Peel Thunder’s premiership defence never really took off as injuries to key personnel and off-season exits took their toll.  Adam Read had a dream first campaign in charge of the Thunder, leading the club to its third premiership.  But things didn’t go to plan this year with a large injury-list - headlined by a season-ending knee injury to captain Ben Hancock - and patchy form.  There was Read More ...

It was a season to forget for the Black Ducks, who fell from a third-placed finish last season to third last in 2025.  Swan Districts dropped from 11 wins down to just six this season, after enduring a rough 0-5 start to the year.  After losing young spearhead Tom Edwards to Essendon as an AFL Supplemental-Selection Period Signing, Swans struggled to find avenues to goal outside of star key forward Read More ...

A new era is beginning in Subiaco, after a season from which they found plenty of positives in the form of youth and potential.  The club recently welcomed back Jarrad Schofield as Head Coach, a position he held from 2013-2018 and won three premierships in and appointed a new CEO in Kellie Properjohn.    Subiaco defeated West Coast in Round 2 but lost their next seven games as they began to blood debutants and focus on revamping their Read More ...

The West Coast Eagles claimed their fifth successive wooden spoon after a year which produced just two victories.  One of those wins was the upset of the season when they defeated South Fremantle in Round 5 by 16 points, while the club’s second success came in Round 13 with a convincing 30-point result over Subiaco.  On that day, AFL-listed players Campbell Chesser, Tom Gross, Matt Owies and Noah Read More ...

West Perth ball magnet Sam Swadling won his club’s fairest-and-best award - the Dominish Medal – despite only playing seven EGT WAFL Colts games, while fellow AFL Draft prospects Toby Whan and Blake Kelly were also recognised for their standout seasons. Swadling enjoyed a breakout year at all levels, including Under-18s All-Australian selection and a league debut, to bolt up the AFL Draft boards. He Read More ...

Dhara Kerr medallist Krstel Petrevski added a second Sarah Michell Medal as Subiaco’s fairest-and-best player to cap off a massive WAFLW campaign. The prolific former West Coast and Melbourne midfielder was a worthy recipient of the Lions’ highest individual women’s honour ahead of prized recruit Lisa Steane after a dominant season, where she averaged 26 disposals and five tackles per game. Young gun Jaime Henry Read More ...

WA Football advises that the Nomination Committee, with representatives of the WA Football Board, Fremantle Football Club, West Coast Eagles Football Club, WAFL Council of Presidents and the Community Football Advisory Council, met to consider the Expressions of Interest received for the upcoming Commissioner Elections and provided the WA Football Board with a shortlist of Recommended Candidates.   A number of nominations from high quality Read More ...

WA draft hopefuls combined for a whopping 14 top-five results in the recent AFLW State Combine testing. Six West Aussies tested at the WA State Draft Combine on Sunday and were among the best of the 42 players taking part across Australia. AFLW Under-18s All-Australian and East Fremantle gun Maya Louvel-Finn produced five top-five results of her own, with Claremont WAFLW premiership player Ella Gilbey Read More ...

The WA Football Boys Summer Squad talent program has been selected, featuring the State’s best young footballers hoping to realise their AFL dreams over the next couple of years. The squad features the best 2026 and 2027 AFL Draft prospects, highlighted by seven Claremont premiership players from last month’s EGT WAFL Colts Grand Final at Optus Stadium. The Tigers are the equal-best represented team with nine Read More ...

The 2025 Metro Junior Community Football Awards lit up Optus Stadium on Friday night as metro junior football clubs, volunteers and communities were celebrated. Presented by WA Football and the Metro North, Central and South Regional Development Councils, more than 1000 volunteers from 90 metro junior football clubs came together for an evening of celebrations as individuals and clubs were awarded for outstanding contributions and Read More ...

Court Grammar School completed an undefeated Division One campaign to win the ninth edition of the Freo Dockers Schoolgirls Cup at Victor George Kailis Oval in Cockburn. The Mundijong-based school knocked off 2023 champions Comet Bay College by 45 points in the decider – 8.4 (52) to 1.1 (7) – of the interschool competition for girls in Year 7, 8 and 9. The feat was Read More ...

Perth co-captain Charlie Constable capped off a Sandover Medal-winning campaign by taking our his WAFL club’s fairest-and-best award. Constable won his first Butcher Medal ahead of close friend and ex-Geelong teammate Brandan Parfitt after a stellar second season at the Demons, leading the club to a drought-breaking finals appearance. The former Cats and Gold Coast midfielder averaged a touch under 32 disposals and six tackles Read More ...

We’re delighted to release the WA Football Strategy 2026 – 2028, designed following a concentrated period of engagement with our stakeholders.  The Strategy sets the foundation for clear decision making on our investment priorities, exciting avenues to grow our game at all levels, having a clear intent to enhance equity and access, and setting out a deliberate approach to future proof the game in WA.  Read More ...

WA Football State Talent Manager Adam Jones is hopefully of getting as many as a dozen West Aussies picked up in the AFL national and rookie drafts next month. Speaking at Sunday’s WA State Draft Combine, Jones said he expected to see 8-12 WA players realise their AFL dreams across the National Draft on November 19-20 and Rookie Draft on November 21. It comes after Read More ...

Claremont young gun Charlie Banfield capped off a massive season by winning the 2km time trial at the WA State Draft Combine at WA Athletics Stadium on Sunday. The West Coast father-son prospect continues to enhance his draft stocks, less than a month after winning the Mel Whinnen Medal as best-afield in the Tigers' EGT WAFL Colts grand final victory over South Fremantle at Optus Read More ...