JASON Salecic was just a teenager when he became a premiership player with West Perth in 2003 but now he remains the only Falcon to have played in a grand final as he leads the club into the 2013 decider. Salecic was just 19 when West Perth beat Subiaco in the 2003 grand final with players like Kim Rigoll, Callum Chambers, Simon Duckworth, Glen Britten, Read More ...

TRINITY Aquinas player Preston O’Keefe won the WA Amateur Football League’s A Grade Fairest and Best C.J Jamieson Medal at the annual presentation dinner at Crown Perth on Monday September 9. Held in front of more than 860 guests, the Medal Presentation Dinner celebrates the WA Amateur Football League’s Fairest and Best players across its 24 grades. All grades from B to E4 were presented Read More ...

ALL six lower-ranked teams recorded semi-final victories on Sunday with West Perth's league side, and South Fremantle's reserves and colts both through to the WAFL grand finals for 2013. West Perth's league side won through to the grand final with an upset 11.21 (87) to 12.11 (83) second semi-final win over Claremont at Claremont Oval in front 2952 spectators. East Perth then advanced to the Read More ...

As part of World Suicide Prevention Week, the West Australian Football Commission is offering a free Live Life Ambassador Mental Health Training session to members of the football community. With suicide accounting for 20 per cent of deaths for males aged 15-24, it is important that as a community we work to lower this number.  As coaches, volunteers, teachers and support staff are all in Read More ...

WEST Perth has broken its finals drought beating Claremont on Sunday to advance to the 2013 WAFL grand final with the Tigers to now face East Perth in next week's preliminary final for the right to face the Falcons. The Falcons went into Sunday's second semi-final the warm underdogs against a Claremont team playing at home and coming off winning its last three second semis Read More ...

CLAREMONT and West Perth play off for a grand final berth in Sunday's second semi-final while Swan Districts and East Perth do battle in the first semi just to stay alive at least another week in 2013. Claremont and West Perth plays one another at Claremont Oval on Sunday with the winner into the grand final and loser to host the preliminary final the following Read More ...

WA’s Squad has been named for the first AFL Female KickStart Championships. Leading the team is Head Coach Allana Dickie with Charlene Headland as her assistant. Managing the off field success is WAFC Manager Emerging Markets; Paul Mugambwa (team manager) and Lucy Stewart (Head Trainer). Dickie, Headland and Mugambwa selected the team after several trail sessions culminating in a scratch match on Sunday. With 45 Read More ...

WA Football’s game of the year will also feature one of the AFL’s greatest legends, Kevin Sheedy, at the WAFL Grand Final Luncheon on Sunday 22 September. This special occasion with Sheedy promises to be significant, memorable and colourful. The four-time premiership coach and member of the AFL Hall of Fame is known as much for his off-field work as he is for his premierships. Read More ...

CLAREMONT'S Trinity Handley has had to battle back from the first serious injury of his career during 2013 but the dual premiership-winning 174-game veteran is now gearing himself up for yet another finals campaign. Most of Handley's career has been in Claremont teams that have played finals. He made his league debut in 2004 and went on to play in the losing grand final of Read More ...

DAN Hunt might have quietly gone about his business since arriving at West Perth in 2005 but has earned the respect of the WAFL competition as one of the best and most consistent defenders and now plays his 150th game with the Falcons in this Sunday's second semi-final against Claremont. Hunt has certainly never been one to hunt for the limelight and might not have Read More ...

EAST Fremantle's Jacob Green was last night awarded the Jack Clarke Medal as the best player in the WAFL Colts competition. Green claimed the medal with 45 votes, seven ahead of East Perth's Thomas Shanahan on 38. They were followed by Jordan Law from Claremont on 33 votes and Green's East Fremantle team mate, Patrick Cripps, on 31 votes. Green, who is a strong-bodied midfielder Read More ...

A RECORD number of WA umpires have been appointed to officiate in AFL Finals this weekend, with six named across three games. WAFL Umpire Manager Darryl Sinclair said this was an outstanding result for WA umpiring and congratulated each of the umpires on their achievement. “It’s a real testament to the dedication of these umpires and great reward for the hard work they have put Read More ...

JOSH Smith has been far and away the best big key forward in the WAFL since returning to the league with East Perth in 2011, and has been rewarded for his consistency in front of goals by winning the 2013 Bernie Naylor Medal. Smith kicked 62 goals for East Perth in the 2013 home and away season giving him an average of just over three Read More ...

WAFL Semi-Finals will be played at Claremont Oval and Steel Blue Oval this Sunday, September 8. League games will be played at 2.15pm, Reserves at 9.05am and Colts at 11.35am. The Reserves and Colts times have been set in conjunction with the 7 WAFL clubs participating in finals, to allow attendance at both venues for the coaching and support staff of clubs featuring in more Read More ...

The Cadbury AFL 9s Spring Season was officially launched at half time of the West Coast Eagles v Adelaide game at Patersons Stadium on Saturday, August 31. The launch included AFL 9s exhibition games between junior football players and parents, former West Coast Eagles players Michael Braun and Dwayne Lamb, and 96fm Breakfast show hosts ‘Blackers’, Carmen and ‘Fitzi’. Register a team at www.afl9s.com.au Nic Read More ...