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The WA Country team went down to South Australia by nine points.

Bush and ‘BurbsHow WA Country side fared in clash with Croweaters

WA Country were on the wrong end of a nine-point loss to their South Australian counterparts in their clash at Barossa Park on Saturday night.

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Josh Kennedy and Lewis Jetta featured in the Great Southern Football League on Saturday.

Bush and ‘BurbsHow Eagles champions fared in country footy comebacks

West Coast champions Josh Kennedy and Lewis Jetta produced plenty of highlights for thousands of fans who headed to Denmark’s McLean Park on Saturday to take in their country football comebacks.

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Peel have claimed their first Country Championships division one title since 2017.

Bush and ‘BurbsPeel snap nine-year Country Championships title drought

Peel claimed their first Country Championships division one title in nearly a decade by toppling back-to-back carnival winners South West in the grand final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Sunday.

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Former AFL players Jason Carter, Blaine Boekhorst and Kalin Lane will be in action at the Country Championships.

Bush and ‘BurbsThe players to watch from every league at Country Champs

The cream of the crop from the State’s country football leagues will assemble later this week for the Country Championships — and we’ve taken a look at a player to watch from every competing league.

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Brett Peake marked his first game of the year for Albany on Saturday by slotting seven goals.

Bush and ‘BurbsThe former Docker still dominating local footy in his 40s

He might be well into his 40s, but a former Fremantle gun is still kicking goals for fun down in the Great Southern.

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The Perth Football League won both of their clashes over Country Football WA.

Bush and ‘BurbsDouble delight for PFL in representative clashes

The Perth Football League’s representative sides have claimed bragging rights over the State’s best country footballers by winning both of their games at HIF Health Insurance Oval on Friday night.

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Representative sides from the Perth Football League and Country Football WA will play for the first time since 2021 on Friday night.

Bush and ‘BurbsBragging rights on the line in city-versus-country clashes

The best local footballers from right around Western Australia will descend on HIF Health Insurance Oval in Joondalup on Friday night for a pair of representative clashes.

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Busselton, Kojonup and Rovers have made unbeaten starts to their 2026 seasons.

Bush and ‘BurbsThe most dominant country teams around WA so far this season

With most of WA’s country football leagues at or approaching the halfway point of their season, there are 12 teams around the State’s regions who are yet to taste defeat so far in 2026.

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Lewis Jetta with Southern Cross' Auskick juniors.

Bush and ‘BurbsWhere premiership Eagle featured in local footy

Lewis Jetta has regularly played local football since the end of his brilliant AFL career, and the West Coast premiership star featured for a new club on Saturday.

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Hayden Parker has been unstoppable for Jerramungup.

Bush and ‘BurbsThe runaway leader in country footy’s race to 100 goals

The days of a single player kicking 100 goals in a single season may well have been and gone at AFL level, but the old-school full-forward is alive and well in WA’s country football leagues.

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Railways won the Great Southern Football League women’s premiership.

Bush and ‘BurbsTigers complete turnaround to win first WA local flag of ‘26

WA’s first local football premiership of 2026 has been won with the completion of a remarkable reversal in fortunes.

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Jackson Harwood will coach the Perth Football League representative side again.

Bush and ‘BurbsHistory-making PFL coach retained for country clash

Jackson Harwood has retained his title as the coach of the Perth Football League representative side ahead of their clash with Country Football WA later this year.

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Boulder, Brigades and Busselton look to be well in the premiership mix in their respective leagues.

Bush and ‘BurbsThe very early flag favourites in every WA country comp

With nearly all of WA’s country football leagues now under way for the 2026 season, we have taken on the task of trying to pick out some early premiership favourites.

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Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin making his football comeback, playing for his hometown club the Dowerin Tigers. Stuart Quinn

AFLHow Buddy fared in local footy comeback

He did not finish with the haul of goals some may have expected, but Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin’s once-in-a-lifetime footballing return to his junior club was a rousing success.

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AFLBuddy’s great mate proud to see AFL legend give back

The country coach preparing to come up against WA’s greatest-ever goal-kicker in his football comeback says he’s got plenty of plans in place for Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin.

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Dane Swan will play a game for Kingsway on Saturday

AFLBrownlow medallist to play for Perth club on Saturday

Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin will not be the only AFL champion to feature in WA local football at the weekend, with a Brownlow medallist for set to line up for a Perth side at the weekend.

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David Mundy, Glen Jakovich and Dane Swan have all made famous cameos in WA country football.

BUSH AND ‘BURBSBUSH AND ‘BURBS: Some of WA footy’s best country cameos

Ahead of Buddy Franklin’s return to Dowerin on Saturday, The West Australian has taken a look at the country football cameos from some of WA’s biggest stars.

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Josh Deluca has been cleared to North Beach.

Bush and ‘BurbsBUSH AND ‘BURBS: Former AFL forward cleared to PFL premiers

Reigning Perth Football League premiers North Beach have added another big recruit ahead of the 2026 campaign, with a former Fremantle and Carlton forward cleared to the Tigers.

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Jye Bolton has revealed where he’ll play footy this year.

WAFLREVEALED: Where ex-Claremont superstar will play this year

After calling time on his brilliant WAFL career last year, former Claremont superstar Jye Bolton has settled on his new football home for 2026. Get the details here!

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