West Perth Captain Aaron Black has won a WAFL Premiership and a Sandover Medal but playing AFL had fallen off his radar.  That is until this week, when he was Drafted by the West Coast Eagles in the AFL Covid-19 Top Up Player Plan.  “I’m well and truly entrenched in the West Perth culture and what we’re trying to do at the footy club, so Read More ...

WA Hall of Famer Steve Malaxos has joined other high profile footy stars to help educate a rising number of aspiring coaches.   The West Australian Football Commission staged its Level 2 Coaching Courses during the off season, with the accreditation status of a record 110 coaches overseen by WAFC Coach Coordinators.  In a cross section of coaching experience, Malaxos shared his expertise along with former Read More ...

ROUND 5 of the WAFLW competition features three fascinating matches all for different reasons and each of them takes place on Sunday throughout the day. The Sunday match ups are all going to be tantalising to follow with big challenges for South Fremantle and West Perth opposed to the league's top two teams before the day is capped off with a mouth-watering Grand Final rematch. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is set to trial a new ‘Blue Card’ in upcoming pre-season WAFL games, with the focus on putting player's safety first.   The introduction of the card will see players with suspected concussions or a head knock as a result of a rough conduct charge, removed by umpires for a minimum of 15 minutes to undergo SCAT 5 testing by medical Read More ...

Five Sandover Medallists are among a group of 40 players named by the Fremantle Dockers and the West Coast Eagles as part of the AFL’s “Top Up Contingency Plan.”  Claremont pair Bailey Rogers and Jye Bolton were taken by the Dockers through NGA Club Selections, while 2019 Sandover Medallist Lachlan Delahunty was selected at pick 3 by Fremantle in yesterday’s Draft.  West Perth midfielder Aaron Read More ...

SWAN Districts were back in the finals in 2021 and will look to continue their rise in 2022, and the signs are promising in their bid to do that with some exciting talent coming in even though they've lost a bit of experience at the same time. It has been a slow build at Swan Districts under Adam Pickering, but the hard work was beginning Read More ...

FROM a 200-gamer starring to her captain leading the way to a dominant ruck performance and an impressive performance in front of goals, there were plenty of standout performers in Round 4 of the WAFLW competition for 2022. It's once again another challenging to task to select the Round 4 Team of the Week given the number of tremendous performances across the board in the Read More ...

The opening game of the season at Optus Stadium this weekend will be a special occasion for two WA umpires.  Jordan Russell will make his AFL debut as a Boundary Umpire when the Eagles host Gold Coast on Sunday afternoon.  Russell began his journey at East Fremantle Junior Umpiring Club and in the WAFL at the start of 2017.  “I’m extremely excited and privileged to Read More ...

Lauren Osborne can thank her Mum for playing a special role in helping her reach 200 games with Swan Districts.  As a 6-year-old Osborne wanted to join Auskick but her introduction to football was met with resistance.  “The boys from school said girls can’t play footy, but when I told Mum she said that I absolutely can and took me down to sign up at Read More ...

CLAREMONT maintained top spot in the WAFLW competition with another big win on Sunday while East Fremantle beat Peel Thunder in the battle of undefeated teams and Swan Districts showed they are warming into the 2022 season. Round 4 in the WAFLW competition for 2022 got underway on Saturday evening at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium with Peel Thunder and East Fremantle putting their undefeated starts Read More ...

THERE'S every reason for excitement up Joondalup way about West Perth's fortunes for the 2022 WAFL season with the return of a favourite son as coach, a Simpson Medallist coming back and some other more than handy returnees. West Perth made a slow start to their 2021 season but once they got up and rolling, they were just about as good as any team going Read More ...

ROUND 4 of the WAFLW competition kicks off with a bang on Saturday evening in Mandurah with the battle of the last two undefeated teams Peel Thunder and East Fremantle. While Claremont does sit on top of the WAFLW ladder coming into Round 4 thanks to percentage, it is Peel Thunder and East Fremantle who are the only two teams left yet to taste a Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission welcomes the AFL’s announcement of the ‘Top Up Contingency Plan’ as an opportunity to showcase Western Australian talent.   Some lucky Western Australian league footballers could get the call up to play at AFL level as a precautionary action during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.   The contingency plan will ensure the AFL 2022 season is continued as currently scheduled.   WAFC Read More ...

West Australian football fans will have unprecedented access to the WAFL in 2022 and beyond, with the agreement of the most expansive and contemporary broadcast deal in the history of the competition.  The ground-breaking deal will offer viewers access to nearly 200 live matches across the WAFL League, Colts and Women’s competition.  Expanded free-to-air television coverage of the WAFL will see 26 matches broadcast live Read More ...

THERE were plenty of big time performances across Round 3 of the WAFLW competition that saw victories for Subiaco, Swan Districts and East Fremantle. The round's action got underway at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Friday night with Subiaco claiming a hard earned 5.6 (36) to 2.5 (17) victory against South Fremantle. The other two Round 3 match ups took place on Sunday afternoon beginning Read More ...