The 20-round home-and-away season will be followed by a four-week finals series, with the WAFL Grand Final scheduled to be played on the weekend of September 19 & 20 at Optus Stadium. With a highly credentialed group of development staff led by Ryan Lasscock and well-resourced programs, we boast one of the most successful development systems in the WAFL, with 75% of our current senior squad hailing from our zone development programs, 9 Falcon players currently playing in the AFL, numerous AFL coaches and 1 newly appointed Senior Coach in Justin Longmuir at the Fremantle Dockers.2019 was our most successful year in nearly two decades, competing in a Preliminary Final (going down to eventual Premiers Claremont), 2 players made their League debuts (Jaxon Prior & Ben Johnson), 2 more made Senior debuts (Ryan Hudson & Koopah Todd) incl Koopah making his debut in a Reserves winning Grand Final, Koopah Todd also won the Jack Clarke Medal (B&F for the entire WAFL Colts competition), 6 players were selected in the WA State U18s team (Jaxon Prior, Ryan Hudson, Ben Johnson, Michael Mallard, Heath Chapman & Zak Patterson), we also boasted 5 players in the Simply Energy Colts Team of The Year (most of any WAFL Club) in Jaxon Prior, Heath Chapman, Ben Johnson, Koopah Todd and Ty Hindmarsh.© Copyright 2020 West Perth Football ClubMoving forward, the club is keen to see our talent system entice our growing multi-cultural and Indigenous populations into our national game, as well as to provide greater opportunities and support to our aspiring country players to have the resources and support they need to realise their dreams.Our club has a proud history of producing footballers to play at the highest level in both WA and the VFL/AFL. The 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season will kick off under lights on Friday, April 3 in a blockbuster night match between Perth and West Coast at Mineral Resources Park.
The 2020 Australian Football League season is the ongoing 124th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 31st under the name "Australian Football League", having changed from "Victorian Football League" after the 1989 season.There will be 18 teams competing in the league, the same as the previous eight seasons. The following games will be broadcast by TV, radio or livestreamed during Round 2 of the WAFL, Simply Energy Colts an... Steve Tuohey.
2020 WAFL Media Accreditation. WAFL pre-season games will be played on March 21 and 29.Following post-season equalisation measures across the WAFL, the endeavour is to create a highly competitive and exciting season for the State League competition in 2020. The 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season will kick off under lights on Friday, April 3 in a blockbuster night match between Perth and West Coast at Mineral Resources Park. Applications are invited for Media Accreditation for the 2020 West Australian Football League Season. The Round 2 Football Budget is available to download ahead of this weekend's 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season f... Steve Tuohey. WAFL Clubs will ramp up their preperations for the 2020 Optus WAFL Season with a number of pre-season fixtures over the next month. Baker said while the traditional timeslot of Saturday afternoon will be prominent, the addition of alternative match days allows the competition to build its family fanbase. “Exciting game day activations and fan engagement activities will provide the perfect platform for families to enjoy the WAFL match day experience.”All game times and broadcast details will be confirmed early in 2020.The Optus WAFLW Season fixture is in the final stages of being completed and will be announced in early 2020. The other 2020 fixture highlights include Easter Weekend games, ANZAC Day games, Derbies on WA Day and NAIDOC Round. “Games on Fridays, Sundays and public holidays gives flexibility for the WAFL to continue to attract a ‘family friendly’ audience during the 2020 season,” he said.The fixture includes traditional clashes and feature rounds, with all 10 teams playing each other twice throughout the season. “Beginning the season on a Friday night will create a great buzz for the competition and hopefully build fantastic momentum heading into another exciting campaign of WAFL football.”The 20-round home-and-away season will be followed by a four-week finals series, with the WAFL Grand Final scheduled to be played on the weekend of September 19 & 20 at Optus Stadium. Accreditation passes permit access to WAFL venues for the purpose of media coverage for all WAFL home and away games plus finals, excluding the WAFL Grand Final. The WAFL Simply Energy Colts program is an underage competition with teams representing the 9 WAFL club districts. The competition is one of the primary sources of recruitment for AFL clubs. The WAFL Simply Energy Colts competition provides an opportunity for talented young players to participate in a high standard competition.