WA footy fans showed their incredible support for local football by showing up in record numbers to attend the five games across the Activ WA Day Round this past weekend.  More than 17,000 fans attended the five WAFL games over the weekend. The WA Day public holiday derby matches between South Fremantle vs East Fremantle and West Perth vs East Perth drew thousands of spectators, Read More ...

WA commenced their 2024 AFL National Championships – U18 Boys campaign on Saturday against the Allies in NSW. The Black Swans opened the game with an early lead before the Allies evened the scores at the first break.  While the second quarter was won by the Allies, WA bounced back after half time to score three goals to the Allies one and take a five-point Read More ...

Throughout June, the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) will be celebrating Women in Coaching Month, which recognises the contribution of women and girls in coaching roles.  Now in its fourth year, the 2024 theme focusses on Accessibility for All and strives to highlight a number of transferable skills women possess that could make coaching an ideal career pathway – across any level or league. This Read More ...

Top AFLW draft prospect Zipporah Fish joins Molly O’Hehir and Claudia Wright in representing the AFL National Academy Girls squad for the second time this year when they take on a national All-Stars side in Melbourne this weekend. WA Football Commission Manager Female Talent Programs and Coaching Specialist, Trent Cooper said the game provides another opportunity to showcase their skills on the national stage in Read More ...

One of Western Australia’s greatest ever footballers, John Todd, has passed away at the age of 86.  A decorated player and coach, Todd was a revered figure in football.  A Sandover Medallist at the age of just 17 in 1955, his playing career was cut short by a knee injury.  Despite this, Todd won three fairest and best awards at South Fremantle, also earning State Read More ...

OVER 12,000 fans turned out to witness two cracking WA Day WAFL contests with wins for South Fremantle and East Perth while Tony Notte got a fairytale 300th game with Swan Districts, and Claremont and West Coast Eagles scored wins over the weekend. It was a WA Day Round in the WAFL to savour which started back on Saturday with Claremont putting together a terrific Read More ...

EAST Fremantle all but wrapped up the WAFLW minor premiership with a hard earned Round 14 win over Swan Districts while the race for the rest of the finals spots heated up with wins for West Perth, South Fremantle and Claremont. The third last round of the 2024 WAFLW home and away season saw four fascinating games played across the WA Day long weekend with Read More ...

Two trial matches have given State 18s coach Marc Webb confidence his side can be highly competitive in the upcoming 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships - U18 Boys. The team will be without captain Bo Allan who is recovering from a back injury, but is expected to play in WA's next Championships match against South Australia on Sunday June 16. The State side wrapped up Read More ...

THE Activ WA Day WAFL Round takes place across three days this long weekend with all five games fascinating in their own right wrapped up by the traditional South Fremantle-East Fremantle, and West Perth-East Perth derbies. WA Day Round in the WAFL gets underway on Saturday afternoon with Claremont at home to Peel Thunder at Revo Fitness Stadium. Peel comes into the game in top spot Read More ...

THINGS continue to heat up ahead of the finals in the WAFLW with the Round 14 action including South Fremantle and Subiaco trying to stay in finals contention before on Sunday, Swan Districts try to end the winning run of East Fremantle. It's the third last round of the home and away season in the WAFLW competition for 2024 and all four games have something riding on Read More ...

The Wheatbelt town of Northam is preparing for its biggest weekend of football in years as Perth hosts the West Coast Eagles in the Activ WA Day Round WAFL match at Henry Street Oval on Sunday. Only percentage separates the sides on the WAFL ladder with the Demons coming off a narrow loss to the Sharks while the Eagles are chasing back to back wins Read More ...

SWAN Districts stalwart Tony Notte books his place into the history books for Swan Districts over the WA Day long weekend when he becomes just the seventh man in WAFL history to reach 300 games. The fact that only Mel Whinnen (371), Bill Dempsey (343), Jack Sheedy (332), Brian Peake (315), Bill Walker (305) and Kris Miller (303) have ever achieved the milestone in the Read More ...

Five WA players were selected by AFL clubs in last night's AFL mid-season draft. Jacob Blight from Peel Thunder was the first WA player chosen, with Richmond using pick number two for the centre-half back. Blight's impressive start to the season with Peel earned him a spot in the KIA State team. West Perth key forward Jasper Scaife was selected by Hawthorn, having scored two Read More ...

A SEASON in Melbourne opened up Chloe Wrigley's eyes to new football prospects and the Peel Thunder premiership star couldn’t be happier with her move to East Fremantle, and to be bringing her trademark tackling and ball winning ability. Mandurah will always be home to Wrigley and she'll always cherish those memories she had playing with Peel Thunder where she was a key player on Read More ...

The following incidents were assessed from weekend matches in the WAFL and WAFLW. South Fremantle player Haiden Schloithe was reported for engaging in rough conduct against an opponent in the Round 8 WAFL match against the Peel Thunder at Lane Group Stadium on Saturday, May 25. Base Sanction -  1 match Early Guilty Plea - reprimand Peel Thunder player Corey Tregenza was reported for engaging Read More ...