More than 50 Aborginal players showcased their talent and footy skills at the South Metro Nicky Winmar Tri-Series Carnival held at Nicholson Reserve in Yangebup on Friday, December 11. Read More ...

Our state’s young footballers have the chance to test their bodies and maximise their performance at the Rookie Me Pre-season Camp, which kicks off in January, in a first for WA. Read More ...

Fixtures have been finalised for the 2016 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership Season. The season will feature 23 rounds in total, with 18 games and the finals series to be covered live on the Seven Network. Read More ...

The National Women's competition is just around the corner and all female footballers interested in representing WA in the AFL are being encouraged to trial for the following state teams in 2016; Read More ...

Kennards Hire will continue its partnership with the McDonald's WAFL Broadcast on the Seven Network for a further two seasons following a successful 2015 season. Read More ...

West Coast and Fremantle will visit and engage with a number football fans and supporters in metropolitan and regional WA communities as part of next year's Australia Post Community Camps. Over 750 players from each AFL Club will spend two days meeting fans and developing strong links with the grassroots football community between February and March next year. Read More ...

Perth-based AFL field umpire Jeff Dalgleish was awarded the Slater and Gordon Official of the Year at the RAC WA Sports Star Awards held at the Perth Convention Centre on Monday, December 7. The awards night recognises and celebrates the outstanding achievements of the state's premier sports people across a diverse range of sporting codes. Read More ...

More than 50 students from diverse backgrounds had the opportunity to experience life as an AFL umpire and test their umpiring skills at Domain Stadium on Wednesday, November 18, as part of the Umpiring Diversity Academy Program. Students from Clontarf College, Coodanup College, Gilmore College and Cecil Andrews Senior High School took part in field, goal and boundary umpiring clinics over the six-week program headed by Umpire Development Manager Dean Margetts, Senior Competitions Talent Pathways Manager Tim Priest and WAFL Umpire Manager Darryl Sinclair. Read More ...

A total of 15 WA players have been added to AFL lists following the completion of the 2015 NAB AFL National and Rookie Drafts. Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has appointed former Fremantle Football Club State Recruiting Manager Adam Jones as WAFC State Talent Manager. Jones will lead the WAFC talent portfolio supported by former WAFC Schools Competitions Manager Clayton Anderson, who has been appointed as Talent Programs Coordinator. Jones has worked in recruiting roles for the past eight years based both in Melbourne and Perth and worked as Fremantle’s State Recruiting Manager since 2012. Read More ...

THE West Australian Football Commission congratulates the WAFL players selected in the 2015 NAB AFL National Draft in Adelaide tonight. They included number 8 Callum Ah Chee (South Fremantle), 34 Joshua Schoenfeld (Peel Thunder), 35 Marcus Adams (West Perth), 60 Declan Mountford (Claremont), 61 Shane Yarran (Subiaco), 66 Sam Menegola (Subiaco) and 67 Nathan Broad (Swan Districts). Talented Swan Districts player Yestin Eades, who played under permit for the North Ballarat Rebels in 2015, was also selected at number 64 by Essendon. Read More ...

As the 2015 AFL Draft looms, we take a look back at some of the talented and successful WA footballers who have found a home at an AFL club. Test your knowledge by taking the quiz below! Read More ...

Eight of the WAFL's top players who were tested at the AFL National Draft Combine in Melbourne in October face a nervous wait ahead of the 2015 NAB AFL Draft. South Fremantle FC's Callum Ah Chee separates himself from some of his fellow draft hopefuls with his aerial exploits. It was the 18-year-old's spectacular screamer for the NAB AFL Academy side against the Northern Blues at the MCG in April that made him a social media star. Ah Chee gathered 22 disposal, kicked two goals and won the medal for best on ground. Read More ...

THE West Australian Football Commission is delighted to announce that Life Membership will be awarded to long-serving football identity Laurie Kennedy. Mr Kennedy will be inducted at the WAFC Life Members’ Association Christmas Luncheon to be held on Monday, December 7 at Domain Stadium. Induction to the WAFC Life Members’ Association is regarded as the WAFC’s highest level of recognition, distinct from life membership awarded by individual football clubs and associated bodies, and is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding overall contribution to football. WAFC Chairman Murray Henry congratulated Mr Kennedy on receiving the honour of WAFC Life Membership. Read More ...

The results of elections for Commissioners of the West Australian Football Commission were endorsed on Wednesday November 18, at a meeting of the Nominee Members of the WAFC (WA’s AFL and WAFL Clubs). Current WAFC Chairman, Murray McHenry, and Deputy Chair Stuart Love were each reappointed for terms of three years. Jon Carson was appointed for a three year term and Hon. Cheryl Edwardes for a one year term to replace outgoing Commissioners Frank Cooper AO and Rob McKenzie, who retire on 31 December 2015 after each serving their maximum nine year terms.   Read More ...