WAFLW Round 9 wrap: Bulldogs go back-to-back
THERE were plenty of reasons for both South Fremantle and West Perth to walk away happy from their Round 9 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s clash. With both sides missing some quality young players, the Falcons still managed to put up their most competitive effort yet, and notched both their highest team score, and […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Mature-age talents impress
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Megan Norbury (West Perth)
FEW players would catch the eye in a 118-point defeat, but West Perth‘s Megan Norbury is one who bucks the trend. The 171cm winger only turned 16 last month, but has already impressed across her three games in what has been a pretty tough initiation for West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) […]
2022 WAFLW club preview: West Perth
A NEW era is about to begin at the West Perth Football Club, with the Falcons set to make their West Australian Football League (WAFL) Women’s debut in season 2022. The league’s newest side will now overtake South Fremantle as the most recent addition to the now seven-team competition. Most importantly, it is the first […]
South and West Australia set for changes galore in grand final curtain raiser
DRAFT watchers and recruiters alike will be treated to another Under 19 National Championships spectacle this weekend, with South Australia and Western Australia going head-to-head in Saturday’s AFL grand final curtain raiser. Having already met once this year, the two sides will look much different this time around with a bunch of changes set to […]
WAFL Week 2 Finals wrap: Upsets in Reserves and Colts as Subiaco books League decider spot
THINGS might have gone to script in the West Australian Football League’s (WAFL) most senior competition, but it was upsets galore in the Reserves and Colts with the lower ranked sides in both grades winning their respective finals. WAFL: Subiaco 11.7 (73) defeated South Fremantle 8.3 (51) Claremont 14.8 (92) defeated West Perth 10.8 (68) […]
WAFL Week 2 Finals preview: Lions and Bulldogs face off for grand final spot
SUBIACO Lions and South Fremantle Bulldogs will face off for a spot in the 2021 West Australian Football League (WAFL) Grand Final when they lock horns in the semi-final on the weekend. Just four teams remain in the race for the title, with the loser of the major semi-final to look horns with the winner […]
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: 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 […]
