WESTERN Australia coach Darren Harris couldn’t be happier with the preparation for Saturday's state match against Tasmania and with the blend of youth and experienced players he has in his final team. The WAFL representative side will take on the best of the Tasmania State League at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval on Saturday. Harris, a West Perth premiership captain and coach, is coaching the WA team for a second straight year after being in charge of the side that beat the SANFL by 45 points last year at Lathlain Park. Read More ...

The 2016 Carlton Draught WAFL State game will be played this Saturday, June 11 at Steel Blue Oval, Bassendean. Entry to the game, which starts at 2.15pm, is FREE. A curtain-raiser between the WA State 16s and a Swan Districts Indigenous All-Stars team will be played at 11.40am. Read More ...

IAN Callinan is back for the second straight year trying to defeat the WAFL in this year's state game this time playing for Tasmania while coach Brett Geappen will be hoping some help from his brother can help them get a victory against the odds. Callinan represented the SANFL last year with the WAFL winning by 45 points at Lathlain Park with Western Australia backing up the wins over the NEAFL in Sydney and VFL in Northam the previous two years with a third straight state game victory. The former Adelaide Crows rover has made the move to Tasmania this year and is now part of the state side for the clash at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday. Read More ...

WHEN Jye Bolton was told playing in the WAFL would suit him not even he could have imagined just how true it would turn out to be and now the Claremont midfielder is set to represent Western Australia in Saturday's state match against Tasmania. Bolton had spent several years with Collingwood and then Werribee playing strong football in the VFL, but when that league's version of Tigers teamed up on a larger basis with the AFL's North Melbourne in 2016 he didn’t think that was something he wanted to be part of. So he liked what he was told about the way the game was played in the WAFL where running was a key on the larger grounds, but choosing a club became the next quandary and he couldn't have been happier with the choice to join Claremont. Read More ...

Peel Thunder beat Subiaco by four points in a thriller at Domain Stadium to open WA Day Round 12 of the 2016 WAFL Premiership Season on Sunday. It was the first WAFL game to take place at Domain Stadium this season and proved to be a thrilling battle between the two finalists from last year. On the Monday WA Day public holiday East Fremantle defeated South Read More ...

Purchase a Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) beverage at the WAFL State Game at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday and go into the draw to win tickets to the Carlton Draught Front Bar (strictly 18+) at Domain Stadium during the Fremantle Dockers v Port Adelaide Round 13 clash on Saturday, June 18 or when the West Coast Eagles take on North Melbourne in Round 16 on Sunday, July 10. We've got two double passes to giveaway! Hear the roaring crowd, smell the team spirit and sit back and enjoy all the AFL action with your mate from the best seats in the house! State Game Fixture 2:15pm Saturday June 11 Steel Blue Oval, Bassendean Read More ...

Peel Thunder Colts beat Subiaco Colts in the opening match of WA Day Round 12 of the WAFL at Medibank Stadium on Saturday. The Colts action continued on the WA Day Monday public holiday where South Fremantle Colts defeated East Fremantle 12.5 (77) to 6.7 (43), West Perth Colts lost to East Perth by 51-points and Swan Districts defeated Perth 8.8 (56) to 7.10 (52) in a close battle Read More ...

The West Coast Eagles U23 State Amateur Team defeated Queensland and Tasmania in separate interstate contests over the weekend. The games were both played in wet and windy conditions, the first on Friday, June 3 at Leyshon Park in Queensland, and the second at Aurora Stadium in Launceston on Sunday, June 5. The game against Queensland was the first between the two states at Amateur level and the conditions made it hard for either team to get clean possession of the ball. Inaccurate kicking from Queensland in the third quarter allowed WA build a 14-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, which was maintained as the winning margin. Read More ...

The 2016 Carlton Draught WAFL State squad has been narrowed down to 25 for this Saturday’s State game against Tasmania at Steel Blue Oval, Bassendean. The squad includes the in-form players of the WAFL competition and several with AFL experience who have all embraced the opportunity to wear the State jumper. Tasmania will be spearheaded by former Adelaide Crows’ player Ian Callinan and coached by Brett Geappen, the brother of former Swan Districts and WAFL State player Tim Geappen. Read More ...

THINGS tightened up significantly in the top five of the WAFL with the top two teams losing and those sitting in third, fourth and fifth positions all winning to leave just one game between all five of them following the WA Day Round. The round was the final WAFL action prior to Saturday's state match against Tasmania at Steel Blue Oval. The weekend's action began on Sunday at Domain Stadium with Peel Thunder defeating Subiaco in a thriller by kicking the last two goals, 11.8 (74) to 10.10 (70). Then on WA Day, East Fremantle defeated South Fremantle 13.12 (90) to 6.15 (51) at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, West Perth downed East Perth 11.9 (75) to 5.14 (44) at HBF Arena and Perth won the battle of the bottom two teams against Swan Districts, 11.20 (86) to 4.8 (32) at Steel Blue Oval. Read More ...

Western Australia fell 13 points short of the Western Bulldogs after a spirited comeback in the AFL women's exhibition match at Etihad Stadium on Sunday, June 5. WA were first to score with a goal to Kiara Bowers and led at quarter time before the Bulldogs steadied to build an 11-point buffer at the half. WA fought hard to reduce the margin to seven points at three-quarter time following a second goal to Bowers just before the break, then cut the Bulldogs lead back to a solitary point after a great passage of play resulted in a Kellie Gibson goal. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia made a strong start to its National 18s Championships for 2016 kicking 10 of the last 11 goals against Victoria Country to win by 61 points at Domain Stadium on Sunday. WA started strongly with four of the first five goals but Vic Country caught fire with four goals to Josh Battle either side of quarter-time. But WA managed to steady to lead by nine points at half-time and then finish full of running with the last three goals of the third quarter, and seven goals to one in the last to end up winning 19.11 (125) to 10.4 (64). Read More ...

EAST Fremantle and West Perth kept its hopes of a top two position well and truly alive with big WA Day wins in the traditional derbies on Monday while Perth showed signs of improvement also defeating Swan Districts. After Peel Thunder opened the round by beating Subiaco by four points on Sunday at Domain Stadium, it was time for WA Day WAFL action on the Monday public holiday. The most traditional of all WAFL matches is the Foundation Derby and this year's edition took place in front of more than 5000 fans at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with East Fremantle defeating South Fremantle 13.12 (90) to 6.15 (51). West Perth scored a sixth straight victory proving too good for East Perth in the Perth derby at HBF Arena with the Falcons beating the Royals 11.9 (75) to 5.14 (44) in front of more than 3000 fans. The third clash of the day was the least traditional of the WA Day clashes with Perth inflicting more pain on the bottom placed Swan Districts, winning 11.20 (86) to 4.8 (32) at Steel Blue Oval. Read More ...

PEEL Thunder kicked the last two goals to beat Subiaco by four points in a thriller at Domain Stadium to open Round 12 of the WAFL on Sunday. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday at Medibank Stadium, but the game was moved from the Leederville venue over concerns with the turf in the centre square. As a result, Domain Stadium hosted its first WAFL game of the season on Sunday and it proved a tremendous battle between two finalists from last year, and from the teams that now sit second and third on the ladder respectively. Read More ...

Western Australia's State Women's team will clash with the Western Bulldogs women's team at Etihad Stadium as a double header with the Western Bulldogs vs West Coast Eagles AFL game. Kicking off at 10.40am WA time, the game will be played as part of the AFL Women's Exhibition series and give many of the players their first experience playing footy under the roof at Etihad Stadium. CLICK HERE to follow the action from 10.40am WA time. Read More ...