We’re delighted to release the WA Football Strategy 2026 – 2028, designed following a concentrated period of engagement with our stakeholders.  The Strategy sets the foundation for clear decision making on our investment priorities, exciting avenues to grow our game at all levels, having a clear intent to enhance equity and access, and setting out a deliberate approach to future proof the game in WA.  Read More ...

WA Football State Talent Manager Adam Jones is hopefully of getting as many as a dozen West Aussies picked up in the AFL national and rookie drafts next month. Speaking at Sunday’s WA State Draft Combine, Jones said he expected to see 8-12 WA players realise their AFL dreams across the National Draft on November 19-20 and Rookie Draft on November 21. It comes after Read More ...

Claremont young gun Charlie Banfield capped off a massive season by winning the 2km time trial at the WA State Draft Combine at WA Athletics Stadium on Sunday. The West Coast father-son prospect continues to enhance his draft stocks, less than a month after winning the Mel Whinnen Medal as best-afield in the Tigers' EGT WAFL Colts grand final victory over South Fremantle at Optus Read More ...

WA Football Umpiring had a successful trip to the South West for the Nutrien Ag Solutions Women’s Country Championships last week. WA Football Umpiring secured a $4,000 grant through the South32 Worsley Alumina Community Grants Program to support its Empowering Regional Umpires project, which directly assisted young and female football umpires from across regional Western Australia to participate in the Championships in Bunbury. As a part of Read More ...

Swan Districts pair Tylah Williams and Leon Kickett were among the standouts at the AFL National Draft Combine in Melbourne over the weekend. Williams, a West Coast Next Generation Academy prospect who made his debut for the Eagles’ WAFL side during the season, impressed in the 20m sprint and agility test. The silky-skilled finished second in the 20m sprint with a blistering time of 2.89 Read More ...

The Western Australian All Abilities Football Association (WAAAFA) has been announced as the 2025 Telstra Best of Business Award Winner for WA in the Building Communities category. In September, the WAAAFA was named a finalist in both the Building Communities and Outstanding Growth categories before going on to win the Building Communities Award for WA. The WAAAFA was recognised for its leadership in creating inclusive Read More ...

WA Football is pleased to reveal significant progress in our Community Sporting Venues Retrofitting Project, which has already seen eight sites completed and another five scheduled. Thanks to a $1 million grant from the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF), and further funding from the WA Football Facilities Fund and West Coast Eagles Royalty Reserve, the project is creating safer and more inclusive environments Read More ...

Western Australia was well represented at the AFLW National Draft Combine in Melbourne last week. WA had a record nine participants at the combine, including late invitation and Claremont WAFLW premiership star Juliet Kelly who blitzed the 2km time trial. Kelly finished third in the 2km event with an impressive time of 7:21, while Subiaco key forward Olivia Wolmarans (7:50) the next best West Aussie Read More ...

Swan Districts pair Tylah Williams and Leon Kickett were among the standouts at the AFL National Draft Combine in Melbourne over the weekend. Williams, a West Coast Next Generation Academy prospect who made his debut for the Eagles’ WAFL side during the season, impressed in the 20m sprint and agility test. The silky-skilled finished second in the 20m sprint with a blistering time of 2.89 Read More ...

Two West Australians have embraced the opportunity to take part in the Bachar Houli Foundation’s National Senior Boys Academy provided a camp in Melbourne during AFL Grand Final Week. The Academy is a year-long program delivered to 28 of the country’s most promising Islamic male footballers aged 15 to 18-years-old. The program provides an integrated approach to advanced football development, peak performance, leadership and identity. Read More ...

South West have kept their remarkable streak of Nutrien Ag Solutions Women’s Country Football Championship titles going after a 21-point grand final victory against Great Northern under lights at Hands Oval in Bunbury on Friday night. The SWFL made it six titles from as many attempts, continuing their reign as the best women’s competition in country WA. It wasn’t all one-way traffic though with Great Read More ...

South West Football League are in the box seat for their sixth Division One title in a row after a dominant day one of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Women’s Country Football Championships in Bunbury. Powered by captain and ex-AFLW player Ella Smith and fellow WAFLW fairest-and-best winner Beth Beckett, South West knocked off last year’s grand final opponents Peel and Great Northern by a combined Read More ...

We take a look at the players to watch at the 2025 Nutrien Ag Solutions Women's Country Football Championships, which kicks off in Bunbury on Thursday morning.   Ella Smith (South West) Ella Smith is a seriously talented player who made it as far as the AFLW, tallying five games in two seasons with West Coast. Smith also won a Dhara Kerr Medal as the Read More ...

South West Football League will be looking for a remarkable sixth consecutive Nutrien Ag Solutions Women’s Country Football Championship in a row at Bunbury’s Hands Oval this week. For the first time ever, Bunbury will host the tournament as the premier female country footballers from all over the State compete in the two-day tournament. South West battle it out against last season’s grand finalists Peel Read More ...

East Perth WAFLW coach and WA women’s football trailblazer Jenna Allomes has been named as an AFL Chemist Warehouse Community Ambassador for 2025. Allomes was one of just seven ambassadors Australia-wide in a deserving nod to her pivotal role in the development of women and girls’ footy in the WA community. Now in its fifth consecutive year, each 2025 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador will Read More ...