The campaign to recruit and develop female umpires is gaining momentum with the inaugural AFLW Umpiring Talent Development Day staged at Ernest Johnson Oval on Sunday 23rd April. The day provided a skills session, along with educational talks from AFL umpires, AFLW umpires and umpire coaches. Forty female umpires attended the event which provided information about pathways available for aspiring officials. Daniel Gibbons, Umpire Coaching Read More ...

SPOTS in the WAFL Team of the Week for Round 3 were once again tough to lock down given how impressive East Perth continued to be while West Perth won a tight one over Swan Districts, Subiaco stunned Claremont, and South Fremantle and East Fremantle had emphatic wins. With East Perth's prime movers continuing to rack up big numbers and be equally as damaging, and Subiaco Read More ...

THERE is Subiaco sisters included in the WAFLW Team of the Week for Round 7 while South Fremantle's basketball turned football ruck star shone again in a historic derby win after a fascinating weekend of action. It was a terrific weekend of action in the WAFLW competition to commemorate ANZAC Day with South Fremantle winning a derby for the first time, Subiaco continuing to impress, Claremont Read More ...

Western Australia has enjoyed a stunning debut at the AFL National Development Championships – Girls (U16) beating Victoria Country by 60 points at Arden Street in Melbourne. 2023 is the first year WA has fielded a team at the Championships and Trent Cooper, Coaching Specialist - Talent Pathways at the West Australian Football Commission was delighted with the way the side handled the challenge. “The Read More ...

WESTERN Australia's quest to reclaim the Haydn Bunton Cup is underway with a 34-man squad named for next month’s State match against South Australia in Adelaide. Last year’s WAFL Grand Finalists West Perth and Claremont have provided 10 players, while East Perth’s unbeaten start to the season has been rewarded with five players selected to take on the South Australians at the Adelaide Oval on Friday Read More ...

CLAREMONT remains undefeated this WAFLW season with another big win on Sunday while South Fremantle made history with a derby win on Saturday with Swan Districts and Subiaco the other Round 7 winners. Round 7 of the WAFLW season got underway on Friday night with Swan Districts making it back-to-back wins by defeating East Perth 15.11 (101) to 2.0 (12) at Leederville Oval. Then on Read More ...

EAST Perth is the lone undefeated WAFL team left after three rounds after another standout performance on Saturday night following earlier Subiaco impressing against Claremont, South Fremantle beating Peel Thunder ahead of Sunday wins for West Perth and East Fremantle. It turned out to be a fascinating weekend of WAFL action in Round 3 to commemorate ANZAC Day. It started on Saturday afternoon where two unbeaten teams Read More ...

ANZAC Round in the WAFL will take place this weekend with Claremont, Peel Thunder and East Perth all trying to continue their unbeaten starts to the 2023 season, and West Coast and Perth just trying to find a way to be competitive. The third round of the 2023 WAFL season will see the clubs commemorate ANZAC Day across the weekend with five fascinating match ups Read More ...

IT'S ANZAC Round for the 2023 WAFLW season and with the four games spread from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, it's going to be a terrific weekend of female football showcased starting with East Perth hunting a first win and finishing with Claremont trying to stay undefeated. It shapes as quite the fascinating round of the WAFLW season with Swan Districts also trying to string Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle plans to create several firsts in its WAFLW program in 2023, beginning with a victory over East Fremantle in Saturday’s twilight match at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. The Bulldogs have made great progress during their fourth season in the competition but are yet to beat the club’s arch rivals, a milestone coach Craig McNaughton acknowledges. “It’s definitely exciting because most of our players haven’t Read More ...

THIS Saturday will see the now annual Colts Super Round take place with three consecutive matches taking place at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium with the aim to increase recruiting opportunities for young players and promote the WAFL talent pathway. Providing the chance for some of the best emerging talents in Western Australia to all play at the same venue on the same day, the Colts Super Read More ...

In a huge boost for local football, leading WA transport and logistics company Sullivan Logistics has signed on to become a major partner of the West Australian Football Commission at senior and junior level. Sullivan Logistics will feature prominently as a major partner during the WAFLW and WAFL finals, culminating in the WAFL Grand Final at Optus Stadium on Sunday 24 September. They also take on Read More ...

New WAFC State 16’s Academy coach Michael Glassborrow has forecast an exciting few months for the 35 players selected in this year’s squad. Glassborrow is confident those named will produce the desired results. “We’re really excited with the squad of we have been able to put together this year. We feel like it’s a versatile group, with many of the boys able to play multiple Read More ...

IN her third year as Subiaco skipper, Tarni Golisano has been part of a remarkable transformation in women’s football. The Lions leader has seen the game in WA grow year on year, and in the wake of her 150th match she reflected on her journey. “Playing 150 games of womens football has been an incredible journey which has seen me grow as a person, as Read More ...

THE WAFL season saw all five matches on Saturday afternoon in Round 2 and with two West Perth players combining to kick 18 goals, the East Fremantle captain starring in defence and East Perth's gun midfielders running rampant, there was hot competition for Team of the Week spots. With a record setting win for West Perth, record first half for East Perth against its Leederville Read More ...