WE are getting towards the business end of the WAFL season and what a Round 16 awaits this weekend with top spot going on the line with any of three teams being capable of finishing there by Sunday night. Round 16 in the 2021 Optus WAFL Premiership Season is split over Saturday and Sunday afternoons with Subiaco, Claremont and South Fremantle all fighting over top Read More ...

IT was another weekend of big results and standout performances in Round 15 of the WAFL with Subiaco, Claremont, South Fremantle and West Perth all battling for top spot now but a whole host of individuals are standing out along the way. It was another huge weekend in the 2021 Optus WAFL Premiership Season with four of the five matches taking place on Saturday afternoon Read More ...

THE top four teams in the WAFL broke further away from the pack after Subiaco, Claremont, South Fremantle and West Perth all recorded Round 15 victories with East Perth keeping its slim finals hopes alive by also picking up four points. Two of the top five teams did battle on Saturday as part of Round 15 in the 2021 Optus WAFL Premiership Season with South Read More ...

CLAREMONT kept itself right in the hunt for top spot and put a significant dent in Peel Thunder's hops of returning to the finals having battled hard for a nine-point win at muddy David Grays Arena on Sunday. The game in Mandurah was the last of Round 15 and had plenty at stake for both teams with Claremont needing to bounce back from losses to Read More ...

EAST Fremantle started on fire at Joondalup on Saturday but ultimately left Provident Financial Oval with their hearts broken with West Perth snatching the win thanks to a Nathan Alexandre go-ahead goal just before the siren. The form of the two teams couldn’t have been more contrasting coming into the game with West Perth the on-fire side of the WAFL on the back of winning Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle's premiership defence continues to gather momentum and it's through a blend of youth and experience who are delivering after a commanding 36-point win on the road to Swan Districts on Saturday. There might have been some concern over the premiership credentials of the Bulldogs going back several weeks when they suffered surprise losses to Perth and East Perth, but that has now been Read More ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...