What an incredible first season for coach Craig White at South Fremantle as the Bulldogs claimed their 15th flag.  The League team took out the minor premiership with an impressive home-and-away record of 17-1, before winning the Grand Final in a thrilling decider against East Perth.  Remarkably, the only team to knock of Souths was wooden-spooner West Coast back in Round 5.  South Fremantle’s fresh faces were a massive reason behind their return to finals footy, led by former Read More ...

East Perth suffered Grand Final heartbreak for the second successive season, falling just short of causing a stunning upset against eventual premiers South Fremantle.  It was a brilliant season for Ross McQueen’s men, who lost Mitch Crowden, Cooper Stephens and Angus Schumacher heading into 2025.  Stepping up in their absence, Tom North had the best season of his career, while Jordyn Baker, Stan Wright, Angus Scott and Hamish Brayshaw all had excellent seasons.  The Royals now haven’t won a WAFL League premiership since 2002 following Read More ...

Claremont’s bid to win its first premiership since 2012 fell short again despite reaching the Preliminary Final.   The Tigers bounced back from a Qualifying Final loss to East Perth to defeat the Demons in the First Semi Final before going down in a thriller to the Royals in the Preliminary Final by just five points.  Finishing the season in second spot with 14 wins, three losses and a draw, the Tigers were a Read More ...

Perth’s return to the finals for just the second time this century has given the club renewed hope of becoming a premiership contender in the coming years.  The Demons ended the home and away season in fifth position with 11 wins and seven losses, a strong result for Mark Stone in his first year as senior coach at Mineral Resources Park.  Capping off the side’s resurgence, Perth stormed to Read More ...

East Fremantle will reflect on a wasted season with a talented list after a year which began with so much promise.  The Sharks reached Round 7 in second position on the table with six wins and one loss but posted only five more victories for the year, three of those coming in the last three rounds of the home and away season.  They finished fourth with a record of 11 and Read More ...

West Perth made a late charge towards finals under caretaker coach Paul Sanzone but ultimately fell short.  Long-time assistant coach Sanzone took the reins from club legend Jason Salecic midway through the season, with the Falcons finishing seventh on the ladder with a 6-12 record.  A shock loss to Subiaco in Round 18 ultimately sealed the Falcons’ finals fate, but there was a lot to work with for the future. Sanzone wasn’t afraid to blood the young Read More ...

Peel Thunder’s premiership defence never really took off as injuries to key personnel and off-season exits took their toll.  Adam Read had a dream first campaign in charge of the Thunder, leading the club to its third premiership.  But things didn’t go to plan this year with a large injury-list - headlined by a season-ending knee injury to captain Ben Hancock - and patchy form.  There was Read More ...

It was a season to forget for the Black Ducks, who fell from a third-placed finish last season to third last in 2025.  Swan Districts dropped from 11 wins down to just six this season, after enduring a rough 0-5 start to the year.  After losing young spearhead Tom Edwards to Essendon as an AFL Supplemental-Selection Period Signing, Swans struggled to find avenues to goal outside of star key forward Read More ...

A new era is beginning in Subiaco, after a season from which they found plenty of positives in the form of youth and potential.  The club recently welcomed back Jarrad Schofield as Head Coach, a position he held from 2013-2018 and won three premierships in and appointed a new CEO in Kellie Properjohn.    Subiaco defeated West Coast in Round 2 but lost their next seven games as they began to blood debutants and focus on revamping their Read More ...

The West Coast Eagles claimed their fifth successive wooden spoon after a year which produced just two victories.  One of those wins was the upset of the season when they defeated South Fremantle in Round 5 by 16 points, while the club’s second success came in Round 13 with a convincing 30-point result over Subiaco.  On that day, AFL-listed players Campbell Chesser, Tom Gross, Matt Owies and Noah Read More ...

West Perth ball magnet Sam Swadling won his club’s fairest-and-best award - the Dominish Medal – despite only playing seven EGT WAFL Colts games, while fellow AFL Draft prospects Toby Whan and Blake Kelly were also recognised for their standout seasons. Swadling enjoyed a breakout year at all levels, including Under-18s All-Australian selection and a league debut, to bolt up the AFL Draft boards. He Read More ...

Dhara Kerr medallist Krstel Petrevski added a second Sarah Michell Medal as Subiaco’s fairest-and-best player to cap off a massive WAFLW campaign. The prolific former West Coast and Melbourne midfielder was a worthy recipient of the Lions’ highest individual women’s honour ahead of prized recruit Lisa Steane after a dominant season, where she averaged 26 disposals and five tackles per game. Young gun Jaime Henry Read More ...

WA Football advises that the Nomination Committee, with representatives of the WA Football Board, Fremantle Football Club, West Coast Eagles Football Club, WAFL Council of Presidents and the Community Football Advisory Council, met to consider the Expressions of Interest received for the upcoming Commissioner Elections and provided the WA Football Board with a shortlist of Recommended Candidates.   A number of nominations from high quality Read More ...

WA draft hopefuls combined for a whopping 14 top-five results in the recent AFLW State Combine testing. Six West Aussies tested at the WA State Draft Combine on Sunday and were among the best of the 42 players taking part across Australia. AFLW Under-18s All-Australian and East Fremantle gun Maya Louvel-Finn produced five top-five results of her own, with Claremont WAFLW premiership player Ella Gilbey Read More ...

The WA Football Boys Summer Squad talent program has been selected, featuring the State’s best young footballers hoping to realise their AFL dreams over the next couple of years. The squad features the best 2026 and 2027 AFL Draft prospects, highlighted by seven Claremont premiership players from last month’s EGT WAFL Colts Grand Final at Optus Stadium. The Tigers are the equal-best represented team with nine Read More ...