Swan Districts’ player, Wayde Twomey was awarded the prestigious Simpson Medal following WA’s stunning victory over Victoria in the State Game on 11 May.  The victory ended a two-decade winning drought for the WA team, the Black Swans, which is selected from the best players across the WAFL competition. Twomey was WA’s best player on the ground, with a dynamic performance that included kicking 5 Read More ...

WAYDE Twomey wasn’t even overly confident there would be a spot for him in Western Australia's side to take on Victoria in the State Game when told he was being looked at as a forward, but he kicked five goals in a match-winning performance to come away with a Simpson Medal. Twomey has spent the majority of his 84-game WAFL career with Swan Districts either Read More ...

MARC Webb continued the impressive start to his coaching career leading Western Australia to its first win over Victoria since 1991 and he deserves much of the credit for some intuitive moves including playing Wayde Twomey forward, picking Clancy Wheeler and blooding some youngsters. The former triple premiership captain and four-time premiership player at Subiaco led Claremont to last year's WAFL premiership in his first Read More ...

The WA Football Commission in conjunction with Burley Sekem is very excited to announce the winning schools of the Burley Sekem Design a Football Jumper competition for 2013.This year a record number of fantastic entries from schools from around the state took part in the competition which involved designing an Australian Rules football jumper reflecting the ethos of the school,  taking into account other aspects Read More ...

THE West Australian football community will recognise some of the game’s most valuable assets following the start of National Volunteer Week today (Monday, May 13).The week also marks the start of The Sunday Times WA Football Volunteer of the Year Award, with the West Australian Football Commission conducting a variety of events and functions over the nomination period (May 13 to July 12) to acknowledge and Read More ...

WESTERN Australia pulled off a stunning come from behind victory in Northam on Saturday to beat Victoria in the State game of 2013 by 17 points.  Victoria dominated an inaccurate WA in the first half and led by a game-high 31 points midway through the third quarter, but the Black Swans managed to wrest back some momentum just before three quarter-time. The margin was just Read More ...

WESTERN Australia and Victoria are gearing up for Saturday's State game in Northam with the WAFL representative side looking to beat the VFL and give the Black Swans a first win over the Big V since 1991. History isn’t exactly on WA's side against Victoria with the Big V having won 63 of the 80 clashes between 1904-2010. WA's last victory over Victoria came in Read More ...

East Perth’s Paul Johnson was announced 2013 WAFL State Team captain and Perth’s Paul Bevan was named vice captain at an official jumper presentation at Claremont Oval last night, Wednesday May 8. Paul Johnson said he was privileged and honoured to be named as captain by State coach Marc Webb. Paul Johnson, 28, has played 60 WAFL games for Swan Districts & East Perth since Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) has found that the West Perth Football Club breached the WAFL salary cap during the 2012 season. Following a comprehensive investigation into the issue, the WAFC has found that the breach was a result of a genuine administrative error in which the Club failed to take into account players’ salaries during one round of football in 2012. In reaching Read More ...

The WA Youth Girls kick of their National Championships campaign today in Shepparton, Victoria as they take on a combined SA/NT team at midday (WST) today.  WA finished third in 2012 and will be looking to improve on that result when the finals are decided on Friday. Now in its fourth year the Youth Girls National Championships comprise teams from WA, Queensland, SA/NT, Vic Metro, Read More ...

IT WAS an exciting Round 8 action of the WAFL with the top-four sides facing off and the bottom four playing one another with Claremont, West Perth, East Perth and Peel Thunder all coming away with impressive victories. Claremont extended its lead on top of the ladder remaining unbeaten but it was a terrific contest at Claremont Oval against Perth. In the end, the Tigers Read More ...

EAST Fremantle captain Mark McGough continues to lead the Sharks from the front and is now focused on taking on West Perth at home this Saturday with the aim of making up for two disappointing losses at Shark Park so far this season. McGough is in his third season as East Fremantle captain and the former Collingwood and St Kilda midfielder continues to perhaps be Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission encourages junior clubs and Auskick centres to nominate now for The Constable Care Child Safety Awards 2013. Last year, NAB Auskick Coordinator Amy Potter took out an individual award for her outstanding work at Armadale Junior Football Club. The WAFC is hoping more football winners like Amy will emerge in 2013.The prestigious annual event will recognise and reward the people Read More ...

THE West Australian Football League recorded its second round of more than 10,000 in attendance with strong support at the ANZAC Round for Legacy WA. A total of 11,456 fans attended the four games played during the round, which included three games on ANZAC Day and one on Saturday, April 27, proudly supported by Legacy WA. It was the second time this season that attendance Read More ...

THE WAFL website will be publishing columns from players throughout the 2013 season taking a look at what it takes on and off the field to be a successful WAFL player and also build a life outside the game. This week it's former East Perth and current Perth defender Nick Kane. For many young footballers between the ages of 16 and 22 their life revolves Read More ...