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VIDEO: McDonald's WAFL Round 1 Team Line-Ups

Friday, March 18, 2016 - 3:28 PM
Round One of the McDonald's WAFL season kicks off on Saturday afternoon at Fremantle Community Bank Oval where South Fremantle and West Perth battle it out for the Garlic Muncher's Cup. Read More ...


McDonald's WAFL Round 1 Preview

Friday, March 18, 2016 - 9:07 AM - by Chris Pike
THE 2016 McDonald's WAFL season begins with all four matches this Saturday with two outstanding servants of two clubs celebrating significant milestones. The Round 1 WAFL matches all take place on Saturday afternoon with South Fremantle taking on West Perth at Fremantle Community Bank® Oval, East Perth taking on Claremont at Medibank Stadium, Peel Thunder facing Subiaco at Bendigo Bank Stadium and East Fremantle playing Swan Districts at ATOM Stadium. It will be a massive day for two of the fiercest and most loyal competitors of this century as well. East Perth co-captain Craig Wulff will become the Royals' all-time games record holder when he runs out for appearance No. 270 against the Tigers while Swan Districts premiership star Justin Simpson will earn life membership of the black-and-whites by playing his 150th match. Read More ...


WAFL coaches gear up for 2016 season to begin

Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 10:48 AM - by Chris Pike
THE 2016 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season begins this Saturday with four Round 1 matches all in the traditional afternoon time slot. Ahead of the season opening round, WAFL senior coaches (two assistants) fronted the media on to talk about their prospects coming into the new campaign. Round 1 will see South Fremantle play West Perth at Fremantle Oval, East Perth take on Claremont at Medibank Stadium, East Fremantle host Swan Districts at ATOM Stadium and Peel Thunder battle Subiaco at Bendigo Bank Stadium. Perth has the bye. Read More ...


2016 McDonald's WAFL Media Launch

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 2:21 PM
We're on the doorstep of what's set to be the most exciting McDonald's WAFL Premiership season yet with Round One matches kicking off on Saturday March 19. Read More ...


State 15 Schoolgirls Trials

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 11:17 AM - by Alison Moore
More than 100 females are expected to trial for this year's Female State 15s National Carnival to be held in Queensland in late July. The carnival will see WA take on teams from Victoria, South Australia, Australian Capital Territoty, New South Wales, Queensland and for the first time Tasmania. WA claimed the National Championship title twice since its inception in 2009 and has become the first State Team Read More ...


It's exciting. It's exhilarating. It's WA footy!

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 11:25 AM
After what has seemed like an eternity of an off-season, the 2016 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season is just a few days away with South Fremantle scheduled to take on West Perth at Fremantle Oval in the opening game of Round One. Read More ...


New co-captain, coach shoot for ultimate success for Royals

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 1:06 AM - by Chris Pike
NEW co-captain Kyle Anderson and coach Jaymie Graham both have big shoes to fill at East Perth in 2016 but the Royals remain buoyant regarding their hopes of a first premiership since 2002 after being so close the last three years. Craig Wulff will remain East Perth co-captain in 2016 and the Royals' legend will become the club's all-time games record holder when he leads the team out on to Medibank Stadium this Saturday against Claremont to open the season. Wulff will play his 270th game with the Royals seeing him go one ahead of the club record he currently shares with Derek Chadwick. Read More ...


No complacency at Subiaco as Lions hunt another hat-trick

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 12:44 AM - by Chris Pike
SUBIACO already has one premiership hat-trick this century and there are no signs of complacency at the Lions as they chase another in 2016. The Lions claimed the club's first ever premiership hat-trick with triumphs in 2006, 07 and 08 and now remarkably have a chance to do so again less than a decade following an upset win over East Perth in the 2014 grand final and dominating the competition in 2015 on the way to a 66-point win over West Perth in the decider. While Subiaco has lost three of their grand final stars from last year Matt Boland (returned to Melbourne), Shane Yarran (drafted by Fremantle) and Sam Menegola (drafted by Geelong), there is little sign of any drop off from the Lions coming into 2016. Read More ...


New Thunder skipper Ugle not afraid to aim big

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 12:25 AM - by Chris Pike
NEW Peel Thunder captain Gerald Ugle is excited to be appointed skipper for 2016 and enjoyed the chance at playing finals in 2015, but neither he nor anyone involved in the Mandurah-based club are satisfied with just taking part in September. Peel made the WAFL finals for the first time in the club's history since joining the league in 1997 last year. After finishing the home and away season in third position, the Thunder went on to lose the qualifying final to West Perth at HBF Arena and then the first semi-final to East Perth at Bendigo Bank Stadium. Read More ...


Murphy looks for some better luck as Tigers captain

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 12:05 AM - by Chris Pike
CLAREMONT captain Jake Murphy is hoping for better luck in his third season as captain of the Tigers as he looks to lead a young Tigers' midfield to help them to another finals campaign. When Murphy took over as Claremont captain in 2014 following the retirement of Andrew Browne, he was coming off the best season of his career where he was just about the best player in the WAFL following a 2013 season averaging 24.7 disposals and kicking 17 goals. As a dual premiership player, the then 24-year-old was a natural selection as the next captain at Claremont but things haven’t gone to plan the last two seasons with a horror injury run. Read More ...


WAFL Pre-Season Fixtures & Results

Monday, March 14, 2016 - 10:30 AM
West Australian Football League pre-season fixtures will be played over three rounds from Saturday, February 27 to Saturday March 12. All teams will play two games each – the first consisting of 4 x 25 minute quarters and the second under full match conditions. Read More ...


Sharks look for spark from new coach, captain, star recruit

Friday, March 11, 2016 - 11:03 PM - by Chris Pike
EAST Fremantle has a new coach, a new captain and a star recruit that the Sharks will be hoping can all combine for a vastly improved 2016 WAFL season after a 2015 that started with such high expectations but couldn’t have been more disappointing. The Sharks made the grand final in 2012 and appeared set to get back there in 2014, and would have done so had it not been for a horrible day in front of goal against Subiaco in the preliminary final. East Fremantle then started 2015 encouragingly winning five of their opening seven games, but things then took a dismal turn for the Sharks as they lost their next 12 games before breaking that drought with a final round victory over Perth. Read More ...


Albany to host female football festival

Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 12:00 PM
The West Australian Football Commission in partnership with the Great Southern Regional Development Council will be hosting an all-inclusive football festival as part of a push to improve the female football participation pathway in the Great Southern region. Read More ...


Talent shines at Nicky Winmar Carnival

Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 9:05 AM
More than 400 talented Indigenous players and coaches put their skills on show in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 at this year’s Nicky Winmar Carnival in Mandurah. Read More ...


Bulldogs top up talent in quest to return to finals

Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 12:34 AM - by Chris Pike
FOUR talented South Fremantle products back from the AFL, an experienced hard bodied recruit and the son of a legend are among the arrivals at the Bulldogs for 2016 as coach Todd Curley tries to guide them back to the finals in his second season in charge. Curley took over as coach of South Fremantle last season for his first ever involvement in a WAFL club outside of West Perth where he was a premiership player as well as captain and coach. The season showed signs of promise and gave Curley something to build on, but a fourth straight season of not playing finals meant South Fremantle still had plenty of further improvement to do. Read More ...