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Optus WAFLW Live Stream: Swan Districts v Peel Thunder

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 8:45 AM
Round Four of the Optus WAFLW Season sees Peel Thunder travel to Steel Blue Oval to take on Swan Districts in a bumper clash on Saturday.  Peel are still chasing their first win for season 2019, while Swans remain 1-1 heading into the fixture. Catch all the action below on the Live Stream.  Read More ...


Inspirational Bonser returns stronger than ever

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 7:10 AM - by Chris Pike
HER attitude to having both knees reconstructed robbing her of playing in AFLW with the Fremantle Dockers was so inspirational that Emily Bonser has no doubt she's now a better person and footballer ahead of her debut with Claremont this Saturday in WAFLW. Bonser's life couldn’t have been going any better at the start of 2016. She was drafted to Fremantle and was about to make her AFLW debut while her studies to being a physical education teacher were going well, as was her work as a personal trainer. So to say the news that she would require a reconstruction to both knees and that her right and left anterior cruciate ligaments had ruptured hit her like a ton of bricks. Read More ...


AFL Mid-Season Draft Watch

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 4:09 PM - by Lenny Fogliani
For the first time in 26 years, the AFL will be conducting a mid-season AFL Draft. The draft will occur after round 10 of the AFL season (Round 7 of the WAFL competition). In the past the WAFL has proven to be an excellent hunting ground for AFL recruiters with the likes of Nathan Broad, Tim Kelly, Matthew Parker and Liam Ryan all being drafted onto an AFL list after playing for their WAFL club. Below are each of the WAFL clubs’ best prospects for the mid-season AFL Draft. Read More ...


Around the Grounds: Round 7

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 11:55 AM
Round Seven of the WAFL starts this Saturday with five bumper fixtures on show around Perth.  Check out the best of the action & find out what is available for the kids. Read More ...


Round 6 Colts Wrap

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 9:46 AM - by Chris Pike
ROUND 6 in the Simply Energy Colts competition saw wins for Claremont, Swan Districts, Subiaco and West Perth on Saturday morning. The 2019 season resumed on Saturday following the week's break and produced some fascinating results and some young talent continuing to shine at the same time. All four games took place on Saturday morning starting at Claremont Oval with Claremont defeating Peel Thunder 10.8 (68) to 8.8 (56). Read More ...


TABtouch Team of Round 6

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 9:24 AM - by Chris Pike
IT was quite the exciting Round 6 of the WAFL on return from the State Game break with Subiaco and Perth's winning runs coming to an end, South Fremantle making a statement and East Fremantle winning for the first time in nearly 12 months. On top of the fascinating results that saw Subiaco lose for the first time since the 2017 Grand Final and Perth for the first time in 2019 while East Fremantle snapped a 15-game losing run, there were plenty of standout individual performances too. Whether it was South Fremantle defenders Noah Strom and Jason Maskos or Claremont's Anton Hamp, or Subiaco's Kyal Horsley in a losing effort, Claremont's dual Sandover Medallist Jye Bolton, East Fremantle's Nick Kommer putting his team on his back or Shane Nelson doing the same for West Perth, there were plenty of brilliant performances across Round 6. Read More ...


Emmett all smiles as Auskicker of the Year nominee

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 2:29 PM
Emmett Brickland, from Western Australia’s Claremont District NAB AFL Auskick Centre, became the envy of all Auskickers  when he was announced as the eighth weekly nominee for the 2019 NAB AFL Auskicker of the Year competition. The NAB AFL Auskicker of the Year competition calls for 2019 registered and truly awesome participants of the NAB AFL Auskick program to enter for the chance to become one of 22 weekly nominees. Weekly nominees are announced during the Seven Network’s Friday night match broadcast, with Emmett being announced during the Round Eight 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership Season match between Sydney Swans and Essendon. Read More ...


2019 WA Football Volunteer of the Year Awards

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 1:35 PM
Football participants across Western Australia are urged to nominate volunteers for the 2019 WA Football Volunteer of the Year Awards.   Nominations for the 2019 awards open today, Monday, May 20 to coincide with the beginning of National Volunteer Week and recognise the hard work and commitment of WA’s football volunteers. Read More ...


