WAFL Round 4 Preview

WAFL Round 4 action sees another Friday night fixture at Fremantle Oval before three big games on Saturday afternoon.

South Fremantle will host West Perth at Fremantle Oval on Friday night before on Saturday, East Perth takes on Claremont at Leederville’s Medibank Stadium, East Fremantle hosts Subiaco at East Fremantle Oval and Swan Districts battles Perth at Bassendean’s Steel Blue Oval.

There’s some big news at selection across the board too with Travis Casserly, Dayle Garlett, Michael Swan, Alex Silvagni and Daniel Kerr among the inclusions, and Jason Salecic, Andrew Embley, Blayne Wilson, Andrew Foster, Mitch Brown and Garrick Ibbotson among those going out for their respective sides.

SOUTH FREMANTLE (0-2, 9th) v WEST PERTH (2-0, 1st) – FREMANTLE OVAL, FRIDAY 6.45PM

Selected teams

It might be the winless South Fremantle hosting the unbeaten West Perth at Fremantle Oval on Friday night, but both sides will head in confident of a strong performance.

The Bulldogs have played away the opening two games going down to Claremont at Claremont Oval in Round 1 and then narrowly losing to Perth at Lathlain’s Brownes Stadium last week.

The Falcons have started the 2013 season in tremendous fashion beating East Perth by 75 points in Round 1 at Arena Joondalup and then backing that up with a 24-point win over Subiaco at Leederville’s Medibank Stadium in Round 2.

They have had the bye last weekend over Easter to freshen up and prepare to head to Fremantle Oval.

South Fremantle coach Paul Hasleby has elected to name the same 22 that played Perth last week with Adam Doughty (pelvis) and Andrew McCarrey (ribs) at this stage looking to have overcome their sore bodies to take their place in the side.

Young defender Nick Borovac is on standby, though, for the pair and could come in for his first game of the season after battling a thumb injury with John Sgherza also a chance to return if needed after he returned solidly in the reserves last week after an injury-interrupted pre-season.

Not only has Fremantle Oval been a popular venue for Friday night games in the past for players and spectators alike, South Fremantle has also enjoyed some tremendous success on the occasion.