A full-contact, full-kit women's gridiron league is set to begin in Perth.

For many of the players, the Gridiron West Women's League represents their first real opportunity to take part in the American-born sport.

The new format games will be played with nine-a-side, under International Federation of American Football (IFAF) rules and regulations.

It is not the first time a women's gridiron league has been launched in Australia.

The Ladies Gridiron League was launched across the country in 2015, mirroring America's Ladies Gridiron League, in which players wear skimpy outfits.

The controversial Ladies Gridiron League only lasted a year. ( Supplied: Project 628/Simon Fox )

WA's director of Gridiron Australia, Kevin Wilson, said the new league was completely different to the old one, with one focused on sport and the other on entertainment.

He said training sessions for the new league were held around Perth last month and attracted a lot of interest.

Originally four teams were planned for the inaugural women's competition: West Coast Wolverines in Joondalup, Perth Broncos in Morley, Perth Blitz in South Perth and Curtin Saints in Bentley.

But demand has been so great Swan City Titans in Stratton has become a fifth team to join the competition.

Aussies want athleticism, not 'sex exploitation'

Rhyanna Edbrooke plays linebacker for the Perth Blitz and is WA's only member of Australia's Outback Women's National team.

Rhyanna Edbrooke says she much prefers the new league's uniforms. ( Supplied: Angelo Di Carlo )

She said playing in a skimpy uniform in the ladies league was the only way she could get a taste for the sport.

"I prefer the uniforms we have now, most definitely, but that was the only option we had to play gridiron," she said.

The controversial Ladies Gridiron League only lasted a year and Edbrooke believed fans were now looking for athleticism.

"Aussies want to see sport played for athletic reasons, they are not looking to see it as a sex exploitation," she said.

Sport caters for different fitness levels, body types

Layke Rossiello moved to Perth in January with the aim of improving gridiron in WA, after a 12-year involvement with Victorian Gridiron club Geelong Buccaneers.

He is now president and head coach at Swan City Titans and has been overwhelmed by the community response.

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"We have got a full committee now, a lot of people have come out of the community to be involved in the club," he said.

"We had 30 or so women contact me about playing. I went, 'not a problem. We will have a women's team straight away'. If we have enough men, why not have enough women as well?"

He said he wanted the Titans to be an inclusive environment for all.

"We have had a lot of locals from different groups coming through to us. Whether it be race, gender, religion, sexual preference, it really doesn't matter, we are welcoming of everyone," he said.

Kevin Wilson echoed Rossiello's sentiment, saying gridiron was a game for all.

"There is a position on the gridiron field for pretty much anyone," he said.

"It offers the opportunity to do something different. You are provided with a lot of additional safety equipment, it caters for a number of different fitness levels and a number of different body types because of the different positional requirements."

The new women's league has a three-year expansion plan to get women's teams at all eight Perth gridiron clubs, as well as introducing a female colts program for those aged eight to 14.

The Gridiron West Women's League is set to begin early next month.