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WAFLW Round 10 Wrap

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 7:45 AM - by Chris Pike
EAST Fremantle and Claremont scored Round 10 WAFLW victories to continue their hold on the top two spots in the competition with reigning premiers Peel Thunder also scoring an impressive win on Sunday. After there was just the one game in Round 9 of the 2022 WAFLW season, normal hostilities resumed in Round 10 a win for East Fremantle on Saturday, and victories on Sunday Read More ...


WAFL Round 2 Wrap

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 7:11 AM - by Chris Pike
WHAT a weekend of WAFL action it was for Round with East Fremantle storming home for their first win of 2022, Claremont winning despite being struck by COVID, West Perth winning in Mandurah and then thumping victories for South Fremantle and East Perth. It was a fascinating second round of the 2022 WAFL season starting with the wins for the Bulldogs, Swans and Tigers on Read More ...


Round 10 WAFLW Preview

Friday, April 22, 2022 - 10:00 AM - by Chris Pike
THE WAFLW competition for 2022 is back to normal this weekend with Swan Districts and East Fremantle opening proceedings on Saturday up against one another before two more matches on Sunday afternoon. We are now past the halfway mark of the 2022 WAFLW season so the race for finals positions is heating up with a full round of fixtures again this weekend following just the Read More ...


Round 2 WAFL Preview

Friday, April 22, 2022 - 9:47 AM - by Chris Pike
FOLLOWING a brilliant start to the 2022 WAFL season with five matches all up for grabs in the last quarters, we get ready for Round 2 across this weekend and there's every reason to expect another five tantalising match ups. You couldn’t have asked for a better start to the WAFL season than what we got over the Easter Weekend with South Fremantle, Claremont, East Read More ...


State 18s Women Bounce Back with Strong Showing against All Stars

Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 11:47 AM - by Mark Readings
WA’s 18s team produced a spirited performance against a WAFLW All Stars side ahead of their final match in the NAB AFLW National Championships.  The State side went down by 12 points to an All-Stars line up at the weekend, a team which featured the best mature aged players in the WAFLW competition.  WA turned an 11-point half time deficit into an 8-point break at Read More ...


Umpiring Education Sessions Embraced by Coaches

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 3:14 PM - by Mark Readings
Building better relationships between umpires and coaches was the priority of a new education program launched by the West Australian Football Commission.  More than 100 coaches attended sessions at clubs in the South Fremantle and East Fremantle districts.  Hayden Cobley, Coach Coordinator for Metro South at the WAFC, was delighted with the success of the two evenings at the Success Regional Sporting Facility and the Read More ...


WAFL heads to Kalgoorlie thanks to Rio Tinto 

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 1:55 PM - by Rachael Osborne
A mid-May WAFL match has been confirmed to be played in the footy rich town of Kalgoorlie, with Subiaco taking on Swan Districts in Round 5, aligning to the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls round, in the lead up to Reconciliation Week. Rio Tinto are the major partners, supporting the game which will be played on the Sir Richard Moore Oval having last hosted a WAFL Read More ...


2022 Kia Australia WA State Squad Named

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 1:45 PM - by Rachael Osborne
The West Australian Football Commission is pleased to announce the players in the squad who are up for selection to represent the state in the 2022 Kia Australia WAFL State Team.  With the opportunity to don the famous Black and Gold, 35 of WAs most talented footballers have been selected from WAFL clubs.   Western Australia is scheduled to play South Australia at Optus Stadium on Sunday Read More ...


WAFL Team of the Week - Round 1

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 12:12 PM - by Chris Pike
IT was quite the exciting opening to the 2022 WAFL season with all games still up in the air during the fourth quarter and along the way there were plenty of standout individual performers. Selected the WAFL Team of the Week for Round 1 was no easy task with there being genuinely at least five players from all 10 clubs who played in the opening Read More ...


WAFLW Round 9 Wrap

Monday, April 18, 2022 - 11:12 PM - by Chris Pike
SOUTH Fremantle has made more history in the WAFLW competition winning consecutive games for the first ever time after a win over West Perth in the lone match of Round 9 on Sunday. There was just the one match played over the Easter Weekend in the 2022 WAFLW competition and that took place on Sunday afternoon at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium. In the end, South Fremantle Read More ...


WAFL Round 1 Wrap

Monday, April 18, 2022 - 11:05 PM - by Chris Pike
WHAT an opening round of the 2022 WAFL season it was with four of the games decided by single-figure margins while the only game that wasn’t only blew out when Peel Thunder kicked the last four goals of the game against East Fremantle on Good Friday. You couldn’t have asked for a more enthralling Round 1 to open up the 2022 season with Claremont, East Read More ...


Round 1 WAFL Preview

Thursday, April 14, 2022 - 3:54 PM - by Chris Pike
THE wait is almost over for the beginning of the 2022 WAFL season with three huge match ups to open the new campaign on Good Friday with Round 1 to conclude with the other two matches on Saturday including a Grand Final rematch. There is great excitement surrounding the upcoming 2022 WAFL season and it's only fitting that Round 1 will get underway across the Read More ...


Eagles Field New Team in Perth Football League 

Thursday, April 14, 2022 - 3:01 PM
Ocean Ridge Amateur FC have formed a team for this season’s Perth Football League Integrated Competition in a major boost to the local community.  After years of attempting to get the team off the ground, the club now has the resources to support a new side.  President Martin Ross has spearheaded the push, with an army of support coming from coaches, managers, and training assistants Read More ...


WAFL and WAFLW officially implement Blue Card rule

Thursday, April 14, 2022 - 12:46 PM - by Rachael Osborne
Round one of the 2022 WAFL season will mark a historical move in concussion safety of players, with the implementation of the Blue Card rule. In a nation first, the introduction of the Blue Card will see players with suspected concussions or a head knock as a result of a reportable offence, removed by umpires for a minimum of 15 minutes to undergo SCAT 5 Read More ...


Name Change for Falcons’ Nest in Joondalup

Thursday, April 14, 2022 - 9:44 AM
West Perth has clinched a sponsorship coup just days out from the start of the 2022 WAFL season.  The Falcons home ground in Joondalup will now be known as Pentanet Stadium after the local internet and cloud-gaming company joined forces with the club.  The name change is part of Pentanet’s two-year Principal Partner sponsorship with the West Perth Football Club.  West Perth President Dr Neale Read More ...