South Fremantle club great Haiden Schloithe is poised to make a stunning return to football this weekend just months after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. Schloithe is set to play for the Bulldogs Reserves team against East Perth at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday. The 31-year-old hasn’t played this year after being diagnosed with cancer in January but is now in remission after surgery Read More ...

Western Australia’s longest-standing footy carnival is back on in Kulin this weekend as the best young talent from eight country competitions battle it out. The annual Great Southern Colts Carnival, which was first held back in 1922, sees teams from the Great Southern, Upper Great Southern, Peel, Lower South West, Ongerup, Eastern Districts, Esperance and Goldfields leagues converge on Kulin. The eight teams will be Read More ...

We take a look at the biggest story lines from Round 9 of the WAFL and Round 10 of the WAFLW competitions. East Fremantle’s perfect weekend East Fremantle made it five wins from as many games over the weekend across their WAFL and WAFLW ranks. The Sharks celebrated captain Kyle Baskerville and veteran Jono Marsh’s 100th games in style, defeating West Perth at Joondalup’s HIF Read More ...

Several WAFLW talents caught the eye in the representative clash between the AFL National Academy Girls and All Stars at Whitten Oval in Melbourne on Saturday. The AFLW Academy side prevailed over the All Stars with Subiaco young gun and potential top-10 pick Olivia Wolmarans impressing. Wolmarans, who will be a key player in WA’s upcoming AFL National Under-18s campaign, booted a game-high two goals to go Read More ...

Subiaco 5.10 (40) d Swan Districts 3.1 (19) The Lions still hold onto first place in the women’s competition, with an absurd percentage of 263%. One of two teams still yet to lose a game, Subiaco were led again by their big three as Paige Sheppard (23 disposals), Lisa Steane (23 disposals, five tackles) and Krstel Petrevski (21 disposals) all won plenty of the football. Young Read More ...

Finals-bound teams all picked up wins over the weekend, but Claremont were given a scare by an improved Subiaco in a shortened Round 9 of WAFL action. Perth 14.14 (98) d West Coast 9.6 (60) The Eagles got off to the hot start at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday afternoon, leading at quarter time for the fifth time in their last six outings but once again it Read More ...

Western Australia kicked off their AFL National Under-18s Championship with a thrilling last-gasp win over Vic Country at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday. Subiaco young gun Hudson Walker was the hero, converting set shot from 40m out in the final 30 seconds to give the Black Swans a three-point victory – 12.9 (81) to 11.12 (78). WA trailed by as much as 19 points early Read More ...

The Marsh AFL Under-18’s National Championships began last weekend, and WA’s 2025 campaign kicks off this Saturday, 10am at Mineral Resources Park against Vic Country. WA has gone in with a strong side in 2025, led by captain and top Western Australian draft prospect Fred Rodriguez, who we wrote about earlier this year. The state team claimed a victory over West Perth in their second trial Read More ...

Western Australia’s team is locked in ahead of Saturday’s AFL National Under-18s Championship opener against Vic Country at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday morning. Peel Thunder young gun Will York, one of three players in the squad with senior WAFL experience alongside State captain Fred Rodriguez and Subiaco midfielder/forward Hudson Walker, has been cleared to play after a minor foot injury. Claremont midfielder Oscar Willis, Read More ...

We take a look at what’s happening in across WA country footy in our new column Country Catch Up WAFL Sharks reunite in the Pilbara East Fremantle teammates and close friends Matthew Jupp and Blaine Boekhorst reunited in the North Pilbara competition late last month. Sharks premiership captain Jupp played his first game of the season for Port Hedland Rovers against Sandover medallist Boekhorst’s Dampier Read More ...

We take a look at the players to watch on a big Saturday of Round 9 WAFL action, highlighted by West Coast's second Mid-Season Rookie draftee who's been cleared to play after a quad injury. Jacob Newton (West Coast) The AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft pick-up will make his WAFL debut for West Coast after recovering from a quad injury. Newton is a 19-year-old small forward Read More ...

Western Australia’s AFL National Under-18s Championship campaign gets underway against Vic Country at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday morning. WA coach Marc Webb joined the WAFL’s official podcast Seven Point Play to chat about how things were tracking and some of the players to watch for the carnival opener. Fred Rodriguez – midfielder from South Fremantle “He’s a big-bodied inside mid who’s really good at Read More ...

East Kimberley were crowned 2025 Kimberley Colts Carnival champions after an exciting two days in Broome. The EKFL team defeated West Kimberley in the final on Sunday, reversing the result from the opening game of the carnival the previous day. Teams from South East Kimberley and Central Kimberley also competed in the annual event, showcasing the best emerging talent from four Kimberley regions. South East's Jock Mosquito, Read More ...

Six West Australians have been named to play in a special exhibition match in Melbourne this weekend as the 2025 Marsh AFL National Academy Girls team represents Australia against a national All Stars side. West Perth’s Mia Russo, Subiaco pair Olivia Crane and Olivia Wolmarans and East Fremantle’s Alicia Blizard will line up for the Marsh AFL National Academy Girls team, while Renee Morgan from Read More ...

Subiaco’s regional zones went head-to-head in Esperance over the WA Day long weekend, with the WAFL club’s talent manager Stuart Berryman impressed with the talent on display. Berryman made mention to the ever-improving skills in the Youth Girls division, which he felt was getting stronger every year. “I was really impressed with the skills from the girls footy which keeps getting stronger each year,” Berryman Read More ...