In a remarkable show of support, more than 1000 hard-working football volunteers have been nominated for the prestigious Rio Tinto Volunteer of the Year Program.   The response underlines the spirit of volunteering and its integral role in fostering thriving community sports and Australian Rules Football across WA.   From grassroots initiatives to professional leagues, volunteers are the unsung heroes who selflessly dedicate their time, energy, and Read More ...

The WA football community is coming together in July for the third annual Women’s Coaching Month. Prominent WA female coaches from AFLW and Community clubs will join industry experts at the 2023 Women’s Coaching Webinar. Participants will be able to access a range of community resources for clubs and coaches to provide inclusive environments for women and girls as coaches and players. The WA events Read More ...

Highly respected Roleystone coach and Life Member Michael Saffioti has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the club, awarded a West Australian Football Commission Coaching Recognition Award. Michael began coaching a Year 10/11/12 group in 2018, a year after the tragic loss of his father Sam. He took the side to a Grand Final appearance in his first year before moving with the group into coaching Read More ...

WITHOUT question the 2023 version of the WAFLW competition was of the highest standard and most competitive yet in the fifth season since its inception and as a result positions in the Team of the Year were hotly sought after. Coming into the finals series for the WAFLW competition this year and the competing teams Claremont, South Fremantle, East Fremantle and Swan Districts all had Read More ...

WE were back to a full round of five WAFL fixtures on Saturday to celebrate NAIDOC Week and there were no shortage of standout performers in wins for Claremont, East Fremantle, East Perth and Peel Thunder, and a draw between Perth and the West Coast Eagles. After a string of split rounds in the WAFL, there were five games again in Round 13 to celebrate Read More ...

Success was spread around the regions at the 57th edition of the Nutrien Ag Country Football Championships. The Avon Football Association, Goldfields Football League and the North Pilbara Football League were triumphant in the Nutrien Ag Men’s Division Finals at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, while the South West Football League won a thrilling CBH Group Colts Championship decider in Pinjarra. The four-day Carnival attracted hundreds Read More ...

CLAREMONT premiership coach Jack Schwarze admits his team’s unbeaten status in 2023 will count for nothing in Saturday’s WAFLW Grand Final against East Fremantle at Mineral Resources Park. In a rematch of last season’s decider, Claremont enters the contest having won 13 out of 14 games during the home and away season, only held to a draw by the Sharks in Round 9. Schwarze has Read More ...

Catch THREE epic games of footy! After an exciting home & away and minor finals series, we're ready to see who will take home the WAFL Women's Premiership Cup rematch between Claremont and East Fremantle. Join us for great footy, great food, entertainment and activities for the kids, including giveaways and much more. Game | Teams | Timings Rogers Cup Grand Final | West Perth v Read More ...

Claremont Football Club midfielder Jayme Harken has capped off a remarkable season to be crowned the 2023 Dhara Kerr Medallist at the WAFL Women’s Awards on Monday night at Crown Perth’s Astral Ballroom.   The midfielder claimed the WAFL Women’s fairest and best award after finishing with a record 24 votes in her first year with the Tigers, after moving from Subiaco. Harken averaged 21 Read More ...

THE WAFL's top five teams might all but be guaranteed after Saturday's NAIDOC Round results but what separates those five clubs is remarkably small to set up a fascinating finish to the 2023 season. With East Perth and East Fremantle pushing Swan Districts and West Perth further out of finals calculations, and fellow top five teams Claremont and Peel Thunder winning on Saturday, the teams Read More ...

THE WAFLW grand final is now set for 2023 this Saturday with East Fremantle overpowering South Fremantle in Sunday's preliminary final to book in a rematch with Claremont. The biggest ever WAFLW derby took place on Sunday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval and South Fremantle started well against East Fremantle looking for a shot at history. But the Sharks were desperate for the chance at Read More ...

THE WAFL is back to a full round of fixtures this weekend to coincide with NAIDOC Week and all 10 competing clubs will be wearing specially designed Indigenous jumpers to mark the occasion. NAIDOC Round in the WAFL has become one of the highlights of every season and not only with the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people be celebrated this weekend, but Read More ...

The biggest ever derby in WAFLW history is set for Sunday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with South Fremantle and East Fremantle doing battle for a place in the 2023 grand final. East Fremantle did have a bit of a head start in the WAFLW competition and had already won a premiership in 2019 before South Fremantle even joined in 2020, but all signs are Read More ...

  Eight winners from across Western Australia have won the NAIDOC Design Jumper Competition, thanks to WA Football’s NAIDOC Round Partner, Rio Tinto.  These eight winners will each have their winning NAIDOC design reproduced as one set of jumpers for the associated football club and one jumper for the artist to keep.  The competition invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players within the Perth Metropolitan Read More ...

A travelling party of close to 20 participants and families from Albany Starkick team will be taking part in the inaugural Hand in Hand Crossing to highlight disability inclusion.  Ahead of the Fremantle Football Club’s Purple Hands Round more than 500 participants and families from Starkick Community Clubs, WA All Abilities Football Association and Fremantle Football Club will unite to cross Matagarup Bridge. Albany Starkick Read More ...