Steely resolve for Green ‘draft bolter’
WEST Australian AFL Draft hopeful Steely Green is happy to associate with the term ‘draft bolter’. The South Fremantle prospect was a fair way off club radars 12 months ago, struggling in the Bulldogs’ Colts program and averaging just eight touches a game. But off the back of a “massive” preseason, Green bolted into contention. […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 WAFL Colts – Grand Final
PEEL Thunder have won their first WAFL Colts premiership in 17 years, holding off a late comeback to down minor premiers West Perth in a hard fought decider at Leederville Oval. Victorious ruck Jackson Broadbent took out best afield honours, and is among the prospects we cast a scope over in the latest edition of […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 WAFL Colts – Preliminary Final
Peel Thunder have booked themselves a place in the WAFL Colts Grand Final after holding off a determined Subiaco outfit by 10 points at New Choice Homes Park in East Fremantle. The Thunder will now join minor premier, West Perth in this year’s decider. Before they lock horns, we noted some of the top preliminary […]
Royals ascend into WAFLW
EAST Perth is the latest side to step up into the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s competition, to make it an eight-team league in 2023. In a landmark announcement by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC), the Royals will become the second Perth team in as many years to join the top flight, with […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 WAFL Colts – Finals Week 2
WEST Perth advanced to the big dance, while Subiaco stayed alive with a big win in week two of the 2022 WAFL Colts finals series. After a week off, the Falcons snuck past Peel Thunder on Saturday before Subiaco pumped South Fremantle by 118 points the following day. We noted some of the top performers […]
2022 Rookie Me Central WAFL Colts Team of the Year
THE 2022 Rookie Me Central WAFL Colts Team of the Year has dropped, with 23 of the competition’s most consistent players being rewarded for their outstanding seasons. With a minimum of eight games needed to qualify into the team, the likes of Jed Hagan, Darcy Jones, Jedd Busslinger, Elijah Hewett, Jack Cleaver and Steely Green were […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 WAFL Colts – Finals Week 1
PEEL Thunder and South Fremantle advanced to week two of the WAFL Colts finals series, after first-up victories on the weekend. With some of the best West Australian prospects strutting their stuff, we noted some of the top performers from either Colts fixtures, before taking a look up the grades. UP THE GRADES: By: Michael […]
WAFL Colts MOTR: Round 20 – Perth vs. South Fremantle
PERTH capped off its WAFL Colts season in style, downing the finals bound South Fremantle by 28 points in this week’s match of the round. The Demons held a two to three-goal buffer at every break, before extending it even further come the final siren to end up 11.10 (76) to 7.6 (48) victors. We […]
WAFL Colts Player Focus: Thomas Cathcart (Swan Districts)
UNDER 16 stars have been filtering into the Under 18 level around the country, and that is no different in the WAFL Colts. All Australian defender Thomas Cathcart has done so for Swan Districts, and again turned out above his age group in Round 19. While the Swans completed their slide from premier to wooden […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 WAFL Colts – Round 19
DESPITE a 52-point win in their final outing of the season, Claremont is set to miss out on this year’s WAFL Colts postseason. The Tigers were spearheaded by a surprise goalkicker, while East Perth took out a crucial win in shaping the bottom half of the top five. We noted some of the top performers […]
