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VIDEO: McDonald's WAFL Plays of the Day

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 3:09 PM
Check out the best moments from Round 11 with the McDonald's WAFL Top 10 Plays of the Day. Read More ...


Great skills on display at East Kimberley WAFC Cup

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 10:58 AM
Kununurra recently played host to the East Kimberley WAFC Cup which was a clash between the Kununurra Boabs and the formidable Halls Creek Cowboys. The first quarter was a close affair with only one goal scored by the home team, as both sides were having trouble kicking due to the blustery conditions.  There was a turnaround in the second quarter as the game started to open up. The Boabs added an extra two goals while the Cowboys put their first goal through after a well worked passage down the wing by Halls Creek speedster, Ronald Carlton. Read More ...


WAFC Female Ambassador Program

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 10:00 AM
The WAFC has introduced a Female Football Ambassador Program to support the ongoing promotion and awareness of Female Football utilising key role models within the community. Chelsea Randall is currently the AFL state female ambassador and this group will assist Chelsea in promoting female football within the Districts and at a state level. WAFC Female Football Coordinator; Allana Dickie said she was excited to create a second tier of female ambassadors and role models to assist in marketing and promoting of Female Football. “We are so lucky here in WA we have so many young passionate role models, this program is going to help promote and increase the awareness of Female Football through a second tier of Ambassadors that will be actively advocating Female Football throughout the season and at various events. Read More ...


East Fremantle and senior coach Malaxos part company

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 7:59 PM - by Chris Pike
STEVE Malaxos won't get the chance to live out a rare feat as a premiership captain and coach at the same club with he and East Fremantle deciding on Monday that his time as senior coach would come to an end effective immediately. Malaxos has done a good job in charge of East Fremantle since 2011 taking the Sharks to the grand final in 2012 and then only narrowly missing out on getting back there in 2014, but on Monday he and the club mutually agreed to part company 11 rounds into the 2015 season. East Fremantle remains well and truly in contention to play finals again in 2015 sitting on a 5-5 record after 10 games, but two losses in five days to South Fremantle and Subiaco will be the last that Malaxos will oversee. Former Fremantle, East Fremantle and Claremont midfielder Brad Dodd will now take over as caretaker coach at the Sharks starting this Sunday against Swan Districts at ATOM Stadium. Read More ...


Round 11 McDonald's WAFL Results

Sunday, June 7, 2015 - 2:03 PM - by Chris Pike
EAST Perth, South Fremantle and West Perth all put to bed the concerns over playing on a short break with the three teams finishing strongly to record impressive wins in Saturday's Round 11 WAFL action while the league-leading Subiaco continued its dominant form. All four Round 11 WAFL matches took place on Saturday afternoon starting with East Perth coming from behind to beat Swan Districts 13.9 (87) to 11.4 (70) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. Subiaco also beat East Fremantle 15.18 (108) to 8.12 (60) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium while South Fremantle defeated Perth 17.10 (112) to 11.8 (74) at Fremantle Oval and West Perth downed Peel Thunder 17.9 (111) to 17.5 (107) in a high-scoring thriller at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium. Read More ...


WA 18s come up short against South Australia

Saturday, June 6, 2015 - 1:58 PM - by Chris Pike
WESTERN Australia's 18s team wasn’t able to back up its thrilling win over South Australia two weeks ago with the Croweaters running out 73-point winners on Saturday at AAMI Stadium in the AFL National 18s Championships. WA produced a tremendous performance two weeks ago Lathlain Park in the opening game of the 2015 AFL National 18s Championships beating the two-time defending champions South Australia by a point. However, last Sunday WA went down to Vic Country by 105 points at Medibank Stadium and now in their first away trip of the championships, came up short at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide with South Australia running out 18.15 (123) to 7.8 (50) winners. Read More ...


WA women create history with win over Victoria

Saturday, June 6, 2015 - 12:05 PM - by Chris Pike
WESTERN Australia created history at Domain Stadium on Friday beating Victoria for the first time in an open-age State game, and it took a thriller for it to happen with the Black Swans holding on for a four-point win in a frantic finish. WA had never previously beaten Victoria in an open-age State game, but the two sides did battle at Domain Stadium on Friday afternoon and put on quite a show for those who came early to watch ahead of the Fremantle and Richmond AFL clash later that night. In the end, it was WA who recorded the 8.4 (52) to 7.6 (48) victory but it came down to the dying seconds with Victoria having a chance to snatch the win through Emma Kearney, but a superb defensive effort from WA's Tayla Bresland for WA was enough for the home side to hold on and win. Read More ...


