Competitive Roper always eyeing improvement
WEST Perth top-age talent Kaitlyn Roper has quietly built a nice CV at the Falcons over the last few years, though admits she is never “100 per cent satisfied” and is craving to get better at every opportunity. Coming into the 2024 season off a Rogers Cup club best and fairest and a high finish […]
Tigers end Falcons flight, set Sharks rematch
FOR the third consecutive season, East Fremantle and Claremont will face off in the WAFL Women’s Grand Final, after the latter ended West Perth’s fairytale season in a 27-point win on Saturday. In front of home fans, the Tigers started strong in the first half, then withstood a challenge from the visitors during the third […]
Falcons make history with impressive win
WEST Perth is one win away from a fairytale WAFL Women’s Grand Final after dispatching of Swan Districts by 44 points in the semi-final on Saturday. The margin did flatter the result in the end, with the Falcons piling on four goals in the final term to run away 11.4 (70) to 4.2 (26) winners. […]
2024 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 13
ALL FOUR winning sides contributed the same amount of WAFL Women’s Team of the Week nominees for Round 13, making up 16 of the 24 players in the side. Two losing sides – South Fremantle and Peel Thunder had one less with three, while Claremont had two and East Perth was the only team without […]
The Price is right: Falcons do it again
WEST PERTH is making a habit out of snatching victory out of the jaws of defeat in the dying moments of a match, and after stunning Claremont last week, doubled down with an incredible win over South Fremantle. The Falcons trailed by as much as 17 points early in the fourth term, before kicking 3.2 […]
2024 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 11
IN a strange week of WAFLW action where most of the matches were close, it was actually the losing sides that shared the spoils in our WAFLW Team of the week. South Fremantle and West Perth joined winners Subiaco as the sides with the equal league-high WAFLW Team of the Week representatives. The Bulldogs, Falcons […]
WAFLW Round 11 wrap: Tigers hold on to deny Dogs
CLAREMONT will be relieved to take home the four points following a one-point nail-biter against South Fremantle to avoid suffering back-to-back losses in the WAFL Women’s competition. Both sides entered the match coming off a bye which followed respective upset defeats, though the Bulldogs were able to bring back some key players, as the Tigers […]
PREVIEW | 2024 WAFLW Round 8: Saturday
THREE matches take place tomorrow as Round 8 of the WAFL Women’s competition begins. The pick of the bunch is between two finals contenders coming off victories in Subiaco and South Fremantle, while other sides battling for the eight, Swan Districts and West Perth also promise to produce a ripper. In the anticipated one-sided contest […]
WAFLW R7 wrap: Royals rise to maiden win
EAST Perth cracked through for its first ever WAFL Women’s win by overcoming fellow winless side Peel Thunder on a historic day. The Royals had been peppering for a win for some time, and after leading by 14 points at the main break, survived a third quarter fightback to post a 13-point win, 5.5 (35) […]
WAFLW R6 wrap: Claremont claims top in statement win
ANY DOUBTS over whether Claremont was the team to beat this WAFL Women’s season were put to bed on Friday night as the Tigers dismantled fellow unbeaten side West Perth by 40 points. Make no mistake, the Falcons came to play and booted the opening goal of the game, but it was all one way […]
