Round 10 McDonald’s WAFL Results

SOUTH Fremantle moved clear on top of the WAFL ladder while East Fremantle inched closer to a top two spot, Peel Thunder consolidated fourth position and West Perth scored a fourth successive win as all four Round 10 matches battled the stormy conditions in Perth on Saturday.

The round began at Mandurah’s Bendigo Bank Stadium and despite East Perth kicking the opening two goals, Peel Thunder got the job done kicking five of the last six of the game to win 5.9 (39) to 3.7 (25).

South Fremantle delivered a strong second half to overcome Swan Districts 19.12 (126) to 12.7 (79) at Steel Blue Oval with the Bulldogs moving a game and percentage clear on top of the ladder as a result.

East Fremantle scored a fourth straight win to improve to 6-3 winning a thriller over Claremont 6.17 (53) to 7.6 (48) at the Claremont Showground with the Tigers now having lost five on the trot.

The second grand final rematch of 2016 took place at Medibank Stadium and West Perth got a measure of revenge over Subiaco winning 11.11 (77) to 7.9 (51) on the back of kicking eight of the game’s last 10 goals for their fourth successive victory.

The round began at Bendigo Bank Stadium and East Perth looked good early with the first two goals with the advantage of the breeze. But the Royals managed just one more goal the rest of the game and that didn’t come until the last term.

Michael Barlow took over for Peel with the Fremantle midfielder finishing with three goals to go with 44 possessions, 13 tackles and seven inside-50 entries in perhaps the most dominant individual performance of the WAFL season.

The game only had eight goals between the two teams but the on-baller kicked three of them to lead Peel to the win that snaps a two-game losing run to see the Thunder remain in fourth spot and the Royals fall out of the top five.

As well as the performance from Barlow, Tendai Mzungu racked up 29 possessions and eight tackles for Peel while Cameron Sutcliffe had 25 disposals, Brad Walsh 23, Rory O’Brien 21, Brady Grey 19 and Josh Deluca 18. Jack Hannath had 16 touches, 19 hit outs and a goal in the ruck.

Patrick McGinnity, Jonathan Giles and Brant Colledge were East Perth’s goal scorers while Tom Barrass finished with 22 possessions and eight marks in defence. Mitch Fraser also had 22 disposals for the Royals, McGinnity 20, Kane Lucas 20, Callum Hart 20 and Nathan Blee 20.

Subiaco had won its last three games over West Perth emphatically with two of them in the finals last year, and then Round 3 this season but the Falcons scored a measure of revenge on Saturday.

West Perth kicked away in the second half with eight of the last 10 goals to win by 26 points to make it four wins in succession as the Falcons move into the top five while it was a second loss for Subiaco in the past three weeks.