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WA players to showcase skills on the national stage

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 10:46 AM
Top AFLW draft prospect Zipporah Fish joins Molly O’Hehir and Claudia Wright in representing the AFL National Academy Girls squad for the second time this year when they take on a national All-Stars side in Melbourne this weekend. WA Football Commission Manager Female Talent Programs and Coaching Specialist, Trent Cooper said the game provides another opportunity to showcase their skills on the national stage in Read More ...


WA Football Mourns Passing of Football Great

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 1:26 PM
One of Western Australia’s greatest ever footballers, John Todd, has passed away at the age of 86.  A decorated player and coach, Todd was a revered figure in football.  A Sandover Medallist at the age of just 17 in 1955, his playing career was cut short by a knee injury.  Despite this, Todd won three fairest and best awards at South Fremantle, also earning State Read More ...


WAFL Activ WA Day Round Recap

Monday, June 3, 2024 - 7:56 PM - by Chris Pike
OVER 12,000 fans turned out to witness two cracking WA Day WAFL contests with wins for South Fremantle and East Perth while Tony Notte got a fairytale 300th game with Swan Districts, and Claremont and West Coast Eagles scored wins over the weekend. It was a WA Day Round in the WAFL to savour which started back on Saturday with Claremont putting together a terrific Read More ...


WAFLW Activ WA Day Round Recap

Monday, June 3, 2024 - 7:25 PM - by Chris Pike
EAST Fremantle all but wrapped up the WAFLW minor premiership with a hard earned Round 14 win over Swan Districts while the race for the rest of the finals spots heated up with wins for West Perth, South Fremantle and Claremont. The third last round of the 2024 WAFLW home and away season saw four fascinating games played across the WA Day long weekend with Read More ...


Dress Rehearsals Over for State 18s

Friday, May 31, 2024 - 10:30 AM
Two trial matches have given State 18s coach Marc Webb confidence his side can be highly competitive in the upcoming 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships - U18 Boys. The team will be without captain Bo Allan who is recovering from a back injury, but is expected to play in WA's next Championships match against South Australia on Sunday June 16. The State side wrapped up Read More ...


Activ WA Day Round WAFL Preview

Friday, May 31, 2024 - 9:32 AM - by Chris Pike
THE Activ WA Day WAFL Round takes place across three days this long weekend with all five games fascinating in their own right wrapped up by the traditional South Fremantle-East Fremantle, and West Perth-East Perth derbies. WA Day Round in the WAFL gets underway on Saturday afternoon with Claremont at home to Peel Thunder at Revo Fitness Stadium. Peel comes into the game in top spot Read More ...


Activ WA Day Round WAFLW Preview

Friday, May 31, 2024 - 8:29 AM - by Chris Pike
THINGS continue to heat up ahead of the finals in the WAFLW with the Round 14 action including South Fremantle and Subiaco trying to stay in finals contention before on Sunday, Swan Districts try to end the winning run of East Fremantle. It's the third last round of the home and away season in the WAFLW competition for 2024 and all four games have something riding on Read More ...


Activ WA Day Game Heads to Northam

Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 11:44 AM
The Wheatbelt town of Northam is preparing for its biggest weekend of football in years as Perth hosts the West Coast Eagles in the Activ WA Day Round WAFL match at Henry Street Oval on Sunday. Only percentage separates the sides on the WAFL ladder with the Demons coming off a narrow loss to the Sharks while the Eagles are chasing back to back wins Read More ...


Notte becomes seventh man to 300 games in WAFL history

Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 10:24 AM - by Chris Pike
SWAN Districts stalwart Tony Notte books his place into the history books for Swan Districts over the WA Day long weekend when he becomes just the seventh man in WAFL history to reach 300 games. The fact that only Mel Whinnen (371), Bill Dempsey (343), Jack Sheedy (332), Brian Peake (315), Bill Walker (305) and Kris Miller (303) have ever achieved the milestone in the Read More ...


Five WA Players Selected in the AFL Mid-Season Draft

Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 9:24 AM
Five WA players were selected by AFL clubs in last night's AFL mid-season draft. Jacob Blight from Peel Thunder was the first WA player chosen, with Richmond using pick number two for the centre-half back. Blight's impressive start to the season with Peel earned him a spot in the KIA State team. West Perth key forward Jasper Scaife was selected by Hawthorn, having scored two Read More ...


Wrigley embracing new lease on life at Sharks

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 10:11 AM - by Chris Pike
A SEASON in Melbourne opened up Chloe Wrigley's eyes to new football prospects and the Peel Thunder premiership star couldn’t be happier with her move to East Fremantle, and to be bringing her trademark tackling and ball winning ability. Mandurah will always be home to Wrigley and she'll always cherish those memories she had playing with Peel Thunder where she was a key player on Read More ...


Match Review From WAFL/WAFLW Matches

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 9:33 AM
The following incidents were assessed from weekend matches in the WAFL and WAFLW. South Fremantle player Haiden Schloithe was reported for engaging in rough conduct against an opponent in the Round 8 WAFL match against the Peel Thunder at Lane Group Stadium on Saturday, May 25. Base Sanction -  1 match Early Guilty Plea - reprimand Peel Thunder player Corey Tregenza was reported for engaging Read More ...


WA Italian Team of the Century Named

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 9:30 AM
Four time WAFL premiership coach Tony Micale has been named the WA Italian Team of the Century coach at a function on Thursday 16 May at Optus Stadium. West Coast Eagles legend Peter Matera was named captain of the side while his brothers Phil and Wally were among 23 players selected with Italian backgrounds. This includes current WAFL players Aaron Black (West Perth) and Tony Notte (Swan Districts) Read More ...


WA State 18s Take Down Tigers in Final Hit-Out

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 - 3:42 PM
WA’s State 18 side has completed its preparations for the opening game of the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championship – Boys with a victory over the Claremont Reserves at Mineral Resources Park. WA ran out winners by 33 points 12.10 (82) to 7.7 (49) as the final hit-out before facing The Allies this weekend. WA kicked five goals to one in the final quarter. East Read More ...


National Reconciliation Week: 27 May - 3 June

Monday, May 27, 2024 - 3:10 PM
National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to join in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to learn about our shared histories and culture while working together to achieve reconciliation in Australia. National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May – 3 June, with this year’s theme Now More Than Ever, a reminder to all of us that no matter what, the Read More ...