TALLAN Ames' withdrawal from the WAFL squad opens the door for five-time premiership full-back Darren Rumble to again represent Western Australia while the Swan Districts skipper is desperately hoping a premiership teammate of his gets selected. Ames has been forced to withdraw from the WAFL squad that will take on the SANFL this Saturday at Lathlain Park meaning the 31-year-old veteran of 219 matches won't get to add to his four previous matches for WA, and also potentially misses out on the chance to captain his State. That opens the door for another veteran full-back with Subiaco's five-time premiership player Rumble called into the WA squad and now likely to play in the absence of Ames. Read More ...

The 2015 Carlton Draught WAFL Squad has been narrowed down to 27 for this Saturday’s State Game against the South Australian National Football League. The record between the two States stands at 46 wins each from 92 games over more than 100 years. This year’s game will be played at 2.15pm at Lathlain Park and broadcast via live stream on the WAFL website, hosted by WAFL commentator Glenn Mitchell and South Australian commentator Phil Aspinall, with expert comments from former Subiaco leading goal kicker Rod Willett. The game will also be broadcast on radio by Sport FM 91.3fm and Life FM 107.9fm in Adelaide. LIVE STREAM - CLICK HERE LIVE STATS - CLICK HERE Read More ...

The first of two Women’s AFL games will be played at the MCG this Sunday May 24 starting at 12.20pm Melbourne time. The best 50 female players will be playing in the third AFL match which is a highlight in the 100 Years of Female Football. Read More ...

SUBIACO moved two games clear on top of the WAFL ladder heading into the State game break while West Perth improved to second position, Peel Thunder returned to the winner's list and Claremont record a third straight victory as part of Round 9 action. All four matches took place on Saturday afternoon with West Perth replacing East Fremantle in second position on the ladder thanks to a 16.9 (105) to 10.13 (73) victory at Joondalup's HBF Arena. Peel Thunder ended its losing streak at two with a strong 12.13 (85) to 5.11 (41) victory over South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval with the Bulldogs kicking their lowest ever score against Peel. Claremont won a third straight match and handed East Perth a third consecutive loss with the Tigers winning 8.12 (60) to 2.9 (21) at the Showground with the Royals kicking their lowest ever score against Claremont. Subiaco then won a fifth straight match to move further clear on top of the ladder with an 11.18 (84) to 6.6 (42) victory over Swan Districts at Leederville's Medibank Stadium. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle goal-sneak Cory Dell-Olio and Subiaco veteran Darren Rumble have been added to the Carlton Draught WAFL sqaud in preparation for this Saturday's clash with the SANFL at Lathlain Park. Dell-Olio, who kicked 16 goals in 16 games during three seasons of AFL at Essendon (2012-14), returned to his club of origin at the port this season where he has booted 14 goals in six games and averaged 12.8 disposals. Read More ...

COLD, wet and windy conditions struck across Perth on Saturday for Round 9 WAFL action and that resulted in East Perth and South Fremantle posting record low scores in defeat, while Subiaco moved further clear on top of the ladder and West Perth moved up into second spot. All four matches took place on Saturday afternoon ahead of next Saturday's State match against South Australia to be held at Lathlain Park. West Perth moved into second position with a 16.9 (105) to 10.13 (73) victory over East Fremantle at Joondalup's HBF Arena while Claremont beat East Perth 8.12 (60) to 2.9 (21) at the Showground, Peel Thunder downed South Fremantle 12.13 (85) to 5.11 (41) at Fremantle Oval and Subiaco defeated Swan Districts 11.18 (84) to 6.6 (42) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium. Read More ...

THE last WAFL Round prior to next Saturday's State match with South Australia takes place this Saturday afternoon with all four matches throwing up some tantalising clashes with none better than West Perth and East Fremantle fighting over second spot. Three of the four matches all begin at 2.15pm with West Perth taking on East Fremantle at Joondalup's HBF Arena, Subiaco playing Swan Districts at Leederville's Medibank Stadium, and Claremont facing East Perth at the Claremont Showground. Then at 2.40pm, Subiaco and Swan Districts will face off at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with that match broadcast live on 7mate. Read More ...

Team selections and previews with Frizz Ferguson for all of this weekend's McDonald's WAFL Round 9 match-ups Read More ...

VERSATILE Subiaco player and Simpson Medallist during WA's historic win over Victoria in 2013, Wayde Twomey, has been added to the Black Swans squad ahead of next Saturday's State Game against the SANFL at 2.15pm at Lathlain Park. Twomey joined the squad on the training track this week as they geared up for the May 23 clash, his five-goal haul during WA's 17-point win over the VFL two years ago, no doubt a factor in the minds of WA selectors.  Claremont ruckman Mark Seaby was also invited to training on Monday night but was unavailable, citing a lack of match time since his return from a hamstring injury a fortnight ago. Read More ...

"You just have to get involved in everything the kids do, roll your sleeves up and off you go." Deb Thoars has been a volunteer at the Newman National Football League in the Pilbara region for 12 years. "We've always lived in the country and loved supporting the local football team the Newman Tigers." she said. "From the time our son started playing football I was washing jumpers, scoring, waving flags or running water." Read More ...

SWAN Districts captain Tallan Ames has escaped a hamstring injury and now is preparing himself and his team to topple the league-leading reigning premiers Subiaco this Saturday with some old premiership teammates of his in his sights as well. Ames had an injury scare with a tight hamstring during Saturday's loss to Claremont in Mt Barker, but has pulled up fine from that this week with scans giving him all the clear. And that is a double dose of good news for the 218-game full-back who will now be available to take on Subiaco this Saturday at Medibank Stadium and then also being available to play for Western Australia against South Australia in next Saturday's State game at Lathlain Park. Read More ...

The AFL Website will live stream the Melbourne v Western Bulldogs women’s match from the MCG on Sunday May 24. Jason Bennett will host and call both matches and is excited to be involved. He met Katie Brennan (Western Bulldogs) and Elise O’Dea (Melbourne) this week. “I was delighted to be asked to host and call these games as, having spent a significant period of time living overseas and travelling the world in recent years, I’ve seen that women’s sport can be so much more here in Australia than it is right now,” Jason said. Read More ...

As the official eye care partner of the AFL, OPSM are again running their Sports Vision for Clubs Program in 2015.   This is a great program to support Community Football clubs by providing cash, equipment and free eye screenings.  Community clubs can apply for the program via the OPSM website.  Read More ...

The Round 8 Macca's WAFL Top 10 Plays of the Day, followed below by this week's nominations for the AHG REDiMED Colts Young Gun. Read More ...

IT CERTAINLY was an eventful One Life Round of the WAFL on Saturday and Sunday and just some of that included a stunning finish by West Perth, remarkable start by East Fremantle, Claremont notching a second win and Subiaco moving further clear on top. The round began with three matches on Saturday afternoon and it included West Perth coming back from trailing East Perth by 42 points going into time-on in the third quarter to kick the last 12 goals of the game to end up winning by 38, 17.16 (118) to 12.8 (80) at Joondalup's HBF Arena. Subiaco and Peel Thunder went into the round in the top two spots but it was the reigning premier Lions who proved too good winning 16.16 (112) to 7.10 (52) at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium. Claremont then hosted Swan Districts at Sounness Park in Mt Barker and the Tigers won their second straight match defeating the black-and-whites 10.18 (78) to 10.7 (67). The round concluded on Sunday with East Fremantle kicking 10 goals in the opening quarter and then holding on to beat Perth 17.14 (116) to 14.8 (92) at East Fremantle's ATOM Stadium. Read More ...