The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) with the support of the AFL has developed the WA Football Facilities Fund, to create safer and more inclusive spaces for community sport venues where football is played.  Over the past two years, the Fund has committed $4 million to more than 100 projects. These investments signify a commitment to supporting communities and will contribute towards delivering over $200 Read More ...

ONCE Emily McGuire and Brianna Hyde knew that the other was all in for a return to play at Swan Districts in 2024, they wanted back in and are more than welcome returnees to an increasingly young group. Both McGuire and Hyde have been fine servants at Swan Districts but McGuire last played in 2022 and Hyde in 2021 before she had a season in Read More ...

THE 2024 WAFL season started with a bang with West Perth winning thanks to a late goal on Thursday night from Keegan Knott and finished with Perth ending its drought over Subiaco along with wins for Peel Thunder, East Perth and Swan Districts. The 2024 WAFL season got under way on Thursday night under lights at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium with West Perth and Claremont doing Read More ...

THE hotly anticipated WAFL season gets underway with a bang on Thursday night under lights at Pentanet Stadium with West Perth hosting Claremont before a grand final rematch on Saturday just one of a host of fascinating match ups. Easter weekend provides the setting for the 2024 WAFL season to get underway and the action begins with a grand final rematch from 2022 with West Read More ...

As the countdown to the new WAFL year fast approaches, captains, coaches and umpires have given their take on what to expect at this week’s season launch. East Fremantle heads into 2024 as reigning premiers and there are nine clubs who have the Sharks in their sights. The defending champions haven’t won back-to-back flags since 1945-46 and this year the club will return to its Read More ...

With the aim of becoming the innovators of the WAFL competition, West Perth will begin its season under lights at Pentanet Stadium this evening. In a re-match of the 2022 Grand Final against Claremont, the Falcons will begin a new era under Jason Salecic, who takes over as coach from Darren Harris. While other clubs and venues have experimented with night footy, West Perth’s upgraded Read More ...

WA has named a 26-player squad to take part in next month’s Under 16s National Championships in Victoria and South Australia. Western Australia will face the Gold Coast on April 7 in Melbourne, followed by a showdown with South Australia in Adelaide on April 14. Since the first squad intake was announced earlier this month, the players have been put through four weeks of training Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has locked in a groundbreaking partnership with Activ Foundation, delivering a major boost for community football in WA. The collaboration with Activ marks a significant step forward in promoting inclusivity and accessibility within the sport across the state. Activ, a leading organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people living with disability, bring expertise and lived experience to the table, Read More ...

WEST Perth and Claremont kept their undefeated starts to the WAFLW season going with wins on Saturday while East Fremantle won a heart stopper over Swan Districts and Subiaco got back to winning. A month into the WAFLW season for 2024 and the action has been fascinating with the Round 4 results leaving West Perth and Claremont as the two undefeated sides while East Perth Read More ...

ROUND 4 of the WAFLW season is split across the weekend with West Perth and Claremont looking to remain undefeated, East Perth with the challenge ahead and Swan Districts attempting to make it three consecutive victories. Three of the four Round 4 WAFLW match ups take place across Saturday afternoon with East Fremantle taking on Swan Districts, West Perth playing South Fremantle and East Perth Read More ...

West Perth is on target to reach the finals for the first time in the WAFLW competition having opened the season with a stunning start to the year. In their third season, the Falcons sit on top of the table with three wins a whopping percentage of 382, well ahead of the only other unbeaten side Claremont. West Perth entered the WAFL in 2022 and Read More ...

VERITY Simmons did have at least one familiar face out on the field when she made her WAFLW debut for Subiaco last Sunday as the former West Coast Fever premiership winner begins her foray into a new sport. Simmons put together quite the decorated netball career with 140 of her 159 games either in the ANZ Championship or Suncorp Super Netball at the West Coast Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission today accepted to adopt new return to play protocols in the concussion guidelines for the WAFL and WAFLW in line with the AFL and all community football across Western Australia. Across the WAFL and WAFLW competitions, a minimum 21-day return to play protocol will be introduced for the 2024 season. The new return to play protocols is in line with Read More ...

The WA All Abilities Football Association has combined with Starkick to stage an inclusion football carnival and sundowner in Bunbury and Albany. More than 100 people attended the events over two days with South West community members, disability organisations and staff from local schools part of the initiative. The carnival and sundowner were an opportunity to hear about the great work Starkick and WA All Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle opened its account with a win on Saturday to open Round 3 of the WAFLW season while Claremont won the grand final rematch and there were strong victories for West Perth and Swan Districts. Round 3 of the 2024 WAFLW season got underway on Saturday at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium featuring two teams looking for a first win of the campaign. It was South Read More ...