EAST Perth's ominous form heading towards the WAFL finals continued Saturday with the Royals beating Swan Districts by 54 points at Leederville Oval.   Plenty went on the line at Leederville Oval between the fifth placed East Perth and fourth placed Swan Districts on Saturday.   The Royals were looking for a third straight victory to not only remain in fifth spot but to maintain hopes of finishing higher up on the ladder come finals time. Read More ...

EAST Perth took another significant and impressive step towards playing finals with a big Round 21 WAFL win against Swan Districts while West Perth stayed alive but Claremont fell out of contention with South Fremantle claiming an eighth straight victory. The third last round of the WAFL season was always going to be significant in the race towards the finals in 2017 and in the end Peel Thunder locked away its spot, East Perth just about secured theirs and West Perth stayed in touch, but Claremont can no longer make it with two weeks remaining. All four Round 21 matches took place on Saturday afternoon with East Perth continuing its impressive form winning a third straight match beating Swan Districts 17.8 (110) to 8.8 (56) at Leederville Oval. Read More ...

PEEL Thunder can go a long way to securing third position and a WAFL finals double chance if it can beat Perth at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Saturday. Coming off the bye, Peel returns to action this Saturday in Mandurah up against the bottom placed Perth. Prior to the bye, the Thunder had also lost their past two matches by 16 points to Swan Districts and 46 points to Subiaco to leave them vulnerable in third position. Read More ...

CLAREMONT'S only hope of playing finals this WAFL season is by beating a South Fremantle team on Saturday that is only a seven-game winning run and guaranteed of second position. Claremont returns to its redeveloped home of Claremont Oval on Saturday hosting South Fremantle and needing to win to stay in contention for the finals. It is a big task for the Tigers up against an in-form Bulldogs team who are on a seven-game winning streak to have guaranteed second position and a home qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. Read More ...

WEST Perth is trying to get back into the WAFL top five and East Fremantle to remain off the bottom of the ladder entering Saturday's clash at HBF Arena. Plenty goes on the line between the Falcons and Sharks at HBF Arena on Saturday and while their reasons for winning might be significantly different, the fact that both will be desperate for four points sets up a fascinating contest. West Perth needs to win to be any chance of returning to the top five not only by Saturday night, but at all this season. Read More ...

Mundella WA Women's Football League Preliminary Finals will be played this Sunday, August 13 at Steel Blue Oval in Bassendean. The League clash at 2pm will see reigning premiers Swan Districts clash with East Fremantle for a place in next week's Grand Final against Coastal Titans.  The Reserves Preliminary Final will feature Coastal Titans and East Fremantle with the winner to play Swan Districts, while the Rogers Cup Preliminary Final sees South Fremantle and Peel doing battle for a spot in the Grand Final, also against Swan Districts. Read More ...

It’s time to lace up and fight violence. Junior players from Upper Swan Football Club will wear orange laces this weekend to raise awareness about social violence and how to combat it, as part of this week’s Step Back Think’s Lace Up campaign. Upper Swan JFC will lace up with more than 150 grassroots sporting clubs, along with Ambassadors from the AFL and NRL clubs across the nation. Read More ...

Check out the top 3 contenders for the AHG Mark and reiwa.com Goal for Round 19 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 ...

EAST Perth and Swan Districts currently occupy positions in the WAFL top five but are not guaranteed of staying there entering their Round 21 clash at Leederville Oval. East Perth comes into the game in fifth position and Swan Districts fourth entering the third last round of the 2017 WAFL season making Saturday's clash all the more crucial for both team's finals chances. The Royals can not only consolidate their place in the finals with a win on home turf but also retain hope of finishing higher than fifth position to potentially be just a game behind both Peel Thunder and Swan Districts. Read More ...

West Australian teachers were recognised for their outstanding work in promoting Australian Football in their school communities at the 2017 AFL School Ambassador Awards night at Domain Stadium on Thursday, August 10. In front of a supportive crowd of school and community football representatives, including special guests from Fremantle Football Club, the West Coast Eagles and Member for Bicton Lisa O’Malley MLA, 30 finalists were acknowledged and six category winners announced. Read More ...

THE top two and bottom two spots in the WAFL might have their teams decided for 2017 but in between remains a fascinating battle over finals positions coming into Round 21 on Saturday. Subiaco is guaranteed of the minor premiership for a third straight season and South Fremantle will finish second for the second consecutive year. East Fremantle and Perth also remain anchored to the bottom two spots even though who finishes last is still to be determined. While Peel Thunder and Swan Districts do appear set to occupy third and fourth spots as well, nothing is guaranteed for either and then there is East Perth, West Perth and Claremont remaining in a fight for what appears just the one available finals position. Read More ...

HE is the in-form ruckman in the WAFL and this Saturday South Fremantle big man Brock Higgins reaches 100 games but that's far from his focus right now. Higgins has been South Fremantle's No. 1 ruckman ever since joining the Bulldogs from East Perth where he made 31 league appearances up until the end of 2013 after making his league debut in 2011. The big men depth at East Perth both from inside the Royals and from West Coast always meant that Higgins would find it hard to maintain a regular place in the side. That was highlighted when he missed the 2013 finals series having played 14 games during the home and away season. Read More ...

CLAREMONT wingman Ryan Neates will play his first league game at the redeveloped Claremont Oval on Saturday in what happens to be his 100th WAFL appearance but his focus is on trying to help the Tigers remain in the finals race. While there have been injury troubles along the way that have delayed his reaching 100 games and cost him the chance to play in a WAFL premiership, Neates has put together an outstanding career not just with the 99 matches at Claremont but playing in the AFL for the West Coast Eagles and also representing Western Australia on three occasions. Neates was always earmarked as a player of the future representing WA at both State 16s and 18s level before going on to make his league debut at Claremont in 2010 and finding himself listed with the Eagles. Read More ...

Think you know your football? Test your footy knowledge and take our weekly #WAFooty quizzes! If you know all there is to know about football, you'll love these short quizzes. Read More ...

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 ...