We take a look at the players to watch on a big Saturday of Round 9 WAFL action, highlighted by West Coast's second Mid-Season Rookie draftee who's been cleared to play after a quad injury. Jacob Newton (West Coast) The AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft pick-up will make his WAFL debut for West Coast after recovering from a quad injury. Newton is a 19-year-old small forward Read More ...

Western Australia’s AFL National Under-18s Championship campaign gets underway against Vic Country at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday morning. WA coach Marc Webb joined the WAFL’s official podcast Seven Point Play to chat about how things were tracking and some of the players to watch for the carnival opener. Fred Rodriguez – midfielder from South Fremantle “He’s a big-bodied inside mid who’s really good at Read More ...

East Kimberley were crowned 2025 Kimberley Colts Carnival champions after an exciting two days in Broome. The EKFL team defeated West Kimberley in the final on Sunday, reversing the result from the opening game of the carnival the previous day. Teams from South East Kimberley and Central Kimberley also competed in the annual event, showcasing the best emerging talent from four Kimberley regions. South East's Jock Mosquito, Read More ...

Six West Australians have been named to play in a special exhibition match in Melbourne this weekend as the 2025 Marsh AFL National Academy Girls team represents Australia against a national All Stars side. West Perth’s Mia Russo, Subiaco pair Olivia Crane and Olivia Wolmarans and East Fremantle’s Alicia Blizard will line up for the Marsh AFL National Academy Girls team, while Renee Morgan from Read More ...

Subiaco’s regional zones went head-to-head in Esperance over the WA Day long weekend, with the WAFL club’s talent manager Stuart Berryman impressed with the talent on display. Berryman made mention to the ever-improving skills in the Youth Girls division, which he felt was getting stronger every year. “I was really impressed with the skills from the girls footy which keeps getting stronger each year,” Berryman Read More ...

Veteran West Perth midfielder Shane Nelson is about to join an elite group of champions at his club. Nelson plays his 250th Sullivan Logistics WAFL match for the club this weekend when the Falcons host East Fremantle at HIF  Health Insurance Oval, making him the ninth player from West Perth to reach the milestone. Mel Whinnen (371 games) and Bill Dempsey (343 games) stand alone Read More ...

East Fremantle 3.3 (21) v South Fremantle 1.6 (12) The Sharks got the chocolates in the Fremantle Derby on Friday night in wet weather football, keeping the Bulldogs to three behinds in the final three quarters. Despite this, South Fremantle led by a single point at the final break, but a late goal from Eve Wilson-Sieber, one of her two for the night, sealed the Read More ...

The WA Day long weekend saw wet weather hit Perth and affect many WAFL games across the round. Swan Districts won a second of their last three games, while Claremont made a statement on Saturday in both the men’s and women’s competitions. Swan Districts 11.10 (76) v West Coast 7.7 (49) Swan Districts have begun to turn their season around over the last few weeks Read More ...

There’s plenty of Fremantle and West Coast prospects to keep an eye on at the upcoming AFL National Under-18s Championships. Both the Dockers and Eagles will be well represented from a Next Generation Academy perspective, there’s also a father-son gun in the mix. AFL Academy member and dangerous small forward Wes Walley is West Coast’s leading NGA prospect involved in WA’s National Under-18s Championships campaign. Read More ...

East Fremantle young gun Riaz Mohammad has been selected in the 2025 Bachar Houli Foundation Academy, made up of the best Islamic football talents in the country. The 17-year-old from Geraldton is the lone representative from WAFL after an invitation from the Foundation’s Head of Programs and High Performance and former St Kilda forward Ahmed Saad. “I met Ahmed Saad at the Bachar Houli Foundation’s Read More ...

We take a look at the biggest story lines across the WAFL and WAFLW competitions in our weekly column.   Top Dogs prevail in WA Day Derby demolition South Fremantle have strengthen their spot atop the WAFL ladder with a dominant RAC WA Day Derby victory in wet and wild conditions at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. More than 5000 fans braved the weather to witness Read More ...

We've got a massive day of WA Day Derby action on the cards, highlighted by a top-of-the-table RAC Fremantle Derby clash at Fremantle Community Bank Oval from 1.10pm. East Perth and West Perth also go head-to-head at Sullivan Logistics Stadium from 2.30pm to cap off an exciting Round 8 in the WAFL. We look at the players to watch across the two games.   Trey Ruscoe Read More ...

It will be a family affair in Mandurah on Saturday as Peel Thunder celebrate just the third father-son combination in the seniors since their inception in 1997. Former Thunder forward Greg Sanders will have not one, but two sons making their debut for the club against Subiaco at Lane Group Stadium on Saturday. Kyelan Sanders, 18, has broken into a strong Peel league side - Read More ...

Lachie Blakiston is living proof that you should never give up on your AFL dream. The 26-year-old Shark-turned-Bomber was drafted by Essendon with pick 13 in Wednesday night’s AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft. The 203cm ruckman only has 21 games of senior experience for East Fremantle and only played his first game of WAFL reserves in 2022 – when he was at their cross-town rivals South Read More ...

Michael Sellwood has opened up on the “unbelievable” feeling of realising his childhood dream in Wednesday night’s AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft. The Peel Thunder premiership defender was the first of four West Aussies read out in the draft as the Western Bulldogs snapped him up with pick five. It’s been a long time coming for the 21-year-old, who’s been banging down the door for several Read More ...