West Australian Football League pre-season fixtures will be played over three rounds from Saturday, February 27 to Saturday March 12. All teams will play two games each – the first consisting of 4 x 25 minute quarters and the second under full match conditions. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle has a new coach, a new captain and a star recruit that the Sharks will be hoping can all combine for a vastly improved 2016 WAFL season after a 2015 that started with such high expectations but couldn’t have been more disappointing. The Sharks made the grand final in 2012 and appeared set to get back there in 2014, and would have done so had it not been for a horrible day in front of goal against Subiaco in the preliminary final. East Fremantle then started 2015 encouragingly winning five of their opening seven games, but things then took a dismal turn for the Sharks as they lost their next 12 games before breaking that drought with a final round victory over Perth. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission in partnership with the Great Southern Regional Development Council will be hosting an all-inclusive football festival as part of a push to improve the female football participation pathway in the Great Southern region. Read More ...

More than 400 talented Indigenous players and coaches put their skills on show in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 at this year’s Nicky Winmar Carnival in Mandurah. Read More ...

FOUR talented South Fremantle products back from the AFL, an experienced hard bodied recruit and the son of a legend are among the arrivals at the Bulldogs for 2016 as coach Todd Curley tries to guide them back to the finals in his second season in charge. Curley took over as coach of South Fremantle last season for his first ever involvement in a WAFL club outside of West Perth where he was a premiership player as well as captain and coach. The season showed signs of promise and gave Curley something to build on, but a fourth straight season of not playing finals meant South Fremantle still had plenty of further improvement to do. Read More ...

BEING content with second place is not something anyone is saying at West Perth coming into the 2016 WAFL season with coach Bill Monaghan hopeful a couple of additions and the overall hunger of the playing group can lead to further improvement. The Falcons had a strong 2015 finishing the home and away season in second position before going on to beat Peel Thunder and East Perth in finals matches at HBF Arena, but losing in the second semi-final and grand final to Subiaco. West Perth has kept the majority of that squad together for 2016 with Marcus Adams the most significant loss from the grand final team, but Max Duffy's arrival after being delisted by Fremantle provides some added attacking flair. Read More ...

Depreciation Professionals DEPPRO have been named Principal Partner of the WA State 16s and State 18s programs. WAFC State Talent Manager Adam Jones said DEPPRO’s support was greatly appreciated and would assist in the development of WA’s most talented young players. “The State 16s and State 18s programs provide elite development opportunities for the WAFL’s best young players and require a level of support to ensure we are maintaining the highest standards,” he said. Read More ...

The Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) and West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate the potential development of shared training and administration facilities at the WACA Ground. The development may form part of a planned upgrade of the WACA Ground, providing members, fans, players and staff of both sports with significantly improved facilities. The two leading sporting codes are excited to be jointly exploring the possibility of creating a shared home of football and cricket in Western Australia. Read More ...

More than 350 Aboriginal players aged 12-15 will take part in this year’s Nicky Winmar Carnival coordinated by the West Australian Football Commission and supported by RediMed. The carnival will commence on Sunday March 6 with players from teams representing both metropolitan and regional WA taking part in a round robin tournament at Bendigo Bank Stadium in Mandurah. Read More ...

ALMOST 5000 people attended the AFL NAB Challenge game between Fremantle and Adelaide in a highly successful event for the Mt Barker community at Sounness Park on Sunday, February 28. The Dockers held off the Crows 1.9.6 (69) to 0.8.19 (67) to win in front of the big crowd that gathered to watch the first AFL game to be played in the Great Southern since Albany hosted West Coast and Collingwood in 2008. Read More ...

The Round 1 West Australian Football League (WAFL) fixture between South Fremantle and West Perth will be played at 2.10pm on Saturday, March 19. The game will be televised live on 7Mate from 2pm. WAFL General Manager Steve Hargrave said the WAFL had been exploring options to play the game as a televised fixture under lights at 7.10pm. “Promoting the WAFL competition is extremely important and playing a televised Round 1 night game presented a terrific opportunity to do this,” he said. Read More ...

I got into footy in Year Two when my sports teacher asked if I was interested in playing in a school competition. I was so excited to play, I said yes without any hesitation whatsoever! Read More ...

SUBIACO and Swan Districts recorded pre-season wins on Saturday, February 27 during home games at Steel Blue Oval and Medibank Stadium. Subiaco 13.15 (93) defeated West Perth 5.6 (36) Swan Districts 11.14.(80) defeated Peel Thunder (7.1.43) The pre-season consists of three rounds in total and conclude on Saturday March 12. Read More ...

New clubrooms were officially opened for Collegians Amateur Football Club at David Cruikshank Reserve on Friday, February 19 with the support of the West Australian Football Commission, AFL, City of Nedlands and Department of Sport and Recreation. The event was hosted by the City of Nedlands and the official opening conducted by Premier Colin Barnett and City of Nedlands Mayor Max Hipkins. The WAFC contributed $5000 towards a funding application for the project, and played a major role in assisting the club receive a $50,000 grant from the AFL. Read More ...

After nearly two months of gruelling and challenging trials 38 quality players have been selected for the 2016 State U18 Youth Girls squad. The squad is made up of an incredible array of top talent from across the state including players from Bunbury, Albany, Kalgoorlie, Wickham, Pinjarrra, Halls Creek, Herne Hille and Brookton. A team of 27 will be chosen from the squad to represent WA in the five-day National Read More ...