The WAFL will crackdown on holding the ball interpretations this season, along with applying stricter penalties for delay of game tactics by players for both WAFL and WAFLW competitions.  WAFL and WAFLW Umpiring Operations Manager Dean Margetts points out these are not new laws, more an alignment as to how the rules should be officiated.  “This season umpires will be less lenient on players who’ve Read More ...

NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE PLAYERS TAKE NEXT STEP IN FOOTBALL JOURNEY Preparations are underway for WA’s most promising young players ahead of this season’s NAB AFLW National Championships.  WA’s Under 18’s Women's team will again be coached by dual AFL Premiership player Beau McDonald.  The State 18’s Head Coach will oversee the squad of 36, which took part in a two-day team building camp in Read More ...

A WAFL and WAFLW match have been confirmed to be played on the last weekend of April in Northampton, a town steeped in football history. The double-header in the Mid-West town will provide a huge boost for the local community following the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Seroja. In the WAFL, East Fremantle will host East Perth and in WAFLW East Fremantle will host Claremont.  West Read More ...

The countdown is on for the 2022 WAFL Women's Premiership season, with the fixtures finalised and Round 1 to take place on the weekend of February 19. In a significant move for the WAFLW, the competition has expanded to 7 teams in 2022, with West Perth fielding a side in the league competition, creating a 17-round home and away fixture. Click here to view the Read More ...

For the 2022 season the WAFL has released the first nine rounds of the season where every team will play each other once. This decision was made to allow for flexibility if a COVID outbreak occurs in Western Australia. If all goes to plan the second block of fixtures will be released by Round 7 of the WAFL home and away season.   The 20-round Read More ...

Welcome back for another season of football  in 2022! As we await the WA State Border reopening on February 5th, the WAFC has been receiving queries relating to the vaccination requirements for community football stakeholders.  The WAFC is constantly reviewing WA Government Health Department guidance and will continue to ensure all policies and recommendations are based on the best possible advice to keep our communities Read More ...

SUBIACO flexed its muscles again in 2021 to win the premiership after a down year in 2020 and the Lions deserve all the credit in the world for what they were able to accomplish. It has been a remarkable and sustained run of success Subiaco is now experiencing with the 2021 marking a fifth flag for the Lions in the previous eight years, their ninth Read More ...

RARELY does a team remain in premiership contention while getting younger and blooding new talent, but that's exactly what South Fremantle accomplished in 2021 despite the disappointment of a Grand Final loss. South Fremantle broke through to win the premiership in 2020 in remarkable circumstances on their home turf at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, and they weren’t too far away from going back-to-back for the Read More ...

There did appear only one outcome for Claremont that was acceptable after their recent trajectory and by the end of preliminary final day, the Tigers would have been terribly disappointed in how their 2021 ended up. After being the dominant WAFL team between 2010-13 in a period where the Tigers racked up two premierships, three Grand Final appearances and four straight minor premierships, it's been Read More ...

Experienced coach Ben Dyer has been appointed as head coach of the WA State 18s Academy for 2022. Dyer, who has been the WA State 16’s Academy coach since 2019, was previously North Melbourne Football Club’s Development Manager for five years. He also has experience as Brisbane Lions’ Academy Head Coach, Claremont Football Club Colts Coach and League Forwards Coach, and Swan Districts Football Club Read More ...

WA football has lost one of its greatest umpires with the passing of Mike Ball at the age of 66 after a long battle with dementia. For more than two decades Ball was a leading umpire in the WAFL,VFL and AFL. He was at the forefront during the greatest period of change in the game when he became the first non-Victorian appointed to the VFL Read More ...

Finals looked to be starting to slip from reach of West Perth early in 2021 but by the end of the season, the Falcons would have been left frustrated to have not at least ended up reaching another preliminary final. West Perth has done a remarkable job to remain perennial contenders since winning their last premiership in 2013, but that task was a significant one Read More ...

WA Football's outstanding results at the recent NAB AFL Draft has been boosted by the inclusion of 10 emerging players in the 2022 NAB AFL and AFLW Academy squads. Five WAFL clubs are represented in the top age (born 2004) intake for boys next year. Peel Thunder’s Jackson Broadbent, East Perth’s Jedd Busslinger, Claremont’s Sam Gilbey, Jed Hagan from East Fremantle, and Swan Districts' colts premiership player Read More ...

It all came down to the last Game on Friday Afternoon, and in celebration of the International Day of People with Disability (December 3). All players were eager to be crowned the Toyota AFL Cup Victors as WA Team Black and WA Team Gold held one win each. Both Teams ran out at Mineral Resources Park in front of an overwhelmingly large crowd of supporters, Read More ...

It has been a long build back to playing finals for Swan Districts but they got there in 2021 and ultimately deserved to consider themselves a little unlucky to not have a greater impact in them. Really it has been a tough grind for Swan Districts since their remarkable premiership triumph of 2010. Over the next decade, Swans would only play in six finals matches Read More ...