Colts Pre-Season Trials

Our club has a proud history of producing footballers to play at the highest level in both WA and the VFL/AFL. From the halcyon days of Stan (Pops) Heal, Bill Dempsey and Mel Whinnen, through to modern day AFL heroes such as Quinten Lynch, Mark Seaby, Mark LeCras, Nathan van Berlo and more recently Liam Baker, Oscar Allen, Josh Rotham, Jaxon Prior and Ben Johnson.

As part of the West Perth FC’s Mission is fostering young talent from within our zones and giving those players every opportunity to realise their potential. Following on from some success in 2019, 2020 was another outstanding year playing finals for the 2nd consecutive year. Heath Chapman made his League debut 2 more made Senior debuts (Tommy Taylor-Shreeve & Callum Johnson), Heath Chapman also won the Colts Coaches MVP Award. 8 players were selected in the WA State U18s team (Heath Chapman, Michael Mallard, Kellen Johnson, Callum Johnson, Corey Rundle, Lochlan Paton, Darcy Dixon & Logan Foley, we also boasted 5 players in the Simply Energy Colts Team of The Year (most of any WAFL Club) in Heath Chapman, Darcy Dixon, Corey Rundle, Michael Mallard, Callum Johnson, with Head Coach Ryan Lasscock Awarded the 2020 Colts Coach of the Year Award.

The Colts program is a vital step in the Falcons Talent Pathway as we prepare young footballers through our system into senior football and even the AFL. With a highly credentialed group of development staff led by Ryan Lasscock and well-resourced programs, we boast one of the most successful development systems in the WAFL, with 75% of our current senior squad hailing from our zone development programs, 9 Falcon players currently playing in the AFL, numerous AFL coaches and 1 newly appointed Senior Coach in Justin Longmuir at the Fremantle Dockers.

Moving forward, the club is keen to see our talent system entice our growing multi-cultural and Indigenous populations into our national game, as well as to provide greater opportunities and support to our aspiring country players to have the resources and support they need to realise their dreams.