The WAFC in partnership with the Fremantle Football Club WA are proud to support Australian Rules Football in WA Schools. The WAFC recognises how important our game is to the social fabric of WA schools and remains steadfast in working in partnership with the Fremantle Football Club to continue growing the game and delivering programs and resources to schools to ensure every student derives a positive experience from our great game. Read More ...

FOUR WA players were named in the All-Australian team following the completion of the 2015 AFL National Youth Girls Championships in Mandurah on Friday, May 8.   The National Youth Girls Championships finished with Victoria Metro beating Queensland in a thrilling Pool A grand final by seven points. Western Australia earlier beat Vic Country to finish third. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle might have only scored seven more goals over the final three quarters but 10 majors in a blistering first term was enough to see the Sharks claim a fourth straight WAFL victory and beat Perth by 24 points to conclude One Life Round on Sunday at ATOM Stadium. East Fremantle came into the match fresh off the bye, on a three-game winning streak and having beaten Perth the last 11 times, and the Sharks looked set for a commanding victory thanks to a blistering 10-goal opening quarter. That saw East Fremantle lead by 43 points at the first change, but Perth continued to fight hard against the odds and managed to kick 11 goals to seven over the last three quarters. The Sharks did enough to hold on for the 17.14 (116) to 14.8 (92) victory though. Read More ...

THREE matches of the One Life Round of the 2015 McDonald's WAFL Premiership season took place on Saturday afternoon with Subiaco extending its lead atop the ladder, West Perth pulling off another stunning comeback and Claremont winning a second straight match. Three of the four Round 8 WAFL matches took place on Saturday and it included Subiaco moving two games clear on top of the ladder with a 16.16 (112) to 7.10 (52) over the second placed Peel Thunder at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium. The first Perth derby took place at Joondalup's HBF Arena and East Perth was in control leading by 42 points midway through the third quarter, but West Perth then kicked the last 12 goals of the match to end up winning 17.16 (118) to 12.8 (80). And then in Mt Barker, Claremont and Swan Districts played to celebrate the opening of the new facilities at Sounness Park and it was the Tigers who made it two wins on the trot with a 10.18 (78) to 10.7 (67) victory over the black-and-whites. Read More ...

ROUND 8 of the McDonald's WAFL Premiership season takes place everywhere from Mandurah to Joondalup to Mt Barker and to East Fremantle, and features some tantalising match ups on both Saturday afternoon and Sunday. The Round 8 action gets underway on Saturday afternoon with a top-of-the-table clash between Peel Thunder and Subiaco at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium. The first Perth derby of 2015 then takes place at Joondalup's HBF Arena with West Perth and East Perth both coming off losses, and sitting on 3-3 records coming into the contest. Claremont and Swan Districts then do battle at Sounness Park in Mt Barker with both teams coming off impressive wins while on Sunday, East Fremantle hosts Perth at ATOM Stadium. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia finished its 2015 AFL Youth Girls National Championships with a second straight win over Victoria Country on Friday at Bendigo Bank Stadium in Mandurah, Western Australia. After losing its opening two games of the Youth Girls National Championships as defending champions, WA finished on a high beating Vic Country both on Thursday and then again on Friday to end up finishing in third position in Pool A for the week. Read More ...

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

WESTERN Australia  won its first game of the 2015 AFL Youth Girls National Championships, with the defending champions beating Victoria Metro by 24 points to conclude Day 3 at Bendigo Bank Stadium in Mandurah, Western Australia. Both WA and Vic Country had lost their opening two matches of the Youth Girls National Championships to Vic Metro and Queensland respectively, and it was the defending champions and hosts who prevailed 6.2 (38) to 2.2 (14) to close proceedings on Thursday. Read More ...

CAM Shepherd was a major reason why Leroy Jetta joined Peel Thunder in 2015 on return from Essendon, but now he has heard exactly what the coach thought of their loss to Swan Districts and that has him and his teammates desperate to bounce back against Subiaco. Shepherd was on the front foot about recruiting Jetta to join Peel this season after spending the last eight years at Essendon where he played 93 AFL matches. And Jetta has enjoyed the approach of his new coach, including having him point out to the group exactly what went wrong in last Saturday's 47-point loss to Swans. Read More ...

This weekend all WA footballers, coaches, runners and volunteers from Year Eight and onwards will wear blue armbands to promote the importance of mental health and wellbeing and raise awareness about suicide prevention. Every year suicide accounts for 32 percent of deaths among males aged between 15 and 24. The main message of the One Life Round is that it's ok to talk; to your coaches, parents, team mates or to a counsellor, if something is wrong. Read More ...

STEVEN Browne was proud to reach 100 games with West Perth and has already played in a WAFL premiership, in the AFL and State football but he is far from content that he has achieved everything his career has to offer. Browne played in his 100th match in last Saturday's loss to Claremont at the Showground as he booked his name on the No. 7 locker West Perth Football Club and it's another notch on a terrific career already from the 26-year-old. Browne began his career with West Perth in 2007 playing six league matches and impressing sufficiently to get drafted by Carlton and in three years with the Blues, he played 23 AFL matches before then returning to the Falcons in 2011. Read More ...

The Macca's WAFL Top 10 Plays of the Day from Round 7 featuring an absolute screamer in the Reserves, followed below by this week's nominations for the AHG REDiMED Colts Young Gun.   Read More ...

AN initial squad has been announced for the 2015 WAFL v SANFL game on Saturday, May 23. The game will be played at 2.15pm at Lathlain Park. A curtain raiser between the WAFL and SANFL State 18s will be played at 11.20am. Players will be added and removed from the State Squad based on form and fitness in the lead-up to the game. Read More ...

QUEENSLAND won its second straight match and handed Western Australia a second consecutive loss to conclude Day 2 of the 2015 AFL Youth Girls National Championships at Bendigo Bank Stadium in Mandurah, Western Australia. Queensland kicked the first three goals of the game to get off to a strong start and with Melbourne Demons women's AFL player Tayla Harris dominating the game at centre half-back they went on to record the strong 6.9 (45) to 2.2 (14). Read More ...

The WAFC is proud to announce that local health services provider REDiMED will be the new program partner for upper school boys football from 2015. The new three deal will see Year 11 and 12 boys compete for the Schoolboys REDiMED Cup. Read More ...