A host of great individual and team performances characterised round eight of the Simply Energy WAFL Colts competition. This round saw Subiaco (12.7.79) defeating East Fremantle (5.7.37); East Perth (9.6.60) overcoming South Fremantle (8.5.53); Claremont (10.10.70) conquering West Perth (8.10.58); and Perth (11.6.72) beating Swan Districts (9.11.65). Peel Thunder was the club that had the bye this weekend. Read below to see the results of Read More ...

WA Football's involvement with Sock it to Sarcoma! aims to raise awareness of Sarcoma, a rare cancer, and raise funds for Sarcoma research in Western Australia. WA Football has a reason close to home for being involved, with Kalin Foley's diagnosis arising following injury in a local football game. On the weekend of 11 - 13th of September, have some fun, pull on a pair of odd socks for your footy match and donate to a great cause, helping Sock it to Sarcoma.  Read More ...

Provident Financial Oval, home of the West Perth Football Club, has been confirmed to host the 2020 Optus WAFL Women’s Grand Final. The game will be played on the weekend of September 19/20, with the date and time to be finalised pending the confirmation of AFL and WAFL fixtures. The venue was selected following a competitive tender process, with West Perth’s bid proving successful with a commitment to family-friendly activations, community promotion, food and beverage offerings, provision of function space and access to match-day facilities. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle premiership defence in the WAFL Women’s competition stayed alive with a win over Swan Districts on Sunday while Subiaco advanced straight to the 2020 Grand Final with a similarly narrow victory to open the final series. It was an enthralling seven rounds of the home and away season for the Optus WAFL Women’s Premiership Season with it taking until the final day for the top four teams to be decided. Claremont was the unlucky team to miss out on taking part on the finals action but it set the stage for two cracking semi-final match ups on Sunday afternoon to open the final series. Read More ...

THIS might be a shortened WAFL season in 2020 but what an exciting finish we are now in store for with one round remaining and six teams still a chance of playing finals after Subiaco moved into the top four at the expense of top four on Saturday. For all of the 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season to date and Perth has been on target to break their storied finals drought that dates back to 1997. The Demons had their hearts broken in 2019 having sat inside the top five most of the season before falling out before the finals and now they have one more chance to avoid the same fate happening in 2020 after Saturday’s Round 8 WAFL results. Read More ...

LAINE Rasmussen was content with what he had achieved in his WAFL career at West Perth going back three years and he thought he was done, but that Falcons culture was too hard to ignore and now the premiership star and new father is about to reach 100 games. Rasmussen earned universal respect from the moment he made his WAFL debut with West Perth back in 2012 for his ferocious attack on the ball and opponents, his relentless tackling, his impressive running ability to drive the team forward and his commitment to whatever role he was asked of. Having come right through the ranks at West Perth, he dreamed of playing with the Falcons in the WAFL and he certainly made the most of it from the moment Bill Monaghan backed him in along with fellow youngsters Aaron Black, Shane Nelson, Kody Manning and Nick Rodda. Read More ...

ANDREW Krakouer gained the spotlight for topping off Swan Districts' stunning 2010 premiership team, but Matt Riggio was the unheralded other addition that year and it's remarkable the 10 years he has delivered since to now become a 200-game WAFL player. Riggio began his WAFL career back with Peel Thunder and he made his league debut in 2005 before going on to be drafted to North Melbourne and played 10 AFL matches over the next three seasons. He showed enough to suggest he could be a regular AFL player but the Kangaroos didn’t agree by the end of 2009 and that's when he had a decision to make about where to continue his football career. Read More ...

IT is finals time in the WAFL Women's competition on Sunday afternoon with Subiaco and Peel Thunder playing for a Grand Final spot, and East Fremantle and Swan Districts fighting to stay alive. After an exciting 2020 Optus WAFL Women's Premiership Season over seven weeks where the four finals teams wasn’t decided until the very last game of the competition, it's now time for the finals with all four teams having a realistic claim at the premiership. Claremont was the unlucky team to miss out on playing finals after losing in Mandurah to Peel Thunder last Saturday and then with East Fremantle replacing them in the top four by beating Swan Districts on Sunday. Read More ...

WITH milestones galore and all four matches to have an impact on the finals race it's shaping as a fascinating and defining Round 8 of the 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season this Saturday afternoon. While it feels like the 2020 WAFL season is just warming up, all of a sudden Saturday marks the second last round of the home and away season, and with six teams still in the finals hunt things are certainly reaching critical points. Only South Fremantle is guaranteed right now of playing finals with the Bulldogs still undefeated after six games and while West Perth has only lost once, and Claremont and Perth twice each, none of them are yet guaranteed anything. Read More ...

A total of 24 Simply Energy WA State Academy players have been selected for the 2020 NAB AFL & AFLW National Combine – National Level to be completed in Perth later this year.  Twelve male athletes and 12 female athletes will test ahead of the October 6 AFLW Draft.  Due to COVID-19, the U18s National Championship was cancelled for season 2020, seeing the players take part in shortened WAFL Colts and WAFLW campaigns.  Players will now test in Western Australia before the 2020 National Draft at the back end of the year.  Read More ...

The Round 8 Football Budget is available to download ahead of this weekend's 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season fixtures. FIXTURES Featuring match previews, statistics, feature article, collectables, fixtures and team lists for League, Reserves, Colts and WAFLW, the new-look Football Budget is included for free with all Adult and Concession tickets at WAFL games. Additional copies can be purchased for $3 at the gate.  FOOTBALL BUDGET DOWNLOAD Read More ...

The following games will be broadcast by TV, radio or livestreamed during Round 8 of the WAFL and Simply Energy Colts and WAFL Women's Finals on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6.   Read More ...

WA Football is recognising the 4 - 6 of September as Thank and Respect and Umpire Round.  Clubs will be asked to address their playing group pre-game explaining that sides will be thanking and respecting the umpires for the integral roles that they play in our game. Each coach will be asked to acknowledge the umpire and shake their hand prior to, and at the completion Read More ...

ALL of a sudden one weekend's action can change so much and with two rounds of the 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season remaining, Subiaco and East Perth have put themselves in the finals hunt with Claremont and Perth still not guaranteed of anything. Round 7 of the WAFL got underway on Saturday afternoon with Perth attempting to lock in a first finals appearance since 1997 and all but ending Subiaco's quest for a third straight premiership in the process at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park. But it wasn’t to be and the Lions proved they can't be ruled out still in 2020 with two rounds remaining as they came away with the 13.12 (90) to 9.10 (64) victory. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC), the governing body of football in Western Australia, is seeking expressions of interest from persons wishing to be considered for appointment as a Commissioner.  The role of the Commission is to oversee the promotion, development and management of football throughout the State and provide guidance, planning and leadership to all levels of the game. The West Australian Football Commission has recently revised its strategy, structure and funding models. This involved defining a new financial model, a leaner staffing structure and exploring opportunities to outsource some WAFC services and programs in consultation with our stakeholders. The structural review integrates into a reset and revitalisation of football right across WA. Read More ...