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Isaac Baum, Daniel Patching, Darcy Wallinger and Ryley Valli are the leading contenders for the GSFL coaches' player of the year award.

Coaches votes Tight race developing in GSFL coaches votes award

A terrific race is developing between the leading contenders in the Great Southern Football League coaches’ player of the year award. See the voting for rounds seven to 10 and current leaderboard here.

Cameron Newbold

Great Southern's Morgan Davies, Lower South West's Travis Abbott and Upper Great Southern's Simon Panizza have been selected in the WA Country team.

State honour PremiumDavies, Abbott and Panizza in new look men’s WA Country team

Great Southern’s Morgan Davies (Albany), Lower Great Southern’s Travis Abbot (Kojonup) and Upper Great Southern’s Simon Panizza (Williams) are part of a new-look WA Country men’s side that meet SA on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

Claremont's Great Southern representatives Elijah Williams, Robert Farmer, Mitchell Paine, Blake Panizza, Kaleb Germain and Joshua Grahame.

Winning homecoming PremiumGreat Southern group play their part in WAFL colts thumping

It was a big night for the Great Southern colts who contributed to Claremont’s 72-point walloping of Subiaco at Retravision Stadium on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

Presidents XI hockey team won 4-nil at the 2025 Upper Great Southern Hockey Association exhibition game.

LOCAL TALENTPremiumPresidents XI avalanche victory over WA Country in Narrogin

An epic contest put up by the Presidents XI team kept the visitors scoreless at the Upper Great Southern Hockey Association President’s XI and WA Country exhibition game in Narrogin on Saturday night. 

Hannah Whitehead

Cam Walsh, Tina Smithson, Camball McMahon, Cameron Ward, Brent Parsons, Alex Skinner and Toni Skinner.

Good causeBulls don pink jumpers to help raise money for breast cancer

Sounness Park was coloured pink last Saturday, as Mt Barker players took to the field against North Albany donning pink jerseys and socks to raise awareness of the affects of breast cancer in the community. 

Jacki Elezovich

Williams are in the mix to play finals this season.

Footy wrap PremiumRace for finals spot heats up in UGSFL with four rounds left

Just eight premiership points separate four teams on the Upper Great Southern Football League ladder as the race for a finals berth heats up.

Cameron Newbold

Caledonians’ Nathan Kay scored twice.

SoccerTable toppers Calies see off Phoenix for eighth win in a row

Albany Caledonian extended their buffer at the top of the Great Southern Soccer Association senior men’s ladder with a 4-3 win over their nearest challengers on July 19.

Claire Middleton

Claremont's Cody Curtin looks for a forward option on his way to six goals in the Albany fixture.

Regional fixture PremiumCurtin, Banfields dominant as Claremont thump Subi in Albany

A red-hot first half from Claremont helped secure a dominant WAFL colts victory over Subiaco as draft fancies Cody Curtin and Charlie Banfield put on a show at Albany’s Retravision Stadium on Saturday night. 

Claire Middleton

Kojonup’s Adahna Wells, 12, Katanning’s Lara Rodney, 14, Albany’s Emily Gadean, 17, Denmark’s Jocelyn Cybula, 17, Narrogin’s Chelsea Ugle, 16, Ongerup’s Paige Trevenen, 14, and Esperance’s Esmae Cootes, 12 took part in the Great Southern Regional Championships.

NetballPremiumHat-trick of titles for Albany in regional championships

The Great Southern Regional Championships attracted 29 teams to the Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre for the annual tournament from July 18-20.

Claire Middleton

The Eagles will honour McGovern and Sheed at their next home game

AFLVideoCommentsEagles to farewell premiership heroes in Crows clash

West Coast have announced their plan to honour recently retired premiership heroes Dom Sheed and Jeremy McGovern as the Eagles hope to give the pair a ‘rousing blue and gold send off.’

Jake Santa Maria

Jack Davis, right, played a key role in Boxwood Hill’s victory.

Step closerPremiumBoxwood close in on finals berth after win over Bulldogs

Boxwood Hill edged closer to securing a finals berth in the Ongerup Football Association after knocking off Gnowangerup by 15 points in Boxwood on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

Kaleb Zijlstra, 14, from Kendenup, will use his Variety scholarship to travel to the School of Sports event in Brisbane.

