SANDHURST snapped a 12-year BFL premiership drought with an emphatic 32-point win over old rivals Golden Square in Saturday’s 2016 grand final. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Peel pressure too much for Lions
Peel captain Gerald Ugle. Photos by Les Everett.
Peel pressure too much for Lions
Peel Thunder have won their first WAFL premiership after a tough grand final at Subiaco Oval on Sunday. Peel were in control from the outset but scored four behinds before Subiaco kicked the first goal of the game through Brad Stevenson. However the Thunder midfield was well on top and by quarter time they’d set up a lead of 24 points. A classical winger’s display by Ed Langdon was the highlight of the first quarter. Continue reading
Lots of Dockers have played in WAFL premierships
Subiaco’s premiership team in 2004 contained aspiring Dockers David Mundy & Ryan Crowley. Photos by Les Everett.
THERE’S the potential for 17 Fremantle-listed players to add a WAFL premiership to their CVs on Sunday. They won’t be the first. In fact two of Peel’s team have already played in the winning WAFL grand final while on the Fremantle list – Clancee Pearce (Swan Districts, 2010) and Nick Suban (Claremont, 2012). Subiaco coach Jarrad Schofield was on the Fremantle list when he played in a premiership for the Lions in 2006. Continue reading
The matter of WAFL alignment by Les Everett
Leaving the field after Peel’s first finals win Fremantle listed players Anthony Morabito (injured), Shane Yarran & Ethan Hughes. Photo by Les Everett.
THE question of what happens to players not selected in the senior team each weekend is one that has exercised the minds of the football department at the Dockers and the Eagles since the beginning. Continue reading
New Tiger bolts in for Sandover win
Bulldogs into 2016’s big dance by Richard Jones
GOLDEN Square won its way into the 2016 Bendigo Football League’s grand final with a come-from-behind 19-point preliminary final win over Eaglehawk on Saturday. Continue reading
Peel into the WAFL grand final for the first time
Peel’s Darcy Tucker amazed everyone with this mark close to goal. Photos by Les Everett.
Peel Thunder took control of the preliminary final early and simply didn’t let a plucky South Fremantle back into it. Continue reading
It’s Nollamara’s C3 flag by Les Everett
The sealer: Nollamara’s Wayne Ninyette lets fly from miles out.
The task facing Nollamara in the C3 WA Amateur Football League grand final seemed impossible really. They’d been thrashed by Swan Valley in the second semi and then won a hard-fought preliminary final against Ellenbrook. Continue reading
Bulldogs feel the Lions and there’s Thunder to come
Clancy Wheeler on the run. Photos by Les Everett
Subiaco is into the WAFL grand final for the eighth time in 13 years after a powerful victory over South Fremantle at Leederville Oval in the second semi final. Continue reading
Dragons roar into third straight grand final by Richard Jones
SANDHURST firmed into unbackable BFL flag favourites with a commanding 53-point second semi-final win over Golden Square on Saturday night. Continue reading
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