THERE were four big losers and four big winners in Round 22 WAFL action on the weekend with East Perth and East Fremantle improving to third and fourth positions, and Swan Districts and Perth taking a step backwards from finals action. There was just the one match on Saturday at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with East Perth beating Perth 20.16 (136) to 13.10 (88). There were Read More ...

CLOSE matches weren’t the order of the day in WAFL Round 22 action over the weekend but East Perth, Claremont, East Fremantle and South Fremantle all recorded impressive and crucial thumping victories. The round began on Saturday with East Perth beating Perth 20.16 (136) to 13.10 (88) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium and that saw the Royals improve to third position on the ladder to all Read More ...

ALL four WAFL Round 22 matches across Saturday and Sunday have big implications for spots inside the top-four, with teams trying to stay in touch and indeed at the bottom of the ladder as well. There is just the one match on Saturday afternoon with East Perth taking on Perth at Leederville's Medibank Stadium before three Sunday games with Peel hosting South Fremantle at Mandurah's Read More ...

MAT Seal had a day out last Saturday for East Perth booting a career-best seven goals but the 134-game veteran remains focused on striving for finals success and that's as much for club greats Craig Wulff and Michael Swan as it is for himself. East Perth returned to fourth position on the WAFL ladder following last week's 68-point victory over Subiaco in the battle of Read More ...

Julie Fairclough from the Dunsborough Sharks Junior Football Club has been announced as the South West region's finalist for The Sunday Times Volunteer of the Year Award for 2013. In her role as President of the Dunsborough Sharks JFC, Julie has progressed the club further within the Dunsborough community, which has resulted in remarkable participation numbers from 5 to 17 year olds. For a town Read More ...

RAY Bartholomew reaches 150 WAFL games with West Perth this Sunday against East Fremantle in what he rates as his best personal achievement but all his focus remains on trying to experience premiership glory with the Falcons. Bartholomew made his league debut at West Perth in 2004 before cementing his place in the side the following year and by 2006 he had become the most Read More ...

Tickets go on sale tomorrow Thursday, August 15, for the 2013 WAFL Grand Final at Patersons Stadium. The game will be played at 2.15pm on Sunday September 22. In 2013, the best WAFL Grand Final seats in the house will be available for pre-purchase online. Fans seeking a great seat are encouraged to pre-purchase their tickets to take advantage of the reduced pre-sale prices and Read More ...

THE West Australian Football Commission is targeting 200,000 participants by the time the new stadium is scheduled for completion in 2017 after celebrating the 150,000 milestone on Friday night. The outstanding growth of footy to 153,147 participants in 2013 has been driven largely by a 900-strong team of Coles AFL School Ambassadors. These footy teachers were officially recognized at Patersons Stadium on Friday, August 9. Read More ...

REIGNING Bernie Naylor Medallist Ben Saunders is just starting to strike form after a horror injury run in 2013 but is focused on helping South Fremantle finish off the season strongly over the final three weeks. Saunders kicked 66 goals in his first season with South Fremantle in 2012 after crossing from Claremont and started 2013 brightly with two goals against his former team at Read More ...

Coastal Titans progressed to the Grand Final in both League and Reserves of the West Australian Women's Football League after winning their respective Semi Finals last weekend. The League 2nd Semi Final was the game everyone had been looking forward to, with Titans looking to prove a point against Swan Districts following a loss in Round 11. The Titans dominated the play early and held Read More ...

South Fremantle earned a position in the WAFC Youth Girls Grand Final after a 27 point win against the Peel Thunderbirds at the weekend. Thunderbirds went into the 2nd Semi as the undefeated favourites after being the only team to defeat South Fremantle during the season, winning by just one goal in their previous encounter.  South Freo proved too strong this time around and went Read More ...

WA Women's Football league stars Kiara Bowers (Coastal Titans) and Chelsea Randall (Swan Districts) shared the honours at the league's annual Medal Presentation Dinner on Saturday August 3, with both players polling 24 votes in the Dhara Kerr Medal count. Bowers and Randall have both won the award previously, Bowers in 2009 also in a tie, and Randall in 2007 in a three way tie. Read More ...

IT was a day for medium-sized forwards kicking bags of goals in the WAFL in Round 21 action on Saturday with East Perth's Mat Seal kicking seven, and Matt Fowler five for West Perth and Dayle Garlett another five for Swan Districts. Those individual goal kicking feats helped East Perth to beat Subiaco 20.12 (132) to 9.10 (64) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium, West Perth down Read More ...

WEST Perth further consolidated second position on the ladder with a strong Round 21 WAFL victory on Saturday while Swan Districts and East Perth moved up to third and fourth spots with Perth's loss seeing the Demons dropped to sixth. West Perth scored a big one over Perth in Moora 18.7 (115) to 7.13 (55) with East Perth downing Subiaco 20.12 (132) to 9.10 (64) Read More ...

WEST Australian Football League finals fixtures have been confirmed for the first three Sundays in September. WAFL Operations Manager Cameron Knapton said the finals had been scheduled to maintain a consistent break between games and avoid clashing with the Federal Election and AFL Finals where possible. ABC TV will televise the First Semi Final with live crosses to the Second Semi Final, and then cover Read More ...