The West Coast Eagles have resumed a campaign to promote football in metropolitan schools and junior football clubs. Almost the entire Eagles Men’s squad attended nine education support centres yesterday, with each centre representing one WAFL district. Regan Atkinson, Schools Specialist at the West Australian Football Commission, welcomed the resumption of the Eagles involvement. “It was fantastic to see the West Coast Eagles back in Read More ...

REIGNING premiers Claremont remain the lone WAFLW team with two wins after the opening two rounds of the 2023 season after beating Peel Thunder on Sunday with Round 2 victories also for South Fremantle, East Fremantle and Subiaco. West Perth, Claremont and Peel Thunder were the three teams coming off Round 1 victories to open the 2023 WAFLW season, but now following the weekend's action Read More ...

ROUND 2 of the 2023 WAFLW season is looming as a fascinating weekend with South Fremantle and East Perth opening proceedings on Saturday night before three games on Sunday highlighted by the premiers of the last three years Claremont and Peel Thunder doing battle. The 2023 WAFLW season began last weekend with West Perth scoring its first ever win in the competition beating East Perth Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has joined forces with the Fremantle Dockers as part of a  campaign to introduce girls to football. Nearly 60 girls attended a “Come and Try Day” at Victor George Kailis Oval in Cockburn, which included an introduction coaching workshop for Mums. Nicole Bolton, Women & Girls Community Football Manager at the WAFC, believes these types of days are critical for Read More ...

ROUND 1 of the 2023 WAFLW season is in the books and the Team of the Week has been announced with 21 deserving players all being acknowledged for their performances. The 2023 WAFLW season saw four fascinating match ups across the weekend with eight teams taking part in the competition for the first time following the entry of East Perth. It was East Perth who Read More ...

One Baldivis mother has turned her love of watching football into a passion for playing the sport. Rachael, the Female Football Co-Ordinator at the Baldivis Brumbies FC is a mother of three, “with two bonus kids” as she describes it, and has been instrumental in setting up a training group for mums in her community. “I approached the Brumbies committee with the idea of Footy Mums, Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has announced that following an independent audit of the South Fremantle Football Club’s 2021 Total Player Payments (TPP), the club has been found to have breached the WAFL Rules and Regulations, exceeding the TPP cap. The club breached Rule 5, which involved providing player payments which were not requested nor approved by the WAFC to be excluded from the TPP. Read More ...

HISTORY was made to open the 2023 WAFLW season on Saturday with West Perth scoring its first ever win in East Perth's debut appearance with Peel Thunder and Claremont the other Round 1 winners with Subiaco and South Fremantle playing out a draw. It was always going to be an occasion to savour with the opening of the 2023 WAFLW season with East Perth marking Read More ...

HISTORY will be made one way or another when the 2023 WAFLW season begins on Saturday afternoon with either East Perth or West Perth to record their first ever victory with a Round 1 to salivate over on all fronts. You couldn't possibly ask for a better fixture for Round 1 of the 2023 WAFLW season with the competition's two newest teams opening proceedings chasing Read More ...

AFL Premiership heroes Beau McDonald and Ryan O’Keefe have provided their expertise as part of a campaign to increase participation levels of football at junior level in Singapore. McDonald and O’Keefe travelled to the city for a series of meetings and coaching clinics. Head of Coaching at the West Australian Football Commission, McDonald revealed the challenges associated with playing Australian Rules in that part of Read More ...

A passion for football inspired Kate Thomas to play a leading role in promoting the game for boys and girls in Kalgoorlie. A teacher at Hannans Primary School, Thomas has been recognised by the West Australian Football Commission for her tireless efforts to introduce and educate students about the sport.   The 27 year-old, who teaches children in Year 5 and 6, explained some of Read More ...

ANOTHER new team enters the WAFLW competition for the 2023 season beginning this weekend with East Perth the latest entrant making eight sides competing for the premiership. Last season's WAFLW competition saw the level of play across the competition, the depth of talent and the interest in it all continue to rise which culminated in a remarkable Grand Final where Claremont secured the upset against Read More ...

Enhancing junior community football is the key focus in 2023 for the Metro South Regional Development Council (RDC) following last month’s Annual General Meeting in Applecross. Over 50 affiliated clubs, volunteers and life members attended the meeting, which featured a West Australian Football Commission presentation, along with an RDC volunteers workshop seeking feedback from clubs on some of the key strategic outcomes relating to the Read More ...

For the first time since the inception of the WAFLW, all League matches in Round 1 this weekend will have (High Performance) WAFL umpires officiating. Field, boundary and goal umpires from the WAFL have embraced the opportunity to be part of the season opener for women’s football. Dean Margetts, WAFL & WAFLW Umpiring Operations Manager at the West Australian Football Commission, believes the involvement of Read More ...

Long-time WA Football Volunteer Barry Nicholls has been named the City of Kalamunda’s Senior Community Citizen of the Year.  Specialising as a sports trainer, first aid officer and co-ordinator, Nicholls’ work spans across two states and almost six decades.   Over the past 8 years, Barry has supported the West Australian Football Commission and Metro Central Region Development Council with event First Aid support for the Read More ...