WAFLTrack watch: Every WAFL club’s pre-season standouts
Jordan McArdle
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30 Jan 2026
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Claremont enters the 2026 WAFLW season as the team to beat again as they chase an unprecedented three consecutive premierships.
With Perth entering the WAFLW in 2025, nine clubs will again compete next year as part of an 18 round season, beginning in late March and finishing in late August.
Highlights of the season include the Grand Final re-match between Claremont and Swan Districts at Revo Fitness Stadium in Round 1, which will coincide with the Tigers unfurling the 2025 Premiership flag and the clubs competing for the Dhara Kerr Cup.
The annual State Game between WA and South Australia is set down for May 16 in Perth as the West Australians attempt to avenge a narrow defeat to the Croweaters at the Adelaide Oval this year.
CHECK OUT THE 2026 WAFLW FULL FIXTURES BELOW
The WAFLW season also features matches as part of NAIDOC Week as well as games being played on the WA Day long weekend in June.
The fixture will also include several games which will be scheduled as twilight or night matches.
The 18-round home-and-away season will be completed on Saturday, August 1, with the finals series beginning on Saturday, August 8.
The Grand Final has been set down for the weekend of August 22/23 at a venue to be confirmed.
Luke Sanders, Head of Competitions at WA Football, is expecting further growth in the competition as the WAFLW.
“The standard of the WAFLW continues to improve and last season’s exciting Grand Final between Claremont and Swan Districts was a fitting end to a great finals series which featured so many matches decided by less than a goal,” Sanders said.
“WA Football believes the skills and depth of talent across the League will continue to improve with the nine-team competition offering a highly competitive environment with the prospect of players progressing to the AFLW.”
WAFLW 2026 FIXTURES
Round 1
Saturday, March 28
East Perth v Peel Thunder (Sullivan Logistics Stadium) – 1:05pm
Claremont v Swan Districts (Revo Fitness Stadium) – 4:00pm
South Fremantle v East Fremantle (Fremantle Community Bank Oval) – 4:25pm
Subiaco v West Perth (Sullivan Logistics Stadium) – 5:15pm
Round 2
Friday, April 3 (GOOD FRIDAY)
Swan Districts v South Fremantle (Steel Blue Oval) – 12:25pm
Peel Thunder v East Fremantle (Lane Group Stadium) – 4:00pm
West Perth v Claremont (HIF Insurance Stadium) – 7:05pm
Saturday, April 4
Perth v Subiaco (Mineral Resources Park) – 7:00pm
Round 3
Friday, April 10
East Fremantle v Swan Districts (The Good Grocer Park) – 6:45pm
Saturday, April 11
South Fremantle v Perth (Fremantle Community Bank Oval) – 4:25pm
East Perth v Subiaco (Sullivan Logistics Stadium) – 4:50pm
Sunday, April 12
Claremont v Peel Thunder (Revo Fitness Stadium) – 12:10pm
Round 4
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