SOUTH Fremantle did well to bounce back from a surprise loss to Perth overcoming the absence of three of its leading goalkickers from 2017 to lead Peel Thunder by as much as 55 points and win by 35 at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday.   South Fremantle and Peel were meeting for the first time in 2018 on Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval and having met in each of the past two WAFL finals series, they are two teams that have built up a bit of a rivalry in recent times.   The Bulldogs also needed to bounce back from lost two of their previous three matches against Claremont and Perth with a big WA Day Foundation Derby win thrown in there over East Fremantle. Read More ...

THE final margin was exactly 100 points less than their meeting on Good Friday but again Subiaco did enough to remain unbeaten in the 2018 WAFL season beating East Perth by 18 points at Leederville Oval on Saturday.   Subiaco ended up continuing its dominance of the WAFL this season and of East Perth in recent seasons, but the Lions didn’t have it all their own way on Saturday in the battle of the Leederville Oval co-tenants.   While Subiaco did end up winning 11.15 (81) to 9.9 (63) to make it nine straight wins to remain undefeated this season and 10 in-a-row against East Perth, the Royals got closer than any other opponent to the Lions so far in 2018. Read More ...

CLAREMONT and West Perth games have been delivering remarkable contests for years and it continued Saturday with the Falcons beating the Tigers by a point thanks to ruckman Chris Keunen touching what would have been the winning goal right on the line in the dying seconds.   The recent history between the two clubs was remarkable already entering Saturday's clash at Claremont Oval and it certainly continued.   West Perth had won six of the previous seven meetings with Claremont but four of those had only been by a combined 13 points and ever since the Tigers beat the Falcons by 119 points in Round 18, 2012, every game between the two teams had been decided by 10.6 points. Read More ...

The WA State 16s team donned odd socks during their trial match against the WA Amateur Football League State Colts at Subiaco Oval last Firday night to raise awareness and funds for sarcoma research. This initiative was part of a wider football community effort between the West Perth, Claremont and Subiaco football districts. Last year the football community managed to raise more than $100,000 which bumped the total amount of money raised over the last four years to more than $30 million. Read More ...

WEST Perth won yet another nail-biter at Claremont Oval against Claremont in Round 11 of the WAFL on Saturday while Subiaco and South Fremantle consolidated top two spots and Perth kept themselves in the finals hunt. All four Round 11 WAFL matches took place on Saturday afternoon and in the end it saw the Lions, Bulldogs and Falcons move further clear in the top three positions on the ladder while the Demons remained right in with a chance of what could be a first finals appearance since 1997. The Round 11 action began with a battle of the Leederville Oval co-tenants with Subiaco having to work hard to stay undefeated, but they succeeded with the eventual 11.15 (81) to 9.9 (63) victory. Read More ...

THEY have been the perennial struggles of the WAFL in recent years but Perth and East Fremantle couldn’t enter Saturday's clash at Lathlain Park with any more contrasting form lines. While the Demons and Sharks both occupy the bottom two positions on the WAFL ladder like they did at the end of last year with three wins apiece, and they have shared three of the past four wooden spoons and it appears likely to happen again in 2018, they appear heading in different directions. Perth comes into Saturday's clash at Lathlain Park on a high having beaten South Fremantle by a goal last Saturday and that was an impressive effort especially from the Demons considering they trailed by 20 points early in the last term. Read More ...

CLAREMONT and West Perth have met in some remarkable match ups in recent times and all signs point to another one on Saturday at Claremont Oval. The Tigers and Falcons have built quite the strong rivalry in recent years where tempers have often boiled over and tight finishes have become the expected, and there's little reason not to expect something similar this Saturday at Claremont Oval. There's plenty at stake for both clubs too with Claremont trying to break into the top five and West Perth attempting to further consolidate their position and close in further on South Fremantle's second spot. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle and Peel Thunder have locked horns in the finals series of the past two years and now meet for the first time in 2018 at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday with plenty at stake for both clubs. Two of the past six clashes between South Fremantle and Peel Thunder have come during the finals series of the past two years so the clubs are on stranger to take on one another with plenty on the line, and that's certainly the case at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday. South Fremantle comes into the game in second position on the WAFL ladder still a game and percentage clear of the third placed West Perth.  Read More ...

