You may have heard the AFL Draft is happening on Wednesday 24 November.
Already we know everything we need to know about a bunch of Bont-Fyfe-Dusty-Petracca-like kids with saintly character traits.
AFL draft: what’s in the WAFL
We is rock and rock is us by Song List Rat
Ever since Arthur Bayley and William Ford discovered gold near Coolgardie in 1892 Western Australians have had a love affair with rocks. But the love of rocks goes back way longer. Katter Kitch or Wave Rock near Hyden is significant to Noongar people as a dancing and camping ground.
It all added up for the Lions by Les Everett
• Premiers again. Subiaco. Photo by Les Everett
There are some interesting numbers to consider when thinking about the WAFL grand final – 9, 8, 6, 5 – that’s the number of goals South Fremantle scored in their four finals. Two wins over Claremont, two loses to Subiaco.
Big weekend – now it’s Subi and South
• South Fremantle’s Jimmy Miller gets his kick away. Photos by Les Everett
Turns out I was asked to explain the WAFL preliminary final to quite a few people on Sunday night.
Lions again as Tigers live on
• Harrison Marsh kicks Subiaco’s first goal of the WAFL second semi final. Game over. Photo by Les Everett.
It was inevitable Subiaco would fall away after appearing in six consecutive grand finals from 2013. They missed the finals in 2020 but the bad times are over and the Lions are back.
Our landscapes – David McComb’s poetic frame by Song List Rat
WAFL finals thrillers
• South win another close one. Photos by Les Everett
The first week of WAFL finals couldn’t have been much better. Great weather, very good crowds and exciting games.
Sharks surge into the future
Swans, Sharks, Dockers turn back the clock
WAFL round 19 & more
In a big weekend of footy in the West there were a few nods to the past:
• At Bassendean Oval Swan Districts celebrated the 1961 premiership. As part of the fun the umpires dressed in 1960s – and I swear they did look great (as Bob Dylan kinda said in Joey).
• East Fremantle pulled off the kind of result that was customary back when they were good.
• Fremantle won a derby.
WAFL rolls on
• Brandon Donaldson, the star of the derby. Photos by Les Everett
A later grand final, a settled five, revised fixtures and a fight for the top three, that’s the WAFL story as we head to round 19. Continue reading
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