CHRIS Phelan continued to build his reputation as an all-time great of the Subiaco Football Club adding a second fairest and best award to his collection by winning the Outridge Medal for 2016 on Friday night. Phelan became the first man since Dwayne Lamb in 1984-5 to claim back-to-back Outridge Medal awards when he was named Subiaco's fairest and best winner for a 2016 that saw the Lions make another WAFL Grand Final. Subiaco came into 2016 having won the last two WAFL premierships and the Lions were the standout team throughout the season again finishing as minor premiers. Read More ...

JYE Bolton's remarkable first season in the WAFL with Claremont has concluded with the star midfielder claiming the Tigers' fairest and best award to add to the Sandover and Simpson Medals he already received in 2016. Bolton claimed the EB Cook Medal as Claremont's fairest and best player for 2016 to cap an outstanding first season in the WAFL having crossed from Werribee in the VFL. But he wasn’t the only reason for Claremont to celebrate the season at the awards night on Friday with the Tigers' reserves and colts having both won premierships in 2016 with each team defeating East Perth in the Grand Finals at Domain Stadium almost a fortnight ago. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle recruit Shane Hockey capped a stunning first WAFL season with the Bulldogs by claiming the WJ Hughes Medal on Friday night just ahead of Marlion Pickett and Steve Verrier. South Fremantle's league, reserves and colts teams all played in the WAFL finals in 2016 leading the Bulldogs to claiming the Rodriguez Shield as the strongest performing club in the competition. That outstanding all-round season was celebrated on Friday night at Fremantle Community Bank Oval in the Griff John Function Centre with the presentation of the fairest and best awards for all three grades. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has continued its commitment to ensuring WA’s talent pathway aspires to the highest possible standards with the appointment of former AFL Assistant Coaches Peter Sumich and Tony Micale to new roles with the Deppro WA State Academy. Sumich has been appointed as Coach Coordinator State 18s and Micale as Coach Coordinator State 16s. These new roles will include coaching WA’s respective sides at the NAB AFL National Championships, as well as the WAFL coaches linked to each age group. West Australian Football Commission Executive Manager Football Operations Jon Haines congratulated Sumich and Micale on their appointments and said both would offer a wealth of experience, knowledge and expertise to talent development in WA. Read More ...

Twelve players from Western Australia will put their bodies to the ultimate test when they take part in the four-day long 2016 NAB AFL Draft Combine this week. The 2016 NAB AFL Draft Combine will be conducted at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne from Thursday October 6 to Sunday October 9. The WA players among the 80 players invited after being nominated by at least five AFL clubs Read More ...

RECRUITING from interstate can be somewhat of a lottery for WAFL clubs but West Perth struck gold with Rohan Kerr who has delivered a tremendous consistent four years as a highly-skilled, prolific ball winning star. Kerr was drafted to Carlton from the Dandenong Stingrays in 2009 and spent three years at the Blues without breaking through for an AFL debut but when he was delisted it was a fresh start he was after. But even he couldn’t imagine that upon moving to Western Australia and join West Perth that by the time a new job meant playing WAFL football would become impossible four years later that he would be calling Perth home for the foreseeable future. Read More ...

    The West Australian Football Commission is excited to announce former AFL commentator Dennis Cometti will be joining the Channel Seven WA Football League broadcast team for the 2017 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season. Check out the Today Tonight piece below.   Read More ...

Young people aged six to 16 currently on school holidays are being encouraged to come along to the West Australian Football Commission’s (WAFC) and City of Armadale's Free Multi-Sport Day this Thursday in Gwynne Park, Armadale. The Multi-Sport Day is a free fun day for kids looking to take part in a number of different sports including football, basketball, netball, cricket, touch rugby and soccer and meet South Fremantle FC superstars Toby McGrath and Marlion Pickett. Read More ...

The WA State Indigenous football team has claimed the 2016 Female Kickstart title after the side defeated Queensland in its Grand Final clash at the 2016 National Female Diversity Championships. More than 200 players of Indigenous and Multicultural backgrounds showcased their skills and proudly represented their state at the 2016 Female Diversity Championships held at Shepparton, Victoria. Read More ...

IT is not often that a multiple premiership winner can further enhance his reputation in a losing Grand Final but that is exactly the case with Subiaco captain Kyal Horsley after a heroic performance in Sunday's loss to Peel Thunder. Sunday's Grand Final didn’t go to plan for Subiaco with Peel creating history by winning its first ever WAFL premiership leading from start to finish to win by 23 points, but it wasn’t without a remarkable individual performance by Horsley. Subiaco was attempting to make history itself by winning two premiership hat-tricks inside an 11-year period with the Lions having won the last two flags on the way to the 2016 minor premiership. Read More ...

GERALD Ugle was a little unsure of being Peel Thunder captain at the start of the season but now he will go down in history as the club's first ever premiership skipper and he couldn't be more proud. Ugle joined Peel for the 2015 WAFL season and had a terrific campaign kicking 38 goals to help the Thunder to a historic first ever finals appearance. He formed a dynamic small forward duo with another new arrival Leroy Jetta who also kicked 39 majors in the pair's first season together with the Thunder. Read More ...

West Australian Football Commission nominee Janet Seth was announced winner of the Honorary Category of the 2016 Football Woman of the Year Awards on Thursday September 29. Three West Australian women were selected as category finalists for the Awards for their outstanding contribution to Australian Football. Seth won the Honorary Category for her tireless work as a team manager across youth and senior women’s football, as well as maintaining her role as a member of the WA Women’s Football League Board, WA Football Commission Female Advisory Committee and the recently formed Fremantle Football Club National Women’s League Bid Advisory Committee. Read More ...

CAM Shepherd had to bide his time for his first crack at being a WAFL senior coach but after some growing pains he couldn’t have been more proud of how the Peel Thunder and Fremantle players alike came together to win the 2016 premiership. Shepherd had been a long successful assistant coach taking up roles at several clubs including Subiaco, East Perth and Swan Districts with the respect he was held in among WA football ranks highlighted with him being chairman of selection for the West Australia state team on several occasions. After being overlooked for several roles in the years leading up to his appointment to being Peel Thunder senior coach in 2013, Shepherd was ready to show what he was capable of. Read More ...

PEEL Thunder has made history winning a maiden premiership in the club's first ever WAFL Grand Final appearance beating the premiers of the past two years Subiaco by 23 points at Domain Stadium. The Thunder first played WAFL finals last year losing to West Perth and East Perth before qualifying again in 2016 from fourth position and going on to beat East Perth by 49 points, West Perth by 60 points and South Fremantle by 39 to qualify for a first Grand Final. Subiaco has won the last two WAFL premierships and finished on top of the ladder this year before beating South Fremantle by 40 points in the second semi-final. But Peel got on top early with the last four goals of the first quarter and managed to lead by 29 points midway through the second term. Subiaco did its best to fight back and did get within 10 points late in the third term, but Peel again steadied to run out 11.13 (79) to 8.8 (56) winners. Read More ...

CLAREMONT kicked four consecutive final quarter goals to set up an 18-point reserves Grand Final win over East Perth to see the Tigers claim the 2016 premiership. With Claremont's colts earlier beating East Perth for a second straight premiership as well, the Tigers reserves backed up that performance for their first reserves premiership since 2012. East Perth's reserves finished on top of the ladder and did lead by as much as 24 points during the second quarter, but the Royals have now still not won a reserves premiership since 1983. Read More ...