The West Australian Football Commission, in consultation with the WAFL Clubs and West Coast Eagles, has finalised details regarding Total Player Payments and Players Points allocations for West Coast’s WAFL team in 2019 WAFC Executive Manager Talent and Football Operations Scott Baker said West Coast would be required to adhere to agreed recruiting conditions in building their top-up list with the aim of being competitive without becoming too dominant in the WAFL. Read More ...

Congratulations to the 12 Western Australian players added to AFL lists via the 2018 NAB AFL National and Rookie Drafts. This included first round National Draft pick Jordan Clark from Claremont Football Club and mature-aged recruit Matthew Parker from South Fremantle. Other National Draft selections included Simply Energy WA State 18s players Ian Hill (Perth), Luke Foley (Subiaco), Jarrod Cameron (Swan Districts), Tom Joyce (East Fremantle), and Luke English (Perth). Read More ...

Claremont Football Club's Jordan Clark was Western Australia's first selection in the 2018 NAB AFL National Draft at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne tonight, Thursday, November 22. Clark was selected by Geelong at number 15 after starring for the Simply Energy WA State 18s at the NAB AFL National 18s Championships, where he won WA's MVP Award and was named as an All-Australian. WAFC Executive Manager Talent and Football Operations Scott Baker congratulated Clark and said his performance for Western Australia and at Claremont had paved the way for his first-round selection. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia's AFL Draft hopefuls are eagerly anticipating the first round of selections from 3.30pm WA time in Melbourne today, Thursday, November 22. The draft will take place over two days at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium, with the first round tonight and the rookie draft and later rounds to follow from 9am WA time on Friday, November 23. CLICK HERE to visit the NAB AFL Draft Hub or watch it live on Fox Footy.  Read More ...

Football fans have a chance to secure their own piece of Subiaco Oval history when an auction of timber bench seats and other items of public interest is held at the ground on Saturday, December 8. The first lot of seats to be auctioned on December 8 will include 322 timber bench seats from the two-tier stand, which was constructed in 1981. These are the oldest remaining seats at the ground. The benches will be available in configurations of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 seats. Full details of which seats are available in each configuration will be published on the Ross's Auctions website in the lead up to the auction. Read More ...

Peel Thunder Football Club is pleased to announce David Grays Aglink as their newest Stadium Partner. The home of WAFL team Peel Thunder will be now known as ‘David Grays Arena’. Peel Thunder Chief Executive Officer John Ditchburn said “We couldn’t be more pleased, David Grays Aglink have been and are terrific supporters of the  Peel Thunder Football Club. To see them recognized as the new Arena Naming Rights Partner of our Club is great.” General Manager of David Grays Aglink, Warren Stirrat is a lifelong supporter, beginning his love of Peel Thunder as a Reserves Coach in 2003, subsequently sitting on various committees and is a current Member of the Peel Thunder Board.    Read More ...

Three new WAFL Colts coaches have been appointed to key positions in WA’s Talent Pathway. These include Mick Glassborrow at Peel Thunder, Luke Tedesco, pictured, at South Fremantle and Chayce Creedy at Subiaco. Glassborrow, who was a State Academy midfield coach in 2018, replaces outgoing Peel Thunder coach Brad Dodd, who was recently appointed as Football Operations Manager at East Fremantle Football Club. Glassborrow also has senior coaching experience as a VFL Assistant Coach at the Box Hill Hawks, and a premiership coach with The Basin Football Club in Victoria’s Eastern Football League. He was also Peel Thunder Under 16 Development Squad coach in 2017. Read More ...

It is with great sadness that the West Australian Football League has been advised by the Millson family that dual Perth Football Club premiership player Ross Millson passed away on Wednesday, November 14 aged 71 years. A skilful all-round footballer, Millson played 103 league games for the Demons between 1967 and 1974, including a premiership in his debut season when he featured on a half forward flank in the 18.12 (120) to 15.12 (102) Grand Final win over East Perth. In the following year’s Grand Final victory against the same opponent, he was among his side’s best players as a wingman, showcasing his skills alongside the likes of Barry Cable, Ian Miller and Bob Shields in a star-studded line-up. Read More ...

