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 ...

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 ...

A passionate WA West Coast Eagles fan has been named as one of the major prize winners of the 2022 Auskick Goldren Rego.   Competition winner Sonny, from Quinns District Junior Football Club, has won a prize of every footy lovers dream – a 2022 Grand Final package.  Sonny first started playing football at a young age with his local NAB AFL Auskick centre, before moving Read More ...

THE 2022 WAFL season begins on Good Friday with three tantalising Round 1 matches before another two big contests on Saturday so let's take stock of how the competition is shaping up for the new campaign. There is great hype surrounding the 2022 WAFL season which gets underway on Good Friday with West Perth hosting Claremont, East Perth taking on Swan Districts, and then Peel Read More ...

State 18s Head Coach Beau McDonald has one major task ahead of this weekend’s WAFLW All Stars match.  After last weekend’s disappointing 83-point loss to South Australia in the opening game of the 2022 NAB AFLW U18 National Championships, McDonald’s goal is clear.  “The spirits are a bit low after Sunday’s defeat, so our first task is to lift morale in the group and get Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle captain Lauren Vecchio celebrated her milestone night in style in Round 8 of the WAFLW competition while Tessa Doumanis kicked four goals for Claremont and Sharon Wong dominated for East Fremantle in just three of the standout Team of the Week performances. That meant that competition for spots once again in the WAFLW Team of the Week was fierce for Round 8 following Read More ...

EAST Fremantle and Claremont continue to emerge as the teams to beat this WAFLW season after two more impressive wins in Round 8 on the weekend while South Fremantle showed their continued improvement as well. Round 8 in the 2022 WAFLW season was spread across Friday to Sunday and by the end of it, South Fremantle had recorded its second ever win while Claremont and East Read More ...

WA’s side to face South Australia in the opening match of the 2022 NAB AFLW U18 National Championships will fly out to Adelaide tomorrow.  The team, to be Captained by Peel Thunder’s Bella Mann, includes 18 players making their 18’s debut.  State coach Beau McDonald holds high hopes for the game in Adelaide, which was in doubt earlier this year because of border uncertainty.  “We’re Read More ...

Plans are in place to expand an all-female interschool football carnival in the state’s Mid-West next year.  About 100 girls from five schools took part in the Freo Dockers Cup at the start of April.  It was the first event of its kind for females in the Mid-West, which followed the recent success of the annual boy’s carnival.  WAFC Midwest Regional Development Manager Grady Tomelty Read More ...

ROUND 8 in the 2022 WAFLW season marks the first time that teams are playing each other for a second time and there are three fascinating match ups to look forward to spread over the weekend. The three Round 8 matches are all spread out starting on Friday night, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon as the 2022 WAFLW season continues. The action begins under lights Read More ...

Emerging WA boundary umpire Luke Graves will take a major step in his career when he officiates in this weekend’s AFLW Grand Final between the Adelaide Crows and Melbourne.   Graves was an emergency boundary umpire in last season’s AFLW decider but this year he’ll be in the thick of the action.  “It’s great to be selected for Saturday’s game and it’s always exciting to soak Read More ...

The Mid West town of Northampton is ramping up preparations for this month’s historic WAFL double header.  The Festival of Footy, as it’s being dubbed, will provide a huge morale boost and valuable funds for the local community following the devastating effects of Tropical Cyclone Seroja.  The day will feature a double header, with East Fremantle’s WAFLW team hosting Claremont before the Sharks WAFL League Read More ...

By the time South Fremantle runs out against Subiaco in Round 1 it will be 196 days since the teams played off in the 2021 Grand Final.  If it seems rare that the two best WAFL teams of one season play each other at the beginning of a new year, then you’re right.  Not since 1998 have two Grand Finalists met in the opening round Read More ...

Swan Districts coach Adam Pickering spent the summer stewing over his teams exit from the finals last year.  The black and whites suffered a heartbreaking 4-point defeat to the Falcons in the Elimination Final.  “We felt like we played a pretty good game against West Perth in the finals last year, not that I’m holding onto it.  I think I’ve replayed the last three minutes Read More ...

Subiaco Premiership coach Beau Wardman is expecting a fresh set of challenges in the club’s quest to win back-to-back flags.  As Covid-19 uncertainty continues, the Lions mentor believes the depth of his squad will be critical on two fronts.  “We’ve indicated to our players that we might have to play up to 55 in the League side at different times this year depending on what Read More ...