The West Australian Football League (WAFL) encourages all dads, father figures and their kids to get involved in the activities planned for this week’s Fathering Project Round. This round is being held in collaboration with the Fathering Project, which is a non-for-profit charity supporting fathers and father figures who want to make a real difference in, and have a positive impact on the lives of children. Dads and kids running races, kick-to-kick, goal kicking competitions, handball target challenges and many more activities will be taking place. Read More ...

IT was another round of outstanding performances in the WAFL on Saturday and while Claremont's Alexander Manuel gets the nod for Player of the Round, he had plenty of tough opposition. Saturday's Round 3 WAFL action saw Claremont defeat Perth 22.15 (147) to 13.10 (88) at Lathlain Park to remain unbeaten in 2017 under new coach Darren Harris. Swan Districts also remained unbeaten defeating East Perth 11.7 (73) to 9.9 (63) at Leederville Oval while Subiaco downed West Perth 13.9 (87) to 11.10 (76) at HBF Arena and South Fremantle prevailed over Peel Thunder 12.14 (86) to 5.13 (43) at Bendigo Bank Stadium. Read More ...

Round 3 of the WAFL Colts competition saw West Perth defeat Subiaco by five points, Peel Thunder take home a 68-point victory over South Fremantle, Claremont secure a 61-point win over Perth and Swan Districts defeat East Perth by nine points. Read More ...

Ellenbrook Secondary College came out winners of the 2017 West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) Champions League competition, a 16-a-side pre-season school and community football tournament held over March. 10 teams and a total 200 participants aged 16 and 17 years took part in the four-week competition, which concluded with a thrilling Grand Final tri-series between Ellenbrook Secondary College, Governor Stirling Senior High School and Hills Rangers JFC at Noranda Lightning Park. Ellenbrook were crowned the winners after successfully winning their two tri-series games. Read More ...

SUBIACO and West Perth games rarely fail to deliver and Saturday's clash at HBF Arena was another tight affair with Ben Sokol proving the difference as the Lions won by 11 points. West Perth finished the first half on fire with five goals in 11 minutes to lead by eight points at the main break. But Sokol caught fire kicking four goals to start the third term to put the Lions on top and that was enough to set up the eventual 13.9 (87) to 11.10 (76) victory. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle bounced back from a loss last week to end the winning run of reigning premiers Peel Thunder with an impressive 43-point win at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Saturday. Peel came into the game having not lost since Round 22 last year. The Thunder went on to win the last five games of 2016 on the way to a maiden premiership before impressive wins to start 2017 against East Perth and East Fremantle. That meant they were full of confidence heading into Saturday's clash at home to South Fremantle who they beat in last year's preliminary final. Read More ...

SWAN Districts came from behind to continue its undefeated start to the 2017 WAFL season beating East Perth by 10 points at Leederville Oval on Saturday. Swans won just two games in all of 2016 on the way to the wooden spoon. They have now already bettered that in 2017 following Saturday's 11.7 (73) to 9.9 (63) victory over the Royals. Twice last year did Swan Districts equal the club's lowest ever score of 2.6 (18).  Read More ...

CLAREMONT continued its impressive start to the 2017 WAFL season under new coach Darren Harris beating Perth by 59 points at Lathlain Park on Saturday. It was a big day for Perth playing its first home game at Lathlain Park for 2017 and on the new playing surface with the on-going redevelopment taking place at the venue. There was plenty of excitement surrounding their first appearance at home but Claremont was out to spoil that party and did so in emphatic fashion running out 22.15 (147) to 13.10 (88) winners. Read More ...

IT was a day not to be the home teams in Round 3 of the WAFL on Saturday with Claremont, South Fremantle, Subiaco and Swan Districts all scoring strong road victories. The full round of action on Saturday took place on Saturday starting at Lathlain Park with Claremont delivering its second commanding performance of the season under new coach Darren Harris.  The Tigers beat Perth 22.15 (147) to 13.10 (88). South Fremantle headed to Bendigo Bank Stadium attempting to end the seven-game winning streak of reigning premiers Peel Thunder.  Read More ...

WEST Perth and Subiaco matches rarely disappoint and this Saturday's clash at HBF Arena looks to be another cracker as the Falcons and Lions look to make an early season statement. There's never any shortage of feeling in clashes between West Perth and Subiaco and even going back to the last meeting of 2017 at Kingsway, both teams will still have some feelings remaining over from that spirited contest. But more importantly both teams will want to make their mark on the scoreboard early in the new season. Read More ...

PEEL Thunder is the hottest team in the WAFL continuing its momentum from last year's finals series but South Fremantle will be looking to get back to its form of Round 1 quickly. Peel won last year's premiership on the back of winning in the last round of the home and away season and then all four finals. There is no sign of a premiership hangover at the Thunder with them having now beaten East Perth and East Fremantle to open the new season stretching its winning run to seven games. Read More ...

EAST Perth has played finals for five straight years but losing the first three games of 2017 could make that difficult to again achieve adding extra significance to the Royals' clash with Swan Districts. East Perth will be taking on an undefeated Swan Districts on Saturday at Leederville Oval. Coming off five straight years of playing finals including the grand finals of 2013 and 2014, East Perth has made a slow start to 2017 under new coach Luke Webster with losses to Peel Thunder and West Perth. Read More ...

PERTH plays its first game at the redeveloping Lathlain Park for 2017 hosting Claremont on Saturday with the Demons hunting their first win and the Tigers looking to continue their good start. While the building around Lathlain Park will be continuing throughout 2017, the new surface is now all ready to go in time for the Demons to host the Tigers this Saturday afternoon. It's a big game for Perth as well not only to make its first appearance on home turf for the year, but to try and get the first win on the board as well.  Read More ...

Check out the top 3 contenders for the Round 2 AHG Marks and reiwa.com Goals of the WAFL in the video 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. Tune in to 7Mate from 1.30pm on Saturday to witness Claremont take on Perth at the newly developed Lathlain Park and watch out for the Week 1 winners of the reiwa.com goal and AHG mark of the year! Read More ...

More than 300 students from diverse backgrounds in Years 3 to 10 participated in the first ever Intensive English Centre Football carnival held at Charles Riley Reserve in North Beach on March 15. The four-division carnival, run by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC), saw sixteen different nationalities represented from five different schools, with all participants born either overseas or had a parent that was.  Read More ...