The 2020 Marsh Community Series tickets go on sale on Thursday the 30th January.  The Marsh series is pre-season competition played in Febuary/March. Western Australia will host three games across two weekends, with one of them a derby at HBF Arena Details below:   Eagles vs. Essendon Date Thursday, February 27 Oval Mineral Resources Park (Lathlain) Bouncedown 4:40pm  Tickets Tickets here Plan Read More ...

The Perth Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Russell Clark, a former Perth player as its new General Manager. Russell Clark (51) is an accomplished Chief Executive with extensive experience in operations, marketing and financial management in both sporting and business industries. Over the past ten years he has spent five years as the Chief Executive Officer of Peel Thunder Football Club Read More ...

Perth has been announced as the host city for the largest AFL Carnival event in Australia – the 2020 AFL Masters National Carnival from September 26 to October 4 this year.  It will be the first time since 2003 that Western Australia hosts the event, which is expected to attract more than 1200 male and female players representing more than 35 teams from across Australia.  Read More ...

From September 1 to November 1, the 2020 Early Registration Campaign was in full swing.  The first 400 children registered won either a ball or a double pass to the movies. For clubs, they had the chance to win $5,000 cash, an AFL game day experience valued at $2,000 or one of three $1,000 Burley Vouchers. The prizes were given to the top 5 performing clubs which was measured by the amount of re-registrations measured against club members, meaning smaller clubs weren’t disadvantaged. The top performing club this year was Rockingham Junior Football Club, who re-registered 43% of their members. President, Michael Holland, said the success was a credit to the work their registrar had put in, emailing parents weekly reminders to register their kids.  Read More ...

Get your calendars out! These are the 9 games you simply can’t miss during the 2020 Optus WAFL season.  Round 1:  Perth v West Coast Eagles, Mineral Resources Park: Friday April 3  The 2020 Optus WAFL season is set to start with a bang seeing a Friday night blockbuster open the season. The battle of Mineral Resources Park sees Perth & West Coast face off Read More ...

The 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season will kick off under lights on Friday, April 3 in a blockbuster night match between Perth and West Coast at Mineral Resources Park.  The 20-round home-and-away season will be followed by a four-week finals series, with the WAFL Grand Final scheduled to be played on the weekend of September 19 & 20 at Optus Stadium.   CLICK HERE to view Read More ...

In a community more than 1700km north of Perth lies a WA Football heartland. A place where football takes precedence over everyday life.  Nookanbah sits on the Fitzroy River between Camballin and Fitzroy Crossing with a total population of around 600 people. The football oval covered in red dirt becomes a haven for children and adults to play, it’s a way of life.  Every weekend Read More ...

WAFC Life Members to be inducted SIX new West Australian Football Commission Life Members will be inducted at an official function on Monday, December 9 in recognition of their distinguished service to WA Football.  Induction to the WAFC Life Members’ Association is regarded as the WAFC’s highest level of recognition, distinct from life membership awarded by individual football clubs and associated bodies, and is awarded Read More ...

A total of 25 West Australians made their way onto an AFL list in 2019 culminating in a successful year for the WA Talent Pathways programs. Fourteen Sandgropers went in the National Draft, three went as Rookies, two were signed up as Category B Rookies, four were selected in the mid-season draft and two as SSP signings.  It culminates in 186 West Australians being drafted this decade. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission congratulates the 19 WAFL players added to AFL lists via the 2019 NAB AFL National and Rookie Drafts. This included 14 in the National Draft, three in the Rookie Draft and two as Category-B Rookies. This was in addition to the six players added to AFL lists since the 2018 AFL Draft as pre-season supplemental selections or in the AFL Mid-Season Draft. Read More ...

Western Australia produced three first round AFL draftees at the NAB AFL National Draft on Wednesday, November 27. East Fremantle’s Luke Jackson (pick 3 – Melbourne), Claremont’s Liam Henry (pick 9 – Carlton/Fremantle), and Subiaco’s Mitchell Georgiades (pick 18 – Port Adelaide) were all selected within the first round of the Draft. It now means that the Simply Energy Western Australia pathway has produced twenty-eight first round draftees this decade. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission congratulates first round 2019 NAB AFL National Draft selections from the West Australian Football League, Luke Jackson, Liam Henry and Mitchell Georgiades. Luke Jackson, from East Fremantle Football Club, was selected at number 3 by Melbourne. Liam Henry, from Claremont Football Club, was selected at number 9 by Fremantle, and Mitchell Georgiades, from Subiaco Football Club, was selected at number 18 by Port Adelaide. WAFC Chief Executive Officer Gavin Taylor congratulated each of the players on being drafted as a great reward for their dedication and commitment to football. Read More ...

The election results for Commissioners of the West Australian Football Commission were endorsed last night, Monday 25 November 2019, at a meeting of WA Football stakeholders. Commissioner HON. Cheryl Edwardes AM was reappointed for three years and has been endorsed by the WAFC Board to serve as Vice Chairman from 1 January 2020. Commissioner Neil Randall was reappointed for one year, extending his overall term on the WAFC Board to nine years. Worley Global Strategy Director, Amber Banfield, was appointed for her first term of three years after being elected to the Board position vacated by retiring Chairman Murray McHenry. Read More ...

The WA Football Media Guild and West Australian Football Commission hosted the annual WA Football Media Awards at Optus Stadium last night, Tuesday November 19, to recognise the season’s high achievers both on and off the field. This included awards for online, print, radio and television media, WAFL and AFL players and coaches, as well as special awards for outstanding service. Awards were judged in each category by members of the WA Football Media Guild, the West Australian Football Commission, and an appointed judging panel. Read More ...

Western Australia has an excellent history of producing Indigenous Australian footballers who have excelled at the highest levels.= West Australians such as Barry Cable, Bill Dempsey, Graham “Polly” Farmer, Syd Jackson, Jim Krakouer, Chris Lewis, Peter Matera, Stephen Michael, Maurice Rioli, and Nicky Winmar are considered to be some of the greatest players to ever play the game. Since 2000, Western Australia has produced over seventy Indigenous footballers who have been drafted onto an AFL list. Many of these players are considered to be amongst the best players to be playing in the current AFL environment. Read More ...