Perth’s Deven Robertson has been appointed captain of the Simply Energy WA U18s squad ahead of the state’s first game against Vic Metro this weekend.  The talented midfielder will be joined in the leadership group by five other Sandgropers throughout the 2019 Championships. “Obviously there’s been some really great players come through and wear the Black Swan or the Gold Swan, so to be named Read More ...

Western Australia's Simply Energy State 18s host Victoria Metro in Round 1 of the NAB AFL National 18s Championships at 10am this Saturday, June 8, at Mineral Resources Park, Lathlain.   Read More ...

SWAN Districts, Peel Thunder and West Perth all scored Round 8 WAFL colts victories across the WA Day long weekend to consolidate top three positions in the competition. Round 8 of the WAFL colts competition began on Friday evening at Mandurah's David Grays Arena with Peel Thunder proving too strong for reigning premiers Subiaco, winning 9.8 (62) to 5.7 (37). There was then one lone fixture on Saturday at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park and that saw Swan Districts continue its undefeated start to the 2019 season, beating Perth 15.15 (105) to 6.4 (40). Read More ...

IT was a fascinating Round 8 in the WAFL across the WA Day long weekend with wins for Perth, Claremont, Subiaco, South Fremantle and East Perth, and some standout individual performances along the way. Round 8 in the WAFL got underway with a standalone fixture on Saturday at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park that saw former skipper Clint Jones lead Perth to the come from behind victory over Swan Districts, 11.14 (80) to 11.8 (74). There were then two matches on Sunday starting at Optus Stadium with Sandover Medallists Jye Bolton and Kane Mitchell leading Claremont to the 12.7 (79) to the 6.12 (48) win against the West Coast Eagles. Read More ...

James Kenny, from Western Australia’s Wembley Downs NAB AFL Auskick Centre, became the envy of all Auskickers when he was announced as the ninth weekly nominee for the 2019 NAB AFL Auskicker of the Year competition. The NAB AFL Auskicker of the Year competition calls for 2019 registered and truly awesome participants of the NAB AFL Auskick program to enter for the chance to become one of 22 weekly nominees. Weekly nominees are announced during the Seven Network’s Friday night match broadcast, with James being announced during the Round Nine 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership Season match between West Coast and Melbourne. Read More ...

Western Australia has proven to be one of the best states for AFL draft talent with a host of current-day AFL stars hailing from the state. In recent years the likes of Oscar Allen, Patrick Cripps, Jesse Hogan, Aaron Naughton, Sam Powell-Pepper, and Dom Sheed have all come through the WA U18 State Academy to become outstanding young AFL players. The 2019 crop of West Read More ...

WA Football greats were last night inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame to recognise their stellar contribution to the game.   The late Ron Evans (West Perth and WA State player),1985 Brownlow Medallist Brad Hardie (South Fremantle and WA State player) and Ken Hunter (Claremont and WA State player) were inducted along with former West Coast Eagles premiership coach Michael Malthouse, St Kilda's Trevor Barker and South Australian Jim Deane.   The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996 and serves to recognise players, coaches, umpires, administrators, and media representatives who have made an outstanding contribution to Australian football. Read More ...

SATURDAY afternoon saw Claremont manage to hold off East Fremantle in a one-point thriller in Round 5 of the WAFL Women's competition while Subiaco kept its impressive form going on Sunday morning. Round 5 of the 2019 Optus WAFLW Premiership Season saw the two matches spread over two days this WA Day long weekend. The first contest took place at Claremont Oval on Saturday afternoon with Claremont holding on to beat East Fremantle 4.5 (29) to 4.4 (28) despite going scoreless in the final quarter and the Sharks kicking three goals. Read More ...

A WAFL Women’s All-Star squad has been selected for upcoming Exhibition Games against the AFLW WA 18s and Queensland. The first Exhibition Game will be played during this weekend’s WAFLW general bye, with the WAFLW All-Stars to play the AFLW WA 18s at 1.45pm on Saturday, June 8 at New Choice Homes Park, East Fremantle. The second Exhibition Game will be played during the next WAFLW general bye on July 20 against Queensland at 2pm at Steel Blue Oval, Bassendean. Congratulations to the following players on making the initial WAFLW All Stars Squad: Read More ...

THE WA Day long weekend saw the five WAFL matches spread across three days beginning with a nail-biting Perth win on Saturday before Claremont and Subiaco won solidly on Sunday and then in two tremendous traditional derbies, South Fremantle and East Perth were victorious. The WA Day Round is traditionally the biggest occasion of the home and away season any WAFL campaign, and certainly with the five contests across the three days the 2019 version was no different. The Round 8 WAFL action got underway with a standalone clash at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park with Perth coming from behind to defeat Swan Districts 11.14 (80) to 11.8 (74). Read More ...

East Fremantle travel to Claremont Oval in a bumper WAFLW clash on Saturday. Check out all the action below in the live stream   Read More ...

THERE is a game each on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning in the WAFL Women's 2019 Optus Premiership Season with Claremont, East Fremantle and Subiaco looking to consolidate a top two spot, and Peel Thunder hunting their first win. It has been a fascinating opening four rounds of the inaugural WAFLW season and that has seen the top four teams East Fremantle, Subiaco, Swan Districts and Claremont all win two games apiece across the opening month. Peel Thunder might not have won a game yet but they have been competitive as well meaning there has been little separating the five teams in the competition which was a big reason why the league was started with the five teams to create for a tremendously competitive season. Read More ...

IT is WA Round in the WAFL with the two traditional massive derbies on Monday but before that is a tantalising Perth-Swan Districts standalone clash on Saturday afternoon and then two intriguing match ups on Sunday. The Round 8 WAFL action will be spread across the three days of the WA Day long weekend with all five matches saw to attract plenty of interest. The round gets underway on Saturday afternoon with a standalone clash between two teams who are creating a reputation for playing out nail-biters with one another. Perth will be hosting Swan Districts at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park. Read More ...

East Fremantle  v South Fremantle: New Choice Homes Park - Monday 3 June 2.10pm The WA Day Derby is here! Port vs port, mate vs mate, get down to Shark Park and show your blue & white colours #SharksUnite The great rivalry continues when The Sharks host rivals South Fremantle Football Club in the WA Day Derby. We have a fantastic day planned that will Read More ...

The 2019 Simply Energy WAFL Colts Competition is shaping up to be an extremely even competition, with only two games separating fourth from ninth. A number of players are starting to stamp their authority on the competition, and of this group, Jye Clark, Trent Rivers, Jackson Knight, Deven Robertson and Kade Wallrodt have stood out the most. JYE CLARK - CLAREMONT The younger brother of Read More ...