THERE were three games in Round 16 of the WAFL on Saturday with the top three teams, Subiaco, Claremont, and South Fremantle, all recording victories with a host of standout individual performances along the way. There were just the three games in Round 16 after the other four teams locked horns in Round 15 which saw West Perth beat East Perth in a thriller and Peel Thunder prove too good for East Fremantle. Those four teams then sat out Round 16 with the other six teams in action and it got underway on Saturday morning at Leederville with Subiaco further consolidating top spot with a 15.9 (99) to 4.7 (31) triumph over the West Coast Eagles. Read More ...

THERE was just the one game in the WAFL Colts competition in Round 16 and that saw Swan Districts snap its losing run at the expense of South Fremantle on Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. With the WAFL clubs having their matches spread across Rounds 15 and 16 with each of them playing one match and having a bye, three of the colts fixtures took place last weekend and just the one in Round 16 on Saturday. Back in Round 15, that saw East Fremantle beat Peel Thunder by 12 points, East Perth defeat West Perth by 15 points and then Claremont beat Perth by 65 points in their clash that took place in Albany. Read More ...

THE WAFL Women's competition remains a genuine race between four teams in its inaugural season after Subiaco beat Swan Districts in a one-point thriller on Saturday and then East Fremantle rose to second spot beating Peel Thunder. Round 11 in the 2019 Optus WAFL Premiership Season began on Saturday afternoon with Swan Districts and Subiaco doing battle for the second time in three weeks. Back in that last meeting, Swans scored the upset over the Lions at Steel Blue Oval but this time around at Leederville Oval, it was Subiaco who hit back but only by the narrowest of margins with the 6.6 (42) to 6.5 (41) victory. Read More ...

The 2019 season has been a promising one for Western Australia’s draft prospects with plenty of players showcasing their talent throughout the year. Below are the stand-outs in the July Edition of WA AFL Draft Watch. JACK BULLER - CLAREMONT The Christ Church Grammar student continues to put together a fine season for the Claremont Tigers. Buller played one game for the WA U18s State Read More ...

A total of 16 Simply Energy WA State Academy players have been invited to undertake testing at the NAB AFL National Draft Combine in Melbourne later this year. After securing a drought-breaking U18s National title, the talented youngsters will have a chance to showcase their skills in front of AFL recruiters in October.  Larke Medallist and WA MVP Deven Robertson has been invited alongside fellow Read More ...

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THERE were three games in the WAFL on Saturday and that saw the top three teams, Subiaco, Claremont and South Fremantle, all come away with impressive victories. There were just the three matches as part of Round 16 in the 2019 Optus WAFL Premiership Season with the six teams involved returning to action while the teams that played in Round 15, East Fremantle, East Perth, Peel Thunder and West Perth, sitting out with the bye. The three Round 16 matches saw the top three teams extend their lead on top of the WAFL as the Lions, Tigers and Bulldogs all further consolidated their holds on the top three positions. Read More ...

Round 1, 1999. East Fremantle and South Fremantle kicked off the season with a typically spiteful Fremantle Derby. Current Perth coach Earl Spalding led out the Sharks, while Peter Worsfold captained the Bulldogs. While this seemed like a fairly standard game of WAFL, it became a special moment for a 23-year-old Dean Margetts. The up-and-coming WAFL umpire was adjudicating his first game of league footy. 20 years and 18 seasons later, and that same aspiring umpire will walk onto the SCG in his 450th senior WAFL/AFL game. “I was as nervous as anything,” Margetts reminisced of the 99’ derby. Read More ...

THE WAFL Women's competition resumes this weekend for Round 11 action with Swan Districts attempting to back up its win a fortnight ago against Subiaco with East Fremantle also playing Peel Thunder. The WAFLW season took a break last week for the State Game that took place at Steel Blue Oval last Saturday with Queensland defeating the WAFL Women's State Team by 26 points. Now the 2019 Optus WAFLW Premiership Season returns to a normal round of action this weekend with plenty on the line for the four teams involved while Claremont has the Round 11 bye. Read More ...

THERE might be just the three games in Round 16 of the WAFL season but all of them have plenty at stake including a fascinating Subiaco battle with the West Coast Eagles and then top four teams Claremont and Perth locking horns. Coming off a fascinating Round 15 of the 2019 Optus WAFL Premiership Season which might have only featured two games but it saw West Perth and Peel Thunder score important wins to leapfrog the West Coast Eagles on the ladder. Now in Round 16, the four teams that played last week, West Perth, Peel Thunder, East Perth and East Fremantle, all take the bye while the other six teams lock horns which includes the competition's top four teams, another trying to return to fifth spot and then the cellar dwellers. Read More ...

Claremont v Perth: 2.15pm: Claremont Oval  Head down to Claremont Oval to support the Tigers this Saturday as they compete for the Pyke Cup against Perth   Claremont v Perth – League - 2:15pm Reserves – 11:30am   The Tiger Bar will be open to members from 11am till late, however if you would like to enter just for the day and enjoy exclusive member Read More ...

Three of Western Australia's AFLW U18s have been named in the All-Australian side announced by the AFL. Roxanne Roux, pictured, was selected in the forward line, Mikayla Bowen in the mid-field and Mim Strom on the interchange. Victoria Country's strong showing at the recent 2019 NAB AFLW Under-18 Championships was rewarded with six players named in the All-Australian team. Read More ...

The annual WAFC Footy Writing Competition was held in Term One and sparked tremendous interest in schools across Western Australia. Students were set the task of writing a narrative using an opening paragraph that included a football stimulus. The competition was open to all students from Year Three to Six with a judging panel selecting winners for each year level.  Each of the winning students Read More ...

THERE might have been just the two matches in Round 15 of the WAFL season but with all four teams trying to stay in the final hunt, it proved a season-defining one with wins in the finish for Peel Thunder and West Perth. The four teams who were in action as part of Round 15 of the 2019 Optus WAFL Premiership Season all still had hopes of breaking into the top five so there was plenty at stake in the two match ups on Saturday afternoon. It got underway at East Fremantle's New Choice Homes Park with Peel Thunder staying right in the finals hunt with an 11.14 (80) to 9.5 (59) victory against East Fremantle. Read More ...

THE 2019 WAFL Colts season significantly tightened up on Saturday with Peel Thunder's six-game winning run coming to an end while Claremont continued its charge with a big win in Albany while East Perth closed in on third position as well. There were three games that took place in the WAFL Colts competition on Saturday and each of them had a significant impact on positions inside the top five as the race for finals positions heats up. The first two games took place on Saturday morning with East Fremantle causing the upset to keep their slim finals hopes alive beating the ladder-topping Peel Thunder 10.9 (69) to 8.9 (57) at East Fremantle's New Choice Homes Park. Read More ...