The teenager looming as the top West Australian pick in this year’s draft is familiar to footy fans. Cody Curtin is the younger brother of Adelaide midfielder Dan, but this is a player with a ‘rare’ talent.
Mitchell Woodcock
There are no scientific diets behind Bob Taylor’s longevity. The secret is a love of sport, family and polony and margarine sandwiches on cheap, white bread.
Glen Quartermain
Fremantle have locked in their alignment Peel Thunder until at least the end of 2029 just months after claiming a third WAFL premiership.
Swan Districts have opted against recruiting disgraced former North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas following backlash towards the WAFL club.
Jackson Barrett and Samantha Rogers
The State’s peak football body has asked the WAFL club making a play for disgraced ex-AFL player Tarryn Thomas for more information before they decide whether or not to let him compete in the league.
Tarryn Thomas was all smiles as the disgraced former AFL player tries to get his final lifeline at Swan Districts.
WA Football is expected to decide within days whether or not disgraced former North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas will be free to play in the WAFL.
Jackson Barrett
CAITLIN BASSETT: The Perth WAFL club that has thrown Tarryn Thomas a lifeline are not reading the room. There is more at stake than helping this troubled former AFL player restart his footy career.
Caitlin Bassett
SEE THE PICS: Disgraced footballer Tarryn Thomas has remained tight-lipped upon landing in Perth as he prepares for a trial at Swan Districts which could be his last football lifeline.
Swan Districts chief executive Jeff Dennis says he doesn’t expect the club to have any issues ticking off its pursuit of disgraced former North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas with the league’s governing body.
Sacked North Melbourne midfielder Tarryn Thomas has been offered a two-week trial by Swan Districts despite his troubled and controversial past.
Former Test cricketer and Swan Districts legend Keith Slater has died after a long illness aged 89.
Jake Santa Maria
WAFL clubs argue any review into their metropolitan and country recruiting zones should be accompanied with a ‘bigger picture’ discussion on the overall health of the sport in the State.
Perth Football Club president Adrian Barich says inequalities in metropolitan and country zoning are holding the WAFL back.
The West Australian Football League will reintroduce centre-bounces after a two-year absence this season.
Tom Edwards’ eye-catching performance in Essendon’s first pre-season hit-out has proved impossible to ignore, with the Bombers signing the Swan Districts product on Tuesday.
AFL hopeful Tom Edwards is ready to “wait and see” after flying back to Perth on Sunday knowing he’s done everything he could to grab the final spot on Essendon’s list.
St Kilda speed demon Brad Hill has made a surprise appearance alongside some former teammates at South Fremantle training.
Bush and ‘Burbs is gearing up to the start of another season in the country and amateur footy leagues, with three former West Coast players changing clubs for this year.
He’s regarded as the best WA player never to have played in the VFL or AFL, but Stephen Michael will be celebrated across the country this year after being unveiled as the honouree for Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
Grand finalists East Perth have been dealt a devastating pre-season blow, with star recruit Cooper Stephens to miss the year after rupturing his ACL at training this week.
WA Football chair Ian Callahan has forecast ‘major change’ to WAFL recruiting zones, with perennial battlers Perth Football Club expected to be a beneficiary.
The West Australian Football Commission will now operate under a different name as part of a revamp its new boss says will make it less ‘intimidating’, The West can exclusively reveal.
A former Fremantle midfielder is closing in on a return to football, as a big WAFL club looks to land his signature.
