The East Perth and Peel rivalry enters a new chapter on Saturday when the Royals travel down to David Grays Arena. With the sides coming off Round 4 losses to league leaders Perth and Subiaco, both teams hungry for a win.

Royals Coach, Jeremy Barnard is confident the team is tracking in the right direction, despite the challenges against the strong teams in the WAFL. Barnard goes on “I felt Read More [+]

The start to the 2019 Simply Energy WAFL Colts competition has shown that there is an excellent pool of talent from Western Australia up for selection at this year’s NAB AFL Draft.

Below are the top five best performed players from the Simply Energy WAFL Colts competition in the month of April.

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SWAN Districts and Peel Thunder continued their unbeaten starts to the WAFL Colts season with Round 4 victories with South Fremantle scoring its first win of 2019 and East Perth prevailing in a thriller over Perth.

Round 4 in the colts began on Friday afternoon at Leederville Oval with Peel Thunder beating Subiaco 15.15 (105) to 6.4 (40).

Then on Friday night at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park, the thriller of the round took place and East Perth just managed to hold off Perth for the 9.11 (65) to 9.6 (60) victory.

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THE WAFL has two remaining undefeated teams after four rounds of the 2019 season with Perth and Subiaco continuing their winning ways over the ANZAC Round while South Fremantle, the West Coast Eagles and Swan Districts also were victorious.

Perth made it four straight to open the season with its win on ANZAC Day while Subiaco remained undefeated since the 2017 Grand Final with its big win on Saturday.

Swan Districts broke its duck in the battle of winless teams against West Perth while South Fremantle continued its recent derby dominance and the Eagles won the thriller of the round, handing the Tigers their first defeat.

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Round Six of the Futures has concluded with Subiaco still sitting on top of the table unbeaten. 

A nine-point win sees the ladder leaders two games clear of the chasing pack. 

Futures are now on a 4-week break to allow players to commence their community football season.

Games will recommence on Saturday May 25th.

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The initial intake of players for the 2019 Simply Energy WA State Academy has been announced ahead of the AFL National 16s and 18s Championships in June and July this year.
 
This first intake includes 36 players in the 16s age group and 40 in the 18s age group. Both squads can be added to from the WAFL Futures and Simply Energy Colts competitions, while Train On players may also be elevated to the main squad.
 
WA State Talent Manager Adam Jones congratulated all of the players on their selection and said he was looking forward to working with Western Australia’s most talented young players throughout the program.

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THERE were plenty of standout match-winning performances across Round 3 of WAFL Colts action over Easter with victories for Peel Thunder, Swan Districts, Claremont and West Perth.

The Easter Round in the WAFL Colts began on Good Friday at Mandurah's David Grays Arena with Peel Thunder defeating East Fremantle 10.11 (71) to 6.6 (42).

Then on Saturday, Swan Districts beat Perth 10.12 (72) to 6.6 (42) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval while Claremont opened its account for 2019 beating East Perth 10.8 (68) to 6.5 (41) at Leederville Oval.

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EASTER Round in the WAFL was spread across three days and saw some terrific action with Subiaco and Peel Thunder scoring Good Friday victories, Claremont continuing its impressive form, Perth holding out Swan Districts and then South Fremantle proving too good for West Perth.

Easter Round in the WAFL began with two matches on Good Friday and it started with Subiaco playing the West Coast Eagles for the first ever time. The reigning premier Lions had to fight hard but won a 22nd straight match with the eventual 8.12 (60) to 6.9 (45) victory.

The other Good Friday clash is the now annual fixture between Peel and East Fremantle at Mandurah's David Grays Arena. The Thunder ended up coming from behind to beat the Sharks 12.13 (85) to 11.7 (73).

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After a scrappy but triumphant game against Swans; Coach Jeremy Barnard believes the players are really starting to embrace his coaching style. He goes onto say “Early days we had teething problems, with terminology certainly and game style. The last 7 – 8 weeks I’ve been really pleased with how the team are coming along. And I’m really pleased with how the players are embracing it and trying to execute it.”

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East Perth's Sharrod Wellingham is furthering his career off the field, joining East Perth's President Bronte Howson at Audi Centre Perth. Wellingham, is still keeping Royals members, supporters and sponsors in mind as he embarks on this new venture. Encouraging anyone associated with East Perth to contact the Audi team if you are looking for a new or used vehicle.