When the ball is bounced across various WAFL venues on Saturday July 18, it will be exactly 124 days since football in this state was turned on its head by the Coronavirus pandemic. Players have had their longest ever preseasons, coaches have tried to plan for the unplannable and backroom staff were presented with challenges no-one could have seen coming. 2020 will be a season like no other; 16 minutes quarters, no West Coast Eagles or AFL-listed players, a top-four and three weeks of finals. Here is a breakdown of the WAFL clubs that will compete for premiership glory in this unprecedented season.     Read More ...

Western Australia has a proud history of developing elite football talent, with many of the game’s brightest stars beginning their careers at local junior football clubs right across the State. In a series of articles highlighting the rich talent pool in WA over the years, Lenny Fogliani takes a closer look at the best current and former WAFL and AFL players to emerge from junior clubs in WA’s regions and districts. This article focusses on junior clubs in West Perth's metropolitan district. To find your local junior club, please click here. A number of great players have come from West Perth's metropolitan district. Below are some of the most notable. Read More ...

The Optus WAFLW draw has been finalised for 2020, with Round 1 to kick off on the weekend of July 18/19 featuring the inaugural Fremantle Derby at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.  The competition’s second season will see six teams take part, with the addition of South Fremantle for the 2020 season.  Each team will play each other once, before an additional two games are played Read More ...

WAFL teams took to the field for the first time in season 2020 over the weekend in a series of practice matches ahead of July 18.  Players will get one more chance this coming to weekend to prepare before the home-and-away season begins in a fortnight.  See all of the results from this weekend's action below.   Optus League: Subiaco 10.15 (75) def East Perth Read More ...

WAFL fans wil get their first chance to see their side in action when practice games take place across the weekend. This weekend sees teams play scratch matches before the official pre-season fixtures are played on July 11.  Read More ...

Western Australia has a proud history of developing elite football talent, with many of the game’s brightest stars beginning their careers at local junior football clubs right across the State. In a series of articles highlighting the rich talent pool in WA over the years, Lenny Fogliani takes a closer look at the best current and former WAFL and AFL players to emerge from junior clubs in WA’s regions and districts. This article focusses on junior clubs in Swan Districts' metropolitan district. Read More ...

South Fremantle Football Club has been granted a licence to compete in an expanded 2020 Optus WAFL Women’s competition commencing on July 18. The addition of South Fremantle will see the WAFLW expand to six teams following the success of the inaugural season in 2019 with five founding teams – Claremont, East Fremantle, Peel, Subiaco and Swan Districts. WAFC Executive Manager WAFL & Football Operations Scott Baker said it was exciting to see the WAFLW competition expanding in its second season to support the continued growth of women’s football and talent development outcomes in WA. Read More ...

Kia Motors has committed to extending its partnership with the West Australian Football Commission for a further three years, providing ongoing support to community football in WA during a critical time for all levels of the game throughout the State.   As a WA Football partner for the past two years, Kia has supported junior football, provided vehicles for development staff, and helped make possible the 7 Network’s television coverage of the West Australian Football League.   From 2020 onwards Kia’s support will also extend to female football, as a Premier Partner of the WAFL Women’s competition. Read More ...

Western Australia has a proud history of developing elite football talent, with many of the game’s brightest stars beginning their careers at local junior football clubs right across the State. In a series of articles highlighting the rich talent pool in WA over the years, Lenny Fogliani takes a closer look at the best current and former WAFL and AFL players to emerge from junior clubs in WA’s regions and districts. Read More ...

The Optus WAFL Premiership Season fixtures have been finalised in a condensed format for 2020, seeing a traditional Fremantle Derby open the season on July 18 with no restriction on crowds.   Other Round 1 games include Subiaco unveiling their Premiership flag at home against Claremont, Swan Districts will host West Perth and Peel Thunder at home against Perth.   The nine-round home-and-away season will Read More ...

The WAFC takes the inquiry announced today by the Public Accounts Committee seriously and will give it the highest priority.   The Commission believes the inquiry provides an opportunity to fully explain the depth of investment into WA Football which the WAFC is responsible for.   The WAFC recognises the vital importance of the $11 million contribution by the State, via the Optus Stadium Funding Read More ...

The start date for the 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season has been brought forward to July 18 following today’s State Government announcement that COVID-19 group gathering restrictions are scheduled to be completely lifted on this date. WAFC Executive Manager - WAFL & Football Operations Scott Baker said that the State Government announcement paved the way for WAFL and WAFLW games to start on July 18 without any restrictions on crowd size, which was a driving factor for the competition and clubs. Read More ...

On behalf of the West Australian Football Commission, we hope everyone is enjoying the AFL action returning to TV and are looking forward to community football kicking off in the coming weeks.   Special thanks to the thousands of hard-working volunteers throughout our community for their tireless efforts in preparing for the 2020 season.   Due to COVID-19, the football economy has changed significantly and will be impacted for the foreseeable future. In response, the WAFC commenced work in April on developing a new strategy to outline and reset the structures and delivery models required to support football across WA.   Work is well advanced developing these new strategies and structures to help rebuild WA Football, focussing on the WAFC’s financial model, a leaner staffing structure and opportunities for decentralisation of some WAFC services and programs. Read More ...

THE restrictions placed on Subiaco coming into the 2020 WAFL season were always going to make it fascinating to see how the league's powerhouse performed, but with professionalism their undenied strongest trait, it's hard to seem them not emerging from COVID-19 a force. Subiaco has now played in six consecutive WAFL Grand Finals, claimed five straight minor premierships and won four flags in that stretch of six years which culminated in a hammering of South Fremantle in last year's Grand Final at Optus Stadium. As a result, there were some limitations placed on Subiaco coming into the 2020 season to try to help create a more competitive environment, but in all honesty now with the season having been so delayed thanks to COVID-19, that all seems a lifetime ago. Read More ...

THE sudden retirement of Kyle Anderson might have caught East Perth off guard, but coach Jeremy Barnard was happy to hand the sole captaincy to Patrick McGinnity as he now prepares to have the Royals firing for the WAFL season to open on August 1. Barnard is entering his second season as senior coach at the Royals following on from his decorated playing career as a triple premiership winning captain during the 221 matches he played at East Perth between 1993-2004. When the Royals broke from their partnership with the West Coast Eagles, Barnard put his hand up to return to the club he has such a rich history with and now despite the delayed start to the 2020 season thanks to COVID-19, he can't wait to see his team back out on the park. Read More ...