SOUTH Australian football legend Graham Cornes feels a great affinity with Western Australia in their combined disdain for Victorian football, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t out to prove the SANFL's superiority in Saturday's State match against the WAFL on a massive weekend for his family. Cornes has been inducted into both the Australian and South Australian Football Hall of Fames, and the fact that he is coaching the SANFL team into Saturday's State game with the WAFL at Lathlain Park illustrates how seriously it is being taken. On top of everything Cornes achieved in his 369-game playing career with Glenelg, North Melbourne and South Adelaide, and in 284 matches as coach of South Adelaide, Glenelg and the Adelaide Crows, representing South Australia as a player and coach has always meant the world to him. Read More ...

HE IS a WAFL premiership captain and coach, AFL premiership assistant coach and an innovator in the Leading Teams program, but being in charge of Western Australia against South Australia in Saturday's State game has whetted Darren Harris' coaching appetite again. Harris arrived at West Perth in the early 1990s and went on to become a premiership captain in 1995, then coached the Falcons to the flag in 2003 and was a premiership assistant coach with West Coast in 2006 before spending time as a development coach with Carlton. He has now been back in Perth for a couple of years working with the Leading Teams program and that hasn’t allowed him too much time to consider a return to full-time coaching despite several WAFL clubs having made serious approaches to him. Read More ...

TEAMS have been announced for the WAFL v SANFL Carlton Draught state clash at Lathlain park this Saturday. Both states have named teams of 24 for the game including emergencies. The WAFL's sqaud has been cut from 27, with 2014 State captain Brendan Lee (East Perth) withdrawing due to injury concerns last night and talented pair Leroy Jetta (Peel) and Chris Keunen (West Perth) both unlucky to miss out on selection. Read More ...

Australian Football in WA Schools continues to be the State’s number one participation sport. With double digit growth expected again in 2015 the WAFC in partnership with the West Coast Eagles are looking forward to a bumper year of school football programs The WA Football Commission is delighted to have the West Coast Eagles and BHP Billiton committed to primary school programs the ‘Eagles Cup’ and ‘Eagles Faction Footy along with ‘Eagles Schoolboys Cup’ in Secondary schools for season 2015. Read More ...

TALLAN Ames' withdrawal from the WAFL squad opens the door for five-time premiership full-back Darren Rumble to again represent Western Australia while the Swan Districts skipper is desperately hoping a premiership teammate of his gets selected. Ames has been forced to withdraw from the WAFL squad that will take on the SANFL this Saturday at Lathlain Park meaning the 31-year-old veteran of 219 matches won't get to add to his four previous matches for WA, and also potentially misses out on the chance to captain his State. That opens the door for another veteran full-back with Subiaco's five-time premiership player Rumble called into the WA squad and now likely to play in the absence of Ames. Read More ...

The 2015 Carlton Draught WAFL Squad has been narrowed down to 27 for this Saturday’s State Game against the South Australian National Football League. The record between the two States stands at 46 wins each from 92 games over more than 100 years. This year’s game will be played at 2.15pm at Lathlain Park and broadcast via live stream on the WAFL website, hosted by WAFL commentator Glenn Mitchell and South Australian commentator Phil Aspinall, with expert comments from former Subiaco leading goal kicker Rod Willett. The game will also be broadcast on radio by Sport FM 91.3fm and Life FM 107.9fm in Adelaide. LIVE STREAM - CLICK HERE LIVE STATS - CLICK HERE Read More ...

The first of two Women’s AFL games will be played at the MCG this Sunday May 24 starting at 12.20pm Melbourne time. The best 50 female players will be playing in the third AFL match which is a highlight in the 100 Years of Female Football. Read More ...

