The Great Southern Festival of Football proved to be a whole heap of fun for many young footballers in the region who got the opportunity to take part in a number of initiatives run by the Great Southern Football League (GSFL), City of Albany, WA Football League and the WA Football Commission last week. The festival kicked off on Wednesday with the GSFL ANZAC Celebration match between Railways FC and North Albany FC. The Railways coming out on top 16.7 (103) to the Kangas 11.8 (74). The following day saw more than 40 youth-aged footballers from both Albany and surrounding districts as far as Lake King take part in a masterclass clinic hosted by Claremont League assistant coach Kepler Bradley and current WA State 16s assistant coach Sam Cousens. Players undertook a number of AFL Draft combine testings including agility, sprints and vertical leap. The day ended with a special skills sessions and a game under the watchful eye of a guest AFL club recruiter. Read More ...

CLAREMONT, East Fremantle and Perth all recorded victories during the Super Colts Round at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday before East Perth won a thriller over Peel Thunder on Sunday. Three of the four Round 5 WAFL Colts matches took place at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday throughout the day before it concluded on Sunday afternoon at Leederville Oval. The Saturday action at the port began on Saturday morning with Claremont beating South Fremantle 11.6 (72) to 5.7 (37) for its second win of the season. Read More ...

EAST Perth's impressive resurgence this WAFL season continued on Sunday with the Royals making it three consecutive victories beating Peel Thunder by 66 points at Leederville Oval.   The season couldn’t have started worse in Round 1 on Good Friday for East Perth with a 118-point defeat at the hands of Leederville Oval co-tenants Subiaco.   However, considering what the Lions have also done since to South Fremantle, Swan Districts and Claremont, that defeat doesn’t look too bad from the Royals and their response has been impressive. Read More ...

WEST Perth continued its dominance this century over Perth with a 62-point victory at Lathlain Park on Saturday on the back of kicking eight of the first 10 goals of the game.   It was a dominant first half by West Perth with the Falcons doing as they pleased with the turnovers and lack of ability to hit targets, hold chest marks or handle the ball cleanly causing havoc for the Demons.   The Falcons took full advantage to lead by 53 points at half-time and the second half didn’t reach any great heights for either side in warm conditions, but West Perth cruised to the 17.11 (113) to 6.15 (51) victory. Read More ...

THE close game of Round 5 in the WAFL took place in Albany with South Fremantle overcoming the arm-wrestle with five goals to one in the last quarter to beat Claremont by 27 points.   It was the fifth time that a WAFL game has been held in Albany since 1989 but the first time at Centennial Stadium following the first four matches in the city were played at Collingwood Park.   An impressive crowd of 2664 people turned out to watch the most competitive match of the weekend in the WAFL too with little separating the Tigers and Bulldogs over the first three quarters. Read More ...

SWAN Districts and East Fremantle were both feeling the pressure after a couple of losses heading into Saturday's clash at Steel Blue Oval, but it was Swans who further turned up the heat on the Sharks with a thumping 90-point victory.   Swan Districts started the season under new coach Adam Pickering encouragingly with wins against Perth and Peel Thunder, but losses to Subiaco and Read More ...

Check out the top Kia marks and TABtouch goals of Round 5 of the WAFL in the videos below.  South Fremantle player Ben Saunders was named winner of the Round 4 KIA Mark of the Week and team mate Jacob Dragovich booted the TABtouch Goal of the Week. Read More ...

IT wasn’t a Round 5 of the 2018 WAFL season for the close contests with West Perth and Swan Districts hammering the bottom two teams of 2017 Perth and East Fremantle while South Fremantle continued its winning ways and East Perth sent another strong statement. The Round 5 action got underway on Saturday afternoon with two matches in the traditional 2.15pm timeslot and it was games to forget for the Demons and Sharks. They are attempting to improve on 2017 seasons that saw them win just three games apiece and battle it out for the wooden spoon. But unfortunately based on their performances on Saturday at least, that improvement in 2018 might not quite be there. Read More ...

AN initial Kia WAFL State Squad of 33 players has been named for next month’s State Game against the South Australian National Football League in Adelaide. The game will be played at Adelaide Oval at 11.40am WA time on Saturday May 12 as a curtain-raiser to the Port Adelaide v Adelaide AFL Showdown. The game will be streamed live online through the SANFL Digital Pass and simulcast on radio in WA via Sport FM 91.3fm. Read More ...

IT might only be Round 5 of the 2018 WAFL season but the stakes are heating up with Swan Districts and East Fremantle needing to bounce back on Saturday, Perth and Claremont needing improved performances and then the round concludes with East Perth playing Peel Thunder on Sunday. Round 5 of the 2018 WAFL season begins with three matches on Saturday afternoon with two of those in the traditional 2.15pm time slot. Swan Districts hosts East Fremantle at Steel Blue Oval with both teams needing to bounce back after a couple of losses while Perth also plays West Perth at Lathlain Park with the Demons looking to overcome a horror recent record against the Falcons. Read More ...

We are pleased to advise that following ongoing discussions involving the WA Football Commission, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers an agreement has been reached regarding the presentation of a medal for the best player in the Western Derby. The agreement will result in the following: Read More ...

Claremont FC players will don a special ANZAC jumper in their Round 5 battle with South Fremantle this Saturday in Albany, part of the Tigers’ WAFL country zone. The jumper designs were created by Year 6 primary school students who were named winners of the Design-a-Jumper competition run by the West Australian Football Commission in the region. The front of the Tigers’ jumper was designed by Maggie Staude from Flinders Park Primary School. It depicts a digger standing over a grave in front of a rising sun. The back jumper design was created by Ebony King from Yakamia Primary School. Read More ...

Claremont and South Fremantle head to Albany this Saturday for Round 5 of the WAFL with clashes also set to unfold at Lathlain Park and Steel Blue Oval. On Sunday East Perth and Peel Thunder battle it out at Leederville before the AFL Western Derby showdown at Optus Stadium. There will be heaps happening around the grounds including fun zones, pop-up food and beverage outlets and competitions for the whole family. Check out what you can get involved in at the footy this weekend. Read More ...

IT was ANZAC Round in the WAFL running from Thursday through Sunday with plenty of standout performances from individuals as Subiaco, East Perth, West Perth and South Fremantle all came away victorious. The round got underway on Thursday night at Leederville Oval with Subiaco continuing its remarkably dominant start to the season beating Claremont 20.15 (135) to 7.7 (49). Then on Saturday, East Perth beat Perth 21.10 (136) to 15.9 (99) at Lathlain Park and West Perth overcame Swan Districts 15.6 (96) to 9.11 (65) at Steel Blue Oval. Read More ...

THE M & J Chickens Player of Round 4 is prolific West Perth ball winner Shane Nelson for yet another dominant performance in the Falcons midfield during Saturday's ANZAC Round victory against Swan Districts. There were plenty of impressive performance right across the ANZAC Round of WAFL action that started back on Thursday night with Subiaco beating Claremont by 86 points at Leederville Oval. Rhys Waters and Chris Phelan were among the Player of the Round contenders from Subiaco. Then on Saturday, East Perth beat Perth by 37 points at Lathlain Park with Sharrod Wellingham the standout players on the ground for the Royals with 25 possessions and three goals. Read More ...