The West Australian Football Commission, in partnership with the Subiaco District, has appointed Cindy Dunham as Chair of the Subiaco District Football Development Council to replace long serving volunteer Wayne Morling. Ms Dunham is the General Manager Operations, Australia West, for Rio Tinto Procurement and has worked in senior procurement roles in the resources industry in Western Australia for the past 12 years. More recently Read More ...

TWELVE West Australian women were selected in the inaugural AFL National Women’s Draft last week to represent the Melbourne Football Club and Western Bulldogs at the MCG in June. This ground breaking match will be the first time AFL clubs have competed in an AFL sanctioned women’s match, with the game to be held on Saturday June 29 as part of AFL Women’s Round. Showcasing Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle coach Paul Hasleby was relieved to get the Bulldogs' first win of the season over Peel but was most proud that his team responded to being challenged in the third quarter to run away with the 15-point victory. The Bulldogs came out on fire on Saturday at Fremantle Oval kicking the first five goals of the game against Peel and still led by Read More ...

A limited number of WA State jumpers have been made available for purchase in the lead up to the WAFL State Game against the NEAFL on 24 May.  To secure your replica State jumper send an order to reception@sekem.com.au Download the WA State Jumper Order Form Prices: Youths - $70.00 incl. GST Sizes 6 to 12 Adults - $80.00 incl. GST Sizes XS to 3XL   Read More ...

RYAN Lester-Smith has been East Fremantle's surprise packet up forward all season in the WAFL to date and he stepped up when it mattered on Tuesday night to kick the winning goal in the Sharks' seven-point Foxtel Cup victory against Norwood at AAMI Stadium. In driving rain and on a slippery surface in Adelaide, goals became increasingly hard to come by as the game went Read More ...

East Fremantle plays SANFL premiers Norwood at AAMI Stadium tonight, May 21, in Round 1 of the 2013 Foxtel Cup. The game starts at 6.35pm WST.East Fremantle will wear 1970s style jumpers in the club's first ever Foxtel Cup fixture and have included debutants Sam Read, Godfrey Curley, Tom Hooker, Louis Cronan and Cameron Crisafio. TEAMS:East Fremantle: * Tom Hooker, Matthew Jupp, Cameron Crisafio, Andrew Read More ...

One of WA’s longest serving football administrators, Grant Dorrington, is set to start the next chapter of his long career in the game when he steps down as the WAFC’s Director of Pathway and Competitions at the end of July. Grant has spent more than 38 years in a range of football roles during a dynamic period in which the sport has been transformed into Read More ...

CLAREMONT remained unbeaten, South Fremantle got its first win, Perth continued its charge to being a finals contender and East Perth squared its ledger in Round 9 WAFL action on Saturday. The 2013 WAFL season resumed following the State game break that saw Western Australia beat Victoria by 17 points in Northam last Saturday, and there were four intriguing matches played across Perth. The first Read More ...

THE WAFL website will be publishing columns from players throughout the 2013 season taking a look at what it takes to be a successful WAFL player and also build a life outside the game. This week it's Brisbane Lions premiership player and East Fremantle vice-captain Richard Hadley. In the 10 years that I was in the AFL it changed a lot. In my first couple Read More ...

Swan Districts’ player, Wayde Twomey was awarded the prestigious Simpson Medal following WA’s stunning victory over Victoria in the State Game on 11 May.  The victory ended a two-decade winning drought for the WA team, the Black Swans, which is selected from the best players across the WAFL competition. Twomey was WA’s best player on the ground, with a dynamic performance that included kicking 5 Read More ...

WAYDE Twomey wasn’t even overly confident there would be a spot for him in Western Australia's side to take on Victoria in the State Game when told he was being looked at as a forward, but he kicked five goals in a match-winning performance to come away with a Simpson Medal. Twomey has spent the majority of his 84-game WAFL career with Swan Districts either Read More ...

MARC Webb continued the impressive start to his coaching career leading Western Australia to its first win over Victoria since 1991 and he deserves much of the credit for some intuitive moves including playing Wayde Twomey forward, picking Clancy Wheeler and blooding some youngsters. The former triple premiership captain and four-time premiership player at Subiaco led Claremont to last year's WAFL premiership in his first Read More ...

The WA Football Commission in conjunction with Burley Sekem is very excited to announce the winning schools of the Burley Sekem Design a Football Jumper competition for 2013.This year a record number of fantastic entries from schools from around the state took part in the competition which involved designing an Australian Rules football jumper reflecting the ethos of the school,  taking into account other aspects Read More ...

THE West Australian football community will recognise some of the game’s most valuable assets following the start of National Volunteer Week today (Monday, May 13).The week also marks the start of The Sunday Times WA Football Volunteer of the Year Award, with the West Australian Football Commission conducting a variety of events and functions over the nomination period (May 13 to July 12) to acknowledge and Read More ...

WESTERN Australia pulled off a stunning come from behind victory in Northam on Saturday to beat Victoria in the State game of 2013 by 17 points.  Victoria dominated an inaccurate WA in the first half and led by a game-high 31 points midway through the third quarter, but the Black Swans managed to wrest back some momentum just before three quarter-time. The margin was just Read More ...