TWO of the newer WAFLW teams scored impressive wins over regular powerhouses in Round 4 of the 2023 season while the Grand Finalists from last year continued their strong starts to the new season. It was a weekend of statements to be made across the WAFLW competition leading into this coming weekend's break over Easter. In the end, it saw South Fremantle record a first Read More ...

GOING back more than 30 years and Darren Harris was there when he saw West Perth's culture change which has remained the key component of the club ever since, and he continues to maintain that's the most important aspect that makes the Falcons tick. Harris was at West Perth when Jeff Gieschen arrived as coach back in 1992 and that's when he began to see Read More ...

IN many ways it was remarkable what East Fremantle achieved in the 2022 WAFL season with everything they had working against them, but now the Sharks will be out to build on that with ending a significant premiership drought the ultimate goal. Not only did East Fremantle make a return to finals action in 2022, but the Sharks were only half a game off what Read More ...

CLAREMONT continues its quest for that elusive first premiership since 2012 and the Tigers will again be using the pain of going ever so close in 2022 once more to spur them on to try and achieve that ultimate in 2023. For each of the past five seasons now, Claremont has put itself in premiership contention playing finals in each of those five years, and Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle has some natural and enforced challenges to overcome entering the 2023 WAFL season, but coach Todd Curley remains optimistic the Bulldogs can be around the mark and play finals for an eighth consecutive season. South Fremantle finished fourth at the end of the 2022 home and away season before losing the elimination final at home to Peel Thunder in what was their seventh Read More ...

PEEL Thunder finished the 2022 WAFL season full of momentum to storm into the finals and now coach Geoff Valentine feels they are in an even better place to make a run at a successful 2023. After winning back-to-back premierships in 2016 and 2017, Peel hadn’t played finals over the next four seasons but that all changed last year with the Thunder picking up plenty Read More ...

ROUND 4 in the WAFLW is spread over Saturday and Sunday this weekend with four fascinating match ups with Claremont attempting to remain undefeated and Swan Districts and East Perth still searching for their first victories of 2023. The Round 4 WAFLW action begins on Saturday afternoon at 4pm with South Fremantle taking on Swan Districts at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. The Bulldogs are yet Read More ...

IT has been a rough couple of years in the WAFL for the West Coast Eagles but there is plenty of reason for optimism that they can be a vastly more competitive outfit in the 2023 season. When West Coast first became a standalone club in the WAFL they made an immediate impact on the competition reaching the finals back in 2019 and going on Read More ...

SWAN Districts might have a new coach in 2023 but their quest to get back to finals is all around building on what they have been doing well, making some improvements and using the frustrations from last year as added motivation. Swans did appear on an upward trajectory under the coaching of Adam Pickering to the point where they reached finals in 2021. In that Read More ...

IT was a rare down season in 2022 for Subiaco but the Lions have taken some tough lessons from that and implemented them into 2023 with premiership coach Beau Wardman confident of a strong bounce back season. On the back of winning a fifth premiership in eight years in 2021, Subiaco hit a speed bump in 2022 winning just seven games and missing out on Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission congratulates local teenagers Arthur Jones and Jacob van Rooyen on being selected to make their AFL debut in Round 3. Jones was taken by the Western Bulldogs at pick 43 in the 2021 NAB AFL Draft and has been named on a wing to face the Brisbane Lions at Marvel Stadium tonight. Originally from Mt Barker, Jones represented Wesley College Read More ...

In a ground-breaking move, the centre bounce will be removed from all WAFL Competitions from the 2023 WAFL season. The decision has been confirmed following a successful trial during pre-season matches.  Feedback provided by WAFL clubs, players, coaches and umpires was positive and added further weight to the WA Football Commission's (WAFC) decision to remove the bounce from all WAFL competitions.  Scott Baker, Executive Manager Read More ...

NEW East Perth coach Ross McQueen isn’t afraid to have expectations of playing finals in his first season in charge, but his focus in taking over at the Royals is continuing their improvement, growth and attacking instincts. McQueen replaced Jeremy Barnard as caretaker coach at the end of the 2022 season before being appointed to a senior coaching role in the WAFL for the first time Read More ...

THE challenge of rejuvenating the Perth Football Club has brought Peter German back to the WAFL as a coach and while he's in it for the long haul, he feels the quickest way of turning things around is for the Demons to play an attacking, exciting brand of football. Subiaco has been the dominant WAFL club this century and it all began for the Lions Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is delighted to receive an historic grant from the Channel 7 Telethon Trust. The WAFC’s all-abilities football program Starkick was one of 107 beneficiaries announced at the Telethon Giving Ceremony last Friday. Starkick is a unique WA all-ability football program for children with disabilities aged 5 to 17 years, which runs side-by-side with Auskick and junior football clubs. This is Read More ...