WEST Perth has the chance of a fairytale return to Leederville Oval on Saturday with teams in the league, reserves and colts Grand Finals but the Falcons won't have it all their own way up against Claremont, Subiaco and Peel Thunder respectively. Grand Final day in the WAFL for 2022 will take place this Saturday and it will be held at Leederville Oval, and given Read More ...

West Perth small forward Keegan Knott has once again been awarded the Electrical Group Training WAFL Goal of the Year.  Knott produced another trademark magic effort in the Round 14 victory over the West Coast Eagles at Mineral Resources Park.  The Falcons forward received more than 70 per cent of the votes cast for the award, which carries a $5000 prize courtesy.    The Kia Read More ...

AFTER years of locking horns in a fascinating rivalry, Tyler Keitel will team with Anton Hamp as West Perth's key forward options in Saturday's WAFL Grand Final with both chasing a premiership to top off decorated careers. It was a controversial move from Keitel to join West Perth from East Perth back before he had even played a league game, but that now seems a Read More ...

THE emergence of Ben Elliott in the Claremont midfield has had such a flow on effect to be instrumental in the Tigers reaching the 2022 WAFL Grand Final, but remarkably it will be his time ever playing West Perth and their bevy of midfield veteran stars. Elliott had only played four league matches for Claremont coming into 2022, but he had served a strong apprenticeship Read More ...

The West Australian Country Football League, in partnership with Healthway, promoting the ‘Think Mental Health campaign’ are excited to launch Season three of the Bush Legends Podcast. The podcast, hosted by The West Australian’s popular sports reporter, Jackson Barrett, will feature 6 episodes with a mix of old and young country footy legends, including current and former AFL/W and WAFL players.  Incorporating stories of their glory Read More ...

GIVEN how close and even the 2022 WAFL season was, spots in the Team of the Year were more hotly contested than ever and that's highlighted by the fact that a whole host of quality players who had terrific seasons couldn’t quite sneak in. At the end of each round of the 2022 WAFL season, a Team of the Week was selected made up of the Read More ...

 Rio Tinto has been revealed as the naming rights partner of the Women’s division for this month’s Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Championships in Mandurah.   The competition has expanded from five teams to eight in 2022, as more females are drawn to the game.   Brent Sheridan, Manager Country Football Development - West Australian Football Commission, has outlined the spike in interest from women in Read More ...

DESPITE a premature end to the season due to injury, East Fremantle midfielder Blaine Boekhorst has hung on in an exciting vote count to claim the 2022 Sandover Medal.    Boekhorst finished the count with 25 votes, two votes ahead of East Perth’s Hamish Brayshaw, South Fremantle’s Haiden Schloithe and West Perth’s Luke Meadows, each totalling 23 votes to finish equal runner-up.   The midfielder Read More ...

AFTER 20 home and away rounds, three weeks of finals and one of the most competitive WAFL competitions in decades - we are only days away. On Saturday, October 1, footy fans will see Leederville turn into ‘Footyville’ as we celebrate Western Australian football with the 2022 WAFL Grand Final matches. Colts, Reserves and League games will be played, with an all-day football experience promised. West Read More ...

CLAREMONT was able to turn around two disappointing performances recently against East Fremantle when it mattered most to deliver a commanding preliminary final performance on Saturday to win by 28 points. The Sharks had beaten the Tigers twice over the past five weeks including two weeks ago in the qualifying final by 48 points. That was on the same venue as well as Sunday's preliminary Read More ...

TWO teams with equally strong cases to get behind lock horns in Sunday's WAFL preliminary final with East Fremantle hosting Claremont with the winner to advance to next Saturday's 2022 Grand Final. The Sharks and Tigers do battle in the preliminary final for 2022 on Sunday afternoon at East Fremantle's New Choice Homes Park in a rematch of the qualifying final at the same venue Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is pleased to announce four new inductees into the WA Football Hall of Fame.  The West Australian Football Hall of Fame was established to recognise and enshrine players, coaches, umpires, administrators, and media representatives who have made a significant contribution to the game of Australian Football in Western Australia since its inception in 1885.  The new inductees will be honoured Read More ...

EVER reliable Claremont defender Declan Hardisty is hoping its third time lucky for the Tigers against East Fremantle in Sunday's WAFL preliminary final as he readies himself for a big task and tries to put past finals pain behind him. Since making his debut for Claremont in 2018 having come through the proven ranks of colts football back in 2016 and PSA football at Scotch Read More ...

IT has been quite the arduous wait for Cam Eardley to get back to another WAFL preliminary final and it's taken a positional change that he wasn’t initially sold on along the way, but the East Fremantle star veteran can't wait for the opportunity. Eardley returned to East Fremantle in 2014 after spending two years in the AFL system with Geelong fully expecting that he Read More ...

Participation rates more than doubled for the second Kalability Kickability Football Carnival which was held at Kostera Oval in Kalamunda.   The 2022 Kalability Kickability Carnival, which provides opportunities for children with disabilities, was held in Term 3 with 550 participants consisting of staff and students from 12 schools.  Twenty-seven teams from Secondary Education Support Schools competed for the Kalability Cup, which is awarded in each Read More ...