SUBIACO moved two games clear on top of the WAFL ladder heading into the State game break while West Perth improved to second position, Peel Thunder returned to the winner's list and Claremont record a third straight victory as part of Round 9 action. All four matches took place on Saturday afternoon with West Perth replacing East Fremantle in second position on the ladder thanks to a 16.9 (105) to 10.13 (73) victory at Joondalup's HBF Arena. Peel Thunder ended its losing streak at two with a strong 12.13 (85) to 5.11 (41) victory over South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval with the Bulldogs kicking their lowest ever score against Peel. Claremont won a third straight match and handed East Perth a third consecutive loss with the Tigers winning 8.12 (60) to 2.9 (21) at the Showground with the Royals kicking their lowest ever score against Claremont. Subiaco then won a fifth straight match to move further clear on top of the ladder with an 11.18 (84) to 6.6 (42) victory over Swan Districts at Leederville's Medibank Stadium. Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle goal-sneak Cory Dell-Olio and Subiaco veteran Darren Rumble have been added to the Carlton Draught WAFL sqaud in preparation for this Saturday's clash with the SANFL at Lathlain Park. Dell-Olio, who kicked 16 goals in 16 games during three seasons of AFL at Essendon (2012-14), returned to his club of origin at the port this season where he has booted 14 goals in six games and averaged 12.8 disposals. Read More ...

COLD, wet and windy conditions struck across Perth on Saturday for Round 9 WAFL action and that resulted in East Perth and South Fremantle posting record low scores in defeat, while Subiaco moved further clear on top of the ladder and West Perth moved up into second spot. All four matches took place on Saturday afternoon ahead of next Saturday's State match against South Australia to be held at Lathlain Park. West Perth moved into second position with a 16.9 (105) to 10.13 (73) victory over East Fremantle at Joondalup's HBF Arena while Claremont beat East Perth 8.12 (60) to 2.9 (21) at the Showground, Peel Thunder downed South Fremantle 12.13 (85) to 5.11 (41) at Fremantle Oval and Subiaco defeated Swan Districts 11.18 (84) to 6.6 (42) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium. Read More ...

THE last WAFL Round prior to next Saturday's State match with South Australia takes place this Saturday afternoon with all four matches throwing up some tantalising clashes with none better than West Perth and East Fremantle fighting over second spot. Three of the four matches all begin at 2.15pm with West Perth taking on East Fremantle at Joondalup's HBF Arena, Subiaco playing Swan Districts at Leederville's Medibank Stadium, and Claremont facing East Perth at the Claremont Showground. Then at 2.40pm, Subiaco and Swan Districts will face off at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with that match broadcast live on 7mate. Read More ...

Team selections and previews with Frizz Ferguson for all of this weekend's McDonald's WAFL Round 9 match-ups Read More ...

VERSATILE Subiaco player and Simpson Medallist during WA's historic win over Victoria in 2013, Wayde Twomey, has been added to the Black Swans squad ahead of next Saturday's State Game against the SANFL at 2.15pm at Lathlain Park. Twomey joined the squad on the training track this week as they geared up for the May 23 clash, his five-goal haul during WA's 17-point win over the VFL two years ago, no doubt a factor in the minds of WA selectors.  Claremont ruckman Mark Seaby was also invited to training on Monday night but was unavailable, citing a lack of match time since his return from a hamstring injury a fortnight ago. Read More ...

"You just have to get involved in everything the kids do, roll your sleeves up and off you go." Deb Thoars has been a volunteer at the Newman National Football League in the Pilbara region for 12 years. "We've always lived in the country and loved supporting the local football team the Newman Tigers." she said. "From the time our son started playing football I was washing jumpers, scoring, waving flags or running water." Read More ...

SWAN Districts captain Tallan Ames has escaped a hamstring injury and now is preparing himself and his team to topple the league-leading reigning premiers Subiaco this Saturday with some old premiership teammates of his in his sights as well. Ames had an injury scare with a tight hamstring during Saturday's loss to Claremont in Mt Barker, but has pulled up fine from that this week with scans giving him all the clear. And that is a double dose of good news for the 218-game full-back who will now be available to take on Subiaco this Saturday at Medibank Stadium and then also being available to play for Western Australia against South Australia in next Saturday's State game at Lathlain Park. Read More ...