Footy training for Mandurah & the Peel region
Peel Thunder joined the WAFL in 1997, and from Rockingham down to Waroona a Thunder Colts spot is the target for every serious junior in the region.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.
Peel Thunder, based at Rushton Park in Mandurah, are the WAFL club for the Peel region. Community football runs through the Peel Football League — Centrals (Mundijong), Halls Head, HMAS Stirling, Mandurah Mustangs, Pinjarra, Rockingham, Secret Harbour, South Mandurah and Waroona — with junior clubs including Baldivis, North Mandurah, Port Kennedy, Safety Bay and Warnbro.
Which club your address belongs to
Peel Thunder run the WAFL pathway for the Peel region.
- Peel Thunder
- Based at Rushton Park, Mandurah.
WA Football’s Peel profile dates from 2020 and club line-ups change. Your club can confirm the pathway for your area.
The competitions
- Peel Football League
- Senior clubs: Centrals (Mundijong), Halls Head, HMAS Stirling, Mandurah Mustangs, Pinjarra, Rockingham, Secret Harbour, South Mandurah and Waroona.
- Peel junior football
- Junior teams from the league’s clubs, plus Baldivis, North Mandurah, Port Kennedy, Safety Bay and Warnbro.
Set it up for Mandurah & Peel
Four things, in the order the app asks them. None of them needs a coach.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Peel Football League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats March as the start of the footy season. The WAFL and most community leagues start in April, so you can hold the pre-season through March by setting the phase yourself. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
What you start with, by the month you join
Every block is four weeks — three building, one deload — so a free month is one complete block.
The footy year in Mandurah & Peel
- October
- Off-season. Rest, then rebuild general strength.
- November – February
- Pre-season, through the hottest months. Aerobic base first, then strength, then power.
- March
- Final preparation. Practice matches and testing.
- April – September
- Season. The 2026 WAFL season began on 3 April with the Grand Final on 20 September. Volume comes down, weights hold.
Coastal summers that still get hot
Mandurah’s coast is a little kinder than inland Perth, but Pinjarra and Waroona still get very hot summer days. Train the running early, treat heat as load, and use the Sports Medicine Australia heat guidelines your club likely follows.
Coaching a side in Mandurah & Peel?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Footy in Mandurah & Peel: questions
Which WAFL club covers Mandurah and Rockingham?
What clubs are in the Peel Football League?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
Nearby and related
Perth
Five regions by WAFL district, the Colts pathway, and a pre-season through a long, hot summer.
OpenBunbury & the South West
The eleven-club South West Football League, from Harvey to Margaret River.
OpenThe AFL pathway
From community level to state league and the draft — and what gets tested along the way.
OpenTurn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your team nights, and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.