The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final. The league also runs reserves, colts (under-19) and women's competitions.
NRL Western Australia is responsible for administering the game of rugby league football in the state of Western Australia.
Foster Neil "Fos" Williams AM was a leading Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in a career spanning 1946–1978. He also played 34 interstate games for South Australia, captaining the team from 1954–1958 and he coached the team in 45 games from 1955–1969.
Australian rules football matches between teams representing Australian colonies, states and territories have been held since 1879. For most of the 20th century, the absence of a national club competition and international matches meant that football games between state representative teams were regarded with great importance. Football historian John Devaney has argued that: "some of the state of origin contests which took place during the 1980s constituted arguably the finest expositions of the game ever seen".
Australian rules football in Western Australia is the most popular sport in the state.
Phillip Henry Matson was a record-breaking swimmer, and both a highly successful player and coach of Australian rules football in the early 20th century, chiefly in Western Australia.
Rick Davies is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt and South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed the "Jumbo Prince", Davies played a total of 390 games throughout his career (317 for Sturt, 33 for South Adelaide, 20 for Hawthorn, and 20 State Games for South Australia. Though not tall for a ruckman at only 188 cm, Davies was known for his strong marking and body strength which he used to great effect against opponents who were often taller and heavier than him.
John "Jack" Aloysius Chamberlain was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football, cricket and rugby union at a high level.
Damian Squire is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL) and both North Adelaide and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Squire is the step-brother of former Norwood and Central District footballer Mark Jones.
Thomas Joseph Leahy was an Australian rules footballer who played 111 games with North Adelaide and 58 games with West Adelaide in the SAFL.
Robert 'Bob' Snell was an Australian rules footballer who played for East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and New Town in the Tasmanian National Football League (TANFL) between 1923 and 1933.
Gregory John Brehaut was an Australian rules football player and coach who played with the Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and the Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Playing mainly as a wingman, he also represented Western Australia in 16 interstate matches, and later coached the East Perth Football Club between 1983 and 1986, before dying in 1993 at the age of 46 from a heart attack. Brehaut was posthumously inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
Brayden Lyle is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and vice-captained Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Max James is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also spent 5 years in the Victorian Football League (VFL) playing for South Melbourne.
The Leagues Championship Cup, officially branded under the sponsor's name as the Foxtel Cup, was an annual Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia. The tournament was organised by the Australian Football League (AFL), and was held annually between 2011 and 2014.
The Australian Football League stages the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the country. However, since the late 1980s, when the former Victorian Football League expanded interstate to become the modern Australian Football League, there has not been a league-wide reserves competition; and, since 2000, there has been no dedicated reserves competition of any kind. As a result, AFL-listed players who are not selected in their senior teams are made eligible to play in one of the second-tier state leagues: the Victorian Football League, South Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League. The system used to accommodate AFL-listed players within these leagues varies considerably from state to state.
Cameron Sutcliffe is an Australian rules footballer who has played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018. He has also played for and been captain of Port Adelaide's reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Milan Faletic is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played for West Torrens and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Arnold Sefton "Seff" Parry was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). He coached both Subiaco and East Perth.
Stephen Neil Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, Swan Districts, East Perth and Norwood.