
Scouting Notes: 2023 WAFL Colts – Round 20
THE TOP four WAFL Colts sides locked horns in this year’s final home-and-away round, but only one team came away with a win. Minor premiers Perth drew in a dour 38-apiece result against second-placed Claremont, while East Fremantle beat Subiaco in a two-point thriller. With state and national draft combine invitees finalised, a few were […]

WAFL Colts MOTR: Round 17 – East Fremantle vs. Claremont
EAST Fremantle has validated its credentials as a Colts contender, producing a mightily impressive performance to down the second-placed Claremont by 38 points at the WACA. With the Sharks bringing down several key players from senior football for the crunch clash, they had all the answers for the highly fancied Claremont outfit, leading at every […]

WAFLW Player Focus: Zippy Fish (East Fremantle)
ONE of the top AFLW Draft prospects for next year, East Fremantle bottom-ager Zippy Fish announced her big game potential with an incredible best on ground display in the WAFLW Grand Final. In arguably the best – or certainly most important – performance of her career, Fish was simply dominant through the midfield and all […]

2023 WAFLW State Scouting Notes: Grand Final
EAST Fremantle secured the 2023 WAFL Women’s premiership after taking down Claremont in the grand final on the weekend. We took note of the State Academy members and how they performed in the match, with all notes the opinion of the author.

Sharks Zip to WAFLW flag
EAST Fremantle is the toast of the town after the Sharks successfully sought revenge on Claremont 12 months after the Tigers toppled them in the 2022 WAFLW Grand Final, to win the 2023 edition by 12 points. Despite it being a neck-and-neck contest all game, a fourth quarter goal to the Sharks sealed the deal, […]

Preview | WAFLW Grand Final: Claremont vs. East Fremantle
TWELVE months ago, Claremont caused a boilover in the WAFL Women’s Grand Final, defeating a previously undefeated East Fremantle to snatch the 2022 premiership. Having lost a stack of players mid-season to injury and the AFLW Draft, coach Jack Schwarze and his players found a way to hunt and win against the odds. Fast forward […]

State of Play: 2023 WAFL Colts – Representative period
THE UNDER 18 National Championships has seen the best young talent in Western Australia absent from club duties, testing the depth of each Colts squad in what has been an intriguing period of the season. Here’s how each Colts side has fared through the representative period, and how they shape up heading into the remainder […]

2023 WAFLW State Scouting Notes: Preliminary Final
EAST Fremantle got the win against South Fremantle in the 2023 WAFL Women’s Preliminary Final to book a spot in the decider against Claremont. In what will be the penultimate edition of WAFL Women’s State Scouting notes, we took a look at how each of the players from both the Bulldogs and Sharks performed in […]

Reilly magic sends Sharks into WAFLW decider
A MATCH-WINNING performance from East Fremantle forward Chloe Reilly helped sent the Sharks into their second successive WAFL Women’s Grand Final after defeating South Fremantle by 23 points at Fremantle Oval on Sunday. In a game that had a bit of everything, from high scoring to dour defence, and then a last quarter struggle, it […]

2023 WAFLW State Scouting notes: Semi-finals
FINALS action began in the WAFL Women’s competition, and though four teams were eliminated after the end of the regular season, there were still some State Academy members running around. We took a look across the two games and noted down some of the standouts.