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 ...

ONCE again there were no shortage of standout performers across the board in Round 6 of the 2022 season with plenty of players putting up their hands for the WAFL Team of the Week. The Round 6 action began on Saturday at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium with Peel Thunder impressive in beating Claremont 12.12 (84) to 9.8 (62). East Perth returned to the winner's list Read More ...

EAST Fremantle and Claremont locked away their top two WAFLW positions with emphatic performances against finals contending teams in Round 15 while Swan Districts got a much-needed victory to keep themselves inside the top four. It was Indigenous Round in the WAFLW competition and with it being just the third last round of the 2022 season, there was plenty on the line and in the Read More ...

EAST Fremantle and Swan Districts turned the tide on a rough recent stretch against Subiaco and South Fremantle respectively with impressive Round 6 WAFL victories on Saturday with Peel Thunder, West Perth and East Perth also victorious. The Round 6 action began on Saturday at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium with Peel Thunder impressive in beating Claremont 12.12 (84) to 9.8 (62). Blair Bell and Josh Read More ...

ROUND 6 of the 2022 WAFL season sees football return to the WACA Ground on Saturday with East Fremantle hosting Subiaco while there are four other fascinating contests that same afternoon. All five matches in Round 6 of the WAFL competition again take place on Saturday with West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont attempting to maintain their hold on spots at the top of the ladder. Read More ...

IT in Indigenous Round in the WAFLW competition and the third last round before the finals commence with Peel Thunder, Swan Districts, Subiaco and South Fremantle still locked in a battle over the last two spots inside the top four. The WAFLW competition is celebrating Indigenous Round this weekend with all competing teams wearing specially designed jumpers created by First Nations People artists to mark Read More ...