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Swisse supports grassroots football

Monday, April 7, 2014 - 9:53 AM
West Australian football clubs have the chance to win one of 50 iPads and share in $50,000 worth of resources and equipment thanks to the Swisse AFL Quality Club Program The Swisse AFL Quality Club Program provides an opportunity for all community football clubs across Australia to achieve a minimum standard of club administration and governance, while recognising and rewarding clubs for achieving higher standards of excellence and success. Read More ...


Round 3 WAFL Results

Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 5:29 PM - by Chris Pike
SUBIACO recorded a huge win over Claremont on Saturday to continue its unbeaten start to the 2014 WAFL season while Swan Districts and West Perth both recorded their first victories. Round 3 of WAFL action began at Fremantle Oval on Friday night with East Perth beating South Fremantle by 75 points, 20.8 (128) to 8.5 (53) and then there were three matches on Saturday afternoon. The first pitted Claremont against Subiaco at East Fremantle Oval and the Lions recorded their third straight win to start the season, running out thumping 80-point winners 18.22 (130) to 6.14 (50). Swan Districts then stormed home in the second half to beat Peel Thunder 16.18 (114) to 11.13 (79) while West Perth also finished over the top of Perth winning 15.13 (103) to 13.7 (85). Read More ...


Royals stay unbeaten, Bulldogs winless

Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 1:45 AM - by Chris Pike
EAST Perth remains unbeaten and South Fremantle winless this WAFL season with the Royals putting together their most dominant performance of 2014 so far recording a 75-point victory on Friday night at Fremantle Oval. After South Fremantle kicked the first goal of the game, East Perth kicked seven of the next eight to lead by 32 points, and then extend that to 75 by the final siren to record the 20.8 (128) to 8.5 (53) victory. Read More ...


Bulldog Swan still hoping Wulff achieves glory

Friday, April 4, 2014 - 5:46 PM - by Chris Pike
MICHAEL Swan will be doing all he can to make sure that South Fremantle is as physically strong and healthy as he can in 2014, but the long-time East Perth captain would get a great deal of enjoyment out of seeing his former team and in particular Craig Wulff win a premiership he long fought for. Swan was trying to build his physiotherapy career (Swan Physiotherapy) during his decorated playing career at East Perth, but after retiring at the end of the 2013 grand final he can now throw himself full into the profession. Read More ...


WAFL Round 3 Preview

Friday, April 4, 2014 - 2:55 PM - by Chris Pike
ROUND 3 of the 2014 WAFL season will again feature a Friday night clash at Fremantle Oval followed by three crucial matches on Saturday with two of the games pitting a winless team up against an unbeaten one. The round begins on Friday night when the winless South Fremantle hosts the unbeaten East Perth at Fremantle Oval. Then on Saturday, Claremont plays Subiaco at East Fremantle Oval, Swan Districts takes on Peel Thunder at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval and the winless West Perth does battle with the unbeaten Perth at Arena Joondalup. Read More ...


WAFL Round 3 broadcast schedule

Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 3:55 PM
AAMI WAFL Premiership Season Round 3 Broadcast details: Friday, April 4 South Fremantle v East Perth - 7pm Fremantle Oval ABC Radio 720 & Grandstand Digital - http://www.abc.net.au/radio/player/?station=grandstand Read More ...


Royals winning but with plenty of improvement left

Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 2:37 PM - by Chris Pike
EAST Perth coach Brian Dawson feels his team has plenty of improvement in it, but isn’t complaining after two wins to start the 2014 WAFL season with two key midfielders Brendan Lee and Garry Moss a chance to return within the next month. The Royals have started the 2014 campaign with a 19-point win over Peel Thunder at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium and then a come from behind 18-point triumph over Swan Districts at Leederville's Medibank Stadium last Saturday. Read More ...


VIDEO: Round 2 WAFL Wrap-Up

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 2:51 PM
WAFL Manager Cameron Knapton's Round 2 wrap-up of the 2014 AAMI WAFL Premiership Season. Knapton provides a summary of Round 2 results, Round 3 fixtures, tribunal results and match review panel decisions, as well as upcoming milestones and highlights. Read More ...


