THE WAFL resumes with an early start to Round 6 this Thursday night fresh off Sunday's KIA WAFL State Game and it all begins with the first clash between East Perth and the West Coast Eagles leading into the four games on Saturday afternoon. The WAFL is fresh off the general bye for the KIA WAFL State Game that took place on Sunday at Optus Stadium with the SANFL managing to come from 22 points down in the second quarter to beat Western Australia by seven points in a tremendous contest. Usual hostilities now resume in Round 6 of the 2019 WAFL season and it all gets underway on Thursday night at Leederville Oval in the first ever game between East Perth and the West Coast Eagles. It begins at 7.10pm and will be available on a livestream at www.wafl.com.au and at the WAFL Facebook page. Read More ...

The 2019 WA AFLW 18s squad has been announced ahead of the NAB AFLW National 18s Championships in June and July this year. This year’s squad includes 36 players between 17 and 19 years of age. WA State Talent Manager – Female Programs Clint Degebrodt congratulated all of the players on their selection and said he was excited with the depth of talented players within WA’s 18s squad this year. “This is an exciting group. The way the players have presented and engaged indicates the progress of the development pathway in WA with a highly skilled, knowledgeable group rich in character,” he said.  Read More ...

THE second round of inaugural Optus WAFL Women's Premiership Season took place on Sunday afternoon with victories for Subiaco and Swan Districts on home turf. The inaugural season of the WAFLW got underway the previous Sunday with East Fremantle defeating Peel Thunder, and Subiaco getting the better of Swan Districts. It was then Round 2 of the debut season on Sunday afternoon and the action got underway at Leederville Oval with Subiaco beating East Fremantle 7.4 (46) to 5.5 (35). The second match of the round took place at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval and that saw Swan Districts defeat Claremont 9.9 (63) to 4.3 (27). Read More ...

THE KIA WAFL State Team has just fallen short of its piece of history with the SANFL producing a tremendous second half kicking eight of the last 12 goals to win the 2019 State Game by seven points at Optus Stadium. It proved a tremendous showcase of State football between the two leading competitions in the country with South Australia managing to bring an end to Western Australia's string of winning six consecutive State matches despite being 22 points down in the first half. On the back of having won the past six State Games it had contested including last year's drought breaking result over the SANFL at Adelaide Oval, the WAFL started strongly at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Read More ...

ROUND 2 of the inaugural Optus WAFLW Premiership Season takes place this Sunday afternoon with a Grand Final rematch between Subiaco and East Fremantle with Swan Districts also taking on Claremont. The new WAFL Women's competition for 2019 started with a bang last Sunday with wins for East Fremantle over Peel Thunder, and for Subiaco against Swan Districts. It's the first season of the ground breaking competition featuring five clubs and now the action continues with the two games this Sunday. Read More ...

NOT only has Kyal Horsley enjoyed tremendous success at Subiaco since returning from the Gold Coast Suns, but he's been a key part of the WAFL's State Game dominance which he hopes continues against the SANFL at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Horsley returned to captain Subiaco in 2014 on the back of spending the previous two years in the AFL system at the Gold Coast Suns where he did play 13 games despite rupturing his ACL and requiring a knee reconstruction. But his return to Subiaco where he already was a premiership player from 2008 has been remarkable starting with that 2014 season where he captained the Lions to the flag. Read More ...

The WA State Under-16s will face the South Fremantle Colts side tomorrow in preperation for the upcoming National Carnival in June and July.  Bouncedown is at 11.30am at East Fremantle Oval. Please see team lists below:     Read More ...

The second round of the Optus WAFLW takes place this weekend with the Grand Final re-match and Dhara Kerr Cup headlining a bumber weekend.  The Subiaco v East Fremantle fixture will be live streamed starting from 2.00pm on Sunday.  Watch the game below:   Read More ...

The Kia WAFL State Team and West End SANFL State Team play for the Haydn Bunton Jnr. Cup in the 95th game between the two States on May 12. Western Australia will be aiming to extend its winning run in State Games to an historic seventh straight victory, while also increasing its head-to-head lead against South Australia, which currently stands at 48-46. Since 1991, as Read More ...

THE WAFL has proven the dominant figure in State Games for the past six years and West Australian coach Michael Broadbridge hopes the KIA WAFL State Team can create further history on Sunday against the SANFL at Optus Stadium. The KIA WAFL State Team has won their past six State matches and along that six-game winning streak there has been historic road victories against the VFL in Melbourne and the SANFL in Adelaide. Since a loss at Adelaide Oval to South Australia in 2012, the WAFL has defeated Victoria in Northam, the NEAFL in Sydney, the SANFL at Lathlain Park, Tasmania at Steel Blue Oval and then over the past two years, the wins over Victoria in Melbourne and South Australia in Adelaide. Read More ...

THE Kia WAFL State Team will look to make it seven straight State Game victories when it takes on the SANFL at Optus Stadium on Sunday afternoon. A win for the Black Swans would create history, seeing the side become the first WA team since 1927 to capture seven wins on the trot against other state sides.  The 2019 State Game will begin at 12.00pm WST, with some of the best players from both state leagues on show before the Fremantle-Richmond AFL fixture.  Read More ...

In response to the incident involving a Junior Umpire last weekend, the WAFC is promoting ‘Thank & Respect the Umpire Round’ this weekend.   Community 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 Read More ...

PERTH and Subiaco continued their winning starts to the 2019 season on Saturday ahead of this Sunday's WAFL State Game while South Fremantle and Peel Thunder won big, and West Perth opened its account at the expense of East Fremantle. Round 5 of the 2019 WAFL season all took place on Saturday afternoon with it being the last chance for the players to press their case for selection in this Sunday's WAFL State Game against the SANFL at Optus Stadium. That produced plenty of outstanding individual performances across the five games while there were some fascinating results at the same time. Read More ...

SWAN Districts continued its impressive and unbeaten start to the WAFL Colts season with a win over the reigning premier Subiaco on Sunday while Peel Thunder also kept its perfect record intact with wins as well for Perth and West Perth. Coming off reaching the Grand Final in the Colts last year, Swan Districts has continued that momentum to start the 2019 season.  They made it five consecutive wins when they proved too good for Subiaco on Saturday with Peel Thunder joining them in remaining undefeated but the wins for West Perth and Perth ensured they have made good starts in the Colts for 2019 as well. Read More ...

In-form Perth Demons pair Michael Bennell and Michael Sinclair have been added to the Kia WAFL State Squad ahead of this Sunday’s clash with the SANFL at Optus Stadium.  Bennell has been rewarded for his early season form, finishing with four goals over the weekend against the Tigers, moving his tally to 14 for the season.  The 25-year-old excitement machine is joined by Sinclair, with Read More ...