PERTH fans deserve to be excited looking ahead to the 2020 WAFL season with the revelations that gun recruit Chris Masten is refreshed, energised and excited about football again after admitting to somewhat losing the love for the game late in his decorated AFL career. Masten's signing is a significant one for the Demons heading into the 2020 WAFL season as they desperately try to break through that wall of a first finals appearance since 1997 having gone so close in 2019 and indeed sitting in the top five the majority of the home and away season. Signing somebody at WAFL level the calibre of Masten doesn’t happen every day and bringing in somebody at the Demons who played 215 AFL matches including taking part in two Grand Finals and the premiership in 2018 is significant. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle broke through for a Grand Final berth in 2019, but it didn’t go to plan and now there's plenty of excitement at the port heading into 2020 especially with the additions of three exciting recruits. Jarrod Pickett returns to South Fremantle after time in the AFL at both the GWS Giants and Carlton while former Perth leading goalscorer Jarrod Ninyette is on board on top of the Rioli name continuing with the Bulldogs following the signing of Ben Rioli from the Northern Territory. With three preliminary finals and a Grand Final appearance over the past four years on top of an impressive 57-19 win-loss record during the home and away season, you'd suggest Curley and the Bulldogs are doing plenty right so there's little reason for too much change. Read More ...

More than 600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander football players will participate in the 2020 Kirby Bentley Cup and Nicky Winmar Carnival at UWA Sports Park, Mt Claremont, this weekend.   The Kirby Bentley Cup will be contested by 250 girls across 15 teams, while the Nicky Winmar Carnival will feature approximately 400 boys in 14 teams. Read More ...

Picture standing in the goals for Perth Glory on Tuesday before lacing up the boots for Fremantle or West Coast in the AFLW on Saturday.  Or shooting hoops in Netball or Basketball whilst playing at the elite level of Australia’s fastest growing women’s sport.  Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission announced its financial result for the 2019 season at its Annual General Meeting tonight, Thursday, February 27. This included a profit of $4.57m, driven by extraordinary one-off benefits and charges arising from the WAFC’s agreement with the State Government upon handing over the lease to Subiaco Oval. These one-off transactions included: - the removal of WAFC debt - loss on three investment properties - a provision for repayment of rent received in advance from the West Coast Eagles as a tenant at Subiaco Oval - the proceeds from the sale of Subiaco Oval assets Financially, handing over of the Subiaco Oval lease was a turning point, as the WA Football Commission no longer carries the overhead costs of the stadium. Read More ...

A focus on mental wellbeing at football clubs will see the 'Tackle Your Feelings' mental health training program rolled out across Western Australia this season. The 'Tackle Your Feelings' (TYF) program is being delivered to community football clubs and coaches across the country, with the support of the AFL Coaches’ Association (AFLCA), AFL Players’ Association (AFLPA) and the Zurich Foundation. The West Australian Football Commission is coordinating the delivery of the five-year program in Western Australia, which commences this week with WAFL club West Perth. WA TYF Ambassador and Fremantle AFLW captain Kara Antonio said that sharing the 'Tackle Your Feelings' message had close personal significance. Read More ...

Imagine riding your bike 420km in one day.  Not a relay, no stopping overnight, just 420km straight with two of your best mates.  That’s the challenge that Claremont teammates Ian Richardson and Declan Mounford tackled with their mate Liam Gribbon, all in the name of charity.  The trio set off from Perth and planned to finish Albany, seeing all money raised for the recent disastrous bushfires in Australia.  Read More ...

WAFL Clubs will ramp up their preperations for the 2020 Optus WAFL Season with a number of pre-season fixtures over the next month.  Each team will have official pre-season games on Saturday 21 March & Saturday 28 March, before Round 1 begins on Friday April 3. Read More ...

An Optus WAFL and WAFL Women’s double-header will be played at Hands Oval in Bunbury on Sunday, May 17. The fixture has been made possible thanks to a partnership between the WA Football Commission, Optus, the City of Bunbury, South West Football League, Swan Districts Football Club, the West Coast Eagles, and Peel Thunder. The WAFL game will be played between Swan Districts and West Coast and the WAFLW game between Swan Districts and Peel Thunder. Read More ...

The West Australian Football League’s independent arbitrator has today concluded that Perth Football Club player Cody Leggett is ineligible for transfer to East Fremantle Football Club and that he remains a contracted player at Perth Football Club for the 2020 season, following an arbitration hearing earlier this week. The basis of the decision was that the player's contract is valid and binding, and that the Read More ...

The Goldfields Football League supported by the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Doubletree by Hilton has formed a unique partnership to cover the cost of registration for all Auskickers from Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Coolgardie and Kambalda. West Australian Football Commission Goldfields Regional Manager Gemma Harrison said this was an unprecedented event for the region. Read More ...

Fixtures have been finalised for the 2020 Optus WAFL Women’s Premiership season, with Round 1 to kick off on Saturday, May 2, featuring games at New Choice Homes Park (East Fremantle) and David Grays Arena (Mandurah).     The competition’s second season will see the five WAFLW teams play each other three times across 15-rounds, with a three-week Finals Series culminating in a televised Grand Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has established a new Women in Football Advisory Committee to guide and support the growth and development of female football in Western Australia. Women’s football is experiencing an exciting period of growth, driven by the success of the AFLW and WAFLW, and a greater focus on female talent and community pathways. The number of female participants has more than tripled over the last six years to 109,647 and women and girls now account for a third of participants in WA. Read More ...

WA Football Hall of Fame Inductee Ian Miller has been honoured with Life Membership of the Australian Football League after the 2020 Annual General Meeting in March. A solid half-back flanker who moved to centre-half-forward with Perth in 1972 and became the first player to win a Sandover Medal playing from that key position. After a lengthy clearance wrangle, he enjoyed a four-year stint (1974-77) Read More ...

Season 2020 is upon us as the AFLW begins its fourth season under lights at Ikon Park on Friday night.  Not only does February signal the start for the best female footballers around the country, but also the elite contingent of umpires that take the field for the first time this decade. Western Australia will again have strong representation amongst field, boundary and goal umpires Read More ...