It was a close battle at Steel Blue Oval which resulted in Swan Districts defeating ladder-leaders East Fremantle by only five points at Steel Blue Oval. The Tigers stood their ground at home with a 88-point thrashing of West Perth, while Peel Thunder locked away an 11-point victory over South Fremantle at home and East Perth defeated Subiaco by 54 points at Leederville Oval. This Saturday Peel Thunder and East Perth clash at Fremantle Community Bank Oval in the Elimination Final and on Sunday Claremont and Swan Districts go head-to-head in the Qualifying Final at Steel Blue Oval. Read More ...

THE clash between Claremont and West Perth was always set to provide a dramatic finish to the 2017 WAFL season and with the Falcons kicking the last two goals to win and storm into the finals that certainly was the case at Claremont Oval.   Claremont and West Perth have played in a string of remarkably tight and tense games in recent years with precious little separating the two teams and no love lost from them out on the field either.   So with the potential of a finals position being at stake on Saturday at Claremont Oval the stage was set for a tantalising and tense contest from start to finish. Read More ...

SUBIACO has soared towards the 2017 WAFL Finals with a 19th straight victory for the season beating East Perth and ending the hopes of the Royals with a 42-point victory at Leederville Oval on Saturday.   East Perth needed to find a way to be the first team to beat Subiaco since South Fremantle did so back in Round 1 in order to make up for last week's upset loss to Perth and still play finals in 2017.   The Royals weren’t able to match it with the Lions in the second half after only trailing by eight points at half-time. They still had a finals hope, though, if Claremont beat West Perth at Claremont Oval but not by enough to overtake the Royals on percentage. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle produced its best performance of the season to avoid the wooden spoon and beat the finals bound Swan Districts by 61 points at Steel Blue Oval to farewell club great Andrew Stephen on Saturday.   There was potentially plenty at stake for both teams coming into the final round contest at Steel Blue Oval with Swans facing the prospect of possibly missing the finals with a loss while the Sharks would finish last and claim the wooden spoon with anything but a victory.   In the end it was a disappointing performance from the black-and-whites against a lowly opponent but to East Fremantle's credit, they played some exciting and attacking football which is something that hasn’t always been the case throughout the season. Read More ...

THERE wasn’t a lot at stake bar taking some momentum into the finals and that's what South Fremantle will now have following a 34-point victory against Peel Thunder at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Saturday.   The two teams were already guaranteed of finishing second and third on the WAFL ladder at the end of the home and away season regardless of what happened in Mandurah on Saturday.   With them also set to face each other in the first week of the finals, it was always going to be intriguing how the teams went about the contest as well. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC), in collaboration with The University of Sydney, invite you to take part in a research study about sport-related concussion that will help to improve our understanding of concussion recognition and management in those persons most closely associated with players, as well as players themselves. This knowledge will be assessed with a questionnaire, and supports previous research undertaken in this area by the WAFC. Read More ...

THE 2017 WAFL season always seemed destined to end in thrilling fashion and the drama was at fever pitch as West Perth stormed home to beat Claremont on Saturday to end the seasons of East Perth and the Tigers in the process. Three of the four final round WAFL matches on Saturday were set to have a big impact on finals positions at the end of the season even though Subiaco, South Fremantle and Peel Thunder were secure in the top three spots. Things were anything but guaranteed with the bottom two spots in the top five coming into the final round with Swan Districts, East Perth, West Perth and Claremont all fighting for the rights to play finals football in 2017. Read More ...

THE rivalry between the Leederville Oval co-tenants has been a fascinating one since 2004 even if dominated largely by Subiaco but East Perth's season goes on the line on Saturday with the Royals needing to end the Lions' winning to run to play finals themselves. With Subiaco entering Saturday's clash at Leederville Oval on an 18-game winning streak and East Perth needing to end it at 18 in likely the only chance for the Royals to still play finals in 2017 then the stage is set for quite the finish to the home and away season between the two clubs. Given Subiaco has won 18 straight matches since losing to South Fremantle in Round 1, the Lions have the minor premiership wrapped up for a third straight season as they chase a fourth successive grand final appearance and a third premiership in four years. Read More ...

NOTHING might be able to be gained in terms of ladder position but winning form against your finals opponent can count for plenty setting up a fascinating contest between Peel Thunder and South Fremantle at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Saturday. The two teams are guaranteed to finish second and third respectively come the end of the home and away season no matter what happens in Mandurah on Saturday. That means that South Fremantle will be hosting Peel Thunder in next week's qualifying final on Saturday afternoon at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. Read More ...

CLAREMONT and West Perth both sit outside the WAFL top five entering the final round of the season but the winner on Saturday at Claremont Oval could very well end up playing finals depending on other results. While nothing is guaranteed for whoever it is that ends up winning Saturday's contest to close the home and away season at Claremont Oval, it at least gives them some hope of still playing a final the next week while the season is over for the loser. While what happens at Steel Blue Oval between Swan Districts and East Fremantle, and at Leederville Oval between East Perth and Subiaco will have a big say on what Claremont's clash with West Perth ends up counting for, all the Tigers and Falcons can focus on is winning to get a sniff. Read More ...

The 2017 AHG WAFL Finals Series will commence on Saturday, September 2 with four rounds culminating in the Grand Final on Sunday, September 24. Read More ...

IT is the final round of the 2017 WAFL season and it couldn’t possibly be more exciting with four teams remaining genuine chances of claiming the last two places in the top five in order to qualify for the finals. Three of the four games on Saturday in Round 23 are virtual elimination finals contests. Intriguingly the only game that won't have any impact on where teams finish to close the season features the second placed South Fremantle facing the third placed Peel Thunder at Bendigo Bank Stadium. They can't change positions but will also play one another next week in a qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. Read More ...

HAVING had a remarkable run now to 150 games despite being just 24 years of age, West Perth star Aaron Black sees no reason why he can't reach as many as 300 appearances for the Falcons even if it means a break for a season somewhere along the way is needed. Ever since he made his league debut for West Perth in Round 16, 2010 as a 17-year-old, Black has been a permanent member of the Falcons line-up. Initially starting his career in tagging roles and then developing himself into one of the hardest working and running midfielders and wingmen in the competition, the accolades began to come his way as he continued to rack up plenty of games and achievements at a young age. Read More ...

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 ...