TALLAN Ames' place in history as a great of Swan Districts reaches another highlight with the remarkably loyal, dedicated and passionate servant to become just the fifth player at the club to play 250 games. Ames already will go down as a great of the black-and-whites and that is something that means the world to him considering he grew up dreaming of playing for the club and has always lived in close proximity to Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. His official 250th game for Swan Districts will take place this Saturday against East Fremantle at East Fremantle Oval with his team aiming to keep their unbeaten start to 2017 going up against the winless Sharks. Read More ...

WEST Perth will have some added incentive to bounce back on Good Friday against Peel Thunder with Shane Nelson celebrating a remarkable start to his WAFL career reaching his 100th game with the Falcons. The prolific ball-winning midfielder, who is every bit as courageous as he is talented in racking up possessions, has had a stunning first 99 games with West Perth as he approaches his 100-match milestone on Good Friday against Peel at Bendigo Bank Stadium. In his 96 WAFL matches for West Perth he is averaging 29.2 possessions a game. His other three appearances for West Perth came in the Foxtel Cup where he averaged almost 19 touches despite the shortened format. Read More ...

Four junior district umpires got the opportunity to attend the Fremantle Dockers v Western Bulldogs clash at Domain Stadium and watch the AFL umpires in action after recently being selected for the Hendrie Margetts Umpire Development squad. The squad, made up of 21 junior umpires and led by Head Coach Greg Gilbee, was established to provide professional and personal development opportunities for young aspiring umpires to enable them to progress from junior to senior football through to the WAFL and AFL competitions.  The Hendrie Margetts squad is named after former WAFL and AFL umpire and WANFLUA Hall of Famer Craig Hendrie and Dean Margetts who currently umpires AFL and is employed at the WA Football Commission (WAFC) in the role of Umpire Development Manager.  Perth district umpire Basil Thomas, one of the four lucky umpires who attended the Dockers’ home game, said it was an invaluable experience. “It was a real insight to see the AFL umpires in action at the game,” Thomas said. Read More ...

Elijah Ihanimo from Harrisdale was the envy of all kids when the Piara Waters Junior Football Club Auskicker was announced the second weekly nominee for the 2017 NAB AFL Auskicker of the Year competition. The six-year-old flew to Melbourne for the Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans clash at Etihad where he got the opportunity to play a grid game of footy at halftime and talk to sports broadcaster Hamish McLachlan. Elijah said he was very excited when he found out he was an Auskicker of the Year nominee. “I was so excited when mum told me,” he said. “It was totally epic and I couldn’t believe it!” Read More ...

THERE was another round of some thrilling results and standout individual performances in the WAFL reserves and REDiMED Colts across the weekend. Three of the reserves matches took place on Saturday with Perth defeating East Fremantle 19.6 (120) to 10.15 (75), South Fremantle winning with the last goal of the game 10.9 (69) to 9.14 (68) over West Perth and Subiaco defeating Peel Thunder 9.15 (69) to 9.13 (67). Then on Sunday, Claremont downed East Perth 17.6 (108) to 5.0 (30). Read More ...

PERTH recorded its first win of the 2017 WAFL season on the back of a Player of the Week earning performance by captain Clint Jones but there were plenty more terrific showings across Round 4. Round 4 began on Friday night at Leederville Oval with Claremont remaining undefeated in 2017 beating the winless East Perth 16.9 (105) to 11.3 (69). Then on Saturday, Subiaco gained a measure of revenge for Peel Thunder following last year's grand final with an 11.16 (82) to 10.7 (67) victory at Leederville Oval. Read More ...

Round 4 of the WAFL Colts competition saw East Fremantle defeat Peth by 55 points, Subiaco take home a 10-point victory over Peel Thunder, Claremont secure a 10-point win over East Perth and West Perth defeatSouth Fremantle by 37 points. Read More ...

