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 […]
Preview | WAFLW Semi-Finals: Top four teams remain
ONLY one of the four teams can ultimately lift aloft the 2023 WAFL Women’s premiership cup, with today’s semi-finals to knock out the first competitor, and send another to the grand final. Claremont will be gunning for back-to-back flags and a spot in the big dance when it takes on South Fremantle in the major […]
2023 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 13/14
A SPLIT round in the WAFL Women’s over the past fortnight ensured each team had a bye while maintaining plenty of football for West Australian fans to watch. In a different looking Rookie Me Central WAFL Women’s Team of the Week, it was based around both weekends to ensure each of the teams had a […]
Tigers end Swans run to re-establish flag favouritism
CLAREMONT ticked off another box in its quest for back-to-back flags, defeating the red-hot Swan Districts by 21 points at Revo Fitness Stadium yesterday. In what was touted as a thriller given the Swans were coming off seven straight wins, and Claremont was yet to lose a match, it was the more experienced Tigers who […]
Preview | WAFLW R12: Jungle cats clash in Broome
REIGNING premiers Claremont will host Subiaco in a battle of the Tigers and Lions up north in Broome. The special WAFL Women’s contest will bring state league football to the region, more than 2000 kilometres north of Perth.
2023 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 11
WEST Perth had no shortage of impressive performers during the Falcons’ win over Peel Thunder at Mandurah, recording an equal league-high five representatives alongside reigning premiers Claremont in our Round 11 WAFL Women’s Team of the Week. East Fremantle also had a big win and managed four players in our side, with the Thunder (three) […]
Swans scrape home in Lions’ den
A BEHIND midway through the final term to Cassie McWilliam proved the match-winner as her Swan Districts side headed home from Leederville Oval with its sixth consecutive win, this time by a point over Subiaco. The WAFL Women’s most in-form team was facing its biggest challenge to-date against a side that had won four of […]
Preview | WAFLW R10a: Outright third up for grabs
TOP four sides Subiaco and East Fremantle will go head-to-head tomorrow in a vital WAFL Women’s clash at the WACA with the winner to go outright third on the table after 10 rounds. The teams have won four games and drawn another from eight matches, and with fifth placed Swan Districts taking on West Perth […]
Preview | WAFLW R7: State Academy members depart
WESTERN Australia’s top Under 18s and Under 16s players are out of the WAFL Women’s competition for Round 7 with the former having a weekend’s rest ahead of next week’s championships, while the latter face Vic Metro at Arden Street. It means plenty of changes across the board, with reigning grand finalists East Fremantle hardest […]
2023 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 6
IT WAS high-fives all round for East Fremantle as the Sharks recorded a league-high representation in our WAFL Women’s Round 6 Team of the Week. The Sharks had the five players in the lineup, with fellow winners Claremont and Subiaco recording four apiece. Swan Districts, South Fremantle and West Perth all had three representatives, while […]
