West Australian Football Commission nominee Janet Seth was announced winner of the Honorary Category of the 2016 Football Woman of the Year Awards on Thursday September 29. Three West Australian women were selected as category finalists for the Awards for their outstanding contribution to Australian Football. Seth won the Honorary Category for her tireless work as a team manager across youth and senior women’s football, as well as maintaining her role as a member of the WA Women’s Football League Board, WA Football Commission Female Advisory Committee and the recently formed Fremantle Football Club National Women’s League Bid Advisory Committee. Read More ...

CAM Shepherd had to bide his time for his first crack at being a WAFL senior coach but after some growing pains he couldn’t have been more proud of how the Peel Thunder and Fremantle players alike came together to win the 2016 premiership. Shepherd had been a long successful assistant coach taking up roles at several clubs including Subiaco, East Perth and Swan Districts with the respect he was held in among WA football ranks highlighted with him being chairman of selection for the West Australia state team on several occasions. After being overlooked for several roles in the years leading up to his appointment to being Peel Thunder senior coach in 2013, Shepherd was ready to show what he was capable of. Read More ...

PEEL Thunder has made history winning a maiden premiership in the club's first ever WAFL Grand Final appearance beating the premiers of the past two years Subiaco by 23 points at Domain Stadium. The Thunder first played WAFL finals last year losing to West Perth and East Perth before qualifying again in 2016 from fourth position and going on to beat East Perth by 49 points, West Perth by 60 points and South Fremantle by 39 to qualify for a first Grand Final. Subiaco has won the last two WAFL premierships and finished on top of the ladder this year before beating South Fremantle by 40 points in the second semi-final. But Peel got on top early with the last four goals of the first quarter and managed to lead by 29 points midway through the second term. Subiaco did its best to fight back and did get within 10 points late in the third term, but Peel again steadied to run out 11.13 (79) to 8.8 (56) winners. Read More ...

CLAREMONT kicked four consecutive final quarter goals to set up an 18-point reserves Grand Final win over East Perth to see the Tigers claim the 2016 premiership. With Claremont's colts earlier beating East Perth for a second straight premiership as well, the Tigers reserves backed up that performance for their first reserves premiership since 2012. East Perth's reserves finished on top of the ladder and did lead by as much as 24 points during the second quarter, but the Royals have now still not won a reserves premiership since 1983. Read More ...

EAST Perth made a stirring run into the RediMed Colts Grand Final and threw down the gauntlet to Claremont but the Tigers proved too strong with a run of seven consecutive goals either side of three quarter-time to win by 18 points. The Royals had to beat East Fremantle in the final round just to qualify for the finals in the first place and they went on to beat East Fremantle, South Fremantle and Perth to make their way into the Grand Final. But Claremont had beaten South Fremantle and Perth to make it to the Grand Final before a week off and then despite trailing by 18 points early in the quarter, the Tigers finished strongly with the next seven goals to end up beating the Royals 11.13 (79) to 9.7 (61). Read More ...

SUBIACO and Peel Thunder do battle in a highly-anticipated WAFL Grand Final to decide the 2016 premiership at Domain Stadium and every indication is it should be a tremendous contest. With Subiaco looking to make history with a second premiership hat-trick inside 11 years and Peel out to win its first ever flag, it should be a Grand Final to savour and bounce down is set for 2.30pm. The day at Domain Stadium begins at 8.40am with Claremont taking on East Perth in the RediMed Colts Grand Final. It will then also be the Royals and Tigers doing battle in the reserves Grand Final starting at 11.40am. Read More ...

NO WAFL club has ever won two premiership hat-tricks as close together as Subiaco could by winning Sunday's Grand Final and coach Jarrad Schofield would have been involved in all six, but his focus is on wanting to see his players receive reward for all the hard work they put in. Subiaco won three straight WAFL premierships in 2006, 2007 and 2008 with Schofield a key player in each of those triumphs on return to the Lions after an AFL career with West Coast, Port Adelaide and Fremantle that included the 2004 premiership with the Power. He retired at the end of 2008 and now has been coach of Subiaco in the premierships of 2014 and 2015, and is at the helm again heading into this Sunday's WAFL Grand Final against Peel Thunder at Domain Stadium. Read More ...

