STEVE Malaxos won't get the chance to live out a rare feat as a premiership captain and coach at the same club with he and East Fremantle deciding on Monday that his time as senior coach would come to an end effective immediately. Malaxos has done a good job in charge of East Fremantle since 2011 taking the Sharks to the grand final in 2012 and then only narrowly missing out on getting back there in 2014, but on Monday he and the club mutually agreed to part company 11 rounds into the 2015 season. East Fremantle remains well and truly in contention to play finals again in 2015 sitting on a 5-5 record after 10 games, but two losses in five days to South Fremantle and Subiaco will be the last that Malaxos will oversee. Former Fremantle, East Fremantle and Claremont midfielder Brad Dodd will now take over as caretaker coach at the Sharks starting this Sunday against Swan Districts at ATOM Stadium. Read More ...

EAST Perth, South Fremantle and West Perth all put to bed the concerns over playing on a short break with the three teams finishing strongly to record impressive wins in Saturday's Round 11 WAFL action while the league-leading Subiaco continued its dominant form. All four Round 11 WAFL matches took place on Saturday afternoon starting with East Perth coming from behind to beat Swan Districts 13.9 (87) to 11.4 (70) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. Subiaco also beat East Fremantle 15.18 (108) to 8.12 (60) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium while South Fremantle defeated Perth 17.10 (112) to 11.8 (74) at Fremantle Oval and West Perth downed Peel Thunder 17.9 (111) to 17.5 (107) in a high-scoring thriller at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia's 18s team wasn’t able to back up its thrilling win over South Australia two weeks ago with the Croweaters running out 73-point winners on Saturday at AAMI Stadium in the AFL National 18s Championships. WA produced a tremendous performance two weeks ago Lathlain Park in the opening game of the 2015 AFL National 18s Championships beating the two-time defending champions South Australia by a point. However, last Sunday WA went down to Vic Country by 105 points at Medibank Stadium and now in their first away trip of the championships, came up short at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide with South Australia running out 18.15 (123) to 7.8 (50) winners. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia created history at Domain Stadium on Friday beating Victoria for the first time in an open-age State game, and it took a thriller for it to happen with the Black Swans holding on for a four-point win in a frantic finish. WA had never previously beaten Victoria in an open-age State game, but the two sides did battle at Domain Stadium on Friday afternoon and put on quite a show for those who came early to watch ahead of the Fremantle and Richmond AFL clash later that night. In the end, it was WA who recorded the 8.4 (52) to 7.6 (48) victory but it came down to the dying seconds with Victoria having a chance to snatch the win through Emma Kearney, but a superb defensive effort from WA's Tayla Bresland for WA was enough for the home side to hold on and win. Read More ...

IT IS a full round of WAFL action on Saturday afternoon for Round 11 of the 2015 season as seven of the league's nine teams all continue to fight over the final four spots in the top-five. The first match on Saturday afternoon bounces down at 1.40pm between Swan Districts and East Perth at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval with both teams looking to break into the top-five. The other three matches then all take place at 2.15pm on Saturday with Subiaco playing East Fremantle at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with Peel Thunder hosting West Perth at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium and South Fremantle facing Perth at Fremantle Oval. Read More ...

The West Australian Football League State 18s play South Australia at AAMI Stadium tomorrow, Saturday, June 6 in Round 3 of the NAB AFL National 18s Championships. The team will be aiming to repeat WA’s Round 1 success against South Australia at Lathlain Park and bounce back from a loss to Victoria Country in Round 2. TEAMS: SA v WA Read More ...

More than 120 West Australian Football League umpires and support staff will wear blue armbands at Round 11 McDonald’s WAFL Premiership games this weekend to help raise awareness of motor neurone disease (MND). A total of 96 umpires and 30 support staff will be wearing blue armbands at Colts, Reserves and League games in the lead-up to the AFL’s 'Big Freeze at the G' campaign on Monday June 8, which aims to raise money to find a cure for MND. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia will host Victoria in a women’s football showcase at Domain Stadium at 3pm on Friday afternoon as the curtain raiser to the Fremantle v Richmond AFL game. The fixture will follow the success of the AFL Women’s Exhibition Game at the MCG on May 24 and feature 30 star players from both of the teams that represented Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs. Read More ...

