Optus WAFLW Round 14 WrapThursday, August 22, 2019 - 1:05 AM - by Chris Pike

SUBIACO and Swan Districts asserted their authority on the WAFL Women's competition on Saturday conceding just one goal between them in big wins leaving Claremont and East Fremantle to fight over a top three finish in the final round.

The Lions and Swans are now locked into at least finishing in the top three after wins respectively by 49 points and 68 points against Claremont and Peel Thunder on Saturday.

Those results now leave it all up to this Saturday morning's clash at Claremont Oval between Claremont and East Fremantle to see which of those two teams end up with a top three finish.

Saturday's Round 14 action in the Optus WAFLW Premiership Season began at Mandurah's David Grays Arena with Swan Districts defeating Peel Thunder 11.9 (75) to 1.1 (7).

Then at Leederville Oval, Subiaco proved too strong for Claremont locking away the minor premiership with the 8.5 (53) to 0.4 (4) triumph.

With one round of the 2019 home and away season remaining in the WAFLW, Subiaco is now guaranteed of the minor premiership with an 8-3 record.

The Lions are a game clear of the second placed Swan Districts who have a 7-5 record but now have the bye in the last round.

East Fremantle remains in third position at 6-5 despite the Round 14 bye while Claremont's percentage took a further hit with its loss to Subiaco to see the Tigers remain fourth at 6-5.

Peel Thunder (1-10) remains anchored to the wooden spoon position for 2019.

ROUND 14 OPTUS WAFLW PREMIERSHIP SEASON

PEEL THUNDER 1.1 (7) lost to SWAN DISTRICTS 11.9 (75)

Swan Districts ensured it will enter the WAFLW finals in some ominous form following a commanding 68-point victory against Peel Thunder on Saturday.

Swan Districts has the bye in the final round of the round WAFLW season but put in a tremendous showing on Saturday at Mandurah's David Grays Arena to come away with the 11.9 (75) to 1.1 (7) victory.

That win sees Swans finish the regular season with a 7-5 record and they currently sit in second position on the ladder. However, if East Fremantle beats Claremont in the final round, that will see the Sharks take over second spot due to a superior percentage.

However, a win for Claremont on Saturday against East Fremantle and Swans will remain in second position entering the finals.

Coming off strong wins against East Fremantle and Claremont the previous two weeks, Swan Districts continues its impressive form in Mandurah on Saturday.

Swan Districts had the only three scoring shots of the first quarter, kicking two goals, and leading by 13 points at quarter-time.

Peel did manage to score a behind in the second quarter but the black-and-whites added another two goals and that saw them hold a 28-point lead by the half-time interval.

It was another scoreless third quarter for Peel while Swan Districts continued to pull away further with three more goals to be onto to the tune of 49 points at three quarter-time.

The Thunder did score their lone goal in the last term but Swans kicked four more in their own right to end up winning by 68 points.

Mikayla Hyde, Shannon Matthews, Gemma Houghton and Mim Strom all kicked two goals apiece for Swan Districts.

Strom, Matthews, Stephanie Cain, Ebony Antonio and Brianna Hyde were all outstanding as well for Swan Districts.

Ebonee Hardie was the lone goal scorer for Peel while Sarah Verrier, Tanisha Anderson, Ebony Dowson, Courtney Rowley and Shannon Whale were among their better performers.
 

SUBIACO 8.5 (53) defeated CLAREMONT 0.4 (4)

Subiaco secured the minor premiership in the inaugural WAFLW season with a 49-point win against Claremont at Leederville Oval on Saturday evening.

While Subiaco has been the dominant team in a hotly competitive inaugural WAFLW season, the Lions still needed to win on Saturday night against Claremont to secure the minor premiership.

And Subiaco made sure of that with a dominant performance holding the Tigers goalless on the way to the 8.5 (53) to 0.4 (4) victory.

Subiaco had the only seven scoring shots of the first quarter and kicked four goals to lead by 27 points already by quarter-time.

Claremont did manage three behinds in the second term but Subiaco kicked another goal from their lone scoring shots to be up by 30 points at the major break.

Subiaco kicked away further in the third quarter, holding Claremont scoreless and adding two more goals themselves before the Lions kicked another goal in the final term and kept the Tigers to one behind to run out 49-point victors.

Tarnee Tester was the star in attack for Subiaco kicking four goals while Jaymie Harken kicked two and Hayley Miller and Sara Lewis booted one apiece.

Lara Filocamo, McKenzie Dowrick, Tarnica Golisano, Miller and Tester were all among the standout performance on the evening for the Lions.