In a first for WA and what may very well be a first for Australia, the Peel Football Umpires Association (PFUA) recently fielded an all-female umpiring panel to officiate a men’s football match. It was a truly momentous occasion for Lara Smith, Jamie-Lee Spence, Kylie Podlaha, Zowie Loo, Sarah Kerry, Molly Tingey and Tegan Bartlett who together umpired the Colts match between South Mandurah and Halls Head at Falcon Oval. Smith who has umpired for the PFUA since 2001 said it was a unifying moment for the group who braided each other’s pig-tales to celebrate the occasion. Read More ...

TWENTY WAFL players have been invited to attend the 2017 AFL State Draft Combine in October. They will be among 96 players set to test at State Combines in Victoria (55), South Australia (21), and Western Australia (20).  The WA invites include Subiaco's Liam Ryan, pictured, who leads the WAFL with 60 goals in 18 games this year, East Perth ruckman Scott Jones, South Fremantle's Haiden Schloithe and a host of players from the Deppro WA State 18s squad. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle's colts upset East Fremantle in Round 20 on Saturday to leave Claremont a chance at the minor premiership while the teams below the reserves-leading Bulldogs continue to fight over finals spots with three rounds remaining. Swan Districts' reserves had a strong 17.6 (108) to 10.8 (68) win against Subiaco at Leederville Oval on Saturday. Claremont also defeated Perth 14.11 (95) to 9.4 (58) at Lathlain Park while South Fremantle beat East Fremantle 18.17 (125) to 8.4 (52) at Fremantle Community Bank Oval and East Perth defeated West Perth 11.9 (75) to 10.10 (70) at HBF Arena. Read More ...

SUBIACO, South Fremantle, Claremont and East Perth all won big in Round 20 of the WAFL on Saturday leading to a couple of five-goal individual hauls but there were plenty of other standout performances as well particularly from big men. All four WAFL Round 20 matches took place on Saturday afternoon with Subiaco making it 17 straight wins beating Swan Districts 11.17 (83) to 8.6 (54) at Leederville Oval with Liam Ryan kicking five goals. South Fremantle made it seven straight wins beating East Fremantle 22.9 (141) to 15.6 (96) at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with Mason Shaw booting four goals. Read More ...

Domain Stadium will host AFL’s biggest names when the International Rules match is played against Ireland on November 18, in what will be the last ever AFL event at the oval. The AFL announced the two-test series today with the opening clash set to take place a week earlier in Adelaide on November 12. Fremantle Dockers coach Ross Lyon, who will take on the role of assistant coach to Geelong’s Chris Scott, said it is a fitting farewell for Domain Stadium before football moves to the new Perth Stadium. Read More ...

In Round 20 of the WAFL Colts competition Perth and Claremont battled it out at Lathlain Park in what was a surprisingly close contest which resulted in a one-point win to the Tigers. In another surprising clash South Fremantle defeated ladder-leaders East Fremantle by 18 points in the Fremantle Derby, Swan Districts claimed a 14-point victory over Subiaco and East Perth brought home a comfortable 94-point win to West Perth.  Click here for the match results. Read More ...

Coastal Titans have set their sights on a record eighth Mundella WA Women’s Football League Premiership after progressing to the Grand Final with a narrow win over reigning Premiers Swan Districts. Coastal Titans 5.10 (40) defeated Swan Districts 5.5 (35) in the 2nd Semi Final to book their place in the Grand Final on Sunday, August 20. Aimee Schmidt, pictured, and Jacqueline Toth kicked two goals each for Coastal Titans while Dana Hooker added one. Swan Districts were lead by two goals each from Stephanie Cain and Ashley Sharp and a single from Kellie Gibson. Swan Districts have a second chance in the Preliminary Final this Sunday, August 13, against East Fremantle, who eliminated Claremont with a convincing win in the 1st Semi Final. Read More ...

