THE WAFL celebrates its annual NAIDOC Week in Round 16 action this weekend with four crucial matches on Saturday afternoon with all clubs wearing specially designed jumpers to commemorate the occasion. All four matches will be played at 2.05pm on Saturday afternoon with Swan Districts hosting Perth at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval, Subiaco facing East Fremantle at Leederville's Medibank Stadium, South Fremantle taking on Claremont Read More ...

BRETT Hodge has been able to turn himself into one of the best ball-winning midfielders in the WAFL after being perhaps the competition's best run-with player and he is a key reason why Perth is currently sitting in fourth position and appears set for a first finals appearance since 1997. Hodge made his league debut with the Demons in 2010 and immediately showed the ability Read More ...

LUKE Tedesco has shown himself to be a natural leader and general for West Perth across half-back ever since cementing his spot in the league side and now he reaches his 100-game milestone this Saturday against Peel Thunder at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium. Quite simply, Tedesco has got to where he is as a vice-captain of the West Perth Football Club and now a 100-game Read More ...

WESTERN Australia's State 18s finished with a hard-fought loss to South Australia at Etihad Stadium in the final round of the NAB National 18s Championships. SA 11.9 (75) defeated WA 10.5 (65). After being hit hard by injury in the first three games of the Championships, including a broken collarbone to captain Dom Sheed, WA was forced to fly in an additional player for the Read More ...

AFL Women’s Round showcased WA’s female football from grassroots through to the elite level last weekend. The celebrations kicked off with The Mount Lawley Hawks and South Fremantle Youth Girls teams (13-17 year olds) playing in a curtain-raiser to the West Coast Eagles v Essendon AFL game. Mt Lawley had some great passages of play and moved the ball well but South Fremantle proved too Read More ...

THE WAFL's top-four teams all won in Round 15 action to further consolidate their positions and open up a larger gap on the chasing pack. Three of the matches were thrillers with Claremont beating East Fremantle 15.8 (98) to 13.17 (95) in Kununurra, Perth downing South Fremantle 16.17 (113) to 16.7 (103) at Fremantle Oval and West Perth prevailing over Swan Districts 11.16 (82) to Read More ...

Western Australia’s State 16s squads have been finalised for the 2013 NAB AFL National 16s Championships at Blacktown, NSW from July 6-13. WA is aiming for back-to-back titles in Division 1 and 3 of the championships after claiming both in 2012 when the state was represented for the first time across two divisions. The Division 1 side will be led by experienced development coach John Read More ...

The best country footballers from around the State will descend on Perth for the 2013 Landmark Country Football Championships on Thursday, July 11. The Championships will be played at various WAFL grounds over three days and include three senior divisions and a Colts competition. Qualifying games will be played on Thursday and Friday, followed by finals on Saturday. CLICK HERE FOR FIXTURES - 2013 Landmark Read More ...

WEST AUSTRALIAN skipper Dom Sheed finished the day with a broken collarbone, but Cameron McCarthy stepped up to deliver the game-winning goal against Vic Country in round four of the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships. McCarthy's goal came from a soaring pack mark, in between a nest of Country defenders, with just 30 seconds left on the clock, as he steered his side to a thrilling three-point Read More ...

TOP-two WAFL teams Claremont and West Perth escaped with three-point thrilling wins in Round 15 action on Saturday while Perth remained fourth with another nail-biting win and East Perth steadied in third with the big victory of the day. While three of the four matches on Saturday afternoon were all thrillers, the results could very well have decided the top-four places with the teams already Read More ...

ROUND 15 of the WAFL season sees a grand final rematch take place in Kununurra, West Perth, East Perth, Perth and Swan Districts continue to fight over three spots in the top-four and bottom sides South Fremantle and Peel trying to cause an upset. All games are on Saturday afternoon as Claremont and East Fremantle meet in a rematch of last year's grand final in Read More ...

CRAIG White has been all about the team his whole career and he's been part of a lot of success in his time with South Fremantle, but this Saturday the focus deservedly turns to him as he plays his 150th game with the Bulldogs to earn life membership. White came up to play with the Bulldogs from Williams and the country boy had an incredible Read More ...

WAFL Round 13 saw three field umpires, Nathan Williamson, Trent McPhee and Justin Power make their League debuts. These promotions capped off meteoric rises through the field umpiring ranks for all three debutants. Nathan Williamson joined the WAFL panel in 2011 after beginning umpiring in the Peel Football League. His talent was soon identified and he was swiftly promoted to Reserves football, where his strong Read More ...

Western Australia’s State 18s squad departed on Wednesday, June 26 for the final two games of the 2013 NAB AFL National 18s Championships. WA will play Victoria Country on Friday, June 28 at Simonds Stadium (Geelong), and remain in Victoria to play South Australia at Etihad Stadium next Wednesday, July 3. After convincing wins over Division 2 teams Tasmania and the Northern Territory, WA will Read More ...

Claremont and East Fremantle will clash in Kununurra on Saturday, June 29 under the State Government's Country Sports Enrichment Scheme. The game will be the 44th played under the CSES, which commenced in 1999 with games in Exmouth and Moora as part of a disaster relief response to a cyclone and flooding in each town. Additional funding has been committed  by Sports Minister Hon Terry Read More ...