When Clint Hinchliffe earned his first rookie contract from WA Cricket in 2016, he never thought he’d lace up a pair of footy boots again, let alone find himself playing in the WAFL.
Mitchell Woodcock
After Milan Murdock’s incredible debut for West Coast, The West Australian’s Mitchell Woodcock takes a look at the next five WAFL players who could make the jump to the AFL.
A pair of Good Friday blockbusters clashes will open the WAFL season where a key Fremantle recruit could make his debut and a club great returns to Subiaco.
WA draft bolter Leon Kickett’s stocks have received a boost on the eve of the draft, with the Swan Districts riser having added another AFL club to his growing list of interviewers on Friday.
Ben Smith
The WAFL’s silly season is in full swing, with plenty of player movement ahead the national and rookie drafts. Check out how your club is faring with all the ins and outs.
Swan Districts draft hopeful Blake Kelly has credited former Fremantle midfielder Connor Blakely with mentoring him as he looks to live out his AFL dream.
Get to know the state’s top hopefuls in our draft profiles series, with all the information you need on 10 of the leading contenders to get picked up in November.
Leon Kickett didn’t play representative football for Western Australia, yet the exciting Swan Districts forward is set to be one of the first West Aussies to be drafted this year. He speaks about his rise.
South Fremantle have dominated The West Australian’s WAFL 2025 Team of The Year, with seven players from the minor premiers making the side. SEE THE TEAM HERE
The West Australian’s sports reporters take a look at what’s happening in the country and amateur leagues around WA in this weekly column.
Josh Kempton
Who polled for your WAFL club in this year’s Sandover Medal? See every player and every vote here!
Exciting Swan Districts forward Leon Kickett is almost certain to be drafted after being invited to the AFL’s National Draft Combine later this year.
West Coast father-son prospect Charlie Banfield has proven he’s not shy of a big stage, lighting up the opening weekend of WAFL Colts finals as several draft prospects impressed.
Aaron Kirby
Claremont claimed consecutive premierships by the barest of margins, holding off a fast-finishing Swan Districts to claim a thrilling one-point win at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday.
Peel Thunder have finished their premiership defence in sixth spot on the ladder on the back of a 54-point victory over Swan Districts.
Sandover medallist Hamish Brayshaw is one of six players sidelined for East Perth’s final home-and-away clash against Claremont at Revo Fitness Stadium on Saturday.
Claremont captain Rachel Ortlepp has declared the reigning premiers ‘won’t be satisfied with anything less than a win’ ahead of the WAFLW grand final this weekend.
Samantha Rogers
Fremantle can be revealed as one of the AFL clubs looking at electric Swan Districts forward Leon Kickett ahead of this year’s draft.
Two young talls and three rebounding defenders were among West Coast’s best as they went down in agonising circumstances to Swan Districts in the WAFL.
One of West Coast’s Next Generation Academy prospects is sweating on scans to determine the severity of an ankle injury he suffered in the WAFL on Saturday.
West Coast Eagles have collected their fifth straight WAFL wooden spoon in heartbreaking circumstances after they were cruelly denied victory by a late Swan Districts major at Mineral Resources Park.
Claremont will be without skipper Declan Mountford and defender Anthony Davis as they look to seal second spot with a win over finals-bound Perth at Mineral Resources Park on Saturday.
