THE first team will qualify for the 2019 WAFL Grand Final on Sunday when Subiaco hosts South Fremantle in the second semi-final while Claremont also takes on the West Coast Eagles in a cut-throat first semi-final. The 2019 Optus WAFL Finals Series got underway last weekend with South Fremantle beating Claremont in the qualifying final on Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval to book in a spot against Subiaco in the second semi-final. That second semi-final will take place this Sunday afternoon at Leederville Oval with the winner to move straight into the 2019 WAFL Grand Final at Optus Stadium on Sunday September 22. Read More ...

ONE team is already through to the inaugural WAFL Women's Grand Final for 2019 and now their opponents will be decided on Saturday afternoon at Leederville with Subiaco taking on Swan Districts. The Optus WAFLW Finals Series got underway last Sunday and in the second semi-final, East Fremantle defeated Subiaco at Leederville Oval in the second semi-final to see the Sharks move straight into the Grand Final. The first semi-final then took place at Steel Blue Oval and it was Swan Districts who delivered a dominant performance to beat Claremont and keep their season alive while eliminating the Tigers. Read More ...

The inaugural WAFL Women’s Awards will be held in the River View Room at Optus Stadium on Monday night, September 9. The Awards will include the presentation of the Dhara Kerr Award to the fairest and best player in the inaugural Optus WAFL Women’s Premiership Season.   The tradition of the Dhara Kerr Fairest & Best Award will be continued in the WAFLW State League competition after previously being presented to the fairest and best player in the WA Women’s Football League. Read More ...

During Round 22, a group of 12 international students were invited to watch Fremantle Dockers and Essendon play at Optus Stadium. This AFL Experience is a part of the WAFC diversity plan, which aims to get more people from all background involved in football.  AFL Diversity Ambassador, Manpreet Singh, has been studying and working in Australia for the past 7 years. During his time in Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has appointed highly experienced sports administrator Linda Hamersley as its Executive Manager Governance, Strategy & Workforce Planning. Ms Hamersley has extensive experience as a senior leader within the sporting sector, most recently as CEO at West Perth Football Club. She has previously worked for a number of national and state sporting organisations including Hockey WA, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, and Australian Rugby Union, in addition to working in senior leadership positions for international organisations such as the New Zealand Olympic Committee and Athletics New Zealand. Read More ...

Experience the 2019 WAFL Grand Final in style from one of our great value premium hospitality packages.   There are two easy ways you can book:   1. Book online via the Optus Stadium premium hospitality sales portal             Click here to book via Optus Stadium’s online portal.   2. Download a booking form and send it to premiumsales@optusstadium.com.au   Read More ...

THE Finals in the Simply Energy Colts got underway on the weekend with Claremont advancing to within one more win of a Grand Final appearance while East Perth ended the season of Swan Districts. The colts finals series got underway on Saturday morning and it was the minor premier Peel Thunder who got to sit back and let the other four finals teams do battle as they awaited to find out their opponent in the second semi-final next Sunday morning. It was the elimination final that got things underway at Fremantle Community Bank Oval and East Perth proved too strong for a Swan Districts team that made the Grand Final in 2018. The Royals won 8.5 (53) to 4.5 (29) to keep their season alive and knock out the black-and-whites. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle is straight through to the inaugural WAFL Women's Grand Final after winning Sunday's second semi-final against Subiaco while Swan Districts kept its season alive at the expense of Claremont. The first ever season of the Optus WAFLW competition saw precious little separating the top four teams and each of those ended up qualifying for the inaugural finals series with only Peel Thunder missing out on competing. Both semi-final contests took place on Sunday afternoon with one team to advance to the Grand Final while two others would move into a preliminary final and another would end up eliminated. Read More ...

THE 2019 WAFL Finals Series got off to an enthralling start on the weekend with South Fremantle holding off Claremont to advance to the second semi-final while West Coast Eagles won a thriller to eliminate West Perth. The opening weekend of the 2019 Optus WAFL Finals Series was split over Saturday and Sunday afternoon with Subiaco having earned the week off with the Lions finishing as minor premiers for the fifth consecutive season. That left the second placed South Fremantle to host the third placed Claremont in the qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday with a place against Subiaco the following Sunday up for grabs. Read More ...

THE West Australian Football Commission’s Board of Commissioners has announced its succession plan for 2020 and beyond as preparations commence for the conclusion of Chairman Murray McHenry’s elected term at the end of the year. Mr McHenry, who has been a WAFC Commissioner since 2010 and served as Chairman since 2015, is approaching the maximum tenure under the WAFC constitution, following a decade of voluntary contribution to WA Football. Mr McHenry has played a key role in setting a clear strategy for WA football during this time, leading the WAFC through future funding negotiations and supporting the range of positive reforms being implemented across all segments of the game to ensure football in WA is well placed for the future. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission today officially launched the most comprehensive study ever into the economic and social benefits of local football to the WA community.   Completed by ACIL Allen, the report assesses the social and economic impact of club-based football in WA and provides a measurement tool that will enable the WAFC to track social impact on an annual basis. Read More ...

HE had resigned himself to the fact that he had just played his final game last Saturday but now West Perth champion Andrew Strijk's career will at least continue until Sunday and he sees no reason why it can't finish with a second premiership in 2019. Strijk has put together quite the remarkable career already which started with West Perth back in 2006 and along the way he has achieved everything from playing in the 2013 WAFL premiership while playing 13 AFL games for the West Coast Eagles and represented Western Australia seven times. Then there is the assortment of individual accolades including being a West Perth fairest and best winner in the premiership year of 2013, winning the Bernie Naylor Medal as the league's leading goalscorer in 2018 and earning life membership of the Falcons. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle might have qualified for the WAFL finals from second position for a fourth consecutive year, but given the changeover in his squad from 12 months ago, coach Todd Curley is proud of the performance and looking forward to what lies ahead. South Fremantle spent four years out of finals action after losing the first semi-final to Subiaco in 2011 but then in Curley's second season in charge in 2016, they finished the home and away in second position on the ladder. The Bulldogs would go on to lose the preliminary final to Peel Thunder and then the last two years would follow suit with preliminary final exits to Subiaco and West Perth respectively over the past two seasons. Read More ...

CLAREMONT co-captain Ian Richardson kicked six goals for the first time in eight years last week to almost put the Tigers into hosting position for this Saturday's qualifying final, but now his focus is an improved showing against South Fremantle. As it turned out, Richardson's six goals that helped in Claremont's 106-point win over Swan Districts last week helped give the Tigers a superior percentage to South Fremantle. So all Claremont needed was West Perth to kick one more goal to beat the Bulldogs at HBF Arena and the Tigers would finish up in second position and earn the right to host this Saturday's qualifying final.  Read More ...

Purchase your tickets to the 2019 Optus WAFL Grand Final today! The 2019 League season-decider will be played at Optus Stadium at 2:40pm on Sunday, 22 September featuring another exciting public kick-to-kick on the ground for fans. The day will also include the Colts and Reserves Grand Final and heaps of activities for the fans to enjoy and celebrate WA Football. Read More ...