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Round 20 WAFL Results

Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 12:49 PM - by Chris Pike
EAST Fremantle scored a crucial Round 20 WAFL victory on Saturday to shoot up to third position on the ladder at the expense of Perth and East Perth who both suffered defeats to help the Sharks make their move. East Fremantle needed to beat Perth to remain a chance to play finals in 2013 after last year's grand final appearance and the Sharks came from Read More ...


Foxtel Cup Grand Final

Friday, August 2, 2013 - 3:13 PM
East Fremantle and West Adelaide will contest the Grand Final of the 2013 FOXTEL Cup at AAMI Stadium next Tuesday night, August 6, for bragging rights as the best state-league team in the national knock-out competition. West Adelaide, under the tutelage of former Hawthorn premiership player Andy Collins, are currently third on the SANFL ladder after qualifying for the Foxtel Cup by reaching last year’s Read More ...


WAFL Round 20 Preview

Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:26 PM - by Chris Pike
ALL four matches of Round 20 of the 2013 WAFL season are on Saturday afternoon highlighted by two massive clashes featuring teams in the top-four or trying to get back in there. Top-of-the-table Claremont hosts an East Perth team at Claremont Oval looking to break back into the top-four while East Fremantle must beat Perth at East Fremantle Oval to keep its season alive as Read More ...


Tigers look to lift ahead of finals

Friday, August 2, 2013 - 1:36 AM - by Chris Pike
CLAREMONT coach Marc Webb is fully aware that his team hasn’t been playing its best for some time but in a way it's a good sign that the Tigers have still been winning as he now looks to get his team up to 100 per cent in the run into another finals campaign. Claremont remains three games clear on top of the WAFL ladder after Read More ...


Female Football Finals Approach

Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 3:50 PM
2013 has seen the establishment of the WAFC Youth Girls Competition with every district in the Metro area represented. This has been a positive step for female football with a full pathway now in place for females from NAB AFL Auskick all the way through to Senior Women’s in the WAWFL. This weekend the WAWFL has a bye but hosts its annual Presentation night. However, Read More ...


First National AFL Female KickStart Championships

Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 1:14 PM
The first ever National AFL Female KickStart Championships will take place in Melbourne from September 9 to 13. This an opportunity for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander females to experience a National Program provided they have not been a representative of an AFL State Team previously (SSWA State 16 Schoolgirls, AFL Youth Girls Nationals, AFL Open Women’s Nationals). This targets girls aged between 13-17 years Read More ...


Round 19 WAFL Wrap Up

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 12:23 PM - by Chris Pike
ROUND 19 of the 2013 WAFL season might have been played in tough conditions across Perth but it didn’t mean the results were any less important highlighted by West Perth consolidating second spot, Swan Districts going third and East Perth slipping from the top-four. The results saw West Perth beat East Perth 10.14 (74) to 6.8 (44) at Arena Joondalup, East Fremantle smashed South Fremantle Read More ...


Piranhas assist with schoolgirls' transition

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 11:34 AM
Schoolgirls teams battled it out in the Moore and White Division Grand Finals on June 30 to determine who would take home the Premiership Cup in the WAFC School Girls Competition for 2013. St Marys overcame a gallant St Bridget’s to claim their second Grand Final win in two years. Claremont Piranhas Women’s Football Club have worked hard this year to ensure their club is Read More ...


AFL clubs set sights on WA talent

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 3:04 PM
A GROUP of 19 WA players have been invited to attend the 2013 NAB AFL National Draft Combine in Melbourne in October including key members of WA’s State 18s team. To attend the NAB AFL Draft Combine, players must be nominated by at least five AFL clubs. The Draft Combine measures a combination of athleticism and football skills as well as assessing each player’s personality Read More ...


Moora to host crucial WAFL clash

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 2:53 PM
The West Australian Football League will return to Moora for the first time since 1999 when the Perth Demons host West Perth at the local Recreation Sports Ground on August 10. The Demons defeated Swan Districts in Moora in 1999 and will be looking to repeat that success in their country zone against the Falcons next Saturday. The game promises to be a thriller, with Read More ...


HeartStart Defibrillators available for clubs

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:20 PM
Having a defibrillator on hand can be the difference between life and death. The St John Ambulance Community First Responder program aims to get defibrillators to cardiac arrest victims in the time critical period before an ambulance arrives. To increase the number of life-saving defibrillators in the community, St John  Ambulance, in conjunction with Lotterywest, is giving away 100 FREE defibrillators valued at $2400 each, to Read More ...


Round 19 WAFL Results

Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 9:39 PM - by Chris Pike
ROUND 19 of the WAFL season was played in some terrible conditions across Perth but the results saw West Perth and East Fremantle score big derby wins, Swan Districts move back up to third position and Claremont return to the winner's list. West Perth further consolidated second place with a 10.14 (74) to 6.8 (44) win over East Perth at Arena Joondalup while East Fremantle Read More ...


WAFL Round 19 Preview

Friday, July 26, 2013 - 3:32 PM - by Chris Pike
WAFL Round 19 consists of the final two derbies of 2013 with plenty riding on the results while in the other two games Swan Districts and Claremont are looking to return to the winner's list against out of contention sides. West Perth takes on East Perth at Arena Joondalup, South Fremantle hosts East Fremantle at Fremantle Oval, Swan Districts battles Peel Thunder at Bassendean's Steel Read More ...


Bulldogs and Sharks set for Derby Cup contest

Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 9:39 AM
South Fremantle and East Fremantle will honour the contribution of two great football administrators when they play for the Uittenbroek-Ciccotosto Cup at this weekend's Derby. The Cup in honour of South Fremantle's Brian Ciccotosto and East Fremantle's Bob Uittenbroek was innaugurated last year. South Fremantle 16.13 (109) defeated East Fremantle 15.15 (105) in a thrilling contest. The tradition is continuing this year, with the Cup Read More ...


Ultimate swingman McCarrey retires from WAFL

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 1:55 PM - by Chris Pike
TEAM success might have eluded him but Andrew McCarrey amassed 173 games at East Fremantle and South Fremantle while representing WA twice and winning two fairest and best awards in a terrific career that now has prematurely come to a close. McCarrey's league career with East Fremantle began back in 2001 where the versatile key position player impressed enough to be rookie-listed by West Coast Read More ...