The WA State Talent Academy has completed its second intake for the State 18s squad in preparation for the 2013 NAB AFL National 18s Championships in June and July. The State Talent Academy will continue its training program in the lead up to the National Championships and conduct leadership, nutrition and education sessions to enhance the overall development of players.   Leading the team is Read More ...

THE West Australian Football League has announced its State Squad for this year’s game against the Victorian Football League in Northam on May 11. The initial squad of 33 will commence training at Fremantle Oval at 5.30pm on Monday, April 22 and train another four times in the lead up to the game, including a session at Northam (4pm Friday, May 10). Claremont premiership coach Read More ...

The WAFL ANZAC Day game between West Perth and Swan Districts at Arena Joondalup has been rescheduled from 2.10pm to 3.15pm in a bid to maximise attendances on Thursday, April 25. New times for all three grades at Arena Joondalup are: Reserves – 12.40pm League – 3.15pm Colts – 6.15pm The game will be one of three WAFL fixtures played on ANZAC Day including Perth v East Perth Read More ...

ROUND 5 featured three days of WAFL action across this weekend and it produced some tremendous performances culminating in a Sunday afternoon thriller between Perth and East Fremantle. The round began on Friday night at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with two-time reigning premiers Claremont beating Subiaco 13.9 (87) to 4.9 (33). Then on Saturday, Swan Districts overcame South Fremantle at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval 15.12 (102) Read More ...

CLAREMONT captain Andrew Browne is up and firing early in the 2013 season after he frustratingly missed the second of the Tigers' back-to-back premierships last year, but he was never going to bow out of WAFL football on that note. Browne was one of the key performers in Claremont's drought breaking premiership in 2011, but managed just five league games in 2012 before re-injuring his Read More ...

In an effort to achieve consistency and accuracy in decision making, there is an emphasis on understanding the "spirit of the laws" (i.e. the philosophies underlying the laws) and officiating according to the spirit of the laws.Umpires are coached weekly and on match day in accordance with the Spirit of Laws. Spirit of the Laws For coaching purposes, five main areas (spirit of the laws) Read More ...

The 2013 State U18 Youth Girls team has been named to represent WA at the National Championships in Shepparton, Victoria from May 4 to 11. With a great mix of youth and experience, Head Coach Michelle Cowan is quietly confident the team will do well. "The girls have displayed outstanding dedication and commitment to improving not only their skills and knowledge, but learning new tactics Read More ...

WA women received the chance to be part of the AFL High Performance Academy program in Melbourne recently. U16 players Sabrina Traub (Peel Thunder), Ashley Sharpe (Swan Districts) and Kristen Jayasuria (Joondalup Falcons) were invited to join 17 other girls from across Australia to the live-in camp that included an intense week of physical activity and guest coaching sessions led by AFL clubs. WA State Read More ...

THE WAFL website will be publishing columns from players throughout the 2013 season taking a look at the lives of WAFL footballers, and what it takes on and off the field to be a successful player and also build a life outside the game. First up is East Perth co-captain Brendan Lee who looks at the 'Five rituals for footy and business.' Success in business Read More ...

SUBIACO has signed former Major League Baseball player and national representative Luke Hughes to a deal which could see the Perth Heat star make a surprise return to the sport he quit to pursue his baseball dream. Hughes, who represented Australia as recently as last month at the World Baseball Classic, failed to secure a professional contract for the 2013 baseball season. In 2010 at Read More ...

ROUND 4 of the 2013 WAFL season was split over Friday night and Saturday afternoon with West Perth, Claremont and Perth all remaining unbeaten while East Fremantle scored a thumping win. The action started on Friday night at Fremantle Oval with West Perth holding on to win a thriller against the Bulldogs, 13.8 (86) to 13.5 (83). Then on Saturday, Perth won a nail-biter over Read More ...

WAFL Round 4 action sees another Friday night fixture at Fremantle Oval before three big games on Saturday afternoon. South Fremantle will host West Perth at Fremantle Oval on Friday night before on Saturday, East Perth takes on Claremont at Leederville's Medibank Stadium, East Fremantle hosts Subiaco at East Fremantle Oval and Swan Districts battles Perth at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. There's some big news Read More ...

WAFL Round 3 action was split over Good Friday and Easter Saturday with East Fremantle, Subiaco, Perth and Claremont all recording impressive victories. The round began on Good Friday at Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium with East Fremantle getting over the top of Peel Thunder, winning 17.9 (111) to 13.10 (88). Then later on the day at Leederville's Medibank Stadium, Subiaco won the battle of the Read More ...

WEST Perth made it two straight wins to start the WAFL season with East Perth also bouncing back to record a victory in the only two matches in Round 2 this weekend. The round began on Friday night at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with West Perth prevailing against Subiaco 11.12 (78) to 8.6 (54). Then on Saturday at the same venue, East Perth won a hard Read More ...

HARD work has always been the hallmark of Brendan Lee's career and the East Perth co-captain has no doubt that doing just that is what's needed from his team to bounce back from a tough start to the 2013 WAFL season.  Lee had to do the hard yards early in his career at East Perth after moving up from Busselton and played mostly reserves football Read More ...