Round 2 WAFL Wrap Up

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:07 PM - by Chris Pike
EAST Perth and Subiaco both remained unbeaten and West Perth and South Fremantle winless after Round 2 of the 2014 WAFL season over the weekend. The round began at Fremantle Oval on Friday night with Perth coming from 44 points behind to beat South Fremantle 19.9 (123) to 18.10 (118). Meanwhile on Saturday, Claremont beat West Perth 10.10 (70) to 8.10 (58) at Arena Joondalup, East Perth downed Swan Districts 16.13 (109) to 14.7 (91) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium and Subiaco defeated East Fremantle 16.12 (108) to 6.16 (52) in Geraldton. Read More ...


Round 2 WAFL Results

Monday, March 31, 2014 - 12:23 PM - by Chris Pike
SUBIACO and East Perth continued their unbeaten starts to the WAFL season after two matches with impressive victories on Saturday afternoon while Claremont bounced back from a poor start in Round 1 to upset the reigning premiers West Perth. Following Round 2 getting underway on Friday night at Fremantle Oval with Perth coming back from 44 points behind to beat South Fremantle by five points to sour the celebration of Kris Miller's 300th WAFL appearance, there were three matches on Saturday. East Fremantle and Subiaco made the trip north to play in Geraldton and it was the Lions who proved too good, winning 16.12 (108) to 6.16 (52). East Perth then overcame a dogged Swan Districts in the final quarter to win 16.13 (109) to 14.7 (91) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium while Claremont kept West Perth scoreless in the fourth quarter to end up winning 10.10 (70) to 8.10 (58). Read More ...


Demons overrun Bulldogs in Miller milestone night

Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 12:50 PM - by Chris Pike
PERTH stormed home at Fremantle Oval on Friday night to come back from 44 points behind to beat South Fremantle by five points in Kris Miller's 300th WAFL match. The Bulldogs shot out of the blocks with eight goals to two in the first quarter and then were 44 points in front when Jacob Martinez kicked his third goal to start the second term, and looked on track to celebrate the remarkable feat of Miller in the best possible way. Read More ...


WAFL Round 2 Preview

Friday, March 28, 2014 - 4:23 PM - by Chris Pike
WITH a player reaching the rare WAFL milestone of 300 games, the reigning premiers unfurling their premiership flag, the regional centre of Geraldton hosting a match and Swan Districts making its first appearance of 2014 all mean that it is a massive Round 2 of action ahead. Round 2 of the 2014 WAFL season begins on Friday night at Fremantle Oval when Kris Miller celebrates his 300th match as South Fremantle hosts Perth. Bounce down is 7pm. There are then three matches on Saturday afternoon with East Fremantle taking on Subiaco in Geraldton, West Perth playing Claremont at Arena Joondalup and East Perth facing Swan Districts at Leederville's Medibank Stadium. Read More ...


Unexpected inspiration spurs Miller on to 300 games

Friday, March 28, 2014 - 12:09 PM - by Chris Pike
KRIS Miller found some inspiration from an unexpected source over the summer that made his decision to play on in 2014 for him and now this Friday night that will result in him reaching 300 WAFL games in a remarkable milestone. Miller has been playing WAFL football since he made his league debut in 1999 with East Fremantle and he has been at South Fremantle since 2007, and his durability has been remarkable as he now prepares to become just the sixth player in history to play his 300th game this Friday night against Perth at Fremantle Oval. Read More ...


Perham excited to bring Sharks back to Geraldton

Friday, March 28, 2014 - 11:54 AM - by Chris Pike
EAST Fremantle forward Jack Perham is looking forward to returning home to Geraldton this Saturday as the Sharks take WAFL football back to the regional centre hosting another Round 1 winner Subiaco. Perham is now in his third season back with East Fremantle after spending 2011 in the AFL with Collingwood, and he remains a key part of the Sharks' forward-line that is hoping to help the team back to finals action in 2014. Read More ...


Lion Davey rapt to reach 50 WAFL games

Friday, March 28, 2014 - 11:18 AM - by Chris Pike
IT HAS taken Abe Davey five years since his league debut to reach 50 games with Subiaco to be just a sixth of the way to Kris Miller's 300, but he already knows the South Fremantle champion well and got the chance to play on him again in last Saturday night's season-opening win. Since making the move to Perth from Condingup, near Esperance, Davey made his league debut with Subiaco in 2009 and now has played 46 of the Lions' last 64 games as a half-back who can lock down on an opponent or provide plenty of run and drive either out of the back-line or off the wing. Read More ...