and West Coast Eagles, met to consider the Expressions of Interest received for the upcoming Commissioner Elections and provided the WAFC Board a list of Recommended Candidates. An impressive number of nominations from high quality candidates was received Read More ...

The Metro Central, Metro South, and Metro North Regional Development Councils (RDCs) united to celebrate the inaugural RDC Team of the Year Ceremony. More than 500 club volunteers, participants and families gathered to celebrate the outstanding achievements of players throughout the Metro regions. The highlight of the evening was the unveiling of three distinct jumper designs, each representing one of the RDCs. These jumpers feature Read More ...

West Australians have impressed recruiters at the annual NAB AFL Draft Combine hosted in Melbourne at the weekend. Claremont colts premiership player Zane Zakostelsky, Perth’s Aiden O’Driscoll, Peel Thunder ruckman Mitch Edwards, Lions midfielder Koltyn Tholstrup and fellow Subiaco product Lance Collard all enjoyed strong performances ahead of next month’s NAB AFL Draft. Twelve WA players were invited to the Combine, with Claremont’s Daniel Curtin Read More ...

The South West have continued their remarkable run at the Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships, winning the Rio Tinto Division One Premiership at Lane Group Stadium in Mandurah. South West recorded a 16-point victory over Kimberley in the Grand Final, continuing their dominance of the competition. But for the first time in the Championship’s history, South West suffered a defeat, going down to Great Read More ...

More than 240 players representing 14 teams will participate in the Nicky Winmar Carnival and Kirby Bentley Cup at UWA Sports Park in Mount Claremont this Sunday. Eight sides are expected to line up for the Nicky Winmar Carnival in the 18-a-side competition, while six teams are expected to take their place in the Kirby Bentley Cup as part of the 12-a-side event. Players have Read More ...

Fremantle will host the 2024 AFL Masters National Carnival for the first time. The 41st Masters Carnival will be just the fifth occasion WA has staged the event. The announcement was made last night at the conclusion of the 2023 AFL Masters National Carnival at Maroochydore in Queensland. Over 70 teams across seven age brackets will descend on Fremantle in October next year with the aim Read More ...

WA All Abilities Football Association has selected a 16-man squad for next week’s AFL National Inclusion Carnival to be played in Queensland from 9 – 13 October. The team was selected from the 44-player Rise Inclusion Football Academy which saw the players participate in a Draft Combine, three training sessions plus leadership, game sense and personal wellbeing sessions, culminating in three exhibition games. Fremantle CBC player Read More ...

The Bachar Houli State Boys Academy Camp in WA has been hailed as a major success. The West Australian Football Commission joined forces with the Academy to stage the camp at the Perth Football Club last week. The event brought together young boys aged 12 to 14, offering them a platform to hone their football skills, learn about leadership and team cohesion, and discuss cultural Read More ...

The football journey for Subiaco’s Koltyn Tholstrup has just begun, but it’s already covered thousands of kilometres. Hailing from Esperance in the south of WA, Tholstrup fondly recalls playing for the Newtown Condingup Under 12s. Then, as his potential became obvious, he made countless trips to Perth to play Futures, Colts and League football. “My preparations have changed a bit now that I don’t have Read More ...

Peel Thunder’s Mitch Edwards has revealed he’s on a campaign to put on muscle before next month’s NAB AFL Draft. At 206cm and 88 kilograms, Edwards is the epitome of a modern-day ruckman, with strong tap work and an ability to push forward. A premiership player with Peel Colts in 2022, Edwards is part of the Dockers’ Next Generation Academy. Edwards averaged 35 hit-outs and Read More ...

Having witnessed fellow Northam product Bobby Hill win the Norm Smith Medal at this year’s AFL Grand Final, Perth Colts star Aiden O’Driscoll is confident of forging a successful career at the top level. O’Driscoll enjoyed a strong season with the Demons in the WAFL and with Wesley College in the PSA, enhancing his prospects of being selected in next month’s NAB AFL Draft. The Read More ...

Eight teams from around the state are heading to Mandurah for the Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships Rio Tinto Women’s Divisions. For the first time at the Championships the event will include two divisions, including more than 200 players. Featuring sides from the Kimberley to Esperance, matches will be played at Lane Group Stadium in Mandurah on Thursday and Friday this week. Remarkably, the Read More ...

Country Football WA has unanimously elected a new President and Vice President for the next twelve months. Brendon Simpson has been elevated to President, with Ian Stanley also nominated unopposed as Vice President at the CFWA Board meeting on Friday, September 15.    CFWA President Brendon Simpson. CFWA Vice President Ian Stanley. The Simpson family hails from the wheatbelt town of Quairading. Brendon has business Read More ...