Get an insight into how all nine WAFL clubs are shaping up this season, along with what's happening in Women's and Junior football with The West Australian's 2017 WAFL Season Preview liftout. CLICK HERE to download your copy of the 2017 WAFL Season Guide.     Read More ...

Fremantle Dockers AFL Women's player Akec Makur Susan Chuot and West Coast's Nic Naitanui have been named Australia Post AFL Multicultural Ambassadors for 2017. The two footballers were among six WA products also named in the group of 19 AFL and AFLW players. Other players named include Stephen Coniglio (GWS Giants - Swan Districts FC), Aliir Aliir (Sydney - East Fremantle FC), Jason Johannisen (Western Bulldogs - East Fremantle FC) and Sabrina Frederick-Traub (Brisbane Lions - South Fremantle WFC). AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said the ambassadors played an important role in promoting diversity and inclusion within Australian Football and the broader community. Read More ...

All nine WAFL League Coaches fronted the media on Tuesday, March 14, at the 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season Launch held at Domain Stadium. Round 1 of the season kicks off this Saturday, March 18, with East Perth taking on Peel Thunder in the televised game at Leederville Oval under lights. Hear what each coach had to say about their club's progression over the pre-season and what lies in store for their supporters this season in the video below. Read More ...

DARREN Harris makes his return to a senior coaching role in the WAFL for the first time since 2005 and can't help but be excited by what awaits Claremont in 2017 with the youth coming through topped up by some returning local products. Harris built a career with West Perth when he arrived in the mid-1990s ending up a legend of the club going on to be a premiership captain and coach before he moved into the AFL as an assistant coach ahead of the 2006 season. He had a successful run with the West Coast Eagles including the 2006 premiership before moving to Carlton where he spent another four years. Read More ...

PERTH might have suffered some blows on the eve of the 2017 WAFL season in terms of injuries and departures, but coach Earl Spalding has every reason to be excited and expecting further improvement with his young brigade coming through. The Demons showed improvement in 2017 winning seven games including a purple patch between Rounds 12 and 16 winning four of five before losing four straight to fall out of finals contention. It was an improvement on previous seasons and now despite the loss of some key players and injuries to others, there's good reason for optimism about further growth with the Demons in 2017. Read More ...

The WAFL pre-season will kick off on Saturday, February 25 with three games being played in afternoon and evening timeslots. The 2017 pre-season will consist of three rounds in total, culminating on Saturday, March 11 a week prior to the start of the McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season on March 18. Entry is free to WAFL pre-season games. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle returned to the WAFL finals in 2016 and got all the way to a preliminary final, and with the majority of the playing group back coach Todd Curley is looking for further growth from the Bulldogs. When Curley was appointed South Fremantle coach ahead of the 2015 season, he was given the task of returning the Bulldogs to finals action. They had not won a final since the 2009 grand final triumph or qualified for the finals since 2011 so the Bulldogs were looking to return to being a contender where they were so used to being with John Dimmer as coach. Read More ...

Witness local footy at its best! Show your support and get behind your WAFL team for the 2017 season. Show your true colours and be recognised in the official membership tally of your local WAFL club and receive all the latest club communications. To become a member simply click on your club's logo below.   Read More ...

Experienced umpire coach Cameron Douglas has been appointed as WAFL Field Umpire Coach for the 2017 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership season. Douglas, who has been a WAFL Umpire Talent Academy Coach since 2014 and previously held senior umpire coaching roles at the WA Amateur Football League and Subiaco Junior District, said he was looking forward to the opportunity. “After two seasons focussing on the Mike Ball Talent Academy Squad and WAFL Senior Squad on match days I’m really looking forward to stepping up and taking on new responsibilities,” he said. Read More ...

SWAN Districts could have had hardly had a worse 2016, but coach Greg Harding has welcomed back some local products and focused on working hard over summer to get things back on track in 2017. Swans had lost the likes of Ryan Davis, Tim Geappen and Nathan Broad going into 2016, and things really began to take a tough turn when Ryan Crowley departed to join Essendon and ruckman Nathan Blakely went down in the very first bounce of the season with a knee injury. Star recruit Murray Newman then lasted just one game and Jarrad Blight, Jake Nuich and Kirk Ugle were among a host of players who could never really get going throughout the season because of injury and health concerns. Read More ...

More than 250 Aboriginal girls aged 13 to 17 years sported their team guernsey and footy boots at Noranda’s Lightning Park on Friday, March 3 for this year’s Kirby Bentley Cup event. In its fourth year the nine-a-side round robin AFL tournament proved to be a great success, with team numbers growing from 14 in 2016 to 18 in 2017. East Perth was crowned the 2017 Premiers after defeating the Pilbara 3.5 (23) to 2.1 (13). Royals’ captain Mavis Lyndon was named Best on Ground. Read More ...

ROB Wiley learned plenty about his East Fremantle team in his first season in charge in 2016 and now he's looking for the Sharks to take the next step and improve on their consistency in 2017. Wiley returned to Western Australia from Carlton to coach East Fremantle last year. The Sharks started the season impressively including big wins over the two teams that finished in the top two positions on the ladder at the end of the home and away season, Subiaco and South Fremantle. That saw East Fremantle sit in a good spot with a 7-4 record after Round 12, but the Sharks lost seven of the last nine games from there to finish just one game and percentage out of the finals. And that was only due to an eight-goal Round 23 loss to East Perth. Read More ...

A new-look Mundella WA Women’s Football League season is set to kick off a huge 30th year in 2017 with nine clubs represented for the first time at League level and more attention than ever on the competition that produced 36 players for the inaugural AFL Women’s season. For the first time, Perth Angels, East Perth and last year’s Reserves premiers West Perth, will field League teams, seeing a WAWFL League side now aligned to every WAFL men’s team. For West Perth, this includes the complete integration of the Joondalup Women’s Football Club with West Perth Football Club. Joondalup Women’s Football Club President Dave Burton said the club had enjoyed a strong relationship with West Perth Football Club for many years. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is encouraging all WA Football participants and their families, volunteers and officials to get behind the 'Let Kids be Kids' national campaign that addresses poor sideline behaviour, largely at junior sport events. Read More ...

Congratulations to the big winners of the 2017 WA Football League Raffle. First prize winner Carolyn Gordon from Carramar won a 2016 Holden Captiva LS 2.4L 7 Seater Automatic Wagon valued at $34,173. Gordon said she's still coming to terms with the fact she now has a brand new car sitting in her driveway. "I still can't believe it. It is a very generous prize," she said Gordon is a true Read More ...