This year the West Australian Football Commission undertook a review of the Youth Football structures within the state, with the aim of developing strategies to further engage and retain participants aged 13 to 17 years at football clubs. Based on research, consultation and survey feedback, a number of recommendations were developed for inclusion in a Youth Football Working Group Report, which can be downloaded here. Some of these recommendations will be implemented in 2018. Read More ...

SWAN Districts needs to snap a three-game losing run to guarantee its WAFL finals place on Saturday at Steel Blue Oval but East Fremantle is not going to hand the black-and-whites anything. Swan Districts has appeared on target to play finals for most of 2017 and was even right in the hunt for a third place finish up until this current three-game losing streak that now has put a finals position altogether in jeopardy somewhat. Swans can put all that to an end with a victory against the Sharks on Saturday at Steel Blue Oval but that's not going to be quite as easy as it sounds. Read More ...

Check out the top 3 contenders for the AHG Mark and reiwa.com Goal for Round 22 in the videos below. Don't forget to cast your vote now using the WAFL App. The app can be downloaded from the Play Store for Android devices and the App Store for iPhones. Read More ...

THE penultimate round of WAFL reserves action on Saturday set the stage for Subiaco to play for third spot in Round 23 and Swan Districts host East Fremantle in an elimination final while in the colts, the top five teams are set but the order below the Sharks remains up in the air. Saturday's reserves matches saw Claremont defeat Swan Districts 10.11 (71) to 8.10 (58) at Steel Blue Oval, East Fremantle beat Peel Thunder 14.10 (94) to 7.9 (51) at East Fremantle Oval, Perth down East Perth 10.14 (74) to 4.4 (28) at Lathlain Park and Subiaco prevail 20.9 (129) to 5.10 (40) against West Perth at Leederville Oval. South Fremantle (15-4) is still clear on top of the reserves ladder guaranteed of finishing there and of having the break in the opening week of the finals. Read More ...

THERE were some standout individual performance in Round 22 including seven goals from Perth's Cody Ninyette, six from Subiaco's Ben Sokol and five from Swan Districts' Ricky Cary but in the end what matters is that four teams are fighting over two spots with one round remaining. Swan Districts and East Perth both missed chances to end the finals race on Saturday with losses meaning that a fascinating final round of the 2017 WAFL season awaits this Saturday. The Round 22 results saw Peel Thunder storm home with seven goals to nil in the final quarter to beat East Fremantle 10.8 (68) to 8.7 (55) at East Fremantle Oval. The win secures the Thunder third position and a qualifying final against South Fremantle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. Read More ...

Round 22 of the WAFL Colts competition saw a close battle unfold at East Fremantle Oval, which resulted in the competition's ladder-leaders East Fremantle taking home a six-point win over Peel Thunder. In other games East Perth defeated Perth by 15 points, West Perth claimed a 23-point victory over Subiaco and at Claremont Oval the Tigers took out the Swans by 16 points.  Click here for the match results. Read More ...

SWAN Districts celebrated premierships in all three grades of the Mundella WA Women's Football League on Sunday, August 20. After victory in the Rogers Cup over South Fremantle and a Reserves win against East Fremanlte, the day culminated in back-to-back League premierships with a 29-point win over Coastal Titans. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is working with Fremantle Football Club and WA Police to identify those responsible for removing part of a bench seat at yesterday’s AFL game at Domain Stadium. A plank was removed from a bench seat in block 105 and has not been located. Fans are reminded that there are still at least three events remaining at Domain Stadium including this Sunday’s West Coast Eagles v Adelaide AFL game, the WAFL Grand Final on Sunday, September 24 and the International Rules game on Saturday, November 18. Read More ...

SUBIACO continued its dominance of the 2017 WAFL season beating West Perth by 82 points at Leederville Oval on Saturday for an 18th consecutive victory.   Subiaco continues to assert its authority of the rest of the competition now remaining undefeated since the Round 1 loss to South Fremantle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.   The Lions have won their 18 matches since and Saturday's performance was one that was solid against the Falcons for three quarters before they kicked the last eight goals of the contest to blow them away and win 19.14 (128) to 6.10 (46). Read More ...

THE WAFL finals race heated up further on Saturday thanks to Claremont keeping its season alive with a 24-point victory against Swan Districts at Steel Blue Oval.   The equation was relatively simple coming into Saturday's clash at Steel Blue Oval with a win to book in Swan Districts to play finals in 2017 and ending Claremont's slim hopes in the process.   But it wasn’t to be with Claremont being in control for much of the afternoon and then making up for an inaccurate first half with nine goals to four after half-time to come away with the 13.17 (95) to 11.5 (71) victory. Read More ...

PERTH showed some brilliant fight and character to kick the last 3.5 of the game on Saturday at Lathlain Park to stun East Perth with a five-point victory to end its season on the highest of highs and seriously dent the Royals' finals aspirations.   It was a remarkable finish to the game at Lathlain Park with Perth playing its last match of what has been a forgettable 2017 season.   They looked set to bow out of 2017 with the wooden spoon and a 12-game losing streak as well when trailing by 18 points at the 11-minute mark of the final quarter. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle was on target for its third win of the WAFL season on Saturday to stay off the bottom of the ladder but Peel Thunder turned on a huge last quarter to win by 13 points and secure third position.   East Fremantle returned to East Fremantle Oval on Saturday to host the reigning premiers and the Sharks were in search of their third win of 2017, and first against a team other than fellow wooden spoon contender Perth.   The Sharks then appeared on target for the upset victory through the opening three quarters leading by four points at half-time and 31 points at three quarter-time. Read More ...

ROUND 22 of the 2017 WAFL season could hardly have produced any more fascinating results setting up an exciting last round with Swan Districts, East Perth, West Perth and Claremont all fighting over the last two finals places. It was an incredible day of WAFL football in the penultimate round of the season with Claremont keeping its season alive and Claremont doing the same while Peel Thunder guaranteed third spot and Perth pulled perhaps the upset of the season to get off the bottom of the ladder. East Fremantle was on target for a significant upset as well before reigning premiers Peel Thunder kicked seven goals to nil in the final quarter to win 10.8 (68) to 8.7 (55) at East Fremantle Oval.  Read More ...

PERTH has one last chance to finish its disappointing season on a positive note at Lathlain Park this Saturday, the only problem is standing in the way is an in-form East Perth building plenty of momentum ahead of the finals. The Demons have the bye in the last round of the 2017 WAFL season making Saturday clash at home the Royals the last of the campaign for the home team. Perth comes into the game on the bottom of the ladder percentage below East Fremantle having lost 11 matches in succession. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle is back home at East Fremantle Oval for its last two games of the 2017 season as the Sharks look to avoid the wooden spoon but the first task this Saturday of reigning premiers Peel Thunder is a tough one. The Sharks have won just two games so far this season but they have managed to climb from the bottom of the WAFL ladder with two wins over Perth in the second half of the season and now with more competitive efforts than the Demons in recent times. That has seen East Fremantle's percentage remain above that of Perth's and with the Demons having just the one game remaining against East Perth this season, a win in the last two rounds looks certain to ensure the Sharks avoid the wooden spoon in 2017. Read More ...