THE WA Day weekend of WAFL action produced some surprising results and outstanding performances with Swan Districts and Claremont recording wins on Saturday, and East Perth and South Fremantle scoring upset victories in the traditional derbies on Monday. The WAFL action resumed on Saturday following Western Australia's State game win over South Australia, and it saw Claremont beat Peel Thunder 17.16 (118) to 6.10 (46) at the Showground and Swan Districts defeat Perth 13.7 (85) to 11.12 (78) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. Then on the WA Day public holiday on Monday, over 11,000 fans attended the two games with East Perth beating West Perth 18.11 (119) to 10.11 (71) in front of 4021 at Medibank Stadium and then in likely the game of the season so far, South Fremantle stormed home to beat East Fremantle 15.13 (103) to 14.14 (98) at ATOM Stadium in front of 7209. Read More ...

A courageous Royal and a skilful Bulldog. Who gets your number 1 Play of the Day? Check out the best moments from Round 10 with the McDonald's WAFL Top 10 Plays of the Day. Read More ...

On the field, participation and a willingness to have a go are the key ingredients to sporting success. Off the field, that same sentiment is the driving force behind McDonald’s ‘Macca’s Junior Sports Grants’ program. Created to provide sports clubs with new equipment or funding to increase participation in a chosen sport, the grants aim to encourage healthy, active lifestyles among young Western Australians.  Read More ...

FOUR junior umpires spent a day in the life of an AFL Umpire at Domain Stadium recently as part of the 2015 Community Umpiring Round. Morgan Ramsden and Basil Thomas from the Demon’s District and Denzel More and Sean Henry from the Swan’s District joined the AFL Umpires team for the West Coast v Gold Coast game on May 16, where they had the chance to spend time in the rooms and see the preparations of the Umpires. Read More ...

EAST Perth made up for being overrun three weeks ago with a big win over West Perth on WA Day while South Fremantle kicked the last four goals of the Foundation Derby to score a stunning five-point victory against East Fremantle. Following the Round 10 action beginning on Saturday with Claremont thrashing Peel Thunder 17.16 (118) to 6.10 (46) at the Claremont Showground and Swan Districts beating Perth 13.7 (85) to 11.12 (78) at Steel Blue Oval, all attention turned to the two traditional WA Day derbies. And it saw East Perth able to hold on to a big lead unlike three weeks ago to beat West Perth at Medibank Stadium 18.11 (119) to 10.11 (71). Then South Fremantle fought back from a 33-point quarter-time deficit and the absence of Ben Saunders, Blayne Wilson, Haiden Schloithe, Jacob Martinez and then Tim Kelly to kick the last four goals to beat East Fremantle 15.13 (103) to 14.14 (98) at ATOM Stadium. Read More ...

WESTERN Australia hasn’t been able to back up its stunning start to the 2015 AFL National 18s Championships with Vic Country recording a 105-point victory at Medibank Stadium on Sunday. The WA State 18s team started off the 2015 championships in style last Saturday with a thrilling one-point win at Lathlain Park over a South Australian side that is shooting for a third straight Division 1 title. However, the Black Swans came up short this Sunday at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with Vic Country kicking the first five goals of the match and going on to eventually win 21.18 (144) to 5.9 (39). The day might not have panned out how the WA side hoped but there were still some talented young players who delivered encouraging performances in the losing cause. Read More ...

CLAREMONT and Swan Districts put pressure on the teams occupying spots in the WAFL's top-five recording victories on Saturday to open Round 10 of the 2015 season. The WAFL action resumed with the two matches on Saturday following Western Australia's 45-point State game win last Saturday over South Australia and it was Claremont and Swan Districts who came out of the break in winning style. Claremont made to a blistering start with seven goals to one in the first quarter to set up the eventual 17.16 (118) to 6.10 (46) win over Peel Thunder at the Claremont Showground. Swan Districts survived a late scare at Steel Blue Oval to hold on and beat Perth 13.7 (85) to 11.12 (78). Read More ...