2021 WAFL Week 1 Finals preview: Hunt for premiership glory begins
WITH 18 home-and-away matches done and dusted the best five teams remain in the hunt for Western Australian Football League (WAFL) premiership glory. Minor premiers Subiaco will have a bye in the first week as second-placed South Fremantle and third-placed Claremont face-off, while West Perth hosts Swan Districts in an elimination final. SOUTH FREMANTLE VS […]
2021 WAFL Colts MOTR: Round 22 – Claremont vs. Swan Districts
WAFL Colts minor premier Swan Districts earned a remarkable nine-point comeback victory over Claremont in Saturday morning’s top-of-the-table clash, proving the perfect sighter for finals. The Tigers lead at every break and dominated play in the first half, but two late goals in the second term gave the Swans a sniff. Having wrestled back some […]
2022 AFLW early look: West Coast
IN an early look at the upcoming AFL Women’s 2022 season, Draft Central checks out each of the 14 clubs over the next three weeks ahead of preseason commencing. Next up is West Coast, who finished 12th overall with two wins for the season, narrowly getting past Gold Coast (one point) and then smashing Geelong […]
WAFL Player Focus: Joshua Cripps (East Fremantle)
EAST Fremantle ruck-forward Joshua Cripps has struck a rich vein of form over the last three WAFL Colts rounds, with his latest effort yielding 20 disposals, five marks and three goals in the Sharks’ 21-point win over West Perth. Cripps, the brother of Carlton co-captain Patrick, has his sibling covered for height and was added […]
2021 WAFL Colts: Round 21 weekend wrap
THE 2021 WAFL Colts top five has been locked in after Round 21 went down this past weekend, with Swan Districts officially crowned minor premier. East Perth secured third, while East Fremantle moved clear of West Perth in fourth with just one round of regular season fixtures to play out. After their National Championships dig […]
Western Australia claims big win over South Australia in champs opener
WESTERN Australia has opened its 2021 AFL Under 19 Championships title defence with a commanding 29-point win over South Australia. Playing in front of a home crowd, the Sandgropers took control in the opening three quarters to blow the lead out to 43 points at the final break – though it should have been more […]
2021 WAFL Colts MOTR: Round 20 – West Perth vs. South Fremantle
WEST Perth solidified its top five spot on Sunday morning, beating South Fremantle by 47 points to move a game clear of the sixth-ranked side. In what was the lone WAFL Colts fixture for Round 20, the Falcons kicked away with six goals to one in the opening quarter and despite South’s efforts to bridge […]
2021 WAFL Colts MOTR: Round 19 – Swan Districts vs. East Perth
SWAN Districts stamped its authority as 2021’s leading WAFL Colts side, defeating the third-ranked East Perth by 34 points in a fiery affair on Saturday morning. The Swans broke away early in the third term and never looked back, as the Royals struggled to find any fluency with ball in hand and suffered their second […]
State leagues wrap: Teams searching for form ahead of SANFL, TSL and WAFL finals
IT was another week with no games in the VFL or QAFL as COVID-19 restrictions continue to stop footy being played. Nevertheless, we were treated to big wins, small wins, upset wins and plenty of goals across the SANFL, TSL and WAFL action over the weekend. We recap everything that happened in this week’s state […]
2022 AFLW Draft – Teams to Watch: Peel Thunder
IN a new series looking towards the 2022 AFL Women’s Draft, we take a look at some teams that have outstanding prospects who showed plenty of promise in their bottom-age years to suggest the team might have plenty of potential for the next season. We continue with Peel Thunder, who have been a hotbed of […]