WEST Perth started well enough but East Perth went on a staggering run of kicking 15 consecutive goals to set up an 84-point thumping of its arch rivals at HBF Arena on Saturday and to replace the Falcons in fifth position in the process.   Fifth position went on the line at HBF Arena on Saturday and every indication was that a close game was in order through the first quarter with West Perth actually managing to lead at quarter-time by eight points.   But the Falcons wouldn’t score again until the 18-minute mark of the third quarter and wouldn’t kick another goal until the opening minute of the fourth term. Read More ...

PERTH once again started strongly but couldn’t keep it going with Claremont keeping its season alive with a confidence-boosting 99-point thrashing of the Demons at Lathlain Park on Saturday.   Unfortunately for Perth, Saturday's game followed a familiar trend with the Demons starting well and even leading at quarter-time but then being overrun and suffering a disappointing defeat.   All that was amplified on Saturday with Perth doing well to lead by five points after an impressive first quarter. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle battled hard but ultimately South Fremantle's quality shone through with the Bulldogs winning the third and final derby of 2017 by 45 points at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday.   Following South Fremantle's 145-point WA Day Foundation Derby hammering of East Fremantle, neither team expected anything close to the same coming into Saturday's contest in the last derby contest of 2017.   East Fremantle certainly was far more committed and looked capable of being vastly more competitive, which they were, but South Fremantle went on goal kicking sprees at the end of the opening three quarters to maintain a handy lead. Read More ...

MISSING a host of important players wasn’t enough to slow Subiaco's momentum with the Lions stamping their authority over Swan Districts early on Saturday at Leederville Oval and going on to win a 17th straight match by 29 points.   Subiaco might have been down a little on manpower, but the depth at the Lions mean that it's hardly a concern. They dominated the first half against Swans and then led by 37 points early in the third term before going on to win 11.17 (83) to 8.6 (54).   It was a dominant performance all-round by Subiaco and if it hadn’t been for the inaccurate goalkicking the margin of 29 points could have been considerably more. Read More ...

SUBIACO made it 17 straight wins and South Fremantle seven in-a-row while East Perth and Claremont recorded near triple-figure thumpings as the battle over fifth position reaches fever pitch. All four Round 20 WAFL matches took place on Saturday afternoon with Subiaco and South Fremantle continuing their winning ways even though first and second position on the WAFL ladder is secured for both clubs with three weeks of the home and away season remaining. But it's lower down in the top five where things are getting really interesting. East Perth moved into fifth with a big win over West Perth while Claremont also kept its finals hopes alive with the thrashing of Perth. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission wishes to clarify that steps being taken to review umpiring, as outlined in The West Australian newspaper on August 4, are part of a planned and pro-active approach stemming from recommendations in the Structural Review of Football, which highlights the importance of umpires to our game. WAFC CEO Gavin Taylor said the umpire survey, engagement and consultancy work being undertaken would ensure there is a clear understanding of opportunities for improvement so that strategies to engage, retain and develop WA umpires at all levels can continue to be enhanced. “We want to ensure that more than 2500 umpires who are critical to our game in WA are provided with the right support, coaching and and game day environments to undertake the important work they do,” Mr Taylor said. Read More ...

ONE of Perth's two wins this season did come against Claremont so the Demons will attempt to repeat that on Saturday at Lathlain Park to get off the bottom of the ladder but that would spell the end of the Tigers' season. Following last week's loss to East Perth at Claremont Oval by four points, Claremont can't afford any more slip ups between now and the end of the season if the Tigers hope to return to finals action in 2017. Perth might not be in finals contention with just the two wins from 17 attempts this season, but the Demons did climb from the bottom of the ladder despite having the bye last week. East Fremantle's percentage slipped below that of the Demons. Read More ...

The Mundella WA Women's Football League finals get underway this weekend with League, Reserves and Rogers Cup semi-finals being played on Sunday, August 6. In what is the 30th year of the WAWFL, clubs will be competing across three weeks of finals, culminating with the Grand FInal for each grade on Sunday, August 20.  Read More ...