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WAFL Round 14 Recap

Monday, July 8, 2024 - 11:15 AM - by Chris Pike
SWAN Districts continued to be the hottest team in the WAFL with a sixth straight win in Round 14 while there were tight wins for Claremont, East Perth and East Fremantle, and Peel Thunder won big to retain top spot. It was a full round of WAFL action on Saturday with Peel Thunder, East Perth and Swan Districts all winning to now sit clear in Read More ...


Claremont claims 2024 WAFLW Grand Final

Sunday, July 7, 2024 - 4:34 PM - by Chris Pike
The third WAFLW Grand Final in as many years between East Fremantle and Claremont was always going to be an occasion to savour and a late goal from Rachel Ortlepp saw the Tigers claim the 2024 premiership in dramatic fashion. East Fremantle and Claremont have been the benchmark teams in the WAFLW competition now for three years having won a premiership apiece by playing one Read More ...


NAIDOC Round WAFL Preview

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 12:25 PM - by Chris Pike
NAIDOC Round in the WAFL means the annual Claremont-South Fremantle contest but it's a weekend full of fascinating contests including between Sullivan Logistics Stadium co-tenants with an East Perth defender reaching 100 games. All five games across NAIDOC Round in the WAFL are going to be fascinating with each of them taking place on Saturday afternoon beginning with Peel Thunder against the West Coast Eagles. Read More ...


WAFLW Grand Final Preview

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 9:55 AM - by Chris Pike
In so many ways the 2024 WAFLW Grand Final will settle the score between East Fremantle and Claremont as they meet in a third decider having split one premiership apiece the past two years. It just wouldn’t have felt right if the Sharks and Tigers weren’t able to lock horns in one more Grand Final in the WAFLW competition which will take place on Sunday Read More ...


Future Doctor Campo pumped for WAFLW Grand Final

Friday, July 5, 2024 - 12:01 AM - by Chris Pike
EVA Campo is one impressive 22-year-old and while her ultimate goal might be to become the Carlton team doctor once she finishes her medical studies, her immediate focus is a winning day on Sunday in her third grand final since starting in the WAFLW at Claremont. Campo grew up with her family in Kalgoorlie and it was soccer that was her sport of choice for Read More ...


Wong motivated as ever for more Sharks success

Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 10:31 PM - by Chris Pike
ALREADY a five-time premiership player, four-time fairest and best winner and a Dhara Kerr Medallist, and Sharon Wong has nothing left to prove at East Fremantle but that doesn't make her any less motivated for another chance at a WAFLW flag. Wong is now more than 150 games into her decorated career at East Fremantle that started back in the then WAWFL competition in 2007 where Read More ...


Debut Memories For Manuel in NAIDOC Match

Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 12:09 PM
The annual NAIDOC match between Claremont and South Fremantle holds special in the heart of Tigers forward Alex Manuel. The 28-year-old made his WAFL debut in 2016 against the Bulldogs as part of the NAIDOC Round celebration with the annual Jimmy Melbourne Cup being played for. “It was an awful day at Fremantle Oval with torrential rain, hail and a max temperature of eight degrees Read More ...


Young Bulldog Claims EGT Bright Light Nomination

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 - 3:45 PM
South Fremantle's Mitchell Geier has been named the Round 13 EGT Bright Light nomination after a superb performance against East Perth last weekend.  Geier had 19 disposals and kicked four of his side's seven goals in the Bulldogs comprehensive 38 point victory over the Royals.  The seventh placed South Fremantle line up faces Claremont at Revo Fitness Stadium on Saturday morning. EGT are offering electrical apprenticeships, more information can be Read More ...


The WAFC Announces Retrospective Bernie Naylor Medals Initiative

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 - 10:10 AM
The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) is proud to announce a significant initiative to honour past WAFL leading kickers from 1955 to 1995 with retrospective Bernie Naylor Medals.  This effort seeks to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of past WAFL players to the sport’s rich history in Western Australia. The Bernie Naylor Medal, introduced in 1996, is awarded annually to the leading goal kicker Read More ...


Claremont’s Jayme Harken Wins Second Dhara Kerr Medal

Monday, July 1, 2024 - 9:09 PM
Claremont Football Club midfielder Jayme Harken has claimed back-to-back Dhara Kerr Medals at the WAFL Women’s Awards on Monday night at The Westin. The Tigers midfielder claimed the WAFL Women’s fairest and best award after finishing with 27 votes. Harken averaged 24 disposals in 2024. Harken’s win comes off the back of another strong season for Claremont, who will enter their third WAFL Women’s grand Read More ...


WAFL Round 13 Recap

Monday, July 1, 2024 - 10:40 AM - by Chris Pike
IT was a round of thrillers in the WAFL with Perth snapping its home drought against West Perth with Aaron Clarke kicking eight goals while there were nail-biting wins for Subiaco, East Perth and Claremont along the way. The WAFL season resumed to a full round across the weekend and the action certainly delivered with the biggest margin in the five games being the 27 Read More ...


WAFLW Preliminary Final Recap

Monday, July 1, 2024 - 8:15 AM - by Chris Pike
CLAREMONT has booked in the decider against East Fremantle by winning Saturday's WAFLW preliminary final against West Perth at Revo Fitness Stadium by 27 points. With East Fremantle already having booked in a place in this coming Sunday's WAFLW Grand Final after beating Claremont in a second semi-final thriller, the Tigers hosted West Perth in the preliminary final at Revo Fitness Stadium. Claremont was on Read More ...


Bennett hopes to create more Falcons history

Friday, June 28, 2024 - 4:54 PM - by Chris Pike
KAT Bennett is already a WAFLW premiership player but now being back at West Perth and to be part of building history is something she is enormously proud about and especially to be doing it alongside younger sister Emily. Bennett might still be only 24 years of age but she has jammed a lot into her football career already that started back with West Perth, Read More ...


Inspirational Tiger Mum hopes for one more Grand Final

Friday, June 28, 2024 - 3:40 PM - by Chris Pike
THE WAFLW career of Kobi Nichols has already extended 12 months beyond initial plans following last year's Grand Final heartache, but now she's hoping it goes for at least one more week with Claremont after Saturday's preliminary final. In the past 12 years alone and Nichols has been working as a physical education teacher, was playing volleyball and took up athletics where she ended up Read More ...


WA Host Vic Country In Final U18s Game

Friday, June 28, 2024 - 11:40 AM
Western Australia will play their last AFL National Championships – U18 Boys game against Vic Country at Revo Fitness Stadium tomorrow morning.  WA have recorded one win and two losses in the round-robin format which includes opponents the Allies, South Australia, Vic Metro and Vic Country.  Vic Country are coming off a two-week bye, having beaten SA by eight points. WA are coming off a Read More ...