Three umpires were recognised for their dedication and performance over the WA Football League pre-season at the WA National Football League Umpire Association (WANFLUA) Annual Panel Awards Night held on Tuesday, March 14, at EJ Pavillion in South Perth. West Perth District field umpire Louis Jago was awarded the Ross Capes Medal for an outstanding pre-season. WAAFL boundary umpire Mitch Vernon capped off a strong pre-season after he was awarded the Ron Hall Medal. Goal umpire David Hayes was recognised for his very confident performances over the pre-season and was awarded the Merv Rose Medal. Read More ...

WEST Perth has the Round 1 bye ahead of a derby next Sunday and coach Bill Monaghan is looking forward to seeing his strong key position player stocks in action along with how some emerging players step up in 2017. The Falcons made the finals again in 2016 on the back of playing in two of the previous three WAFL grand finals, and winning the premiership in 2013. Monaghan is again hoping the Falcons are around the mark in 2017 but there are a lot of unknown quantities heading into 2017. Following last year, West Perth has lost some significant experience and quality with the retirement of Luke Tedesco, and departures of Laine Rasmussen, Drew Rohde, Rohan Kerr, Joel Leeson and Max Duffy. Read More ...

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Helvetica; color: #ffffff} WA footy fans have the chance to win a family pass (four tickets) to the WAFL each week by simply posting a photo of themselves (a selfie!) at a WAFL match on social media (Facebook, Twitter or Instagram). Fans must use #WAFLselfie in the caption to be in the running to win. The winner of the weekly #WAFLselfie competition will be announced on the Wednesday following the round of WAFL.             Check out the winning entries so far.. Read More ...

LUKE Webster makes his return to East Perth as a senior coach in 2017 and the club great and premiership player is making no secret that his No. 1 goal is to win above and beyond anything else. Webster retired folloing the 2010 WAFL season from East Perth bringing an end to a playing career that had plenty of challenges with four knee reconstructions, but some tremendous highs particularly with the Royals. He played in the 2001 premiership with East Perth and following his 33-game AFL career with Fremantle ended that was dogged by the knee injuries, returned to the Royals as a co-captain. Read More ...

SUBIACO has made the past three WAFL grand finals and despite losing plenty of premiership experience, coach Jarrad Schofield is looking forward to seeing how his retooled Lions shape up in 2017. Subiaco went ever so close to securing a premiership hat-trick last year. Coming off the triumphs of 2015 and 2016, the Lions again finished the home and away season as minor premiers and then advanced straight to the grand final after beating South Fremantle in the second semi-final. Peel Thunder ended up prevailing denying Subiaco a third straight flag and despite losing experience and talent since, the Lions have also brought in plenty and have some good youngsters coming through giving Schofield reason for optimism. Read More ...

PEEL Thunder is coming off the high of its breakthrough WAFL premiership and coach Cam Shepherd will continue to take pride in the opportunities he will provide the region's young players no matter how the Fremantle alignment is going. The Thunder qualified for the finals for the first time in the club's history in 2015 before going on to lose to West Perth and East Perth to be bundled out. They backed that up with another finals berth in 2016 and this time Peel proved unstoppable in September going on to score comprehensive victories over East Perth, West Perth, South Fremantle and Subiaco on the way to the maiden premiership. Read More ...

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 ...

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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 ...