East Fremantle skipper Kyle Baskerville highlighted the importance of having a finals fixture at The Good Grocer Park for the first time since the venue was redeveloped. The venue affectionately known as ‘Shark Park’ was out of action when East Fremantle won their last premiership in 2023 when they were forced to play the bulk of their home games that season at the WACA Ground Read More ...

Veteran Great Northern Football League umpire Brian Cohen officiated his milestone 300th game last Saturday at GBSC Sports Park in Geraldton. Cohen umpired his first game back in 2008 and has gone on to umpiring three league grand finals and 20 league finals during his 18 years in the GNFL. “I just enjoy the people I get to do it with every weekend,” Cohen told Read More ...

Star recruit Brandan Parfitt is relishing his leadership role as one of the experienced heads at Perth ahead of their long-awaited finals return this weekend. The Geelong premiership player turned Demons signing has impressed in his debut season in the WAFL to help his new club qualify for finals for just the second time since 1997 and first since 2020. Forming a dominant one-two midfield Read More ...

Quinns Districts JFC has celebrated a proud moment in its history, recognising two of its inaugural Starkick players, Diesel and Dylan, as the first participants with disability at the club to achieve the 100 games played milestone. The club, which launched its Starkick program in 2018, as only the fourth centre in Western Australia at the time, has seen the inclusive football program grow from Read More ...

Australian Rules Football is an integral part of Australian culture. It influences who we are and how we live. The Respectful Relationships Sport and Recreation Program identifies sport as a priority area for the prevention of violence against women in Australia. Across the WA Football landscape, we all have a role in creating clubs, teams, workplaces, venues and communities where all women are safe, respected Read More ...

East Fremantle’s finals campaign begins with a celebration for one of the club’s favourite sons Cam Eardley. The premiership player will line up in his 200th game for the Sharks in Sunday’s Elimination Final against Perth at The Good Grocer Park. “It’s not something I’ve given much thought to throughout my career,” Eardley said. “I guess at this stage I just feel fortunate to be Read More ...

Each week we are shining the spotlight on some of the young WA talent that has been in brilliant form at WAFL level in the lead up to November’s AFL draft. Whether its WAFLW, Hart Sport Rogers Cup, Sullivan Logstics WAFL, EGT WAFL Colts top-agers, bottom-agers or Futures, there is talent bursting at the seams and with a big finals campaign ahead for some, it’s Read More ...

We take a look at the biggest story lines across the WAFL and WAFLW competitions in our weekly column. Tiger queens! Claremont are the queens of the WAFLW once again after withholding a strong fightback from Swan Districts to prevail by one point in Sunday’s stunning Grand Final at Mineral Resources Park. The Tigers made it back-to-back WAFLW premiership and their third in four years, Read More ...

West Australian Samantha Saffioti is the 2025 Toyota AFL Community Volunteer of the Year in a deserved recognition for her hard work and dedication spanning over more than a quarter of a century.  The long-term Roleystone Junior Football Club volunteer, who started her volunteering journey back in 1999, wins a Toyota Corolla and trip to the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne.  Saffioti started her volunteering Read More ...

Emerging WA umpiring talent Lilly Spocter was this month named as the most outstanding umpire at the School Sport Australia National Championships in Queensland. The 16-year-old Wanneroo Secondary College student, who is part of the AFL and WA Football-led National Women’s Umpire Development Program, admits she was in “complete shock” after accepting the AS McLean Medal for the most outstanding umpire in the carnival. “When they Read More ...

Claremont are the queens of the WAFLW once again after withstanding a strong fightback from Swan Districts to prevail by one point in Sunday’s stunning Grand Final at Mineral Resources Park. The Tigers made it back-to-back WAFLW premiership and their third in four years, prevailing 3.6 (24) to 3.5 (23) over a fast-finishing Black Ducks in front of nearly 3000 supporters who braved the tough Read More ...

West Perth survived a second-half scare to win their third Hart Sport Rogers Cup premiership in a row at Mineral Resources Park on Sunday. The ladder-leading Falcons’ victory came off the back of a dominant start, kicking the first six goals of the match. Claremont were gallant in defeat, coming to life late in the opening half with back-to-back majors before making their move in Read More ...

The Sullivan Logistics WAFL competition’s top-two goal-kickers booted 13 goals between them in the final round as Tyler Keitel snatched his fifth Bernie Naylor Medal in thrilling circumstances. The West Perth veteran won his third Bernie Naylor Medal in a row in a stunning final round which saw him needing at least five majors against East Fremantle at The Good Grocer Park on Saturday to Read More ...

South Fremantle have earned a week off after a dominant home-and-away season saw them finish two-and-a-half games ahead of second-placed Claremont. The minor won their 14th game in a row on Saturday, disposing of the bottom-placed West Coast by 87 points at Mineral Resources Park to finish with a staggering 17-1 record. The Bulldogs host the winner of Saturday’s Qualifying Final between Claremont and East Read More ...

We take a look at what's happening around WA's country competitions in our regular column.   Beverley’s Pav-olution Fremantle’s greatest ever goal-kicker Matthew Pavlich pulled on the boots for a country cameo last weekend. The AFL Hall of Famer lined up for Beverley in the Avon Football Association as part of a sponsor promotion and show he’s still got it with two goals and an Read More ...