A standout NAB AFL Draft Combine from Darcy Jones could confirm his place on an AFL list at next week’s Draft.  The Swan Districts midfielder has advanced from Colts to League level with aplomb, and in 2022 he enhanced his Draft prospects with a stunning effort at the NAB AFL Under 18 National Championships.  In one final reminder of his athletic prowess, Jones ran 7.70 Read More ...

A back stress fracture threatened to de-rail the year of Claremont teenager Ed Allan, but he enters next week’s NAB AFL Draft as a strong contender to be selected.  The son of Hawthorn Premiership player and inaugural Fremantle Dockers Captain Ben Allan, Ed recovered from his injury to play five games for Claremont’s Colts side.  The 194-centimetre midfielder caught the eye of club recruiters at Read More ...

Swan Districts midfielder Elijah Hewett is hoping to make the transition from a WAFL League to join an AFL list at next week’s NAB AFL Draft.  After a hugely successful 2021 when he won a Premiership with the Black and Whites Colts side, Hewett became a regular in the side’s League team this year.  Hewett enjoyed a mixed NAB AFL Under 18 National Championships, with Read More ...

  Quick Fire Q&A: Q: Footy Superstitions?  A: I eat a banana when I’m getting strapped before a match    Q: Favourite form of social media?  A: Snapchat/Instagram    Q: If you weren’t a footballer, what would you be? A: In Business    Q: Childhood Footy Hero?  A: Mark LeCras    Q: Other sporting passions? A: Golf, Athletics    Q: Best Movie/TV Series?  A: Peaky Read More ...

East Perth’s Jedd Busslinger enters next Monday’s AFL Draft as one of the most exciting NAB AFL Draft contenders.  Despite undergoing shoulder surgery this year, the tall defender has shown he’s an elite underage performer, playing Colts and League football in the WAFL over the past two seasons.  Busslinger was named in the All-Australian side after playing just two matches at the 2022 NAB AFL Read More ...

The WA Wheelchair Football Team has departed for Melbourne to participate for the first time at the 2022 Toyota Wheelchair AFL National Championships, which begin tomorrow. The seven-member of the state team have been competing in the 22nd season of the WA Wheelchair Football League. WA’s line up recognises players who have showcased leadership, football skills and a passion to grow the game in the Read More ...

PEEL Thunder built some impressive momentum in the second half of the 2022 season to make their return to the finals before bowing out in the first semi-final. Having waited until 2015 to play their first final after entering the WAFL in 1997, Peel won back-to-back premierships in 2016 and 2017 but then hadn’t played finals since until this year. Peel was precariously placed at Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle played finals for a seventh consecutive season in 2022 and appeared capable of going further, but an elimination final exit and the retirement since of premiership stars leaves them in a fascinating position heading to 2023. It has been a remarkably consistent run for the Bulldogs under the coaching of Todd Curley who inherited a team that needed a bit of a rebuild Read More ...

Seven West Australians have been named as part of the intake for the 2023 NAB AFL and AFLW Academy programs.  Local girls Georgie Cleaver, Jaime Henry, and Kaitlyn Srhoj are part of the AFLW Academy squad, while Daniel Curtin, Mitchell Edwards, Riley Hardeman and Koltyn Tholstrup complete the quartet of WA boys chosen.  The 2023 NAB AFL Academy and 2023 NAB AFLW Academy squads each Read More ...

WA football has continued its proud association with the Sock it to Sarcoma cause, raising more than 24 thousand dollars this year. The Odd Socks Round held earlier this year, along with the recent Metro North Awards of Excellence, again showed the generosity of WA Football and its junior clubs.  WA Football has been supporting Sock it to Sarcoma since 2013 by hosting the annual Read More ...

The West Coast Eagles have celebrated their first WA Blind AFL premiership after beating cross town rivals the Fremantle Dockers by 29-points in Saturday’s clash at Mineral Resources Park. The injury-hit Eagles entered the match having lost the inaugural season of WA Blind AFL. Despite missing some of their best players, the Eagles were brilliant all day, with a six-goal blitz by Caitlin Hannen-Williams helping Read More ...

ULTIMATELY to miss out on playing finals for the second straight season was a disappointing result for Swan Districts, but that can't get in the way of the fact that there were many more positives than negatives to come out of the campaign. Swan Districts might have ended up narrowly missing finals, but along the way in 2022 they were able to beat West Perth, Read More ...

SUBIACO found itself in unfamiliar territory in 2022 by not reaching finals and never really in contention to make it either following a remarkable run of consistent success and dominance of the WAFL. The Lions won the premiership in 2021 to make it five flags in the past eight years and nine since 2003 while making 14 Grand Finals since 2002, but the 2022 season Read More ...

EAST Perth started the 2022 season on fire with the hope of returning to finals action but lost the last six matches with the Royals another team undergoing great change heading towards 2023. Triple premiership winning co-captain Jeremy Barnard was entering his fourth season coaching the Royals and attempting to take them to the finals for the first time. That started well enough with first Read More ...

THE 2022 season wasn’t what anyone at Perth hoped and a lot of that can be put down to a horror injury run, but it marks the beginning of a new era under one of this century's most successful and well-respected coaches. Perth had high hopes of putting itself back in the finals hunt in 2022 on the back of some strong recruiting and with Read More ...