The tightness of the WAFL ladder is not reflected in the TV coverage.
Close ones in the WAFL by Les Everett
March 28, 2015 by 5 Comments
As Les reports, Round 2 in the WAFL saw three of the four games decided by 13 points or less.
WAFL Round 22: Put away the slide rule the four is set
August 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Les Everett gives us another set of results for footy in WA as their finals teams have now been decided.
WAFL Round 9 – Swans on top; Thunder on the board
May 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Les gives his wrap of the WAFL Round 9. An eighteen-game losing streak has to end some time, right?
WAFL Round 7: Swans are good, South are getting better and Peel are not
May 5, 2014 by 2 Comments
Les once again fills us in on WAFL footy results with poor old Peel in the basement with zero wins for the season.
One WAFL constant
April 28, 2014 by 1 Comment
Were you hanging out to here how all the WAFL teams went this week? Les has all the low down and results.
WAFL: Leederville co-tenants looking the goods
April 8, 2014 by 5 Comments
East Perth finally convince but Peel can’t take a trick as the WAFL continues. Les Everett wraps up Round 3.
WAFL – Round 21: Mat seals the deal for East Perth
August 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
EAST PERTH’S Mathew Seal has always like kicking goals and at Leederville on Saturday he had a PB – seven – after the Royals lost the competition’s leading goal scorer Josh Smith to injury early in the game.
WAFL – Round 17: Demons alive, Tigers go down
July 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Swans took control at Claremont Oval in the second quarter and didn’t look back against the top team. Swan Districts are beginning to look very dangerous while the Tigers have a long injury list.
AFL Round 14 – West Coast v Essendon: In Jobe we trust
July 3, 2013 by 7 Comments
The spirit and fire that the Bombers have shown this year has been outstanding. We can only speculate the outcome of the ASADA investigation, but in the mean time it would be rude not to acknowledge the on-field efforts of the Bombers in the first half of season 2013.
WAFL – Round 14: A pair of thrillers
June 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Two cliffhangers in the WAFL on the weekend.
WAFL – Round 13: Swans sour Subi celebrations
June 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It was meant to be Subiaco’s party, but Swan Districts was having none of it. Les Everett saw some good footy this week in the WAFL.
WAFL – Round 12: Runaway Tigers
June 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Claremont moved even further ahead on the WAFL ladder with a 21-point win over West Perth at Joondalup.
WAFL – Round 9: Bulldogs at last
May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A brilliant first half at home set up South Fremantle’s first win of the WAFL season but there was a customary fade before victory.
AFL Round 2 – West Coast v Hawthorn: No retreat, baby, no surrender
April 10, 2013 by 7 Comments
Fresh from seeing Bruce Springsteen live, Hawks fan Peter Blenkinsop couldn’t help but view Sunday’s game through the prism of The Boss’s rich lyrical landscape.
Alicia Coutts – Thunder Road
August 5, 2012 by 23 Comments
Climb in back Heaven’s waiting on down the tracks Oh-oh come take my hand We’re riding out tonight to case the promised land 4 am March 9, 1976 – Hancock St Doubleview – John has just tied his boards to the roof and got in the back of my EJ. The rain is horizontal so Mark [Read more]
WAFL Round 13: East Perth continue unbeaten run
June 19, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Les Everett EAST PERTH’S unbeaten run is now nine games but in round 13 they did it with a little less frenzy. Boasting a ruck battery a number of AFL clubs would trade for the Royals came up against a weakened South Fremantle and put the game to bed in the first quarter. The [Read more]
Victorians giveth and Victorians taketh away
March 27, 2012 by 7 Comments
by Mark Simms As all seasoned footy fans know, one of the pleasures of the early season games lies in casting an eye over the new cattle at the club. Perhaps the summer has brought some bargain pick ups or even recruiting masterstrokes. This is particularly true in the Wafl these days, with so [Read more]
From the Folly of Subiaco to Greener Pastures
May 6, 2011 by 5 Comments
By Brad Carr In last year’s Almanac, I wrote up the Round 7 game between West Coast and Hawthorn, and I referred to Subiaco Oval as “what sadly remains the worst stadium in the AFL”. In the course of editing the book, Paul Daffey picked up on this point, and asked that I elaborate on [Read more]
General Footy Writing: Footy soul train needs a little direction
June 18, 2009 by 11 Comments
By David Mapleston It’s Sunday afternoon and I am watching the Cats and the Bombers on telly. My girlfriend Sonja’s favourite player has just became Jimmy Bartel due to a close up before a centre bounce. Cameron Ling was No.1 because, as Sonja said, he is the “Susan Boyle of the AFL”. It’s the mothering [Read more]
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