The WA Football Commission and West Perth Football District will launch a new program on June 11 using football to build fundamental movement skills in children aged 18 months to 4.5 years. Football is an Australian way of life, a lifestyle for many parents and a sense of joy for children growing up in local back yards across Perth’s Northern Suburbs. Footy Fundamentals will trial Read More ...

MATT Guadagnin has been the ultimate warrior for West Perth over the past decade and now the tough and courageous midfielder becomes a life member of the club when he plays his 150th game for the Falcons in Monday's derby against East Perth at Leederville's Medibank Stadium. It hasn’t always been an easy road for the farmer from Southern Cross who endured a knee reconstruction 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 build a life outside the game. This week it's former 70-game AFL player, winning WA captain and East Perth ruckman Paul Johnson. The biggest thing to adjust to when I came out of the AFL was the work-football Read More ...

SEVEN players from WA’s State U18 Youth Girls team were named in the All Australian side at the completion of the National Championships in Shepparton, Victoria on May 11. Caitlyn Edwards (East Fremantle), Brianna Green (East Fremantle), Hayley Miller (Joondalup), Kira Phillips (Peel), Ashley Sharp (Swan Districts), Belinda Smith (Claremont) and Emma Swanson (Peel) all received All-Australian honours after starring for WA in their narrow Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission congratulates Swan Districts women’s player Rhonda Williams on being named as a Jim Stynes Scholarship recipient for 2013. Williams is WA’s second successful nomination after Tayla Bresland won a scholarship in 2012. She will be officially honoured at the 2013 Brownlow Medal Presentation in September. Williams currently plays League football for Swan Districts in the WA Women’s Football League and Read More ...

There are many characters in footy across all levels of the game including at Amateur level. One such person is umpire Seamus Rafferty. An umpiring stalwart in WA, Rafferty has experienced success as an official whilst managing a busy life outside of umpiring. He started umpiring in 1988 following an approach by then Claremont junior umpiring coach Bob Lee. Rafferty, known for his sense of Read More ...

Women are playing a key role at West Perth Football Club this season in key strategic positions at a club that prides itself as being one of the WAFL’s most progressive. Women have always played an important role when it comes to assisting their partners prepare for a game of WAFL football as players or coaches. Now the Falcons are paving the way for more Read More ...

Its Rivalry Round in the WAFL this WA Day long weekend with four games across three days including derby contests on Sunday and Monday. The rivalry kicks off on Saturday as Perth take on Swan Districts and continues Sunday as Claremont face off against Subiaco and East Fremantle go head to head with cross town rivals, South Fremantle. The Monday public holiday will see East Read More ...

CLAREMONT and West Perth consolidated the top two spots on the WAFL ladder with impressive wins on Saturday with Subiaco and Peel Thunder also recording victories to stay in touch with the top-four. Claremont remained unbeaten this season with a 20.12 (132) to 9.11 (65) win over South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval to remain clear on top of the ladder while West Perth moved a Read More ...

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 ...