WAFL Round 14 action on the weekend was highlighted by West Perth and East Perth both coming from behind to consolidate second and third positions on the ladder while Perth maintained fourth spot and Swan Districts continued to put pressure on the top-four. West Perth trailed all day until kicking five straight goals either side of three quarter-time to end up beating Subiaco 13.13 (91) to Read More ...

FEMALE Football will be a feature at Patersons Stadium tomorrow night when players of all ages get the chance to showcase their skills as part of AFL Women’s Round. The Mount Lawley Hawks and South Fremantle Youth Girls teams (13-17 year olds) will help kick off Women’s Round in a curtain-raiser to the West Coast Eagles v Essendon AFL game. That will be followed at Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission and West Coast Eagles have strengthened their school football alliance, with the club now partnering the Year 8/9 Schoolboys Cup program. Formed in 1983, the Year 8/9 Schoolboys Cup caters specifically for lower secondary school boys. The competition is played right across WA with the aim of producing a champion school to represent each of the nine WAFL clubs. WAFC Read More ...

SEVEN West Australian players received All-Australian honours at the completion of the 2013 National Women’s Championships in Cairns last weekend. They included defenders Fiona Boucher, Kara Donnellan and Kirby Bentley, on-ballers Rheanne Lugg and Dana Hooker, half-forward Shelley Matcham and full-forward Chelsea Randall, who all starred for WA during the course of the championships. The event involved eight teams in two divisions, with Western Australia Read More ...

WEST Perth, East Perth, Perth and Swan Districts all recorded victories in Round 14 on Saturday afternoon to remain in second, third, fourth and fifth position on the WAFL ladder respectively. Each game played on Saturday all had the chance to see plenty of changes to the ladder as the battle over the last three spots in the top-four intensifies, but in the end the Read More ...

THERE are four crucial Round 14 matches this Saturday afternoon with top-of-the-table Claremont having the bye meaning the rest of the competition continues to battle over the remaining three spots in the top-four. All four games are on Saturday afternoon at the new start time of 2.05pm with second-placed West Perth hosting seventh-placed Subiaco at Arena Joondalup and last year's finalists East Perth and East Read More ...

ANDREW Strijk played some outstanding football off half-back to find himself drafted and now in his first season back from the West Coast Eagles he has resumed that role with great aplomb for West Perth. Strijk made his WAFL debut with the Falcons back in 2006 originally as a wingman/half-forward with outstanding kicking skills. Those foot skills have remained, but it was a move to Read More ...

Students at Moorditj Noongar Community College will benefit from brand new bikes donated by the West Australian Football Commission and The Smith Family following a staff Team Building challenge at Patersons Stadium. The challenge, run by Total Team Building, saw WAFC staff put into teams and undertake the challenge of constructing bikes in the quickest time and to the highest standard. The bikes were donated Read More ...

WEST Coast rookie Jeremy McGovern has proven he is well and truly over an ankle injury, leading Claremont to a 54-point Foxtel Cup belting of Southport at Patersons Stadium on Tuesday night. McGovern, the son of former Fremantle and Sydney Swans player Andrew McGovern, appeared completely unrestricted by his ankle, kicking three goals in the first half to help the Tigers race away to a Read More ...

THE WAFL's two leading key forwards put their teams on their backs on the weekend to lead them to important victories while Claremont and West Perth extended their leads atop the ladder. Josh Smith and Tim Geappen were in dominant form for East Perth and Swan Districts respectively in Round 13 action with the Royals improving to third position on the ladder and for Swans Read More ...

Claremont will kick off their Foxtel Cup title defence against Queensland club Southport tonight at Patersons Stadium.The games starts at 6.35pm and entry is free for spectators. The game will also be broadcast live on Foxtel.Claremont premiership player and former West Coast Eagles midfielder Tom Swift will end his retirement to make a one-off comeback for the Tigers. TEAMS Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is pleased to announce that Lee Mack has been named The Sunday Times WA Football Volunteer of the Week. Lee has been involved with the Edgewater Woodvale Junior Football Club for approximately six years as an Auskick Coordinator, Club Registrar, Team Manager and general Committee Member. Lee is the 'go-to’ person for all things Edgewater Woodvale JFC related.  Having coordinated Read More ...

The 2013 AFL National Women's Championships are underway in Cairns, Queensland. The championships, which kicked off on Monday, June 17 involve eight teams in two divisions. Division One includes Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. Division Two includes South Australia, ACT, Tasmania, and for the first time Arafura which includes players from the Northern Territory, Far North Queensland and Papua New Guinea. WA Read More ...

WA's State 18s will head east next week to take on Victoria Country with the aim of notching up their first Division One win of the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships. After convincing wins over Division 2 teams Tasmania and the Northern Territory, WA was defeated by Division One side Victoria Metro 15.10 (100) to 12.9 (81) on the weekend in a tough contest at Patersons Read More ...

CLAREMONT, West Perth and East Perth all moved clear with WAFL wins during Round 13 while Swan Districts also closed in on a top-four spot as well with a second straight victory. Claremont continued to hold a four-win lead at the top of the ladder after beating Peel Thunder 15.12 (102) to 7.7 (49) at Claremont Oval on Saturday. The Tigers set up the win Read More ...