Michelle Cowan was announced as the winner of the Football Woman of the Year Award in Melbourne today. Cowan was nominated by the WAFC for her achievements and the contribution she has made to football in Western Australia. WAFC Female High Performance Manager Alison Moore said Cowan was a highly deserving winner of the award and a fantastic role model for women in football. “Michelle Read More ...

WEST Perth beat East Perth by 49 points in Sunday's WAFL grand final to claim the Falcons' first premiership since 2003 and all 22 players made a strong contribution in the premiership triumph. 1. Aaron Black - 7The 20-year-old has now played 63 league games already for West Perth and now can call himself a premiership player before his 21st birthday on Christmas Day later Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission congratulates WA boundary umpire Nathan Doig and Field Umpire Brett Rosebury on being appointed to this weekend’s AFL Grand Final, while also acknowledging outgoing WAFL umpires Stuart Parry and Gavin Statham and newly appointed Field Umpire Coach Gareth Parker. Doig, who has umpired 162 AFL games, 10 AFL Finals and 77 WAFL games, has been appointed to umpire his second Read More ...

WAFL State Academy coaches Michael Pratt and John Hancock have been reappointed to head up the WAFL State 18s and 16s squads respectively in 2014 under the guidance of WAFL Academy Coach Co-ordinator Tim Gepp. WAFL Talent Manager Raff Guadagnino said both coaches were great examples of the WAFL coaching pathway, developing their coaching skills through the WAFL system and furthering their qualifications with AFL High Read More ...

The inaugural Female KickStart National Championships (9 a side competition) was played in Melbourne recently. The WA side consisting of 3 girls from regional WA and 9 from Metro WA, called themselves the ‘Cygnets’. These young Swans did their state proud winning three and losing three and finishing in 4th place on the ladder. The jumper design was created by Tim and Ingrid Cumming which Read More ...

MORE than 63,000 spectators attended Patersons Stadium for the AFL Preliminary Final and WAFL Grand Final on the weekend, setting new retail records in a huge double-header for WA football. The West Australian Football Commission congratulates Fremantle Football Club and West Perth Football Club on winning their respective finals and also wishes Fremantle the best for this weekend’s AFL Grand Final against Hawthorn. Fremantle defeated Read More ...

WEST Perth had too much left in the tank for East Perth in the 2013 WAFL grand final with the Falcons overpowering the Royals in the final quarter after a tight tussle all day to end up winning by 49 points. Precious little separated both sides throughout the first three quarters of a ferocious contest made all the more tough and physical because of the Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle's reserves have stormed to the 2013 WAFL premiership beating West Perth in the grand final by 36 points on Sunday at Patersons Stadium. The Bulldogs qualified for the grand final having beaten minor premier Perth in the second semi-final a fortnight ago and despite the Falcons reserves storming into the decider on a nine-game winning run, South Fremantle was too good in the Read More ...

CLAREMONT took advantage of the breeze in the last quarter to overrun South Fremantle to win the WAFL colts premiership of 2013 and end the Bulldogs' hopes of a third successive flag. South Fremantle looked on track for a premiership hat-trick leading the grand final on Sunday morning at Patersons Stadium at every change, but Claremont had the wind in the final quarter and managed Read More ...

EXCITEMENT continues to build ahead of the 2013 WAFL grand final this Sunday at Patersons Stadium between West Perth and East Perth with the Falcons in a premiership decider for the first time in 10 years and the Royals the first time in 11. The first Perth derby grand final since 2002 will get underway at 2.15pm at Subiaco's Patersons Stadium with a big crowd Read More ...

If you can't get to the 2013 WAFL Grand Final between West Perth and East Perth on Sunday, September 22, watch it live on ABC TV or listen to a broadcast on AM, FM, Digital radio, or an on-line stream. ABC 1 For televised coverage from 2pm. ABC 720 & Grandstand Digital Tune into ABC Radio 720 AM or log onto ABC Grandstand online - http://www.abc.net.au/perth/programs/listenlive.htm Read More ...

CHRIS Keunen had to bide his time and show loyalty and patience to become West Perth's No. 1 ruckman and now he will have one of the biggest jobs on the ground in Sunday's grand final against East Perth at Patersons Stadium. When Keunen arrived at West Perth in 2006 from amateur Victorian club St Bernard's and had to battle with Rob Warnock, Darren Atkinson, Read More ...

CRAIG Wulff watched his heroes play in a hat-trick of premiership for East Perth to start this century dreaming of following in their footsteps, and while it's taken him 224 games to get there, he will play in his first WAFL grand final this Sunday against West Perth at Patersons Stadium. Wulff was a teenager coming through the ranks at East Perth between 2000 and Read More ...

Wesley Curtin Amateur Football Club is looking to create history in the WA Amateur Football League this weekend as they take on two-time reigning Premiers, University Football Club, in the WAAFL A Grade Grand Final at Medibank Stadium. 2012 B Grade Premiers, Wesley Curtin is striving to become the first team ever to be promoted to the A Grade competition and win the Premiership in Read More ...

TOUGH-as-nails West Perth midfielder Matt Guadagnin is one of a host of experienced players who has waited for years for the chance to play in a WAFL grand final that presents this Sunday at Patersons Stadium. Guadagnin made his league debut in the grand final year of 2002, but as a 19-year-old played just two matches and then missed all of the 2003 premiership year Read More ...