WAFL 2026 In's and Outs's

Any early news with the New Year arriving?

I reckon a South Mate might have pulled my leg about a Prominent Bulldog heading to the South/West Football League,……..

Depends how far South you’re going Zac strom is lining up for Baldivis.

One of the 3 Bunbury Clubs,….if it wasn’t a wind up.

With all clubs presumably back into preseason training are their any new faces on the track or old faces missing?

WP Out - M Pearce (Whitfords),
SD Out - C Blakely

Claremont
Ins: Oliver Sheldrick (Return), Adam Boules, Max Spyvee (Return)
Outs: Martinis, Dehavilland, Inverarity, Bolton

East Fremantle
Ins: Oskar Smartt, Eric Benning, Toby Alker UNSW, Joel Budarick Brisbane VFL, Nathan Dowsett NTFL, Harper Fox NTFL, Liam Robinson SANFL
Outs: Leggett, Tassone, Hodge, Paholski, Hagan, Tom Bennett

East Perth
Ins: Luke Foley, Darcy Craven, Cooper Stephens, Damon Freitag
Outs: Brooks. Mitch Miller, Boules, Darcy Miller, Alexio Yiannakis, Luke Hallett

Peel Thunder
Ins: Bailey Reeves (Brisbane/VFL), Lachie Tardrew (Collingwood/VFL), Taj Wyburd (Geelong/VFL), Toby Cossor (Myrtleford Alpine/Ovens & Murray), Dustin Walters (Boulder/GFL)
Outs: Narkle, Brodie, Reidy

Perth
Ins: Glass-McCasker (Only 2 games in 2025), Jenkinson, Fred Brayshaw, Indhi Kirk, Archer Gardiner, Charlie Dean, Luke Hallett
Outs: Dellamarta, Quartermaine, Gray, Poole, Simpson, Jed Kemp, Thorne, Fairbank, R. Clarke, Brogan Henry, Derkson

South Fremantle
Ins: Aiden Hall (Claremont)
Outs: Schloithe, Jason Carter, Main, Z.Strom, McQuilkin, Tom Bell

Subiaco
Ins: Petruccelle, Nick Girolami, Will Bravo, Jacob Blight, Ben Sokol, Jaxon McGowan, Noah Hibbins Hargraves, Lenny Douglas Devonport
Outs: Luke Foley, Cooper Walsh, Berenger, J Martin, T Senge

Swan Districts
Ins: Jovan Petric, Zachary Provest, Kade Chalcraft, Clint Hinchliffe, Lucas Impey, Jez Rigoni, Caleb Ernst (one game 2025), Darcy Miller
Outs: Aiden Clarke, Tony Notte, Brenton Hilton, Coniglio, C Blakley

West Perth
Ins: Noah Pegoraro, Connor West, Darcy Hobbs, Chad Mulvogue, Odin Jones, Brooks, Mitch Miller, Dehavilland, Inverarity, Matt Shannon, Ben Fairbank, Livingstone, M Pearce
Outs: Mallard, Pearce, Hopkins

West Coast
Ins: Ash Johnson (Collingwood/AFL), Archie Watt (Kyambram/Goldburn Valley League), Macrea
Outs: Livingstone

Just updated, Hope I got it right. How on earth can West Perth afford 13 ins?

Alexandre (WP) “allegedly” seen training with East Perth

EF ins Toby Alker UNSW, Joel Budarick Brisbane VFL, Nathan Dowsett NTFL, Harper Fox NTFL, Liam Robinson SANFL, William Wolf Cl…all new names on EF WAFL list…and apparently one more.

Fox 203cm, Wolf 201 cm Benning 198cm, Dowsett and Robinson 195 cm…an injection of height for EF forward and backlines

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Pearce is an out for WP. Hopkins another

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I’ll wait till official

Same with a South player,supposedly heading to the South/West National Football League.
I’ll wait until Round 1 of the WAFL,…

Recon West Perth supporters will be getting a little excited about 2026.

I have heard along the grape vine that a former Richmond premiership player could very well be on the cards to once again don the Red and White guernsey.

On its own,very good news.

But I daresay,he might have to keep his off field activities to the straight and narrow!

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Probably does need a solid basepoint at the moment and I know he has been in the NT leagues since retiring and being an absolute star naturally
He is still super fit and wouldn’t need much conditioning

Bad move by SF if so

They’ve got 2 or 3 really good ins, but most are just depth players. if they win 8 games this year I’ll be surprised. I think other teams have improved more.

Didn’t happen, he’s red & blue blooded.

It’s going to be an interesting season, we have recruited well, particularly in the midfield. As TT said, most other clubs have recruited well too.

Why would we recruit someone,who wouldn’t get a game anyway.

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