Round 19 McDonald’s WAFL Wrap Up

SUBIACO, South Fremantle and West Perth ensured they will fight out over the top three WAFL positions over the last month of the season after Round 19 wins on Saturday while Claremont kept the race for fourth and fifth fascinating.

The top three teams all scored solid wins with Subiaco defeating Swan Districts 15.18 (108) to 5.4 (34) at Medibank Stadium, South Fremantle beating East Fremantle 14.16 (100) to 10.10 (70) at Fremantle Community Bank Oval and West Perth downing Perth 13.13 (91) to 6.9 (45) at HBF Arena.

The upset of the day came at Bendigo Bank Stadium with Claremont thrashing Peel Thunder 17.10 (112) to 10.7 (67).

The Round 19 results leave Subiaco (13-4) two games clear on top of the WAFL ladder ahead of South Fremantle (11-5) and West Perth (11-6).

East Perth (9-7) improved to fourth position despite having the bye to sit percentage ahead of the fifth placed Peel Thunder (9-8) with a game in hand. East Fremantle (8-9) remains sixth a game out of the top five with three matches remaining.

Perth (6-10), Claremont (5-11) and Swan Districts (2-14) make up the bottom three positions.

Click here for the summary of Round 19 of the WAFL

TEAM OF THE WEEK (club, times named)
BACK: Michael Sinclair (P, 5), Haydn Busher (C, 3), Greg Broughton (S, 4)
HALF-BACK: Matthew Davies (C, 3), Jordan Lockyer (S, 2), Blake Wilhelm (WP, 3)
CENTRE: Kyal Horsley (S, 5), Clint Jones (P, 8), Aaron Black (WP, 5)
HALF-FORWARD: Max Duffy (WP, 3), Clancy Wheeler (S, 5), Haiden Schloithe (SF, 4)
FORWARD: Jake Waterman (C, 1), Hamish Shepheard (S, 5), Michael Apeness (PT, 1)
RUCK: Mitch Andrews (C, 3), Jye Bolton (C, 7), Shane Nelson (WP, 10)
INTERCHANGE: Dean Munns (WP, 4), Tim Kelly (SF, 3), Jacob Green (EF, 1), Laurence Grescos (SD, 1)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK – GREG BROUGHTON
Greg Broughton could well have been the cleverest, cleanest and calmest player in the WAFL in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as he was a key part in Subiaco’s premiership hat-trick including winning the 2008 fairest and best.

As a result he was drafted by Fremantle in 2009 and went on to play 109 AFL games with both the Dockers and Gold Coast Suns up until the end of 2015.

The 29-year-old returned to Subiaco to continue his 75-game career in 2016 and after a slow start through injury not making his first appearance with the Lions since 2010 until Round 5, he is warming into some outstanding form again.

His performance on Saturday off half-back was reminiscent of the type of games he delivered in his pre-AFL stint with the Lions where he had 31 possessions as he now looks to help Subiaco to another premiership hat-trick, and for his fourth flag overall.