EAST Fremantle pulled off the shock of the WAFL season on Saturday not just by beating Subiaco but by doing so by 80 points while South Fremantle stormed home to beat Claremont and West Perth and Perth scored strong victories. Subiaco had won its last 11 matches and not lost since Round 20 last year, but that all changed dramatically on Saturday at Medibank Stadium with East Fremantle delivering an 18.12 (120) to 6.4 (40) victory. West Perth won a third straight match defeating Peel Thunder 8.10 (58) to 5.11 (41) with South Fremantle coming back from trailing by 25 points early in the last quarter to beat Claremont 12.13 (85) to 12.5 (77) at the Claremont Showground. The final match of One Life Round was between the bottom two teams who had just the one win apiece for the season going into the clash at Lathlain Park, and Perth took out a 14.11 (95) to 8.6 (54) victory. Read More ...

All football players will be donning blue armbands this weekend to raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention. One Life Round kicks off on Saturday at the Showgrounds where Claremont take on South Fremantle at the Showgrounds, undefeated Subiaco and East Fremantle go head-to-head at Medibank Stadium, West Perth clash with Peel Thunder and the Demons and Swans do battle at Lathlain Park. Check out Read More ...

Watch the top 3 contenders from Round 6 for the AHG Mark of the Week and reiwa.com Goal of the Week, along with the Round 5 winner. Download the official WAFL App to vote for this week's winner. Read More ...

AFL Commissioner Gabrielle Trainor today presented East Pilbara Regional Manager at Swan Districts Football Club Chelsea Randall with the 2016 Jill Lindsay Scholarship. The annual Jill Lindsay Scholarship is awarded to the female graduate with the most potential to become an industry leader from the AFL SportsReady program.  The Scholarship is named in honour of the AFL’s longest serving employee Jill Lindsay, who lost her battle with cancer 2011. Lindsay was considered a trailblazer in the football industry, having completed 41 years at the AFL in various roles including VFL Park match day manager and VFL membership manager, before being appointed grounds operations manager in 1991. Read More ...

ROUND 8 of the 2016 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season is One Life Round and it presents four fascinating match ups with West Perth and Peel shooting for a third straight win, East Fremantle trying to challenge Subiaco, South Fremantle and Claremont looking to bounce back, and Perth and Swan Districts just desperate for four points. All four One Life Round matches are on Saturday afternoon with three of them at 2.15pm and the 7mate broadcast fixture between Perth and Swan Districts to bounce down at 2.40pm at Lathlain Park. West Perth will host Peel Thunder at HBF Arena with both teams on two-game winning streaks while Claremont will play its first game of the season at the Showground hosting South Fremantle. The undefeated Subiaco will take on East Fremantle at Medibank Stadium with the Sharks looking to win for a second time in six days at the Leederville venue. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia’s AFL Youth Girls will play Victoria Metro in the A-Section Grand Final of the 2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships at the MCG at 5.20pm EST on Friday, May 6. Click here to watch the game live online.  WA Female Talent Manager Alison Moore said the team was looking forward to playing on the MCG and taking on the reigning Champions. “From day Read More ...

Players across Western Australia from Year 8 and above will be provided with blue armbands this weekend for WA Football’s One Life Round. One Life is a West Australian initiative to strengthen families, communities and workplaces, improve mental health and build resilience to prevent suicide. The West Australian Football Commission’s (WAFC) partnership with One Life will use the blue arm bands and football as a vehicle to raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention and reduce the stigma associated with discussing these topics. Read More ...

The Mundijong Centrals Junior Football Club celebrated on Sunday, May 1 when two all-girls teams took to the field at Mundijong Oval for the first time in the club's history.  After a successful launch in February, the club was inundated with enquiries and registrations from girls aged 8 to 16 and nominated two teams in season 2016, one each in the U12 junior girls and U15 youth girls competitions. Tracey Rafferty, the clubs Female Football Co-ordinator and Registrar, credits the success of the launch to the enormous amount of support received from the West Australian Football Commission, Female Football Ambassadors Mikella Johnson and Hayley Miller, and the South Fremantle Women’s Football Club.   Read More ...

South Fremantle defeated Subiaco 15.13 (103) to 6.13 (95) in Round 7 of the RediMed Colts while Peel Thunder fell 40-point short to Perth at Bendigo Bank Stadium. In other games Claremont Colts defeated West Perth 18.15 (123) to 3.6 (34) and East Perth outclassed East Fremantle Colts with a 27-point win at Medibank Stadium. Check out the RediMed Colts Young Guns in the video and don't Read More ...

ROUND 7 of the 2016 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season saw Subiaco assert itself as the only remaining undefeated team while Peel Thunder, West Perth and East Fremantle scored impressive victories. The round began with three matches on Saturday afternoon highlighted by the clash of the unbeaten teams South Fremantle and Subiaco at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. Despite the Bulldogs closing to within two points early in the last quarter, the Lions kicked away to win 15.16 (106) to 10.15 (75). Peel Thunder also won comfortably 19.9 (123) to 7.4 (46) over Perth at Bendigo Bank Stadium and West Perth prevailing in a thriller over Claremont in Kulin 15.11 (101) to 15.4 (94). The round concluded on Sunday and despite East Perth kicking the opening four goals, East Fremantle responded to record an impressive 13.15 (93) to 8.8 (56) win. Read More ...

Subiaco sit on top of the ladder undefeated after the reigning premiers defeated South Fremantle 15.16 (106) to 10.15 (75) at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. The other two matches on Saturday saw West Perth take home a 15.11 (101) to 15.4 (94) win over Claremont while Peel Thunder proved too good for Perth, beating the side 19.9 (123) to 7.4 (46) at Bendigo Bank Stadium. Round 7 of the 2016 Read More ...

The umpiring masterplan was formulated this season to provide all Umpires and  Umpire coaches with a consistent platform to use in the delivery of positive umpiring. WAFC Umpire Development Manager Dean Margetts said that umpires made no secret they would make errors in games, but were committed to ensuring that those errors were not through lack of knowledge or lack of effort. “We pride ourselves on being the 10th team in the WAFL competition,” he said. Read More ...

WAFC Manager Umpiring Pathways Tim Priest has spent the past few weeks on a whirlwind tour delivering of laws of the game educational development sessions through much of regional WA, including Bunbury, Busselton, Geraldton, Esperance, Broome and Carnarvon.   An Albany session was also conducted back in February by WAFC Manager Dean Margetts following his AFL umpiring commitments in the town. In the Pilbara just last week further umpiring sessions were led by seasoned WAFL match day umpire coach John Beaton in Karratha, Dampier and Tom Price.    Priest said the purpose of the regional visits were twofold. Read More ...

Western Australia defeated Victoria Country on the opening day of the 2016 Youth Girls National Championships in Melbourne by nine points in a thrilling finish. After trailing at quarter time, Western Australia 6.6 (42) defeated Vic Country 5.3 (33) spearheaded by a five-goal haul from Kate Bartlett and best on ground performance from Ebonee Hardie. Abby Duncan also added a goal for WA, while Sabreena Duffy, Courtney Hodder, Jasmin Stewart and Megan Adams were named among WA's best players. Read More ...

The 2016 Youth Girls National Championships are being played in Melbourne from May 2-6. All games are being streamed LIVE  - CLICK HERE to watch now. WA is aiming to make history with a second Grand Final victory at the Championships and kick off their campaign against Victoria Country. Read More ...