PEEL faces a big ask in the only WAFL game on Saturday afternoon to finish off Round 7 action against the unbeaten two-time reigning premiers Claremont, but the Thunder are coming off their first win of the season and are at home at Bendigo Bank Stadium.  Claremont has won the last two WAFL premierships and is yet to lose this season after so far beating Read More ...

THE WAFL commemorates ANZAC Day with three big fixtures across Perth on Thursday afternoon. The first clash bounces down at 2.10pm when Perth takes on East Perth at Lathlain's Brownes Stadium. It's then onto Arena Joondalup where West Perth hosts Swan Districts with that game getting underway at 3.15pm. And then at 4.15pm at Fremantle Oval it's the first Fremantle derby of the season when Read More ...

NEW West Perth Football Club CEO David Crute is enjoying the fact that he has stepped into the role with the league side performing well, but in the bigger picture he is excited by the future of the Falcons with the Arena Joondalup redevelopment and continued expansion into Joondalup and Wanneroo. Crute arrives at West Perth replacing the ever-popular, productive and successful CEO Gerry O'Dea 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. This week it's dual Claremont premiership forward, fairest and best winner and Simpson Medallist Ian Richardson. Over the past 10 years Read More ...

ROUND 6 of the WAFL had a bit of everything with there now being one unbeaten and one winless team left in the competition and while there were some starring performances, there were some devastating injuries as well. The action began on Saturday at midday at East Fremantle Oval with East Perth beating East Fremantle 14.12 (96) to 12.14 (86). Then down the road at Read More ...

West Australian Football League games have been confirmed for Kununurra and Moora in June and August under the State Government’s Country Sport Enrichment Scheme. Claremont and Perth will host the games in their respective country zones – the Tigers in Kununurra against East Fremantle on Saturday, June 29, and the Demons against West Perth in Moora on August 10. WAFL Competition Director Grant Dorrington said Read More ...

SOUTH Fremantle and East Fremantle will wear one-off Navy and Air Force jumpers this ANZAC Day featuring the names of servicemen from each club that have been killed in action. The tribute to Australian servicemen and women has been arranged in partnership with Legacy in WA as part of the WAFL’s ANZAC Round for Legacy in WA. The match will also feature a pre-game ANZAC Read More ...

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 ...