A start date for the 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season has been set as the first weekend in August following a productive meeting today between the West Australian Football Commission and West Australian Football League clubs.   Pending the further easing of group gathering restrictions by the State Government, a nine-round WAFL season will commence on the first weekend in August and conclude no later Read More ...

In a time of great uncertainty around the footballing world, we take you inside the lives of our Western Australian Under 18s as they navigate their way through an unprecedented 2020 season. The positives, the negatives and the new opportunities that present themselves will all be told in the ‘Simply Energy Diaries.’ The 67 days between being told our football season was on hold until Read More ...

South Fremantle has long been seen as a football factory for talent in Western Australia, in Haiden Schloithe they found a good one.  The 26-year-old made the tough decision leave his hometown of Katanning at the age of 18 and move to Perth in pursuit of an AFL dream. Eight seasons later and the midfielder has cemented himself as one of the WAFL’s best.  The footballing journey of Schloithe began in 2011 when his South Fremantle Colts side claimed the Premiership against a talented Claremont outfit. Read More ...

The WA Football Commission is pleased to confirm that community football training can resume under set conditions and protocols from Monday, May 18, 2020 in Western Australia. This encouraging step towards the full return of community football in WA has been made possible by the easing of social distancing restrictions and group gatherings, as announced yesterday by WA Premier Mark McGowan. Under the State Government’s COVID-19 WA Road Map, May 18 represents the date that Phase 2 conditions will be applied to WA Communities, which will allow for a return to training. Read More ...

When you think Aaron Black, you think consistency.  Ten seasons of WAFL football at an elite standard. A Sandover Medal, a Premiership, two club best & fairest awards and even throw in a Mark of the Year.  The reward of the West Perth captaincy in 2018 topped it off.  There isn’t much the talented midfielder hasn’t achieved, and that consistency is personified by his simple Read More ...

Look back at the list of WAFL Premiers. Are there any that stick out to you?  Sure, there’ll be questions about the competition’s foundation years. Who are the Rovers, why were the Unions playing football and, wait a second, Fremantle have actually won more premierships than West Coast? The answer to that last question is still, unfortunately for Fremantle fans, an unequivocal no, however if Read More ...

PEEL Thunder might have been thrown a curve ball with the announcement that they won't have access to any Fremantle Dockers AFL-listed players in 2020, but captain Ben Howlett remains buoyant of what they can produce given the young talent coming through. The AFL has announced that no listed players will be taking part in any state league competition for 2020 as football prepares to emerge from the restrictions enforced to battle COVID-19. Obviously in terms of the WAFL, that means that Peel Thunder is significantly impacted given their partnership with the Fremantle Dockers.  Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission was made aware of the AFL’s ruling today that no AFL-listed player will be permitted to participate in a second-tier competition in 2020.   This has significant implications for the WAFL competition and will need to be taken into account for all of our planning around what a 2020 WAFL season may look like.   We remain focussed on getting Read More ...

In a time of great uncertainty around the footballing world, we take you inside the lives of our Western Australian Under 18s as they navigate their way through an unprecedented 2020 season. The positives, the negatives and the new opportunities that present themselves will all be told in the ‘Simply Energy Isolation Diaries.’ Over the past 6 weeks majority of the news we’ve received around Read More ...

Many players love two things about football; playing on the biggest stage and the mateship that is developed within a team environment.  State football delivers on both of those fronts.  Pulling on the ‘Black Swan’ jumper has long been seen as the pinnacle of WAFL football, representing your state and taking on the best outside of the AFL. It is an experience that two-time Simpson Read More ...

AFL Masters WA, in conjunction with the AFL Masters national board, regretfully advises that the 2020 AFL Masters National Carnival scheduled in Perth in October, is being postponed until 2021 due to the impact of COVID-19.   AFL Masters WA Chairman Nathan Dixon said the decision to postpone the Carnival was reached by the Perth Organising Committee together with the AFL Masters national board and Read More ...

WHILE the East Fremantle Football Club has put out the call to help in their bid for survival, senior coach Bill Monaghan remains confident of the Sharks hitting the field still in 2020 and wants the WAFL to make their own decisions and not be led by the AFL. When Monaghan talks, it's a voice that deserves to be listened to and often he thinks and looks at things well beyond what's directly in front of him with the bigger picture of the best interests of the WAFL competition in mind. That's largely because of how big of a role in his life the WAFL has played. It was firstly during his 204-game playing career with both Subiaco and Peel Thunder before he went on to have a successful coaching apprenticeship under Peter German with the Lions. Read More ...

IF there is an AFL club that you want to land at to begin your football career, it’s Collingwood Football Club.  A state-of-the-art training centre, 85,000 members, blockbuster games and stars of the game.  It is fair to say that the 'Pies could are one of the biggest clubs in the country and Jackson Ramsay got to experience it all; six years of it to Read More ...

Sharon Wood-Kenney was recognised for her inspirational commitment to football and the local community with induction to the WA Women's Hall of Fame in the Sport category, at a recent ceremony held on International Women's Day, March 8.   Sharon was one of 15 inductees across various fields and now sits alongside 197 other women within the Hall of Fame.    Sharon, who has been involved in a variety of roles throughout the community over her established career, has proven to be a source of inspiration for many kids, in particular the indigenous communities she has worked so closely with.   Sharon has become a shining ambassador for football, most notable within Aboriginal communities and works closely with the West Perth Football Club and WA Football Commission. Sharon is also the President of the Ocean Ridge Junior Football Club.  Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission, as part of a national working group including the AFL and other State football bodies, is continuing to discuss the timeline for community football to recommence in Western Australia.   While our State Government’s recent decision to ease social distancing restrictions to gatherings of up to 10 people is an encouraging sign in WA, it is important to note that Read More ...