Ten of Western Australia's most promising young female footballers have been named in the 2019 NAB AFL Women’s Academy squads. Mikayla Bowen (Swan Districts), Rosie Deegan (Subiaco), Courtney Hodder (Peel Thunderbirds), pictured, Emma O'Driscoll (Swan Districts), Tayla Pescud (Swan Districts) and Roxanne Roux (East Fremantle), have been named in the Level 2 squad, while Abbey Dowrick (Subiaco), Brianna Hyde (Swan Districts), Mikayla Hyde (Swan Districts) and Sarah Verrier (Peel Thunderbirds) have been included in the Level 1 squad. They will each receive a NAB AFL Women’s Academy scholarship that provides high performance camps and personal development opportunities over a 12-month period. Read More ...

The Western Desert is a region in remote central Australia where the Great Sandy, Little Sandy and Gibson deserts converge and its inhabitants have a deep connection with country. Stretching 600,000 square kilometres from the Nullarbor in the South to the Kimberley in the North, and from Percival Lakes in the West to the Pintupi lands in the Northern Territory, it’s an area rich in culture and biodiversity where bilbies, rock wallabies and quolls actually exist outside of urban myth. So why would three Western Desert youths want to leave the world’s most iconic desert landscape? Read More ...

THE changes at South Fremantle this off-season have continued with another great and favourite son of the Bulldogs deciding to retire while another former AFL player has decided to return in 2019. On the back of the retirements of Ashton Hams and Ryan Cook, and the departure of Shane Hockey, at the end of the 2018 WAFL season, Cory Dell'Olio has decided to join the trio on the list of outs for the Bulldogs in 2019 along with the ever-popular and dedicated Jarrod Parry. It's not all about the departures for South Fremantle looking to 2019, though, with the Bulldogs entering the season on the back of three successive second-place finishes at the end of the home and away seasons, and preliminary final appearances under coach Todd Curley. Read More ...

THE West Australian Football Commission will enhance its focus on coaching development with the appointment of long-serving coach Tony Micale to a new role mentoring WA’s Talent Pathway coaches. Micale spent eight years as an AFL Assistant/Development coach at the West Coast Eagles, including the 2005 and 2006 grand finals. He also coached 188 WAFL matches with an impressive 129-59 win-loss record including six grand finals for four Premierships. He will now share his extensive knowledge in the new role of WAFC Talent Pathway Coaching Coordinator. Read More ...

Fremantle will play four home games in the 2019 NAB AFLW season with the league also confirming that the club has been seeded in Conference A alongside the Western Bulldogs, Melbourne, Adelaide and North Melbourne. The 2019 AFLW season will be the first to involve conferences, with Brisbane, GWS, Collingwood, Carlton and Geelong making up the teams in Conference B. Read More ...

The AFL has announced that 28 West Australian players will be part of the 2018-19 NAB AFL Academy squads. The expanded NAB AFL Academy Program will now see 150 players engaged in high performance camps conducted across five talent regions; Vic Country, Vic Metro, South Australia, Western Australia and Allies (New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, Queensland and the Northern Territory).  The Academies will come together for their first camps in the coming weeks, with Western Australia's to be held from December 10 to 15. Read More ...

West Australians Kirby Bentley and Katie-Jayne Grieve have been added to AFLW lists after being signed as free agents following the 2018 NAB AFLW Draft this week. The pair have swapped clubs, with Bentley joining Carlton after a stint at Fremantle in 2017, while Grieve heads to the Dockers after two games with the Blues in 2018.  Bentley was initially recruited by Fremantle from Swan Districts as a priority selection in 2016 and played all seven games in the inaugural AFLW season before suffering a knee injury. Read More ...