Round 13 McDonald’s WAFL Wrap Up

SUBIACO remained three games clear on top of the ladder seeing off the challenge of the on-fire Claremont in Round 13 WAFL action on Saturday while West Perth moved a game clear in second and Swan Districts moved up into third spot, and East Perth to fourth.

All four WAFL matches in Round 13 were on Saturday afternoon starting at the Claremont Showground with Subiaco winning an eighth straight match and ending Claremont’s five game winning run, with the Lions prevailing 10.15 (75) to 5.8 (38).

West Perth then moved a game clear in second position by beating South Fremantle 9.17 (71) to 8.8 (56) at Joondalup’s HBF Arena to retain the Garlic Munchers Cup.

East Perth moved up into fourth position by beating East Fremantle at Leederville’s Medibank Stadium 14.10 (94) to 11.7 (73) and Swan Districts defeated Perth 12.10 (82) to 7.9 (51) at Lathlain Park to improve to third spot on the WAFL ladder.

Following 13 rounds, Subiaco (10-1) is right out on top of the ladder with West Perth (7-4) in second followed by Swan Districts (6-6), East Perth (6-6) and Peel Thunder (6-5).

South Fremantle (6-6) has slipped just outside of the top five followed by Claremont (5-6), East Fremantle (5-7) and Perth (1-11).

Click here for the summary of Round 13 of the WAFL

TEAM OF THE WEEK
BACK: Nathan Blee (EP), Marcus Adams (WP), Matthew Davies (C)
HALF-BACK: Steven Browne (WP), Blayne Wilson (SF), Jacob Burnham (SD)
CENTRE: Steven Payne (EP), Sam Menegola (S), Kane Lucas (EP)
HALF-FORWARD: Haiden Schloithe (SF), Fraser McInnes (EP), Ryan Davis (SD)
FORWARD: Murray Newman (EP), Shane Yarran (S), Callum Collard (P)
RUCK: Nathan Blakely (SD), Mark Hutchings (EP), Matt Riggio (SD)
INTERCHANGE: Matt Guadagnin (WP), Ashton Hams (SF), Corey Yeo (C), Chris Phelan (S)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Marcus Adams has proven his value to West Perth the past three weeks upon return from a broken hand and was pretty close to best on ground again in Saturday’s 15-point win over South Fremantle at HBF Arena.

The 21-year-old former Swan Districts powerhouse arrived at West Perth last year and had a good first season with his new club mostly a centre half-forward, but he finished 2014 with some outstanding form in defence and that’s where he has carried on in 2015.