Optus WAFLW Round 3 Wrap

Monday, May 20, 2019 - 11:01 AM - by Chris Pike
IT was Round 3 in the 2019 Optus WAFL Women's Premiership Season on Sunday with East Fremantle stamping its authority with a big win over Swan Districts while Claremont won a thriller over Peel Thunder. With Subiaco sitting out with the bye in Round 3 of the WAFLW season having won its opening two matches against Swan Districts and East Fremantle, it was a chance for the other four teams to make an early statement in the competition. Both matches took place on Sunday afternoon with Claremont and Peel Thunder playing out the thriller at Claremont Oval. In the end, the Tigers just managed to prevail 5.5 (35) to 5.2 (32) over the Thunder on home soil. It wasn’t quite as close at East Fremantle's New Choice Homes Park with last year's WA Women's Football League premiers, East Fremantle, proving too strong for Swan Districts winning 10.8 (68) to 1.1 (7). Read More ...


Optus WAFL Round 6 Wrap

Monday, May 20, 2019 - 1:05 AM - by Chris Pike
IT was a remarkable day of Round 6 WAFL action on Saturday with East Fremantle snapping its 15-game losing run, South Fremantle ending Subiaco's winning streak, West Perth finishing Perth's undefeated start and a win for Claremont on the back of East Perth's Thursday victory. Round 6 of the WAFL began on Thursday night with the league recommencing following the general bye for the 2019 KIA State Game, which saw the WAFL narrowly lose to the SANFL in a tremendous contest last Sunday at Optus Stadium. Thursday night's contest took place at Leederville Oval featuring the first clash between East Perth and West Coast following the partnership between the Royals and Eagles coming to an end following last season. Read More ...


Optus WAFLW Live Stream: Claremont v Peel Thunder

Sunday, May 19, 2019 - 12:15 PM
The Optus WAFLW season continues this weekend with Peel travelling to Claremont Oval on Sunday afternoon.  Catch all the action below in the Live Stream.  Read More ...


Deluca can't do more for another AFL chance

Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 8:25 AM - by Chris Pike
HE is now a four-time WAFL premiership player, a Simpson Medallist and a proven consistently outstanding performer so Josh Deluca can't do any more to deserve another AFL chance but he is just focusing on continuing to ply his trade with the undefeated Subiaco. Deluca's journey began as a teenager when he was a lively small forward in Subiaco's 2014 premiership triumph which saw him land on Fremantle's AFL list and led to him playing in the 2016 and 2017 WAFL premierships at Peel Thunder. He would play four AFL games for Fremantle in 2017 but during his three years at the Dockers, he turned himself from that dangerous small forward into a tough and consistent on-baller who was equally adept at winning the ball in close and getting out in space and being damaging. Read More ...


Premiership hunger driving on 150-gamer Wilson

Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 8:11 AM - by Chris Pike
HAVING been remarkably close to premiership glory in five of the past six seasons, South Fremantle defender Blayne Wilson is craving that ultimate success as he reaches 150 WAFL games this Saturday against Subiaco. Wilson was always seen as an exciting talent when rising through the ranks at Peel Thunder from Halls Head. He ended up spending four years listed at West Coast and did play nine AFL games, but a combination of untimely injuries and not quite enough opportunities meant it didn’t quite work out. But whether it was during 29 games in his formative years in the WAFL at Peel Thunder, in his 36 appearances including two Grand Finals at East Perth or now in 84 matches with South Fremantle, Wilson has always been an elite defender in the competition. Read More ...


Round 3 Optus WAFLW Preview

Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 2:00 AM - by Chris Pike
ROUND 3 of the inaugural Optus WAFL Women's Premiership Season takes place on Sunday after with two games at 2pm with East Fremantle facing Swan Districts, and Claremont taking on Peel Thunder. It has been an exciting opening to the first ever season of the new WAFLW competition which has been created in 2019 on the back of the momentum from the AFLW national competition and the work to break the ground done in recent years by the WA Women's Football League. Subiaco has started the WAFLW season impressively winning their opening two matches and now the Lions will have the Round 3 bye leaving the other four teams to battle it out to build some momentum. Read More ...


Around the Grounds: Round 6

Friday, May 17, 2019 - 8:55 AM
This weekend sees the WAFL return from a State bye with plenty of exciting games taking place over the weekend. Check out the best of the action & find out what is available for the kids. Read More ...