SOUTH Fremantle continued its dominance over East Fremantle making it six straight against its old foes and nine of the last 10 in a commanding 73-point win in the WA Foundation Derby at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.   Coming off a surprise loss to Claremont on home turf last week that saw the Bulldogs' five-game winning run come to an end, South Fremantle responded in the best possible way in the 2018 version of the WA Day Foundation Derby.   Despite East Fremantle coming off its second win of the season last Saturday beating Peel, it was all South Fremantle on Monday with the Bulldogs quickly coming out of the blocks kicking the game's opening eight goals. Read More ...

THE WA Day round in the WAFL got underway with wins for Peel Thunder and Swan Districts on Saturday before South Fremantle and West Perth won impressively on home turf on the Monday public holiday. The Round 9 WAFL action was split over Saturday and Monday afternoons with the WA Day long weekend and the two games to begin proceedings on Saturday saw some fascinating action. In the end, it was Peel Thunder beating Claremont 10.5 (65) to 7.12 (54) at Claremont Oval while Swan Districts came back from a 40-point deficit to beat Perth 17.13 (115) to 13.7 (85) at Steel Blue Oval. Read More ...

THE most traditional of all WAFL contests takes place at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Monday with the WA Day Foundation Derby and South Fremantle and East Fremantle both have reasons to enter it with confidence. South Fremantle has had the better of its port rivals in recent times winning the last five derbies by an average of 71 points. That included a 94-point hammering in the Anzac Derby this year at East Fremantle Oval and a 145-point thumping on WA Day last year also at Shark Park. Going back further, the Bulldogs have won eight of the last nine games against the Sharks. Read More ...

South Australia proved too strong for Western Australia in Round 1 of the NAB AFL National 18s Championships with a convincing 89-point win in Adelaide today, Sunday June 3. South Australia’s strong attack on the football and efficiency in front of goal saw them win the game 19.10-124 to 5.5-35 spearheaded by four goals each from Jack Lukosius and Hugo Munn. Luke Moore kicked two goals for WA while Jordan Clark, Luke English and Ian Hill all added singles. Read More ...

IT is the biggest day of any WAFL home and away season and there's every reason to suggest the WA Day Derby between West Perth and East Perth at Joondalup Arena will tell us plenty about the Falcons and Royals. Joondalup Arena will play host to the WA Day Derby for 2018 with bounce down set for 1.10pm with the game to be broadcast live on Channel 7. Not only should it be a tremendous contest to watch, but also one with plenty on the line for both teams with West Perth entering Round 9 in third position with a 4-3 record while East Perth is 4-3 as well but in fifth spot courtesy of an inferior percentage. Read More ...

SOMEONE with less strength of character could have easily walked away from football several times with the hurdles put in his way, but as George Hampson approaches his 100th game his quality and hard work is paying off and he couldn’t be more thankful for East Fremantle embracing him. Hampson was always a supremely talented young footballer playing in the 14s and 15s development squads at Claremont. But two knee reconstructions when he was 16 and 18 while at Scarborough soon had him rethinking whether sticking with the game was actually worth it. But it was coaching as a 19-year-old at Scarborough and taking the under-17s team to a Grand Final that reinvigorated his love for the game and by the time he arrived at Subiaco, he was about to embark on a dream first four years. Read More ...

WITH Swan Districts looking to consolidate their top five spot and potentially rise up further and Perth trying to stay in the finals race altogether, Saturday's contest between at Steel Blue Oval should be a good one. Swans return to Steel Blue Oval for the first time since beating East Fremantle in Round 5 to host Perth in Saturday's Round 9 contest which will be broadcast live on 7mate from 2.50pm. Swan Districts comes into the game following an impressive 13-point victory last Saturday against East Perth at Leederville Oval which was their first game in three weeks following the State game break and their own Round 8 WAFL bye. Read More ...

CLAREMONT and Peel Thunder come into their Round 9 WAFL clash both sitting two games and percentage outside the top five making it a potentially season-defining contest for both. The Tigers and both come into Saturday's Round 9 contest at Claremont Oval with 2-5 records to be in sixth and seventh positions respectively and are only separated by 4.03 percentage points so they could hardly be closer. With just two wins from seven games and with the top five teams all currently having at least four wins coming into Round 9, that only makes Saturday's clash at Claremont Oval all the more significant. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia commences its AFL and AFL Women’s State 18s National Championship campaign this long weekend, June 2-4.   WA’s Mundella AFL Women’s State 18s will host Queensland in a double header on Saturday, June 2 and Monday, June 4.   WA’s State 18s travel to Adelaide today for their first game of the AFL National Championships against South Australia on Sunday, June 3.   Read More ...

THE WA Day long weekend is regularly the biggest home and away round on the WAFL calendar and 2018 will be no different with two matches beginning proceedings on Saturday afternoon before the two traditional derbies on Monday. WA Day, previously Foundation Day, has long provided for some of the most remarkable contests and biggest crowds through history particularly with the Fremantle and Perth Derbies, and that tradition continues in 2018. The round gets underway starting on Saturday afternoon at Claremont Oval with Claremont playing host to Peel Thunder.  Read More ...

A new talent program to provide greater development opportunities for players and coaches in the South West region is being launched by the West Australian Football Commission in partnership with the South West Academy of Sport.   The program launch will be hosted at Leschenault sporting complex on Thursday, May 31 with the support of Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault Junior Football Club. Training sessions will then take place on Tuesday nights at Capel Oval for the remainder of the 2018 season structured in line with the WAFL Colts and WA talent development program. Read More ...

This WA Day long-weekend we celebrate everything that makes our State great, including the spirit, culture and heritage of our great game. Four massive WA Football League clashes are set to take place over the long weekend and there are heaps of fun activities and competitions planned at every game with a range of great prizes up for grabs. Don't forget to cheer on the Movie Masters Little Leaguers who play at half-time Read More ...

Four massive WAFL clashes are set to take place over the WA Day long weekend with a range of fun activities and events planned for all fans at each game, as part of the WA Day celebrations. WA Day is about celebrating everything WA; the spirit, culture and heritage of our great state. The rich history of football in the WA community stretches back to 1885 and today it is the most popular sporting code in the state with more than 330,100 active participants. Read More ...

WA football champions Bernie Naylor and Mel Whinnen have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall Of Fame at a function hosted by the AFL on Tuesday night in Melbourne. Bernie Naylor was a champion player for South Fremantle. The fast leading full-forward kicked over 1000 goals in nine seasons of league football, and more than 100 goals in a season five times. Naylor’s football career began in 1941, but he missed the next four seasons when the competition was suspended due to World War II. He served as a signal man in Darwin and New Guinea, where he practised his goal kicking between palm trees. Read More ...

IT was the most competitive round of the 2018 WAFL season on Saturday and as a result there were comfortably 40 players who had genuine claims to be in the TABtouch Team of Round 8. It was a tremendous Saturday afternoon of action in the WAFL for Round 8 with East Fremantle and Claremont pulling off some significant upsets, Swan Districts securing their spot in the top five and Subiaco holding off a determined Perth. The action got underway at Leederville Oval with Swan Districts defeating East Perth 13.8 (86) to 11.7 (73). Read More ...