TOP-two WAFL teams Claremont and West Perth escaped with three-point thrilling wins in Round 15 action on Saturday while Perth remained fourth with another nail-biting win and East Perth steadied in third with the big victory of the day. While three of the four matches on Saturday afternoon were all thrillers, the results could very well have decided the top-four places with the teams already Read More ...

ROUND 15 of the WAFL season sees a grand final rematch take place in Kununurra, West Perth, East Perth, Perth and Swan Districts continue to fight over three spots in the top-four and bottom sides South Fremantle and Peel trying to cause an upset. All games are on Saturday afternoon as Claremont and East Fremantle meet in a rematch of last year's grand final in Read More ...

CRAIG White has been all about the team his whole career and he's been part of a lot of success in his time with South Fremantle, but this Saturday the focus deservedly turns to him as he plays his 150th game with the Bulldogs to earn life membership. White came up to play with the Bulldogs from Williams and the country boy had an incredible Read More ...

WAFL Round 13 saw three field umpires, Nathan Williamson, Trent McPhee and Justin Power make their League debuts. These promotions capped off meteoric rises through the field umpiring ranks for all three debutants. Nathan Williamson joined the WAFL panel in 2011 after beginning umpiring in the Peel Football League. His talent was soon identified and he was swiftly promoted to Reserves football, where his strong Read More ...

Western Australia’s State 18s squad departed on Wednesday, June 26 for the final two games of the 2013 NAB AFL National 18s Championships. WA will play Victoria Country on Friday, June 28 at Simonds Stadium (Geelong), and remain in Victoria to play South Australia at Etihad Stadium next Wednesday, July 3. After convincing wins over Division 2 teams Tasmania and the Northern Territory, WA will Read More ...

Claremont and East Fremantle will clash in Kununurra on Saturday, June 29 under the State Government's Country Sports Enrichment Scheme. The game will be the 44th played under the CSES, which commenced in 1999 with games in Exmouth and Moora as part of a disaster relief response to a cyclone and flooding in each town. Additional funding has been committed  by Sports Minister Hon Terry Read More ...

WAFL Round 14 action on the weekend was highlighted by West Perth and East Perth both coming from behind to consolidate second and third positions on the ladder while Perth maintained fourth spot and Swan Districts continued to put pressure on the top-four. West Perth trailed all day until kicking five straight goals either side of three quarter-time to end up beating Subiaco 13.13 (91) to Read More ...

FEMALE Football will be a feature at Patersons Stadium tomorrow night when players of all ages get the chance to showcase their skills as part of AFL Women’s Round. The Mount Lawley Hawks and South Fremantle Youth Girls teams (13-17 year olds) will help kick off Women’s Round in a curtain-raiser to the West Coast Eagles v Essendon AFL game. That will be followed at Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission and West Coast Eagles have strengthened their school football alliance, with the club now partnering the Year 8/9 Schoolboys Cup program. Formed in 1983, the Year 8/9 Schoolboys Cup caters specifically for lower secondary school boys. The competition is played right across WA with the aim of producing a champion school to represent each of the nine WAFL clubs. WAFC Read More ...

SEVEN West Australian players received All-Australian honours at the completion of the 2013 National Women’s Championships in Cairns last weekend. They included defenders Fiona Boucher, Kara Donnellan and Kirby Bentley, on-ballers Rheanne Lugg and Dana Hooker, half-forward Shelley Matcham and full-forward Chelsea Randall, who all starred for WA during the course of the championships. The event involved eight teams in two divisions, with Western Australia Read More ...

WEST Perth, East Perth, Perth and Swan Districts all recorded victories in Round 14 on Saturday afternoon to remain in second, third, fourth and fifth position on the WAFL ladder respectively. Each game played on Saturday all had the chance to see plenty of changes to the ladder as the battle over the last three spots in the top-four intensifies, but in the end the Read More ...

THERE are four crucial Round 14 matches this Saturday afternoon with top-of-the-table Claremont having the bye meaning the rest of the competition continues to battle over the remaining three spots in the top-four. All four games are on Saturday afternoon at the new start time of 2.05pm with second-placed West Perth hosting seventh-placed Subiaco at Arena Joondalup and last year's finalists East Perth and East Read More ...

ANDREW Strijk played some outstanding football off half-back to find himself drafted and now in his first season back from the West Coast Eagles he has resumed that role with great aplomb for West Perth. Strijk made his WAFL debut with the Falcons back in 2006 originally as a wingman/half-forward with outstanding kicking skills. Those foot skills have remained, but it was a move to Read More ...

Students at Moorditj Noongar Community College will benefit from brand new bikes donated by the West Australian Football Commission and The Smith Family following a staff Team Building challenge at Patersons Stadium. The challenge, run by Total Team Building, saw WAFC staff put into teams and undertake the challenge of constructing bikes in the quickest time and to the highest standard. The bikes were donated Read More ...

WEST Coast rookie Jeremy McGovern has proven he is well and truly over an ankle injury, leading Claremont to a 54-point Foxtel Cup belting of Southport at Patersons Stadium on Tuesday night. McGovern, the son of former Fremantle and Sydney Swans player Andrew McGovern, appeared completely unrestricted by his ankle, kicking three goals in the first half to help the Tigers race away to a Read More ...