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Match Report – Lions' revenge over Eagles

Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 9:04 AM - by Matt Paddick
THE West Coast Eagles shocked Subiaco to get their first win of 2021 at their expense a month ago but the Lions reversed that result at Leederville Oval on Saturday with a solid 20-point victory. After losing their opening eight games of the 2021 Optus WAFL Premiership Season, the Eagles stunned the top-of-the-table Lions with a five-point win back in Round 11. However, Subiaco was Read More ...


Match Report – Royals overpower Demons

Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 8:38 AM - by Breanna Redhead
EAST Perth rebounded from their loss to West Perth to resume their season-best form of 2021 to overpower Perth by eight points at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday. The Royals had won consecutive matches for the first time of the season before last week's five-goal derby loss to the Falcons.  But East Perth did kick the only five goals of the last quarter in that Read More ...


Round 15 Optus WAFL Preview

Friday, July 16, 2021 - 9:57 AM - by Chris Pike
AFTER such an eventful NAIDOC Round in the WAFL last weekend, the five matches this week are going to be critical as the race for the finals heats up. Coming into Round 15 of the Optus WAFL Premiership Season, it's going to take a remarkable run of form from one of the teams outside the top five at present for one of them to play Read More ...


Ella Smith claims 2021 Dhara Kerr Medal

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 10:03 PM
Claremont Football Club captain Ella Smith has capped a remarkable season to be crowned the 2021 Dhara Kerr Medallist at the WAFL Women’s Awards on Wednesday night at Crown Ballroom. The energetic midfielder claimed the Optus WAFL Women’s fairest and best award after finishing with 15 votes alongside Subiaco’s Abbey Dowrick, who was deemed ineligible to win the award after being suspended in Round 15.  Read More ...


WAFL Team of NAIDOC Round

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 9:49 AM - by Chris Pike
WHAT a NAIDOC Round it was in the WAFL and that's highlighted by the brilliant performances that not only earned selection in the Team of the Week, but that also missed out from the five matches on Saturday as part of Round 14. The 2021 Optus WAFL Premiership Season resumed with NAIDOC Round with all five matches on Saturday afternoon and by the end of Read More ...


Optus WAFL NAIDOC Round Wrap

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - 1:08 PM - by Chris Pike
THE teams had a week of frustration to burn off and the result was a fantastic NAIDOC Round of WAFL football on Saturday with another cracking South Fremantle-Claremont battle while West Perth and Swan Districts kept winning, and Subiaco and Peel also had wins. Round 13 was forced to be postponed last weekend thanks to COVID-19 meaning all 10 WAFL clubs had an extra week Read More ...


Peel Thunder win back-to-back WAFLW premierships

Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 7:48 PM - by Chris Pike
THE most incredible of turnarounds in the WAFLW competition continued on Sunday with Peel Thunder making it back-to-back premierships with a 21-point victory against Swan Districts. The WAFLW competition was officially created back in 2019 to be the elite female football competition in Western Australia to follow the lead on the national level of the AFLW competition, but it was a tough initiation for Peel Read More ...


Match Report – Falcons continue hot form over Royals

Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 11:12 AM - by Chris Pike
WEST Perth continues to quietly emerge as a genuine premiership threat once again in 2021 after another strong 30-point victory as part of NAIDOC Round in the WAFL against East Perth on Saturday. The Falcons might once again be flying under the radar so far this Optus WAFL Premiership Season and maybe that can be put down to the fact they did lose three of Read More ...


Match Report – Germs the hero for Swans over Eagles

Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 10:21 AM - by Chris Pike
BOTH teams felt they kicked a winning goal in dramatic fashion in the dying stages but it was Swan Districts' ruckman Matthew Germs who proved the hero in his team's two-point win over the West Coast Eagles. Both teams entered the game at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval on Saturday in winning form prior to last week's enforced break with Swans coming off a win over Read More ...


Match Report – Bulldogs beat Tigers in another thriller

Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 9:45 AM - by Charlie McCormack
THERE is just something about South Fremantle-Claremont battles at Fremantle Community Bank Oval and Saturday produced another gripping arm-wrestle with the Bulldogs holding on for a one-point triumph over the Tigers. Back to the same venue that saw the two teams produce one of the all-time great WAFL Grand Final battles with South Fremantle beating Claremont by three points in front of over 10,000 fans, Read More ...


Match Report – Thunder strike down Taylor's Sharks

Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 9:31 AM - by Breanna Redhead
NOT even the return of Geelong AFL champion Harry Taylor was enough for East Fremantle on Saturday with Peel Thunder snapping its losing slide in style at New Choice Homes Park. Peel came into the game with just the three wins for the season and on a five-game losing streak as they ventured to Shark Park as part of the WAFL's NAIDOC Round on Saturday Read More ...


Match Report – Lions roar to top of ladder

Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 9:03 AM - by Matt Paddick
IT wasn’t quite the demolition job back on the Thursday night in their last meeting but Subiaco continued to be too good for Perth cruising to a 27-point win on Saturday that took them back to the top of the WAFL ladder. Their last meeting at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park saw Subiaco hammer Perth by 98 points and hold the Demons to just the one Read More ...


Grand Final Optus WAFLW Preview

Friday, July 9, 2021 - 1:27 PM - by Chris Pike
PEEL Thunder and Swan Districts have been the standout teams in the WAFLW competition for 2021 and it's only fitting they will now play off for the premiership in Sunday's Grand Final in Mandurah. It has worked out well that David Grays Arena was awarded hosting rights for the 2021 Optus WAFLW Grand Final because Peel Thunder earned the right to play at home for Read More ...


NAIDOC Round Optus WAFL Preview

Friday, July 9, 2021 - 12:51 PM - by Chris Pike
THE WAFL season resumes this Saturday with a full round of action and it's one of the highlights of the year with the celebration of NAIDOC Week to coincide with five critical and fascinating match ups. Round 13 of the 2021 Optus WAFL Premiership Season was forced to be postponed last weekend because of the COVID-19 restrictions, but all that has served to do is Read More ...


NAIDOC Round: Every Club's Guernsey

Friday, July 9, 2021 - 9:31 AM
In Round 14 of the 2021 Optus WAFL Season we celebrate NAIDOC Round. Started in 2007 by South Fremantle and Claremont Football Clubs and then adopted League wide in 2009, the WAFL has celebrated the rich history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to our great game. This year’s NAIDOC Week theme is ‘Heal Country’, calling for all Australians to embrace First Read More ...