ONE is finding his feet in his first season as captain and the other is the experienced head in a club making history but Gerald Ugle and Rory O'Brien are equally excited to be representing Peel Thunder in Sunday's WAFL Grand Final against Subiaco. Peel has qualified for its first ever WAFL Grand Final this Sunday against the two-time defending premiers Subiaco at Domain Stadium with the Thunder coming off their first three finals victories in the club's history. The Thunder are in their 21st season in the league and playing in a second ever finals series. The first time was last year when they lost to West Perth and East Perth. Read More ...

Peel Thunder will make history this weekend as the side gears up for its first WAFL Grand Final this Sunday against Subiaco. Peel qualified for their first ever Grand Final after beating South Fremantle by 39 points in last weekend's Preliminary Final.  Subiaco head into the season decider full of confidence, with the last two WAFL Premierships under their belt. Read More ...

SUBIACO midfielder Leigh Kitchin has the chance to become a dual WAFL premiership player in just his 43rd game with the Lions in Sunday's Grand Final as he continues to thrive in his move west. Following the 2014 Grand Final victory over East Perth, Subiaco had to do some quick work to replace Simpson Medallist Jason Bristow in the midfield and they could not have possibly found a more like for like replacement than Kitchin. Kitchin joined Subiaco from VFL club Frankston and had an outstanding 2015 season averaging over 23 touches game while playing for Western Australia in the state game win over South Australia, finishing second in fairest and best voting and playing in a premiership. Read More ...

The coaches and captains of the 2016 WAFL Grand Final teams Subiaco and Peel Thunder fronted the media on Thursday, Spetmeber 22 at Domain Stadium ahead of this Sunday's Grand Final showdown. Subiaco coach Jarrad Schofield and captain Kyal Horsley, accompanied Peel Thunder coach Cam Shepherd and captain Gerald Ugle. Hear what they had to say about their team preparation for the upcoming clash, game tactics and player availability in the video below Read More ...

Subiaco and Peel Thunder will clash in the 2016 McDonald’s WAFL Grand Final at Domain Stadium at 2.30pm this Sunday, September 25. The highly anticipated season decider is expected to be a close and exciting contest between reigning premiers Subiaco and an in-form Peel Thunder. The Lions are aiming for their third consecutive premiership, while Peel are aiming to win the club’s first ever League Grand Final. Read More ...

PEEL Thunder coach Cam Shepherd is proud of the work that has gone into Peel Thunder making history by qualifying for a first WAFL Grand Final this Sunday against Subiaco, and he can't wait to see if his in-form team can produce one more outstanding effort. When Shepherd took over as coach of Peel ahead of the 2013 season, the club had never played in a WAFL final and had never come close to doing so. Having had to bide his time and deal with disappointments missing out on other senior coaching roles, the 1987 Claremont premiership player is now in his fourth year in charge of Peel and will forever be known as the first coach to lead the Thunder to a Grand Final. Read More ...

A SANDOVER and Simpson Medal winning season could very well see Jye Bolton earn an AFL chance but if it doesn't he will be more than happy to remain at Claremont in 2017 under new coach Darren Harris. Bolton arrived at Claremont at the start of 2016 having finished his 2015 season in the VFL sidelined with a foot injury that hadn't allowed him to do any pre-season training as yet. Given the end result was a remarkable season that saw him average 29.1 possessions a game on his way to claiming the Sandover Medal for 2016 on Monday night on the back of earlier winning the state game Simpson Medal, it's a scary thought he did it all on the back of a limited preparation. Read More ...

Football supporters across Western Australia would be well aware of the NAB AFL Auskick ‘Mini Legends’ adverts that have been screening on our TV’s leading into the AFL finals, but it is also timely to recognise the volunteers behind the NAB AFL Auskick program who get the ‘mini legends’ out on the field, learning the skills of the game. Recently, Russell Granland, the Auskick Coordinator for Whitford Junior Football Club, was announced the 2016 WA NAB AFL Auskick Volunteer of the Year and received a trip for two to Melbourne to witness the Friday night AFL Finals clash between Hawthorn and Geelong on Friday, September 9. Read More ...