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WAFL Team of the Week – NAIDOC Round

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - 12:06 AM - by Chris Pike
WE were back to a full round of five WAFL fixtures on Saturday to celebrate NAIDOC Week and there were no shortage of standout performers in wins for Claremont, East Fremantle, East Perth and Peel Thunder, and a draw between Perth and the West Coast Eagles. After a string of split rounds in the WAFL, there were five games again in Round 13 to celebrate Read More ...


Nutrien Ag Country Football Championships Showcase WA Talent

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 4:08 PM
Success was spread around the regions at the 57th edition of the Nutrien Ag Country Football Championships. The Avon Football Association, Goldfields Football League and the North Pilbara Football League were triumphant in the Nutrien Ag Men’s Division Finals at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, while the South West Football League won a thrilling CBH Group Colts Championship decider in Pinjarra. The four-day Carnival attracted hundreds Read More ...


WAFLW Grand Final Rematch Continues Rivalry

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 12:08 PM
CLAREMONT premiership coach Jack Schwarze admits his team’s unbeaten status in 2023 will count for nothing in Saturday’s WAFLW Grand Final against East Fremantle at Mineral Resources Park. In a rematch of last season’s decider, Claremont enters the contest having won 13 out of 14 games during the home and away season, only held to a draw by the Sharks in Round 9. Schwarze has Read More ...


Get tickets to the WAFLW Grand Final this Weekend!

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 11:53 AM
Catch THREE epic games of footy! After an exciting home & away and minor finals series, we're ready to see who will take home the WAFL Women's Premiership Cup rematch between Claremont and East Fremantle. Join us for great footy, great food, entertainment and activities for the kids, including giveaways and much more. Game | Teams | Timings Rogers Cup Grand Final | West Perth v Read More ...


Claremont's Jayme Harken wins Dhara Kerr Medal

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 9:43 AM
Claremont Football Club midfielder Jayme Harken has capped off a remarkable season to be crowned the 2023 Dhara Kerr Medallist at the WAFL Women’s Awards on Monday night at Crown Perth’s Astral Ballroom.   The midfielder claimed the WAFL Women’s fairest and best award after finishing with a record 24 votes in her first year with the Tigers, after moving from Subiaco. Harken averaged 21 Read More ...


WAFL NAIDOC Round Wrap

Monday, July 10, 2023 - 11:44 AM - by Chris Pike
THE WAFL's top five teams might all but be guaranteed after Saturday's NAIDOC Round results but what separates those five clubs is remarkably small to set up a fascinating finish to the 2023 season. With East Perth and East Fremantle pushing Swan Districts and West Perth further out of finals calculations, and fellow top five teams Claremont and Peel Thunder winning on Saturday, the teams Read More ...


WAFLW Preliminary Final Wrap

Monday, July 10, 2023 - 11:43 AM - by Chris Pike
THE WAFLW grand final is now set for 2023 this Saturday with East Fremantle overpowering South Fremantle in Sunday's preliminary final to book in a rematch with Claremont. The biggest ever WAFLW derby took place on Sunday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval and South Fremantle started well against East Fremantle looking for a shot at history. But the Sharks were desperate for the chance at Read More ...


NAIDOC Round WAFL Preview

Friday, July 7, 2023 - 1:18 PM - by Chris Pike
THE WAFL is back to a full round of fixtures this weekend to coincide with NAIDOC Week and all 10 competing clubs will be wearing specially designed Indigenous jumpers to mark the occasion. NAIDOC Round in the WAFL has become one of the highlights of every season and not only with the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people be celebrated this weekend, but Read More ...


Preliminary Final WAFLW Preview

Friday, July 7, 2023 - 12:34 PM
The biggest ever derby in WAFLW history is set for Sunday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with South Fremantle and East Fremantle doing battle for a place in the 2023 grand final. East Fremantle did have a bit of a head start in the WAFLW competition and had already won a premiership in 2019 before South Fremantle even joined in 2020, but all signs are Read More ...


Winners Announced for Rio Tinto’s ‘Design Your Club NAIDOC Jumper Competition’

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 - 4:17 PM
  Eight winners from across Western Australia have won the NAIDOC Design Jumper Competition, thanks to WA Football’s NAIDOC Round Partner, Rio Tinto.  These eight winners will each have their winning NAIDOC design reproduced as one set of jumpers for the associated football club and one jumper for the artist to keep.  The competition invited Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players within the Perth Metropolitan Read More ...


Albany Starkick team head to Perth for Hand in Hand Crossing

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 - 2:46 PM
A travelling party of close to 20 participants and families from Albany Starkick team will be taking part in the inaugural Hand in Hand Crossing to highlight disability inclusion.  Ahead of the Fremantle Football Club’s Purple Hands Round more than 500 participants and families from Starkick Community Clubs, WA All Abilities Football Association and Fremantle Football Club will unite to cross Matagarup Bridge. Albany Starkick Read More ...


Perth Football Club changes name during NAIDOC Week

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 - 8:28 AM
Perth Football Club will take on the name of ‘Boorloo Football Club’ in celebration of NAIDOC Week. The change of name is for the Football Club to honour the Whadjuk Noongar people, the traditional custodians of the Perth area, in which the club is named after. Boorloo player Sam Stubbs designed the club’s NAIDOC jumper, highlighting the journey of two of senior Indigenous teammates, Simon Read More ...


WAFL Team of the Week – Round 12

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 - 9:56 PM - by Chris Pike
THERE were plenty of shining performances across the three games in the WAFL on Saturday afternoon in Round 12 with Claremont and Subiaco playing out a tight one, Peel Thunder overrunning South Fremantle, and East Fremantle setting some records against the West Coast Eagles. There might have only been three games in the last of the split rounds in the WAFL with East Perth, Perth, Read More ...


WA prepare for last round of the AFL U18s Championships

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 - 12:27 PM
Western Australia’s U18s side will be looking to bounce back from Friday night’s loss to Victoria Country, when they take on Victoria Metro on Sunday.  The Black Swans lost by just two points to Vic Country in front of a home crowd at the WACA, but coach Ben Dyer impressed with his players’ efforts.  “We didn’t start the game well, but we were able to Read More ...


Bunbury Catholic College claim back-to-back victories at Country Week

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 - 9:00 AM
Bunbury Catholic College claimed victories in the boys' and girls' grand finals at the Senior High School Country Week for the second year in a row.  More than 2000 students from 32 competing schools took part in the event from Monday 26 June to Friday 30 June.  The Eagles Senior Schoolboys Cup – Walker Division was won by Bunbury Catholic College, who claimed a 17-point Read More ...