THERE were star WAFL midfielders everywhere you looked at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday but it was South Fremantle's Shane Hockey who stood out the brightest in a stunning individual performance. While his teammates Haiden Schloithe, Nick Suban, Marlion Pickett, Brandon Donaldson, Ryan Cook and Jacob Dragovich, and West Perth opponents Shane Nelson, Luke Meadows, Aaron Black and Trent Manzone all had significant impacts, it was Hockey that delivered what was likely the best performance of his WAFL career since joining South Fremantle in 2016. Hockey, as a result, has been named the M & J Chickens Player of the Round despite strong competition from teammate Schloithe, West Perth's Nelson, Peel Thunder's Tom Sheridan and Danyle Pearce, East Perth's Dom Sheed and Subiaco pair Leigh Kitchin and Lachlan Delahunty. It was a big game for South Fremantle who was coming off the bye and disappointing losses to Subiaco and Peel Thunder, and they were without captain Dylan Main and the versatile Steve Verrier on top of triple Bernie Naylor Medallist Ben Saunders. Read More ...

The inaugural WA Amateur Football League Women’s Finals get underway this Saturday, August 11 with A and B Grade Finals being played at Noranda’s Lightning Park. Nollamara and the Warnbro Swans will compete in the B Grade Elimination Final after finishing fourth and fifth respectively after the home and away season, while Cockburn Lakes and Cottesloe go head to head in the B Grade Qualifying Final. Later in the day, North Beach (3rd) and University (4th) face off in the A Grade Semi Final.   Read More ...

THERE were just the three games in Round 18 of the WAFL with plenty of standout individual performances as South Fremantle beat West Perth in a thriller and the Grand Finalists of the last two years Subiaco and Peel Thunder beat Swan Districts and East Perth respectively. It was the fourth round of the 2018 WAFL season making every game take on extra significance. That was certainly the case on Saturday with South Fremantle and West Perth fighting over second spot, and Peel, East Perth and Swan Districts locked in the fight over fourth and fifth positions. West Perth and South Fremantle are locked in those second and third positions, it's just a matter of who now finishes second to earn home ground advantage in the inevitable qualifying final match up. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) was recognised at the 2018 Sport and Recreation Industry Awards this morning for its Aboriginal Sports Weekend, run in partnership with Netball WA.   The annual Aboriginal Sports Weekend, which encompasses the Nicky Winmar Cup, the Kirby Bentley Cup and the Aboriginal Youth Netball Gala Day, was announced as the Community Event of the Year at this morning’s (August 8) award presentation. WAFC Executive Manager Engagement and Community Football, Troy Kirkham, said the award was great recognition for a significant community program that not only enhanced participation pathways, but was extremely important in the development of Aboriginal coaches, umpires, administrators and mentors.   Read More ...

Congratulations to West Perth Women's Football Club who have been named the 2018 Mundella Cash for Clubs winner. The club has won $5,000 thanks to our female football sponsor Mundella Foods. Read More ...

WEST Perth kept its hopes alive of reaching the finals in the WAFL Colts for 2018 with a win over South Fremantle on Saturday while top two teams Subiaco and Peel Thunder also kept their winning ways going. There were just the three matches in Round 18 of the colts on Saturday starting off with solid wins for Subiaco and Peel Thunder respectively as they go another step towards securing those top two positions while West Perth then moved to being just percentage out of fifth position. Saturday's colts action got underway at Bendigo Bank Stadium with Peel Thunder scoring a hard fought 10.12 (72) to 9.9 (63) victory over East Perth. Read More ...

The Essendon Women’s Network have launched the 2018 Football Woman of the Year Awards. Now in its 20th year, these awards recognise women in the AFL industry that have made a positive and measurable impact to the advancement of women in Australian Football. Read More ...

Check out the top Kia marks and TABtouch goals of Round 18 of the WAFL in the videos below.  West Perth player Andrew Strijk booted the TABtouch Goal of Round 17 and Sharks' Dylan Curley was named winner of the KIA Mark of the Week. Read More ...

The following sanction has been offered by the WAFL Match Review Panel following Round 18 League matches.   Read More ...

WITH the AFL School Ambassador Awards fast approaching on August 9, 28 teachers from 28 schools will be vying to win one of six award categories. AFL School Ambassadors are dedicated teachers and school staff who actively promote Australian Football at their school. Those who excel are recognised at the annual awards night. West Australian Football Commission Executive Manager Engagement and Community Football Troy Kirkham said AFL School Ambassadors play a critical role in the promotion of football across both Primary and Secondary Schools. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle and West Perth put on a terrific show in Round 18 of the WAFL on Saturday with the Bulldogs winning a thriller while Subiaco were too strong for Swan Districts and Peel Thunder enhanced its finals hopes beating East Perth. There were just the three matches in the WAFL in Round 18 action on Saturday and it all began on a big day at Fremantle Community Bank Oval between the third placed South Fremantle and second placed West Perth. Both teams celebrated the 200-game milestones of premiership players and life members Ashton Hams and Chris Keunen respectively too, and in the end it was Hams' South Fremantle who won a tight affair 10.8 (68) to 10.3 (63) against Keunen's West Perth. Read More ...

HE will go down as one of South Fremantle's all-time most decorated players but all Ashton Hams is focused on now is his family and running out with his daughter for his 200th game before trying to end his career with a third WAFL premiership at the Bulldogs. Hams made his South Fremantle league debut way back in 2004 and it has been a remarkable journey ever since with him racking up 199 WAFL games at the Bulldogs heading into Saturday's clash with West Perth at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. Along the way, he has played in the 2005 and 2009 premierships alongside twin brother Kyle while winning the Simpson Medal as best afield in the 2009 Grand Final win against Subiaco.  Read More ...

NOTHING West Perth ruckman Chris Keunen has earned over his 200-game WAFL career has come easy, and someone with less strength of character or maybe a less motivating wife, might have given up along the way but that only makes the milestone all the more meaningful now. Keunen arrived as a tall, athletic and mobile ruckman from Victoria to West Perth ahead of the 2006 WAFL season initially on the recruiting of coach Darren Harris, who soon made way for Todd Curley ahead of that 2006 season to join the West Coast Eagles. Immediately Keunen appeared to have all the tools to be a premier ruckman in the WAFL, but those early years were marred by him being stuck behind the likes of Robert Warnock, Mark Seaby and even at times Mitch Andrews in the pecking order. Read More ...

THERE are just the three matches in Round 18 of the WAFL on Saturday afternoon but each of them have plenty at stake for the teams involved highlighted for the battle for second spot between South Fremantle and West Perth. It is Round 18 of the WAFL to open the final month of the 2018 season and with eight teams still in finals contention every match takes on greater significance. Subiaco might be guaranteed of the minor premiership for a fourth straight season currently undefeated in 2018 after 14 games and East Fremantle is stuck in bottom place at 2-13 having lost seven in-a-row, the other positions all remain up for grabs. It will be a nervous wait for the fourth placed Perth and sixth placed Claremont who can do nothing to advance their finals prospects due to a bye on Saturday, but East Perth, Peel Thunder and Swan Districts all try to help their respective causes. Read More ...

Long-time Swan Districts Football Club major sponsor Steel Blue has renewed its commitment to the club for a further three years. Steel Blue began its partnership with the Swans in 2004 and has been the naming right sponsor for the club’s home ground for the past 14 years. The perennial home of the Swans, Steel Blue Oval, has become a significant landmark in the eastern suburbs of Perth. Read More ...