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First home final at Shark Park
 THE East Fremantle Football Club League side has waited eight years, since 2002, to participate in a WAFL finals series but the wait is over and to make the occasion even more momentous the 1st Semi Final will be played at Shark Park in what will be the first home final that the club has ever hosted at the ground. In his third year at the helm, coach Shane Woewodin's hard work is starting to bear fruit. The League side was under pressure five weeks ago as they headed into a bye with four straight losses. Having dropped out of the final four with four games remaining and they needed to win all four remaining home and away games, starting with a home derby versus South Fremantle, to guarantee a spot in the final series. |
AAMI WAFL Premiership season Round 23
EAST Perth continued its massive turnaround this season to beat Claremont on Saturday to book a finals berth as Subiaco, Swan Districts and West Perth also record final round WAFL victories. East Perth had to beat Claremont to make the finals and overcame some inaccurate kicking to do so with a 12.23 (95) to 11.13 (79) victory at Medibank Stadium. That made for a disappointing day for West Perth, who beat Perth 16.16 (112) to 14.3 (87), but missed out on finals with the Royals' win. Subiaco also beat South Fremantle 33.9 (207) to 21.18 (144) in a massively high scoring contest at Fremantle Oval and Swan Districts thrashed Peel 22.25 (157) to 7.5 (47). |
AAMI WAFL Premiership Season Round 23 Preview
EAST Perth and West Perth fight over fourth spot and a finals appearance in the last round of the WAFL on Saturday while last year's grand finalists do battle at Fremantle Oval and Swan Districts look to tune up for the second semi-final against Peel. East Perth currently holds fourth spot on the ladder and West Perth is fifth meaning that a Royals upset win over Claremont will guarantee them a finals appearance, however, a loss to the Tigers, who have lost just once this year, will open the door for the Falcons if they can beat Perth. The Royals will host Claremont at Medibank Stadium and the Falcons take on Perth at Arena Joondalup while South Fremantle plays Subiaco at Fremantle Oval and Swan Districts takes on Peel at Steel Blue Oval. |
Claremont's Walton reaches 100 but wants premiership
RORY Walton has been a tough and consistent ball-winner over his first 99 games with Claremont dating back to his debut in 2004 and now he is proud to reach the century this Saturday but is more focused on that elusive premiership. Walton has been right up in fairest and best voting in strong seasons from Claremont between 2004-07 where it played in three losing grand finals and a heartbreaking preliminary final loss to South Fremantle. Only because of Jaxon Crabb, Daniel Bandy and Anthony Jones did he fly under the radar, but he has been a mainstay of the midfield since his debut despite the year off he took in 2008. |
Round 23 WAFL broadcast changes
DUE to a late change in the West Australian Football League broadcast schedule, ABC TV will now cover this weekend’s East Perth versus Claremont game instead of the South Fremantle and Subiaco game. Sport FM will broadcast the South Fremantle versus Subiaco game. Other games remain as scheduled. |
Family success inspires McGrath all the way to 200
SOUTH Fremantle captain Toby McGrath has used his brothers as inspiration as he's watched them play AFL football, but his outstanding WAFL career has also spurred them on and now he adds 200 games to his career as an all-time great at the famous port club. While older brother Cory played 50 matches with Essendon and 28 with Carlton, and younger brother Ash is still an outstanding contributor to the Brisbane Lions having played 154 games including a premiership, Toby's career at South Fremantle is nothing to be sneezed at. McGrath made his debut back in 1998 and played in the 1999 and 2001 losing grand finals to West Perth and East Perth before being picked up by Essendon where he joined Cory. |
AAMI WAFL Premiership season Round 21 wrap-up
EAST Fremantle and West Perth recorded impressive Round 21 wins to hold onto third and fourth spots in the WAFL with Claremont thumping Swan Districts and Peel likely handing Perth the wooden spoon. The round began on Friday night at Fremantle Oval with West Perth beating South Fremantle 15.13 (103) to 11.11 (77). On Saturday, Claremont hammered Swan Districts 18.10 (118) to 6.9 (45) to secure the minor premiership, East Fremantle remained in third spot beating Subiaco 10.15 (75) to 9.10 (64) and Peel got off the bottom at the expense of Perth winning 15.14 (104) to 13.18 (96) at EFTel Oval. |
AAMI WAFL Premiership Season Round 21 Preview
ROUND 21 action gets underway tonight at Fremantle Oval with a top of the table and potentially wooden spoon deciding clash on Saturday in a weekend that could go a long way to deciding who will be there in September. South Fremantle hosts West Perth at Fremantle Oval tonight while on Saturday Claremont and Swan Districts do battle at Claremont Oval, bottom sides Perth and Peel clash at EFTel Oval and Subiaco hosts East Fremantle in a clash that could determine which, if either, will end up playing finals in 2010. |
Youngster Outridge fitting in quickly at Swans
SWAN Districts' youngster Matthew Outridge has done well in his opening four league games and performed strongly again in Saturday's 35-point win over South Fremantle at the port. Outridge, 18, had 15 possessions in just his fourth league appearance as Swans' downed South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval by 35 points largely thanks to a five-goal to nil final quarter. Tim Geappen led the way kicking six goals and Andrew Krakouer put in another best on ground performance with 27 touches and four goals while Josh Roberts, Tom Roach, Wayde Twomey, Matt Riggio, Justin Simpson, Llane Spaanderman and the returning Brett Wolfenden were also terrific. |
AAMI WAFL Premiership season Round 20 wrap-up
EAST Fremantle and East Perth replaced West Perth and Subiaco in the top-four after Round 20 of the WAFL while Claremont and Swan Districts continued their winning ways. East Fremantle beat Perth 16.21 (117) to 7.11 (54) to move into third position on the ladder and East Perth beat West Perth 18.10 (118) to 15.14 (104) to move into fourth. Claremont also beat Subiaco 17.10 (112) to 9.6 (60) and Swan Districts downed South Fremantle 18.12 (120) to 12.13 (85). |
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