McDonald's WAFL Round 11 Preview

Friday, June 5, 2015 - 3:08 PM - by Chris Pike
IT IS a full round of WAFL action on Saturday afternoon for Round 11 of the 2015 season as seven of the league's nine teams all continue to fight over the final four spots in the top-five. The first match on Saturday afternoon bounces down at 1.40pm between Swan Districts and East Perth at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval with both teams looking to break into the top-five. The other three matches then all take place at 2.15pm on Saturday with Subiaco playing East Fremantle at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with Peel Thunder hosting West Perth at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium and South Fremantle facing Perth at Fremantle Oval. Read More ...


Rd3 State 18s: SA v WA

Friday, June 5, 2015 - 11:11 AM
The West Australian Football League State 18s play South Australia at AAMI Stadium tomorrow, Saturday, June 6 in Round 3 of the NAB AFL National 18s Championships. The team will be aiming to repeat WA’s Round 1 success against South Australia at Lathlain Park and bounce back from a loss to Victoria Country in Round 2. TEAMS: SA v WA Read More ...


WAFL Umpires to help raise awareness of MND

Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 3:36 PM
More than 120 West Australian Football League umpires and support staff will wear blue armbands at Round 11 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership games this weekend to help raise awareness of motor neurone disease (MND). A total of 96 umpires and 30 support staff will be wearing blue armbands at Colts, Reserves and League games in the lead-up to the AFL’s 'Big Freeze at the G' campaign on Monday June 8, which aims to raise money to find a cure for MND. Read More ...


WA v Victoria Women’s State Game

Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 2:55 PM
WESTERN Australia will host Victoria in a women’s football showcase at Domain Stadium at 3pm on Friday afternoon as the curtain raiser to the Fremantle v Richmond AFL game. The fixture will follow the success of the AFL Women’s Exhibition Game at the MCG on May 24 and feature 30 star players from both of the teams that represented Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs. Read More ...


Round 10 McDonald's WAFL Wrap Up

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 3:17 PM - by Chris Pike
THE WA Day weekend of WAFL action produced some surprising results and outstanding performances with Swan Districts and Claremont recording wins on Saturday, and East Perth and South Fremantle scoring upset victories in the traditional derbies on Monday. The WAFL action resumed on Saturday following Western Australia's State game win over South Australia, and it saw Claremont beat Peel Thunder 17.16 (118) to 6.10 (46) at the Showground and Swan Districts defeat Perth 13.7 (85) to 11.12 (78) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. Then on the WA Day public holiday on Monday, over 11,000 fans attended the two games with East Perth beating West Perth 18.11 (119) to 10.11 (71) in front of 4021 at Medibank Stadium and then in likely the game of the season so far, South Fremantle stormed home to beat East Fremantle 15.13 (103) to 14.14 (98) at ATOM Stadium in front of 7209. Read More ...


VIDEO: McDonald's WAFL Plays of the Day

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 2:08 PM
A courageous Royal and a skilful Bulldog. Who gets your number 1 Play of the Day? Check out the best moments from Round 10 with the McDonald's WAFL Top 10 Plays of the Day. Read More ...


Making footy a game for all

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 1:55 PM
On the field, participation and a willingness to have a go are the key ingredients to sporting success. Off the field, that same sentiment is the driving force behind McDonald’s ‘Macca’s Junior Sports Grants’ program. Created to provide sports clubs with new equipment or funding to increase participation in a chosen sport, the grants aim to encourage healthy, active lifestyles among young Western Australians.  Read More ...


Junior Umpires get a taste of the big time

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 1:52 PM
FOUR junior umpires spent a day in the life of an AFL Umpire at Domain Stadium recently as part of the 2015 Community Umpiring Round. Morgan Ramsden and Basil Thomas from the Demon’s District and Denzel More and Sean Henry from the Swan’s District joined the AFL Umpires team for the West Coast v Gold Coast game on May 16, where they had the chance to spend time in the rooms and see the preparations of the Umpires. Read More ...