NOTHING will stop Peel Thunder's greatest ever player Rory O'Brien from being there this week for the birth of his third child and that is creating a dramatic week as he prepares to try and become a dual premiership player. O'Brien and his wife Ebony were expected to welcome their third child, a daughter, into the world by Wednesday of this week making for quite the special Grand Final week as he prepares to line up for Peel against Subiaco at Domain Stadium on Sunday. However as yet the little sister for Ivy and Hugo is yet to arrive and as Grand Final day draws closer, that's creating some nervous moments. Read More ...

IN four years since his time with Fremantle, Haiden Schloithe has turned himself into perhaps the best all-round player not in the AFL system in Australia and he couldn’t be prouder to have received the Sandover Medal after his outstanding 2017 season with South Fremantle. Schloithe originally joined South Fremantle from Katanning to play in a colts premiership before then being added to Fremantle's rookie-list for the 2012 and 2013 AFL seasons. He couldn’t quite make it for an AFL debut but when he returned to South Fremantle full-time in 2014, he was at the age and of the mindset where he was ready to really make his mark as an outstanding WAFL footballer. Read More ...

The coaches and captains from Peel Thunder and Subiaco Lions fronted the media today, September 21, as part of a special WAFL Grand Final tribute event held at Domain Stadium ahead of the last ever WAFL Grand Final at the venue. Special guest including WA Football Hall of Fame legends Barry Cable, Denis Marshall, Graham Moss, John Todd and Bill Walker attended the special tribute event which featured a WAFL memorabilia display. Read More ...

CLAREMONT's colts and Subiaco's reserves both won their respectively WAFL preliminary final matches on Sunday at Leederville Oval to book their places in the 2017 Grand Final. Preliminary final day at Leederville Oval began on Sunday morning with Claremont qualifying for a fourth consecutive Grand Final, beating East Perth 8.9 (57) to 6.9 (45). It is a remarkable performance by the Tigers who lost the 2014 Grand Final to Swan Districts but have won the past two premierships and now have the chance to make it a hat-trick this Sunday. Read More ...

WA Football volunteer Tom Busher has been recognised for his significant contribution and leadership in the growth and development of football in the South West region as the 2017 recipient of The Sunday Times WA Football Volunteer of the Year Award. Busher was presented with the award at the West Australian Football League Sandover Medal Count on Monday, September 18. He was one of 17 regional and district finalists chosen from more than 2,000 nominees and has received a trip for two to the AFL Grand Final, thanks to the AFL. Read More ...

Sunday September 24 marks a special day on the WA Football calendar. It is the day the last ever WAFL Grand Final will be played at Subiaco Oval. To celebrate this special occasion and the 109 years of local football held at the venue, footy fans can purchase a limited edition WAFL Grand Final Commemorative Guernsey. The guernsey is available at the Burley Sekem online store. Adult sizes are $95 and Youth $85. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle's Haiden Schloithe has been rewarded for his work as an equally damaging midfielder and goalkicking forward by claiming the Sandover Medal as the WAFL's fairest and best player in 2017. It was a fitting end to the vote count for 2017 that Schloithe's nearest rival was his teammate Tim Kelly after the pair had standout seasons with the Bulldogs helping lead them all the way to Sunday's preliminary final before losing to Subiaco. Little could separate Schloithe and Kelly throughout the WAFL season with South Fremantle both proving tremendous inside midfielders and clearances winners, while able to break away and run and carry the ball, and go forward to kick goals. Read More ...

THE West Australian Football League will honour the 2017 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership Season’s fairest and best player when the Sandover Medal is presented at the Crown Ballroom, Crown Towers on Monday night, September 18. The Sandover Medal, which has been awarded each season since 1921, will be presented by Ian Sandover, great grandson of the original donor of the medal, Mr Alfred Sandover. Read More ...

THE Sandover Medal count for 2017 looks to be a relatively open affair heading into it and while South Fremantle pair Haiden Schloithe and Tim Kelly are warm favourites, gun on-ballers from Claremont, West Perth and Perth shouldn’t be far away along with a trio from Subiaco. The Sandover Medal count will be held in the Crown Grand Ballroom at the Crown Towers on Monday night as preparation heats up for Sunday's WAFL Grand Final between Peel Thunder and Subiaco at Domain Stadium on Sunday. The Sandover Medal remains the most prestigious individual award in West Australian football and it's set to be another fascinating count on Monday night to find out the winner. Read More ...

SUBIACO has won its way into a fourth successive WAFL Grand Final overcoming a slow start to beat South Fremantle in the preliminary final at Leederville Oval by 32 points on Sunday.   Both the Lions and Bulldogs had lost to Peel Thunder in the opening two weeks of the AHG WAFL Finals Series meaning there was only room for one of the top two teams from the home and away season in the Grand Final for 2017.   South Fremantle made a terrific start to the preliminary final with the opening three goals before Subiaco steadied to kick eight of the last 10 goals of the first half to head into half-time with a 22-point advantage. Read More ...

Subiaco are through to the 2017 WAFL Grand Final following their 32-point Preliminary Final victory over South Fremantle in front of a crowd of more than 4,000 at Leederville Oval today, Sunday September 17. The Lions take on reigning premiers Peel Thunder next Sunday, September 24, in what will be the last ever WAFL Grand Final at their long-term home ground, Subiaco Oval. Read More ...

SUBIACO has advanced to a fourth successive WAFL Grand Final and set up a rematch with Peel Thunder after beating South Fremantle by 32 points in the preliminary final at Leederville Oval on Sunday. South Fremantle stormed out of the blocks in the preliminary final on Sunday with the opening three goals of the game in a stirring opening in the first 11 minutes. But Subiaco worked its way on top from there kicking eight of the next 10 goals to go into half-time with a 22-point advantage. Read More ...

SUBIACO and South Fremantle were the two standout teams during the 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season but now only one will get a chance to tackle Peel Thunder in the Grand Final after Sunday's preliminary final. After Peel Thunder ended South Fremantle's nine-game winning streak in the qualifying final, Subiaco also had its run of 19 consecutive wins ended last Sunday at the hands of the reigning premiers. That means that the Thunder are through to their second straight WAFL Grand Final with a chance to make it back to back premierships. Read More ...

SUBIACO and South Fremantle have been the two standout teams in the WAFL this season but only one will advance to the 2017 Grand Final against Peel Thunder setting the stage for a tantalising preliminary final at Leederville Oval on Sunday. The Lions and Bulldogs occupied the top two positions in the WAFL for the majority of the season but now after both saw their winning streaks come to an end at the expense of Peel in the opening two weeks of the AHG WAFL Finals Series, there is only room for one in the 2017 Grand Final. Subiaco came into the finals on a 19-game winning streak having earned the minor premiership for a third straight season.  Read More ...

LEIGH Kitchin has been the standard bearer in Subiaco's midfield in his three seasons since arriving from Frankston in the VFL and the contested ball and clearance machine doesn’t want to find out what it's like playing in the WAFL and not at least reaching a Grand Final. Kitchin arrived at Subiaco in 2015 stepping right into the midfield in a team that went on to win the premiership with him a key part of the line-up. He backed that up with another outstanding 2016 season with Subiaco again making the Grand Final after being minor premiers but coming up short in the decider against Peel Thunder. Read More ...