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Starkick and WA All Abilities Football Association Hand in Hand for Disability Inclusion

Monday, July 3, 2023 - 2:10 PM
The West Australian Football Commission and the Fremantle Football Club will join forces this weekend to highlight disability inclusion. Ahead of the Fremantle Football Club’s Purple Hands Round, WA football will unite to cross Matagarup Bridge – Hand in Hand Crossing. More than 500 representatives from the community, government, and those working towards disability inclusion are expected at the event. Those attending will include players and Read More ...


WA Football proud to support NAIDOC Week

Monday, July 3, 2023 - 2:10 PM
The West Australian Football Commission is proud to celebrate NAIDOC Week and support this year’s theme ‘For Our Elders’. NAIDOC Week will see people celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People across Australia. ‘For Our Elders’ recognises that across every generation, Elders have played, and continue to play, an important role and hold a prominent place in our communities Read More ...


2023 WA Football Facility of the Year Award

Monday, July 3, 2023 - 12:00 PM
Nominations for the inaugural West Australian Football Facility Award is now open.  The newly created annual Award recognises best practice in community football facility development across the state.  The award aims to promote and celebrate the provision of well positioned, welcoming, accessible, fit for purpose football facilities that support our growing game’s strategic priorities.   Western Australia’s winning project will be nominated for the National Read More ...


WAFLW Semi Finals Wrap

Monday, July 3, 2023 - 11:18 AM - by Chris Pike
IT was quite the eventful opening to the WAFLW final series for 2023 on Sunday with Claremont the first team into the grand final while there will now be a derby between South Fremantle and East Fremantle to decide their opponents. All four finals teams for the 2023 season deserved to come into the last three weeks of the season thinking that they were genuinely Read More ...


WAFL Round 12 Wrap

Monday, July 3, 2023 - 11:14 AM - by Chris Pike
CLAREMONT held off a fast finishing Subiaco to move clear on top of the WAFL ladder after 12 rounds while East Fremantle had a remarkably huge win over the West Coast Eagles and Peel Thunder was too strong for South Fremantle on Saturday. There were three matches in Round 12 of the 2023 WAFL season and in the end, the wins for the Tigers, Thunder Read More ...


Darling Range Sports College claim Eagles Senior Schoolboys Cup

Friday, June 30, 2023 - 11:04 AM
Darling Range Sports College claimed the 2023 Eagles Senior Schoolboys Cup after an unbeaten year. Darling Range beat Churchlands Senior High School by 13 points 3.5 (23) to 1.4 (10) on Wednesday at McGillivray Reserve in Mt Claremont. Brad Smith and Darren Rumble have been co-coaching Darling Range for the past two years and the victory capped off a stellar year. “I could see it meant Read More ...


Round 12 WAFL Preview

Friday, June 30, 2023 - 10:57 AM - by Chris Pike
CLAREMONT and Subiaco go to battle over top position in the WAFL on Saturday afternoon while also in Round 12 both South Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles will be trying to upset Peel Thunder and East Fremantle away from home. There are just the three games again in Round 12 of the 2023 WAFL season and each match will be fascinating in their own Read More ...


Semi Finals WAFLW Preview

Friday, June 30, 2023 - 10:39 AM - by Chris Pike
IT'S finals time in the WAFLW this Sunday with Claremont and South Fremantle fighting over being the first team to be into the grand final while East Fremantle and Swan Districts are battling just to stay alive. After a terrific home and away season in the WAFLW where it wasn’t until the very last day where the top four teams were officially confirmed, the race Read More ...


WA represented in the 2023 Woomeras and Medleys programs

Friday, June 30, 2023 - 9:08 AM
More than 75 of the country’s most promising 16-and-under girls footballers with Indigenous or multicultural backgrounds will come together on the Gold Coast next week.  10 WA girls have been selected to feature in the 2023 Woomeras and Medleys programs.  The Woomeras comprise Indigenous talent, while the Medleys is made up of players with a parent born outside of Australia.  The WA talent featuring in Read More ...


Connecting Through Culture: Celebrating NAIDOC Round in the WAFL

Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 11:10 AM
WAFL clubs will wear their specially designed Indigenous jumpers across Rounds 12 and 13 to celebrate NAIDOC Week. As WA Football's NAIDOC Round partner, Rio Tinto supports the WAFL Indigenous designed jumpers, which Claremont, Peel and East Fremantle will wear this weekend as they host NAIDOC Round. Claremont’s jumper ‘Oongurr Willa’ has been designed by League player Rory Charles. Photo: Salt Diaries “The dotted circle Read More ...


WA wins first game in U16’s Championships

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 3:25 PM
WA kicked off their AFL National Development Championships – U16’s Boys campaign with a five-point win over South Australia at Mineral Resources on Sunday. WA came out of the blocks early kicking three goals in the first term and were more accurate than SA in front of goals. WA Coach Mick Glassborow praised his players on their first win. “Winning at home with family and Read More ...


WAFL Team of the Week – Round 11

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - 11:17 PM - by Chris Pike
CLAREMONT and East Perth had thumping Round 11 WAFL wins to now occupy the top two positions on the ladder with plenty of players standing out while Swan Districts produced a terrific performance to knock off the reigning premiers. There were just the three games in Round 11 of the WAFL with the Tigers and Royals scoring wins by a combined 201 points against the Read More ...


WAFLW Team of the Week – Round 16

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - 11:16 PM - by Chris Pike
The home and away season in the WAFLW competition is now over and once again the final round across the weekend saw plenty of impressive performances as players jostled over positions in the Team of the Week for the last time. It was the last game of the season ultimately for Subiaco, West Perth, Peel Thunder and East Perth while top two teams Claremont and Read More ...


Kids go free month is back

Monday, June 26, 2023 - 1:38 PM
If you are struggling to keep the kids entertained these school holidays, then read on because we have you sorted. Thousands of young football fans across the state will have the opportunity to attend AFL matches for free during Rounds 16 – 19 of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership season with the return of the AFL’s Kids Go Free Month initiative. As recognition of our Read More ...


Rio Tinto funds students’ footy dreams

Monday, June 26, 2023 - 12:25 PM
Four students from Australind Senior High School will participate in this year’s Senior High School Country Week from 26 June – 30 June, thanks to funding from Rio Tinto. The competition brings regional schools from across the state to Perth for a week-long event filled with sports and other activities. This year will see 21 Boys’ teams and 11 Girls’ teams compete for the Country Read More ...