Variety grantsVariety grants help children chase dreams in sport and dance

Two local teenagers have received grants from Variety, the children’s charity to help them pursue their sporting and dancing dreams.

Claire Middleton

Kojonup beat Deanmill in their top-of-the-table clash.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: Cougars beat Hawks to underpin flag favourites status

Kojonup underpinned their status as Lower South West Football League premiership favourites with a 35-point victory over Deanmill in a top-of-the-table clash at Kojonup Sporting Complex on Saturday.

Josh Kempton

Denmark-Walpole's 200-game player Simon Barker with his son Davey Barker after running through the banner.

GSFLPremiumMagpies dig deep for stalwart in game 200

Spurred on by the 200-game milestone of one of their most loyal servants, Denmark-Walpole produced a brilliant final term to come from the clouds and knock off Royals by 17 points on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

The Upper Great Southern division two team.

Country champs PremiumUpper Great Southern fall short at champs but take positives

Upper Great Southern coach Jye Depane said a grand final defeat will drive his side to come back hungrier in the Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships.

Cameron Newbold

Mods players Angela Savic, 14, Lola Leonhardt, 14, and Havanna Mildein, 14.

HOCKEY CARNIVALPremiumIN PICTURES: Hundreds turn out for Narrogin Hockey Carnival

Budding athletes from across WA stormed the Narrogin turf stick in hand for the 2025 Upper Great Southern Junior Hockey Carnival at the weekend. 

Hannah Whitehead

Katanning's Karleesha Wallam defends.

regional champsKatanning 14-and-under team runner-up at regional champs

Katanning Netball Association performed well in the 2025 Great Southern Regional Championships in Albany at the weekend, with one of its teams finishing runners-up and the other also reaching the finals.

Tina Briscoe

Mt Barker's Camball McMahon marks ahead of North Albany's Tomas O'Farrell.

Bulls on the chargePremiumMcMahon on fire with nine goals as Bulls maul Kangas

Mt Barker booted home a crushing win over North Albany at Sounness Park in round 10 of the Great Southern Football League on Saturday, running away with the contest by 101 points. 

Jacki Elezovich

Albany's Max Grimes and Railways' Shane Braimbridge contest for the ball.

FootballPremiumSharks find their teeth and devour Tigers with early blitz

Reigning premiers Albany found their teeth to hand Railways their first loss of the season, stumbling to a six-goal defeat in the NAIDOC Round at the Keep the Sheep Stadium on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

GSFL president Terry Eaton and OFA president John O'Neill with Morgan Davies who won the Jim Hull Medal.

Medal honour PremiumDavies win Jim Hull Medal in long awaited GSFL, OFA clash

Great Southern ball magnet Morgan Davies became the third winner of the Jim Hull Medal in representative football, claiming the honour at this year’s Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships.

Cameron Newbold

Albany Boardriders representative Peter Bolt, former surfing champion Jodie Cooper and Albany mayor Greg Stocks.

REEF OPENINGPremiumWaves of emotion at realisation of decades-long reef dream

Emotions ran high at the opening of the Great Southern’s first artificial surf reef on Wednesday as the project’s key movers and shakers reflected on the hard-won fight to establish the reef.

Melissa Sheil

Claremont's Bailey Rogers is bumped by Subiaco's Josh Robbins.

WAFL 2025PremiumTigers reclaim second spot on back of Lions belting

Claremont reclaimed second place and got a valuable percentage boost with an 87-point thrashing of Subiaco as the race for top three spot heats up.

Mitchell Woodcock

Claremont's Kaleb Germain will be part of the WAFL colts game in Albany.

Colts showcase PremiumColts on show as WAFL league comes to Retravision Stadium

The Great Southern’s conveyor belt of young football talent will be on show on Saturday night when Claremont brings their colts team to Albany for the annual WAFL showpiece at Retravision Stadium.

Claire Middleton

Claremont have welcomed back skipper Declan Mountford to take on Subiaco.

WAFL 2025CommentsPremiumTigers regain skipper as former Crow axed for Lions clash

Claremont captain Declan Mountford will make his long-awaited comeback from a shoulder injury as coach Ash Prescott swung the axe in the wake of their loss to ladder-leaders South Fremantle.

Mitchell Woodcock