Boom Peel Thunder signing Wade Derksen is hopeful of getting an exemption for next month’s AFL Mid-Season Draft after a ruling prevented him from getting a train-on stint at Fremantle during the pre-season.
Jordan McArdle
Harley Balic’s former Sandringham Dragons coach Jeremy Barnard has remembered him as a ‘pleasant’ young footballer who ‘always had a smile on his face’.
Logan Young, Claremont product and son of prominent player manager Colin, will start training with West Coast next week as he looks to win a spot on their AFL list.
De-listed Fremantle pair Taylin Duman and Brett Bewley have found new clubs for 2022 - and they’re not sticking around in WA.
West Perth are in the box seat to lure West Coast premiership tagger Mark Hutchings and a fellow midfield gun back to the club for 2022 to further strengthen their on-ball brigade.
Multiple state-league clubs are chasing the services of de-listed Fremantle speedster Stefan Giro as he weighs up whether to stay put in WA or return to his home state of South Australia.
Adam Pickering is rapt with Swan Districts’ improvement as his team chases a first finals appearance since 2017. But he’s trying not to look any further ahead than next match against West Perth.
The Subiaco and Hale School young gun endured a rollercoaster week leading up to his AFL Academy debut against Geelong VFL at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday morning.
The AFL Academy took on Geelong VFL at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday morning with five WA draft prospects taking the field in the 130-point loss.
A fifth West Aussie has been added to the AFL Academy squad ahead of their clash against Geelong’s VFL side at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday.
West Perth have officially lost star midfielder Luke Meadows, who has returned to Victoria to try his luck in the new VFL And East Coast Second-Tier Competition.
Subiaco have looked to Victoria to bolster their engine-room stocks, signing a former Richmond inside midfielder.
Twenty-two West Aussies’ AFL journeys ended after the completion of the 2020 season, some by their own choice while others were cut. Here’s where they will end up in 2021.
Former Fremantle ball magnet Michael Barlow has been appointed senior coach of Werribee in the new VFL and east coast second-tier competition.
Eight Fremantle players were cut post-season, from experienced pair Brandon Matera and Cam McCarthy to untried rookies like Jarvis Pina and Isaiah Butters. Here’s where they will play in 2021.
Former Fremantle midfielder Tom North is set to sign for Carlton’s VFL side as he chases an AFL lifeline.
The AFL has defended its right to impose experimental rule changes on second-tier leagues amid strong backlash against its decision to trial zones at stoppages in next year’s VFL & East Coast comp.
Shayne Hope
The Falcons have received an unexpected boost ahead of the new season.
The Fremantle speedster was 23 and qualified carpenter by the time he got drafted out of the VFL and 24 when he made his AFL debut last season.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to bridge the gap between the game’s second and first tiers, writes Mark Duffield.
Mark Duffield
WA footy great Graham Farmer has become the first Aussie rules player diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a crippling neurological disorder that changed the landscape of American sport.
Glen Quartermain
Mercurial WA youngster Rhai-Arn Cox is heading east in a bid to re-ignite his AFL draft hopes.
Williamstown coach Andy Collins has high hopes for his new recruit, who will be one of three West Aussies on the VFL club’s list.
WAFL premiership star Josh Deluca attracted interest from several VFL clubs after being cut suddenly by Carlton in October after half a season on the Blues’ list.
Nathan Schmook
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