THE Leederville Oval co-tenants lock horns for the second time so far in 2018 on Saturday with East Perth looking to pull off at least a 119-point turnaround from what happened on Good Friday. Subiaco and East Perth opened the season on Good Friday at Leederville Oval and the Lions sent a message of their intentions for the season ahead by hammering the Royals on that occasion by 118 points. Subiaco has continued on its merry way since then remaining undefeated this season and looking unstoppable while East Perth did respond impressively to that hammering by winning its next four games, before since losing its past three prior to last week's bye. Read More ...

ROUND 11 of the 2018 WAFL season sees all four matches take place on Saturday afternoon with Peel Thunder, Claremont and Perth all with a chance to further close in on a position inside the top five. All four matches in Round 11 on Saturday will have implications for finals positions just over the halfway mark of the 2018 season. With East Perth facing a big task to consolidate fifth position, the door could open for Peel Thunder, Claremont and Perth to put the pressure further on the Royals and indeed the fourth placed Swan Districts who have the bye. Read More ...

HE achieved everything and more he could have imagined in a dream first six years of his WAFL career before taking a year off, but Claremont captain Ian Richardson is as motivated as ever for more team success as he becomes the ninth Tiger to 200 games. Richardson reaches the 200-game mark with Claremont this Saturday at Claremont Oval against West Perth and by doing so joins fellow Tigers David Crawford (200), Les Mumme (206), Wayne Harvey (217), Lorne Cook (229), Kevin Clune (231), Graham Moss (254), Ken Caporn (273) and Darrell Panizza (274). It's yet another accomplishment in a glittering career from the hard-leading, long kicking left-footed half forward who has assumed the captaincy in 2018 trying to lead Claremont back to some of the success he was part of over the opening six years of his career. Read More ...

A group of eight WAFL umpires represented the State at the NAB AFL National 18s Championship match between WA and Victoria Metro at Optus Stadium on June 10. Dan Johanson, Cam Jones and Jordan Fry took to the field, running the boundary was Lewis Williams, Ethan Lamont and Quinn Jago and situated behind the goals was Christian Cutrona and Chad Smith.   Read More ...

Four highly-anticipated WA Football League clashes are set to unfold this Saturday and there are heaps of fun activities and competitions happening at every game. The Movie Masters Little Leaguers will take to the footy stage at half-time and all spectators are encouraged to cheer them on. Check out what is happening at your home ground this weekend. Read More ...

IT was an exciting Saturday afternoon of action in the WAFL with Round 10 seeing wins for Claremont, Perth and Peel Thunder against teams inside the top five while Subiaco had some players delivering standout performances in a big win over East Fremantle. All four Round 10 WAFL matches took place on Saturday afternoon starting with Claremont claiming its third win of the season, beating Swan Districts 13.12 (90) to 10.10 (70) at Claremont Oval in what proved to be the final match in the career of key forward Beau Maister. Perth won its first game over South Fremantle in four years kicking the last four goals of the contest to prevail 15.8 (98) to 14.8 (92) with Lachlan Dennis kicking a career-high five goals despite six goals from Bulldogs vice-captain Mason Shaw. Read More ...

BEN Howlett couldn’t have worked any harder so far in the 2018 WAFL season upon return to Peel Thunder and he was rewarded on Saturday with a best on ground performance in a much-needed victory against West Perth. Howlett has been named the M & J Chickens Player of Round 10 following his standout performance on Saturday which saw Peel Thunder hold on for the thrilling three-point victory against West Perth at Bendigo Bank Stadium. That saw the Thunder win consecutive matches for the first time in 2018 as they chase what would be a historic hat-trick of WAFL premierships with Howlett desperate to be part of that success upon return to the club after eight years in the AFL with Essendon. Read More ...