The AFL has today released the names of 8 WA players invited to attend the 2023 AFLW Draft Combine.   The 2023 AFLW Draft Combine will showcase the country’s most talented draft-age female footballers and will again be held across multiple locations across Australia throughout September and October. Coaching Specialist – Talent Pathways at the West Australian Football Commission, Trent Cooper, believes the Read More ...

THE WAFL Team of the Year for 2023 has been announced with players from nine clubs represented and it ranges from a West Perth great being named for a ninth time, a Claremont champion for an eighth and then eight players making it for the first time. It's a varied mix in the WAFL Team of the Year for 2023 with eight players making the Read More ...

Grant Dorrington OAM, BEM had a playing and coaching career spanning 15 years with East Perth, which saw him awarded Life Membership at the club in 1990. In 1985 Dorrington coached the WA State 18s team to victory in the National Championships and was named the All-Australian coach. His success continued, being named the inaugural recipient of the JJ Leonard Award for WA Coach of the Read More ...

REGARDED as a pioneer of Australian Rules Football for females, Jan Cooper OAM will become the first woman to be inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame this month. Unable to play football growing up because competitions for females didn’t exist, Cooper eventually turned her attention to working in administration. Cooper was appointed Female Football Development Manager at the WA Football Commission. As Read More ...

THE WAFL finals began with a bang this weekend at Leederville Oval with two terrific contests which ultimately saw Claremont end the season of East Perth and Peel Thunder beat Subiaco to move to within one win of a Grand Final berth. Leederville Oval became the home of the WAFL universe on the weekend with both co-tenants Subiaco and East Perth earning the rights to Read More ...

AT three quarter-time last week East Perth looked on track to book in a home qualifying final and while the Royals are still at Leederville Oval this Sunday, it's hosting Claremont in an elimination final with Stan Wright just one of a host of teammates playing finals for the first time. East Perth is playing its first WAFL finals series since 2018 and while finishing Read More ...

DESPITE finishing in fifth position, there's no shortage of self-belief at Claremont that the elusive first premiership in 11 years is possible and with somebody like Bailey Rogers back in Sandover Medal winning form, you wouldn’t write them off. For 14 of the 20 weeks during the home and away season, Claremont sat inside a top three position which would have guaranteed the Tigers a Read More ...

ONE of Subiaco or Peel Thunder will move to within one win from the WAFL Grand Final of 2023 when they clash in a qualifying final on Saturday before the seasons of East Perth and Claremont go on the line on Sunday with both match ups taking place at Leederville Oval. The WAFL finals series for 2023 gets underway this weekend and with both Subiaco Read More ...

THERE is precious little Subiaco captain Leigh Kitchin hasn’t accomplished in his WAFL career but beating Peel Thunder in a final is one of them, and he hopes that changes in their qualifying final match up on Saturday. Kitchin has enjoyed a remarkable run of success that he has been central to since arriving at Subiaco in 2015. Cementing himself as one of the best Read More ...

TRAYE Bennell is one Peel Thunder player who knows all about beating Subiaco in finals and winning a WAFL premiership, and he's hoping the next two weeks can see his team book in a Grand Final spot and then sit back to wait to find out their opponents. Peel has qualified for the finals for the second straight season now on the back of returning Read More ...

For over 40 years, Greg Wardell-Johnson's unwavering dedication and passionate commitment to the West Australian Football League (WAFL) has left an historic mark on the sport. The West Australian Football Commission congratulates Wardell-Johnson for being awarded WAFL Life Membership. Wardell-Johnson's journey into the world of WAFL and WA Football began decades ago, and he never imagined being honoured for doing something he loves. “It’s fantastic. Read More ...

EAST Fremantle claiming the minor premiership for the first time in a quarter of a century has paved the way for a new power ranking in the WAFL. Heading into the first weekend of the finals, the Sharks earned a week off after finishing on top of the table, two games and percentage clear of Subiaco. As East Fremantle awaits their second semi-final opponents, two familiar Read More ...

NOT only did finals places for their teams go on the line in the last round of the home and away season on Saturday, but the last chance to make claims for the WAFL Team of the Year took place in Round 20. It proved to be a fascinating final round of the 2023 WAFL season with East Fremantle securing the minor premiership, Peel Thunder Read More ...

Claremont WAFLW Premiership player Mackenzie Webb has been signed up by the West Coast Eagles just days before the new AFLW season. The exciting young defender has enjoyed success at the Tigers, elevated to the senior WAFLW side after just four matches with the Rogers Cup squad. Webb was a train-on player at the Eagles earlier this year and produced strong performances as an over-age Read More ...

Four West Australians have been named by the AFL in a squad of 44 players for this weekend’s  2023 AFLW Futures match. A selection of the best under-17 female footballers from across the country will take part in the match, which will be played in Melbourne this Saturday from 8.30am Perth time. The match will be played prior to the 2023 NAB AFLW Round 1 Read More ...