WHEN it comes to a one-stop-shop for WAFL statistics and information Ric Gauci is your man. As the founder of WAFL FootyFacts, Gauci provides footy fanatics with a comprehensive range of player data, match results and records for the WAFL. Gauci began collating player and match records more than a decade ago. "Being a WAFL fan since I was a seven-year-old in 1980, I always Read More ...

The Lakelands Park Sporting Complex in Mandurah has been named the winner of the prestigious National Project of the Year as part of the AFL’s annual Ken Gannon Community Football Facilities Awards.  Lakelands Park is a 7.9-million-dollar project with 10 hectares of open space in the City of Mandurah.  There are three senior reserves, competition-standard lighting at all three ovals, AFL goal posts and an Read More ...

WEST Australian midfielder Kaitlyn Srhoj confirmed her potential with a best on ground performance with 25 disposals for her side, representing team white, at the weekend’s AFLW Futures Game in Geelong.   For Team Black, fellow West Australian Jaime Henry for Swan Districts was a stand-out helping her side to a two-point victory, with a game high 11 tackles, 22 possessions and three clearances.  West Perth Read More ...

ROUND 7 of the WAFL 2022 season wrapped up with 10,000 watching West Perth and South Fremantle continue their derby dominance while on Saturday there were victories for Peel Thunder, Claremont and Swan Districts. The WA Day long weekend regularly is the biggest home and away round of any WAFL season and the 2022 edition was no different with Peel Thunder winning a tight one Read More ...

EVERYTHING needed to set up a tantalising final weekend of the 2022 WAFLW home and away season happened in Round 16 with the last position in the finals to now come down to the very last game of the campaign this coming Saturday. It was the penultimate round of the 2022 WAFLW season across the WA Day long weekend and now by the end of Read More ...

The entirety of Optus Stadium’s oval will host Western Australian AFL-loving kids with disabilities during this weekend’s halftime game, in a WA first thanks to Starkick.  Starkick is a Western Australian Football Commission program that supports children with disability to play football in Western Australia.   Established in 2015, the program has grown from one centre to 15 centres across Perth, the Southwest and from Read More ...

EIGHT West Australians will line up in an emerging stars game this weekend as part of the inaugural NAB AFLW Futures program.  46 of the country’s most talented 17-year-old footballers will gather in Melbourne for a training camp and exhibition match.  WA’s representatives include Peel’s Kaitlyn Srhoj, West Perth’s Kayler Van den Heever and Liliana Grassenis, East Fremantle duo Anjelique Raison and Georgie Cleaver, Swan Read More ...

WHAT a WA Day long weekend of WAFL action we are in store for with three fascinating match ups on Saturday and then the two traditional derbies on Monday with all four teams involved entering inside the league’s top five positions. The WA Day long weekend is the biggest round on the WAFL home and away schedule, and the 2022 edition is going to be Read More ...

IT is the penultimate round in the 2022 WAFLW season and while the top two spots are locked up, three teams are locked in a battle over third and fourth making this weekend’s match ups critical in the race for finals positions. East Fremantle has locked up the minor premiership while remaining undefeated coming into the last two rounds of the 2022 WAFLW season while Read More ...

THREE-time AFL premiership star Bachar Houli has made a long-awaited visit to Perth to promote the foundation named in his honour.  Houli enjoyed his brief trip to WA.  “The visit was beneficial and it’s something I’ve always been keen to do more of since retirement," Houli said. "Since finishing my playing career, this work has enabled me to invest more time in our community outside Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is pleased to release the fixtures covering Round 10 to Round 14 of the WAFL Season.   To counter the uncertainty due to COVID-19, 2022 fixtures have been broken into three releases to ensure games can still go ahead.  WAFC Executive Manager WAFL & Talent, Scott Baker, said the fixture breakdown has worked well.   “We have been able to ensure that Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has launched a new initiative to provide a significant increase in junior umpiring engagement.  The program involves WAFC representatives making 18 visits to the nine Junior Community Umpire Clubs in the metropolitan area between March and July.  A second round of visits to clubs has just begun, as part of the aim to build relationships, support clubs and promote best Read More ...

FOR the first time in several seasons the WA Day Foundation Derby is being billed as a WAFL blockbuster between two premiership contenders.  The biggest day of the WAFL home and away season has arrived with South Fremantle hosting top of the table East Fremantle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.  The Bulldogs have dominated recent matches against their old rivals, having won the past 12 Read More ...

The Western Australian Football Commission is pleased to announce the following players have been selected in the 2022 AFL Mid-Season Draft. 1.  Wade Derksen (Peel) 195cm/90kg  Wade Derksen has been selected at pick 5 by Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Mid-Season Draft.  Turning 21 today, the young forward has made an immediate impact with Peel in the WAFL this season, despite playing only 3 Read More ...

THERE were three more matches in Indigenous Round of the 2022 WAFLW competition across the weekend with plenty of players putting up their hands for selection in the Team of the Week. We had five new faces in the Team of the Week for Round 15 and they were Isabella Edgley and Ruby Mahony from Swan Districts, Claremont's Brooke Hongell, East Fremantle's Melissa Caulfield and Read More ...