The WA Wheelchair Football League (WAWFL) and WA Blind AFL seasons burst into action this weekend. Now in their third season, participation across the WAWFL and WA Blind AFL competitions continue to grow as the sports aim to promote awareness. This year will see five teams compete in WAWFL which includes Subiaco, East Perth, Swan Districts, Perth and the newly formed West Coast Eagles, with Read More ...

Three WA U17 players will play on the MCG on AFL's biggest day of the year. The AFL has today announced the teams to compete in the 2023 AFL Futures match which will be played at the MCG ahead of the 2023 Toyota AFL Grand Final.     The match will feature 45 of the most talented under 17 boys footballers from across the country, including Read More ...

Dozens of WA’s most talented umpires have been recognised as part of the 2023 Junior Umpire Awards Nights held in September. WAFC Junior Umpiring Coordinator Courtney Gibson is excited about the quality of emerging whistleblowers in the state. ‘The junior umpire awards nights in September were a wonderful celebration of young talent and dedication in the field of umpiring,” Gibson said. “The awards covered a Read More ...

The West Australian Country Football League (WACFL) is thrilled to announce its rebranding as Country Football WA, as it proudly marks 50 years of dedication to the sport.   This exciting transformation signals a fresh chapter in the legacy of country football in Western Australia.   With a newly elected Board comprising of representatives from both junior and senior leagues as well as broader regional Read More ...

Pippa McTaggart, from the Mingenew Auskick Centre in Western Australia has been announced as the 2023 NAB AFL Auskicker of the Year and Captain of Team NAB AFL Auskick.     Living on a grain and cattle farm in a small rural town in WA, football has always brought Pippa’s family and the local community together – training on a Wednesday evening and travelling on the Read More ...

EVERY one of the 22 players who ended East Fremantle's premiership drought have taken a fascinating journey to win the Sharks' first flag since 1998 and all of them played a critical role in making it happen. All the East Fremantle players who ran out onto Optus Stadium on Sunday and left with a premiership medal with the 39-point victory against Peel Thunder played in Read More ...

IT was a year for breaking droughts at East Fremantle in 2023 and that was completed on Sunday at Optus Stadium as the Sharks beat Peel Thunder to win the WAFL Grand Final by 39 points. Despite not having a home ground for the past two seasons, not having a consistent training venue and having had plenty thrown in their way, East Fremantle was knocking Read More ...

CLAREMONT has shaken off a flying start from Perth in the WAFL Colts Grand Final for 2023 and then held them out with Dan Curtin captaining the Tigers to the 11-point triumph. The stage was all set for a mouth watering Grand Final contest in the colts at Optus Stadium on Sunday afternoon with Perth and Claremont both scoring a win against the other in Read More ...

SWAN Districts was able to withstand a blistering start and finish from West Perth to win the WAFL Reserves Grand Final in thrilling fashion by three points to open proceedings on Sunday at Optus Stadium. Despite West Perth finishing the home and away season on top of the ladder looking to make amends for losing last year's Reserves Grand Final in heartbreaking fashion to Subiaco, Read More ...

CAM Eardley deserved to wonder if the chance to play in a WAFL Grand Final would ever eventuate given the way the last decade at East Fremantle has gone, but his commitment, excellence and loyalty will see him get the chance at glory this Sunday. Eardley came through the ranks at East Fremantle before being drafted to Geelong in 2011 and then he was never going to Read More ...

BLAIR Bell knows what premiership success at Peel Thunder looks like as he attempts to become the club's lone triple flag winner on Sunday but it's with great pride that he beams over how the group has pulled together for the one cause in 2023. Bell is one of the born and bred Mandurah products in the Peel line-up preparing to play in Sunday's WAFL Grand Read More ...

THE spring weather is going to turn it on and WAFL Grand Final day at Optus Stadium this Sunday is shaping as an occasion you don't want to miss highlighted by the main event with East Fremantle taking on Peel Thunder. The Grand Final returns to Optus Stadium this Sunday with the world renowned venue set to host its fourth WAFL decider. With sunny weather Read More ...

Meet Nuria Ushoroff, a dedicated PE teacher and AFL advocate, who not only represented Western Australia at the AFL National Volunteer of the Year Awards, but has also claimed the prestigious 2023 AFL School Teacher of the Year (Female) award.   Nuria's story is not just about teaching sports; it's about changing lives and fostering a deep love for AFL in the hearts of her Read More ...

IT proved to be a fascinating WAFL season in 2023 ahead of East Fremantle and Peel Thunder battling in the Grand Final this Sunday with four teams making finals with 12 wins while the reigning premiers only narrowly missed out despite a blistering finish. By the end of Round 20, East Fremantle did finish two games and percentage clear on top of the WAFL ladder Read More ...

Comet Bay College and Presbyterian Ladies’ College have enjoyed success at the sixth annual Freo Dockers Schoolgirls Cup. The event is an interschool competition for girls in Year 8 and 9 and was staged at Legacy Park in Cockburn. Regan Atkinson, Schools Specialist at the West Australian Football Commission, is proud that every year more schools across the districts and regions of WA express their Read More ...