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Swans and Peel are for real by Les Everett

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Adam Faulkner of Swan Districts looks for options while Jake Solomon, Tim Kelly and Brandon Donaldson try to put on some pressure. Photo by Les Everett.

I haven’t checked but reckon this is the first time Peel and Swan Districts have shared the top two spots on the WAFL ladder. Many felt the reigning premiers would stumble this year after everything fell into place in 2016 but they’ve started the season with two powerful victories. Meanwhile Swans have already won as many games as they did in 2016 – two. Continue reading →

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Call of the siren by Les Everett

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Walking down to Fremantle Oval from my place is something I’ve done hundreds of times – going to South Fremantle games, going to see the Dockers train and sometimes play, going to see the Fremantle Women’s team, going for a kick on the oval, even going to meetings. But as I walked down on Sunday afternoon I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Continue reading →

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Looking back at our sports grounds

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Subiaco Oval 1937

Even in the very early days of the Swan River Colony there was a need for a sports ground on which to play cricket, run horse races and other contests. Initially a piece of flat, relatively clear ground in East Perth, roughly where Queens Gardens is today, was used for cricket and horse races were run on the downs in Fremantle. Slowly, as the population grew, better facilities for various sports were developed.   Continue reading →

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Lots of Dockers have played in WAFL premierships

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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 →

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The matter of WAFL alignment by Les Everett

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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 →