WINNING one WAFL premiership is special but the prospect of claiming football’s ultimate prize nine years apart is driving three West Perth greats over the next month.  The Falcons wrapped up the minor premiership in all three grades, with the league win over Subiaco last week, setting the club up for their best tilt at a flag since in 2013.  Almost a decade ago, West Read More ...

Bunbury Catholic College has enjoyed dual success at the School Sport WA’s Senior High Schools’ Country Week.  More than 3,000 students from 46 competing schools took part in the event from Monday the 29th of August until Friday September 2.  The event made its return to Perth after a three-year hiatus because of the pandemic.  Supported by the West Australian Football Commission, the boys and Read More ...

EAST Fremantle has waited eight years to play finals, 10 to reach a Grand Final and 24 to celebrate a premiership, and the Sharks will be hoping to end all those droughts now over the next month. The Sharks are already guaranteed of playing finals for the first time since 2014 and it's been a tough eight years to deal with the fact that the Read More ...

WEST Perth has been a regular contender for another premiership since 2013 and this could be the Falcons' best chance to breakthrough having claimed top spot on the WAFL ladder for the first time since 1993. West Perth won the premiership back in 2013 with Bill Monaghan the coach but there's now only Mark Hutchings, Aaron Black and Shane Nelson left from that team that Read More ...

The WAFL Match Review Panel has assessed the following incidents from Round 20 of the WAFL League competition. 1. Tyler KEITEL (West Perth) was reported for engaging in rough conduct against Drew ROHDE (Subiaco) during the West Perth v Subiaco game at Pentanet Stadium on Saturday 3 September.   The incident was assessed by the MRP and was dismissed.  2. Jai CULLEY (West Coast) was reported for striking Benjamin ELLIOT (Claremont) during the Claremont v West Coast game Read More ...

ROUND 20 provided the last chance for WAFL players to push their case for a spot in the Team of the Week across the five matches this weekend and to make a case to ultimately be included in the Team of the Year for 2022. The Round 20 action began on Saturday afternoon with East Fremantle shaking off a slow start to defeat East Perth Read More ...

A stellar effort from Comet Bay College has seen the year eight and nine boys take out the coveted Waalitj Division of the Eagles Schoolboys Cup at Mineral Resources Park for the fourth time. The Waalitj Division is the top tier of the West Coast Eagles and WAFC 40-year-run competition and saw 10 metro schools battle it out throughout term two. In near-perfect conditions, Comet Read More ...

THE top four teams all won on Saturday in Round 20 of the WAFL season to remain in the positions they were heading into the finals while Peel Thunder then booked in their spot with a dominant win over Swan Districts on Saturday. It shaped as a fascinating last round of the 2022 WAFL season across the weekend with all positions in the top five Read More ...

After 20 highly competitive rounds and 90 matches during the year, the 2022 WAFL Finals Series is finally here.  In one of the most even seasons on record, it took until the final game on the final day of the home and away season to settle the top five with Peel Thunder keeping their Premiership dream alive.  After finishing on top of the ladder, West Perth has Read More ...

IT is only fitting that the very last game of the 2022 WAFL season will determine the last finals position on Sunday but before that the finishing positions of the other top four teams will all be sorted out on Saturday. It looms as a fascinating final round of the 2022 WAFL season with the results on Saturday to determine what order West Perth, East Read More ...

The WA All Abilities Football Association (WAAAFA) will this week launch the very first Rise Inclusion Academy, together with partners Rise Network. The academy provides a unique, first-of-its-kind opportunity for players with disabilities where chosen teams will be put on show for selection in the WA AFL Inclusion State Team in 2022, of whom travel to South Australia in November this year.   Each club Read More ...

Six WA Umpires have been given the honour of officiating in the first week of the 2022 Toyota AFL Finals Series, including two debutants.  Justin Power will umpire his first AFL Final when he walks onto Optus Stadium alongside fellow West Australian Nathan Williamson (132 AFL games) for Saturday night’s 1st Elimination Final between the Fremantle Dockers and the Western Bulldogs. Power, who made his Read More ...

Eight West Australians have been selected in a squad of 48 to play in a NAB AFL Futures Match at the MCG as a curtain-raiser to the 2022 Toyota AFL Grand Final.  ? The game will feature the best under-17 talent from across the country and will provide an opportunity for next year’s draft prospects to display their talents on the AFL’s biggest stage.  WA players Read More ...

LIKE a good drama series, the script for the end of the WAFL home and away season has been written perfectly, with the final match of the round determining the top five.  Peel Thunder and Swan Districts play a knock-out match at Lane Group Stadium on Father’s Day, with the winner advancing to the elimination final the following weekend.  The black and whites gave themselves Read More ...

IT was a massive second last round of the 2022 WAFL season and once again plenty of players across the 10 teams in the five matches put their hands up for spots in the Team of the Week for Round 19. Round 19 of the 2022 WAFL season got underway on Saturday afternoon with East Fremantle holding Claremont goalless in the first half on the Read More ...