PEEL Thunder is looking to get its tilt at a historic WAFL finals appearance back on track against East Perth at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Sunday with star recruit Gerald Ugle enjoying his move and the leadership role with his new club despite being just 22 years of age. Peel is yet to seriously threaten to play in a WAFL finals campaign since entering the competition in 1997, but this year it appears a distinct possibility and a win over East Perth would make that even more likely. The Thunder already went on a club record four-match winning streak earlier this season and remain in the top-five with a 5-5 record and they could finish Round 12 as high as second with a win over the Royals. Read More ...

The West Australian Football League State 18s play Victoria Metro at 11.20am on Saturday, June 13  as a curtain raiser to the West Coast Eagles v Essendon AFL game at Domain Stadium. A replay of the State 18s game will be broadcast by FOX FOOTY (Channel 504) on Sunday June 14 at 9am WST.  TEAMS - WA v VIC METRO Read More ...

ROUND 12 of the 2015 WAFL season features one big game on Saturday between the league-leaders and a team trying to cement a top-five position while Sunday features three intriguing match ups including two significant milestones, and one team under a new coach for the first time. The standalone match on Saturday afternoon features Subiaco taking on South Fremantle at Leederville's Medibank Stadium. Then on Sunday, East Fremantle takes on Swan Districts at ATOM Stadium with Brad Dodd in charge of the Sharks for the first time and Tony Notte celebrating his 150th game milestone for Swans. Peel Thunder will also host East Perth at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium with Perth then taking on Claremont in Beau Maister's 100th WAFL game at Lathlain Park to close out the round. Read More ...

Team selections and previews with Frizz Ferguson for all of this weekend's McDonald's WAFL Round 12 match-ups. Read More ...

Last Saturday when East Perth played Swan Districts Michael Washbourne became the 14th Boundary Umpire in Western Australia to reach 200 Games. Washbourne joined the umpiring team in 2005 and made his league debut in Round 4 of 2007 when West Perth played South Fremantle at Arena Joondalup. WAFL Umpire Manager Darryl Sinclair said that Michael had been a model of consistency thjroughout his career to date. "In his 200 games you could count on one hand where he has not performed at the required level," Sinclair said. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission’s WAFL State Academy continues to develop elite players for AFL and WAFL ranks with 87% of inductees becoming AFL listed players or WAFL League debutants over the past five years. A commitment to the program sees players enter an elite environment with a level of professionalism designed to develop strong on and off-field leaders at WAFL League and AFL level. 2015 WAFL State Academy Captain Greg Clark provides an insight into a week in the life of an Academy player with the first of a series of State 18s player diaries. Read More ...

It is important for the junior footballer to eat well every day – not just on game day or before a carnival. Active children need constant refuelling and cooling. Their nutritional needs are of great importance to their overall health, growth and development, as well as to their sporting performance. The junior athlete will play better, for longer, and recover quicker from training and competition Read More ...

PERTH and Claremont will compete to take home the Pyke Cup at Lathlain Park at 2.40pm this Sunday to honour champion father and son Frank and Don Pyke, who played for the Demons and Tigers respectively. The Cup was inaugurated in 2013, with Claremont claiming an exciting 15-point win 14.12 (96) to 12.9 (81). The most recent meeting between the two teams earlier this season was also a close contest, with Perth claiming the Round 5 victory at the Showgrounds 11.9 (75) to 10.6 (66). Read More ...

SUBIACO moved two games clear on top of the WAFL with a sixth straight win in Round 11 action on Saturday while East Perth, West Perth and South Fremantle all scored impressive wins on the back of five-day breaks. The only team who didn’t defy the odds and win on a five-day break against a fresher team was East Fremantle as the Sharks went down to the reigning premiers Subiaco, with the Lions winning 15.18 (108) to 8.12 (60) in what ended up being Steve Malaxos' last game in charge. East Perth, South Fremantle and West Perth all won in impressive fashion, though, backing up well from playing just on Monday in the traditional WA Day fixtures. The Royals beat Swan Districts 13.9 (87) to 11.4 (70) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval in front of almost 4000 fans while the Bulldogs downed Perth 17.10 (112) to 11.8 (74) at Fremantle Oval and the Falcons defeated Peel Thunder 17.9 (111) to 17.5 (107) at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium. Read More ...

Narelle Scott is a passionate driver of WA Football in the community and in the classroom. The Tuart Rise Primary School music specialist is not the first person most would think is the school’s AFL School Ambassador, not to mention the ‘2014 Most Outstanding Female Program’ category winner in the WA Ambassador of the year awards. Narelle teachers from Kindy through to Year 6 and is currently coaching both the girls and boys teams for the 2015 Dockers Cup. She also runs before school programs where the students are taught umpiring and football skills and in addition to all of that, she is helping to organise an AFL themed week at the school. Read More ...

Check out the best moments from Round 11 with the McDonald's WAFL Top 10 Plays of the Day. Read More ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...