The town of Tom Price will come to a standstill on Saturday night to celebrate a major football milestone.  Kevin Walsh will lead out the Townsite Eagles for game number 300 in the Fortescue National Football League.  Given the FNFL only plays an average of 12 games a year, it’s taken Walsh more than a quarter of a century to reach 300.  “The aim of Read More ...

The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries has labelled this year’s Reconciliation Week Street Banner Project as the most successful in the concept’s history.  The national event takes place from tomorrow May 27 until Friday June 3 and promotes reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to create an inclusive community for all Australians.  Troy Kirkham, Executive Manager Junior, Youth and Community Football at Read More ...

THIS weekend is the WAFLW Indigenous Round plus the start of the 2022 National Reconciliation Week. What is Reconciliation? Reconciliation to me is about strengthening relationships between my people and non-Indigenous peoples. We do this by sharing our knowledge and culture. I believe if everyone shared their knowledge and culture it would create a greater understanding and respect for one another. The 2022 theme for Read More ...

Brisbane Lions Premiership player Beau McDonald has provided his expertise to a development coaching session in Albany.  The West Australian Football Commission coaching group put together a program to assist regional coaches in tactics, strategies and the development of teams and players.  A series of workshops and drills were used during the session to educate senior and junior coaches in the Great Southern Football League Read More ...

THIS weekend’s WAFLW action has significance on two fronts as players celebrate Indigenous Round at the start of National Reconciliation Week.   With the support of Rio Tinto, WA Football’s Indigenous Program Partner, all WAFLW League and Rogers Cup teams will wear Indigenous jumpers throughout the round.  West Australian Football Commission Female and Diversity Co-Ordinator Jade Narkle has made a special contribution to this weekend.  “Every Read More ...

SABREENA Duffy made an immediate impact for Peel Thunder in her first WAFLW game since last year's Grand Final to earn a spot in the Round 14 Team of the Week as just one of the standout performers across the weekend. We had two new faces in the Team of the Week for Round 14 with Duffy joined by Subiaco's Cheney Armstrong while her Lions Read More ...

THERE were plenty of standout performers once again in Round 5 of the WAFL to earn spots in the Team of the Week during wins for Subiaco, South Fremantle, Claremont, West Perth and East Fremantle. The WAFL season resumed on Saturday on the back of the State game the previous Saturday against South Australia. The action got underway in Kalgoorlie and Subiaco kicked the last Read More ...

Nine WA players will be put to the test on Thursday afternoon as part of the 2022 AFLW Draft Combine.  The AFL has confirmed details for the Combine, which will to be held across Australia over the next three weeks.  Talent Program Specialist at the West Australian Football Commission Elly Lambkin says the Combine is a great opportunity for players to showcase their athletic ability Read More ...

WITH just three weeks of the 2022 WAFLW home and away season remaining, Subiaco moved closer towards snatching a finals position with another big win in Round 14 while Peel Thunder beat Swan Districts, and East Fremantle and Claremont kept on winning. Round 14 of the WAFLW season got underway on Saturday at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium with Peel Thunder winning to consolidate third position Read More ...

WEST Perth returned to top spot with a big Round 5 WAFL victory on Saturday while East Fremantle kept winning, South Fremantle and Claremont bounced back, and Subiaco snatched a thriller over Swan Districts in Kalgoorlie. Following last week's WAFL State game against South Australia at Optus Stadium, the season resumed with all five Round 5 matches taking place on Saturday afternoon. Things got underway Read More ...

THE 2022 WAFL season resumed on Saturday with a full Round 5 of fixtures following the State Game and all five encounters have plenty of fascination about them in what has been a remarkable even season to date. After the opening four rounds of the 2022 WAFL season, three teams have won three of four matches, five teams have split their four games while only Read More ...

ONE of Peel Thunder or Swan Districts will further consolidate a finals position when they battle in Round 14 of the 2022 WAFLW season while South Fremantle and Subiaco face differing challenges to try and keep their hopes alive. There are three more matches in Round 14 of the 2022 WAFLW season as the battle for finals positions heats up in the final run of Read More ...

This weekend, NAB AFL Auskickers across WA will dress up as their favourite superhero in a bid to raise money for The Kids Cancer Project. Running for the last 4 years, the SuperKids SuperHeroes Round has run in memory of Declan Kane and many other kids who have and are battling cancer. Auskickers from Carine JFC, Mt Lawley/ Inglewood JFC, Coolbinia JFC and Applecross/ Mt Read More ...

WHEN the opportunity arose for Subiaco to take their league team to Kalgoorlie this season there was little hesitation.  Lions chief executive Peter Capes is excited about the club returning to a region which has special links.  "We last played in Kalgoorlie in 2014 then Esperance in 2017 and have been keen to return to the Goldfields since then," Capes said. "When the RIO funding Read More ...

THE artistic talent of Gertrina Hayden will be on display in Saturday's WAFL match between Subiaco and Swan Districts in Kalgoorlie.  Hayden produced the winning design for the WACFL/ICWA Belt Up NAIDOC football for 2022, which will be used on the game day ball at Sir Richard Moore Oval.  "The design depicts the green ovals played on all over the country, with the blue and Read More ...