WA Football advises that the Nomination Committee, with representatives of the WA Football Board, Fremantle Football Club, West Coast Eagles Football Club, WAFL Council of Presidents and the Community Football Advisory Council, met to consider the Expressions of Interest received for the upcoming Commissioner Elections and provided the WA Football Board with a shortlist of Recommended Candidates.   A number of nominations from high quality Read More ...

WA draft hopefuls combined for a whopping 14 top-five results in the recent AFLW State Combine testing. Six West Aussies tested at the WA State Draft Combine on Sunday and were among the best of the 42 players taking part across Australia. AFLW Under-18s All-Australian and East Fremantle gun Maya Louvel-Finn produced five top-five results of her own, with Claremont WAFLW premiership player Ella Gilbey Read More ...

The WA Football Boys Summer Squad talent program has been selected, featuring the State’s best young footballers hoping to realise their AFL dreams over the next couple of years. The squad features the best 2026 and 2027 AFL Draft prospects, highlighted by seven Claremont premiership players from last month’s EGT WAFL Colts Grand Final at Optus Stadium. The Tigers are the equal-best represented team with nine Read More ...

The 2025 Metro Junior Community Football Awards lit up Optus Stadium on Friday night as metro junior football clubs, volunteers and communities were celebrated. Presented by WA Football and the Metro North, Central and South Regional Development Councils, more than 1000 volunteers from 90 metro junior football clubs came together for an evening of celebrations as individuals and clubs were awarded for outstanding contributions and Read More ...

Court Grammar School completed an undefeated Division One campaign to win the ninth edition of the Freo Dockers Schoolgirls Cup at Victor George Kailis Oval in Cockburn. The Mundijong-based school knocked off 2023 champions Comet Bay College by 45 points in the decider – 8.4 (52) to 1.1 (7) – of the interschool competition for girls in Year 7, 8 and 9. The feat was Read More ...

Perth co-captain Charlie Constable capped off a Sandover Medal-winning campaign by taking our his WAFL club’s fairest-and-best award. Constable won his first Butcher Medal ahead of close friend and ex-Geelong teammate Brandan Parfitt after a stellar second season at the Demons, leading the club to a drought-breaking finals appearance. The former Cats and Gold Coast midfielder averaged a touch under 32 disposals and six tackles Read More ...

We’re delighted to release the WA Football Strategy 2026 – 2028, designed following a concentrated period of engagement with our stakeholders.  The Strategy sets the foundation for clear decision making on our investment priorities, exciting avenues to grow our game at all levels, having a clear intent to enhance equity and access, and setting out a deliberate approach to future proof the game in WA.  Read More ...

WA Football State Talent Manager Adam Jones is hopefully of getting as many as a dozen West Aussies picked up in the AFL national and rookie drafts next month. Speaking at Sunday’s WA State Draft Combine, Jones said he expected to see 8-12 WA players realise their AFL dreams across the National Draft on November 19-20 and Rookie Draft on November 21. It comes after Read More ...

Claremont young gun Charlie Banfield capped off a massive season by winning the 2km time trial at the WA State Draft Combine at WA Athletics Stadium on Sunday. The West Coast father-son prospect continues to enhance his draft stocks, less than a month after winning the Mel Whinnen Medal as best-afield in the Tigers' EGT WAFL Colts grand final victory over South Fremantle at Optus Read More ...

WA Football Umpiring had a successful trip to the South West for the Nutrien Ag Solutions Women’s Country Championships last week. WA Football Umpiring secured a $4,000 grant through the South32 Worsley Alumina Community Grants Program to support its Empowering Regional Umpires project, which directly assisted young and female football umpires from across regional Western Australia to participate in the Championships in Bunbury. As a part of Read More ...

Swan Districts pair Tylah Williams and Leon Kickett were among the standouts at the AFL National Draft Combine in Melbourne over the weekend. Williams, a West Coast Next Generation Academy prospect who made his debut for the Eagles’ WAFL side during the season, impressed in the 20m sprint and agility test. The silky-skilled finished second in the 20m sprint with a blistering time of 2.89 Read More ...

The Western Australian All Abilities Football Association (WAAAFA) has been announced as the 2025 Telstra Best of Business Award Winner for WA in the Building Communities category. In September, the WAAAFA was named a finalist in both the Building Communities and Outstanding Growth categories before going on to win the Building Communities Award for WA. The WAAAFA was recognised for its leadership in creating inclusive Read More ...

WA Football is pleased to reveal significant progress in our Community Sporting Venues Retrofitting Project, which has already seen eight sites completed and another five scheduled. Thanks to a $1 million grant from the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF), and further funding from the WA Football Facilities Fund and West Coast Eagles Royalty Reserve, the project is creating safer and more inclusive environments Read More ...

Western Australia was well represented at the AFLW National Draft Combine in Melbourne last week. WA had a record nine participants at the combine, including late invitation and Claremont WAFLW premiership star Juliet Kelly who blitzed the 2km time trial. Kelly finished third in the 2km event with an impressive time of 7:21, while Subiaco key forward Olivia Wolmarans (7:50) the next best West Aussie Read More ...

Swan Districts pair Tylah Williams and Leon Kickett were among the standouts at the AFL National Draft Combine in Melbourne over the weekend. Williams, a West Coast Next Generation Academy prospect who made his debut for the Eagles’ WAFL side during the season, impressed in the 20m sprint and agility test. The silky-skilled finished second in the 20m sprint with a blistering time of 2.89 Read More ...