For the first time in football history WAFL Women’s will field a team to play in the inaugural State Game against arch rivals South Australia in Perth at Optus Stadium on Saturday 4 May.  The WAFLW is in its sixth season and continues to create opportunities for young female talent by providing a direct player pathway from Auskick through to the WAFLW and AFLW.   Read More ...

WEST Perth and Perth were two of the big winners from the opening to the WAFL season and now the Demons will look to break another hoodoo up against the Falcons as part of Round 2 on Saturday. Four of the five Round 2 WAFL matches take place across Saturday beginning at 11.10am with the West Coast Eagles playing host to South Fremantle at Lathlain's Read More ...

THE WAFLW season resumes this weekend and it couldn’t be in more exciting fashion with a Friday night battle between the undefeated West Perth and Claremont at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium. Fresh off the WAFL season beginning last Thursday night under the new lights at Pentanet Stadium with West Perth beating Claremont in a heart stopper, the WAFLW will back that up this Friday night with Read More ...

East Fremantle's Declan Pauline has been rewarded for his strong performance against Peel Thunder in the EGT Colts competition, named the Round 1 EGT Bright Light nominee. Pauline amassed 37 disposals, 12 tackles and kicked two goals in his team's 51-point defeat over Peel Thunder. East Fremantle take on Claremont on Saturday morning. Read More ...

Nearly 20 clubs from WA have been successful in applying for the first round of funding as part of the Telstra Footy Country Grants program. More than $1 million will flow into more than 250 local footy clubs around Australia as the initiative is rolled out.   As one of the successful applicants Ocean Ridge Auskick in the northern suburbs of Perth aims to increase Read More ...

Three WA players have been selected to represent Australia as part of the Marsh AFL Academy Girls side which will play an U23 All-Stars team in Melbourne on Saturday. Zipporah Fish from East Fremantle, South Fremantle’s Molly O’Hehir and Claremont’s Claudia Wright have been selected in the Under 18s line up. Trent Cooper, Manager Female Talent Programs and Coaching Specialist at the West Australian Football Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) with the support of the AFL has developed the WA Football Facilities Fund, to create safer and more inclusive spaces for community sport venues where football is played.  Over the past two years, the Fund has committed $4 million to more than 100 projects. These investments signify a commitment to supporting communities and will contribute towards delivering over $200 Read More ...

ONCE Emily McGuire and Brianna Hyde knew that the other was all in for a return to play at Swan Districts in 2024, they wanted back in and are more than welcome returnees to an increasingly young group. Both McGuire and Hyde have been fine servants at Swan Districts but McGuire last played in 2022 and Hyde in 2021 before she had a season in Read More ...

THE 2024 WAFL season started with a bang with West Perth winning thanks to a late goal on Thursday night from Keegan Knott and finished with Perth ending its drought over Subiaco along with wins for Peel Thunder, East Perth and Swan Districts. The 2024 WAFL season got under way on Thursday night under lights at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium with West Perth and Claremont doing Read More ...

THE hotly anticipated WAFL season gets underway with a bang on Thursday night under lights at Pentanet Stadium with West Perth hosting Claremont before a grand final rematch on Saturday just one of a host of fascinating match ups. Easter weekend provides the setting for the 2024 WAFL season to get underway and the action begins with a grand final rematch from 2022 with West Read More ...

As the countdown to the new WAFL year fast approaches, captains, coaches and umpires have given their take on what to expect at this week’s season launch. East Fremantle heads into 2024 as reigning premiers and there are nine clubs who have the Sharks in their sights. The defending champions haven’t won back-to-back flags since 1945-46 and this year the club will return to its Read More ...

With the aim of becoming the innovators of the WAFL competition, West Perth will begin its season under lights at Pentanet Stadium this evening. In a re-match of the 2022 Grand Final against Claremont, the Falcons will begin a new era under Jason Salecic, who takes over as coach from Darren Harris. While other clubs and venues have experimented with night footy, West Perth’s upgraded Read More ...

WA has named a 26-player squad to take part in next month’s Under 16s National Championships in Victoria and South Australia. Western Australia will face the Gold Coast on April 7 in Melbourne, followed by a showdown with South Australia in Adelaide on April 14. Since the first squad intake was announced earlier this month, the players have been put through four weeks of training Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission has locked in a groundbreaking partnership with Activ Foundation, delivering a major boost for community football in WA. The collaboration with Activ marks a significant step forward in promoting inclusivity and accessibility within the sport across the state. Activ, a leading organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people living with disability, bring expertise and lived experience to the table, Read More ...

WEST Perth and Claremont kept their undefeated starts to the WAFLW season going with wins on Saturday while East Fremantle won a heart stopper over Swan Districts and Subiaco got back to winning. A month into the WAFLW season for 2024 and the action has been fascinating with the Round 4 results leaving West Perth and Claremont as the two undefeated sides while East Perth Read More ...