The annual Under 15 AFL National Male Diversity Championships is currently underway in Blacktown, the traditional land of the Darug people. Currently in its fourth year, the AFL National Male Diversity Championships has been developed to provide a supported talented player pathway that compliments the NAB AFL Under 16 Championships and exposes Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural players, coaches, umpires, doctors, and trainers to an elite AFL Program environment. Supported by Australia Post and Rio Tinto, the Championships feature over 300 young Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural AFL players across 13 teams representing all States and Territories. Games are being officiated by twelve umpires who represent the National Diversity Umpiring Academy, selected from state academies based on high performance while coaches leading the squads are members of the Diversity Coaching Academy. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle unloaded its full arsenal on a shell-shocked West Perth on Saturday evening at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with the Bulldogs romping to a 103-point victory. While South Fremantle recorded three strong wins over West Perth in 2016, both teams did take part in finals action last season and there was nothing to suggest what was to come on Saturday. South Fremantle was coming off an impressive 43-point win over Peel while West Perth had lost narrowly to Subiaco last week, but what took place on Saturday put on full show just how potent the Bulldogs arsenal is when at full power. It was a relatively even first quarter with South Fremantle kicking first two and last two goals. But they kicked away from there with seven goals to two in the second term, four to nil in the third and eight to two in the last to win 23.8 (146) to 6.7 (43). Read More ...

PERTH has recorded its first win of 2017 and kept East Fremantle without a victory following a 13-point triumph at Lathlain Park on Saturday. The two teams came into the clash on Saturday without a win so far in 2017 so the desperation levels were high heading into the contest. Perth's form had been vastly more competitive to open the season with losses to Swan Districts, Subiaco and Claremont by 12, 23 and 59 points respectively. Read More ...

SUBIACO and Peel Thunder did battle on Saturday for the first time since last year's WAFL grand final and it was the Lions earning a measure of revenge winning by 15 points at Leederville Oval. Subiaco has played in the past three WAFL grand finals and booked in a spot in last year's decider after being minor premiers and advancing by winning its second semi-final. However, come grand final day Peel was an unstoppable force winning its fourth straight final to create history to in the club's first premiership in its first grand final and just second ever finals appearance. Read More ...

ROUND 4 of the WAFL season began under lights at Leederville Oval on Friday night with Claremont remaining undefeated in 2017 beating East Perth by 36 points. Friday night football returned to Leederville Oval and with Claremont aiming to avoid a first loss of 2017 and East Perth determined for a first victory, and with both clubs under new coaches, it was always going to be a fascinating contest. It was the Royals who started well with four opening quarter goals but the Tigers held them scoreless in the second term while piling on six goals themselves. That set up the win and after an even second half Claremont ran out 16.9 (105) to 11.3 (69) winners. Read More ...

CLAREMONT started Round 4 of the WAFL in style beating East Perth on Friday night with South Fremantle finishing it with a big win over West Perth with Subiaco and Perth recording victories in between. Round 4 began at Leederville Oval on Friday night with Claremont remaining undefeated this season and keeping East Perth winless with a 16.9 (105) to 11.3 (69) victory. Saturday's action also began at Leederville Oval with a grand final rematch with Subiaco earning a measure of revenge on Peel Thunder winning 11.16 (82) to 10.7 (67). Read More ...

IT is only fitting that South Fremantle wingman Shaun Bewick will celebrate his 100th WAFL game against his former team West Perth this Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. Bewick reaches the milestone against the club that he began his career with alongside twin brother Rohan and where his family has such a strong history including his father Cory and uncle Darren. Bewick never thought of anything else aside from playing with West Perth and made his league debut in 2009 but after just 30 games to his credit up until the end of 2011 he felt a fresh change was needed. Read More ...

THE final game of Round 4 of the 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season has the potential to be the best contest as South Fremantle hosts West Perth at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. South Fremantle returns home for the first time since Round 1 and hosts West Perth in a twilight WAFL fixture on Saturday to close out Round 4 of the 2017 season. The Bulldogs come into the clash confident following a strong 43-point win over Peel Thunder last Saturday at Bendigo Bank Stadium on top of beating West Perth three times in 2016 including in the finals. Read More ...