SOUTH Fremantle couldn’t have started the 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season in more impressive fashion defeating Subiaco by 39 points at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday. South Fremantle and Subiaco finished 2016 as the top two teams after the home and away season before meeting in the second semi-final with the Lions winning on the way to a third successive WAFL grand final appearance. That was Subiaco's sixth straight win over South Fremantle but the Bulldogs turned that around to open the 2017 season on Saturday with an impressive 17.14 (116) to 11.11 (77) victory. Read More ...

PERTH made a flying start with eight first quarter goals but Swan Districts took over from there to record a 12-point Round 1 WAFL victory on Saturday at Steel Blue Oval. Both teams occupied the bottom two spots on the ladder at the end of the 2016 season, so getting off to a fast start was going to be important as they look to make dramatic improvements in 2017. It was all out attack in the opening quarter with both sides playing attractive and attacking football, and most importantly taking their chances in front of goal. Read More ...

CLAREMONT has made a statement in Round 1 of the 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season under new coach Darren Harris beating East Fremantle by 62 points at East Fremantle Oval. East Fremantle and Claremont both narrowly missed out on playing finals in 2016 and were looking to make a winning start to 2017 to build some momentum. It was East Fremantle who made the fast start on home turf with a four-goal to one opening quarter to catch the Tigers off guard. Read More ...

ROUND 1 of the 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season is in the books with Claremont, Swan Districts, South Fremantle and Peel Thunder all coming away victorious. All four WAFL Round 1 matches took place on Saturday beginning with Claremont defeating East Fremantle 19.9 (123) to 9.7 (61) at East Fremantle Oval. Perth made a flying start with eight first quarter goals at Steel Blue Oval but Swan Districts fought back well to end up winning 12.11 (83) to 11.5 (71). Read More ...

THE WAFL's broadcast match for Round 1 of the 2017 McDonald's Premiership Season looks set to be a beauty between East Perth and Peel Thunder with both clubs full of players pushing their case for the AFL's opening round too. Leederville Oval will play host to the contest on Saturday with bounce down set for 7.05pm making it just the second ever televised night match from a traditional WAFL venue.  Last year, Subiaco and South Fremantle played in a broadcast match also from Leederville Oval on a Thursday night. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle and Subiaco finished in the top two spots at the end of last season and there's every reason to expect them to be contenders again in 2017 ahead of their Round 1 clash at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. The Bulldogs and Lions were locked in a battle over the minor premiership for a lot of 2016, but ultimately Subiaco won that race with a 16-4 record just ahead of South Fremantle who finished on 15-5. That set up an eventual second semi-final clash between the two clubs at Leederville Oval with the Lions continuing their good run over the Bulldogs to advance to a third straight grand final. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle and Claremont were both not too far out of the WAFL finals in 2017 and with two experienced and well-regarded coaches at the helm, it shapes as a terrific contest at East Fremantle Oval on Saturday. The Sharks were playing their first season under Rob Wiley in 2016 and things started encouragingly as they won six of their opening nine games including emphatic wins over the top two teams at the end of the season, Subiaco and South Fremantle. However, they went on to win just three of their last 11 games to miss out on finals but they still weren’t far off the mark. East Fremantle could still have made the finals with a final round win over East Perth. Read More ...

THERE is great excitement and expectation surrounding the WAFL competition entering 2017 with Round 1 of the McDonald's Premiership Season taking place this Saturday. All four Round 1 matches are on Saturday starting with Swan Districts playing Perth at Steel Blue Oval at 2.15pm. At the same time at East Fremantle Oval, East Fremantle battles Claremont. Then at 4.15pm at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, South Fremantle hosts Subiaco in a rematch of last year's second semi-final. It is then a rematch of last year's elimination final on Saturday night and live on 7mate will see East Perth play reigning premiers Peel Thunder at Leederville Oval. Read More ...

THE 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season gets underway this Saturday with four fascinating matches with all nine clubs looking to make their mark throughout the year. All nine clubs have made strides to grow and improve over the pre-season with the 2017 campaign to get underway with four big games this Saturday. Swan Districts takes on Perth at Steel Blue Oval and East Fremantle faces Claremont at East Fremantle Oval both in the 2.15pm time slot. Then at 4.15pm at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, South Fremantle is playing Subiaco before at Leederville Oval from 7pm, East Perth takes on Peel Thunder.  Read More ...

The 2017 Official WAFL App is ready to download with new features for the 2017 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership season.   The new update includes a ‘My Club’ feature which allows users to customise the App with selected club colours and receive club-specific game and broadcast alerts. Show your true colours and select the club that you support today.   Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is pleased to announce that Racing and Wagering WA’s support for local football has extended to the 7 Network’s WAFL broadcast.   WAFC Chief Executive Gavin Taylor said it was terrific that a long-time supporter of football in Western Australia had committed further support to WA’s premier State League competition.   “The WAFL broadcast on the 7 Network continues to go from strength to strength with a 65% increase in audience over the past two years seeing the competition ranked first for viewer growth out of all televised WA winter sports teams or competitions,” Mr Taylor said. Read More ...

Three umpires were recognised for their dedication and performance over the WA Football League pre-season at the WA National Football League Umpire Association (WANFLUA) Annual Panel Awards Night held on Tuesday, March 14, at EJ Pavillion in South Perth. West Perth District field umpire Louis Jago was awarded the Ross Capes Medal for an outstanding pre-season. WAAFL boundary umpire Mitch Vernon capped off a strong pre-season after he was awarded the Ron Hall Medal. Goal umpire David Hayes was recognised for his very confident performances over the pre-season and was awarded the Merv Rose Medal. Read More ...

WEST Perth has the Round 1 bye ahead of a derby next Sunday and coach Bill Monaghan is looking forward to seeing his strong key position player stocks in action along with how some emerging players step up in 2017. The Falcons made the finals again in 2016 on the back of playing in two of the previous three WAFL grand finals, and winning the premiership in 2013. Monaghan is again hoping the Falcons are around the mark in 2017 but there are a lot of unknown quantities heading into 2017. Following last year, West Perth has lost some significant experience and quality with the retirement of Luke Tedesco, and departures of Laine Rasmussen, Drew Rohde, Rohan Kerr, Joel Leeson and Max Duffy. Read More ...

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Helvetica; color: #ffffff} WA footy fans have the chance to win a family pass (four tickets) to the WAFL each week by simply posting a photo of themselves (a selfie!) at a WAFL match on social media (Facebook, Twitter or Instagram). Fans must use #WAFLselfie in the caption to be in the running to win. The winner of the weekly #WAFLselfie competition will be announced on the Wednesday following the round of WAFL.             Check out the winning entries so far.. Read More ...

LUKE Webster makes his return to East Perth as a senior coach in 2017 and the club great and premiership player is making no secret that his No. 1 goal is to win above and beyond anything else. Webster retired folloing the 2010 WAFL season from East Perth bringing an end to a playing career that had plenty of challenges with four knee reconstructions, but some tremendous highs particularly with the Royals. He played in the 2001 premiership with East Perth and following his 33-game AFL career with Fremantle ended that was dogged by the knee injuries, returned to the Royals as a co-captain. Read More ...