WAFL round nine
I went to Leederville Oval expecting a close one. Last year’s Grand Final teams. Both in the top four in 2026.
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Vale Derek Chadwick 22 by Les Everett
• In 1971 my friend John Patroni (also a loyal Royal) went to Perth for a game. I suspect it was the second semi final against West Perth. This photo is from that trip. Photographer unknown.
Derek Chadwick was my boyhood sporting hero. He played for East Perth of course so that helped. But he was also a cricketer, so I could follow him all year..
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I took my camera to Leederville Oval for the WAFL round eight East Perth–Subiaco game. Just a bit of an experiment with my Olympus OMD that is, in my unskilled hands at least, a but clunky for live sport action.
There were issues
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Top four book their places by Les Everett
WAFL round 18
Strong wins by the top four teams has ensured finals involvement but there’s still the prospect of some shuffling.
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WAFL round 17
On another horrible Saturday the game of the round and, thankfully, the Channel 7 game was at Rushton Park. Peel and South Fremantle slogged away all afternoon and the final margin in favour of Thunder was biggest of the day.
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WAFL round 10
Round 10 delivered nice set of results and the WAFL ladder tightened going into the last weekend’s bye.
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WAFL round nine
West Perth has returned to the top of the WAFL ladder and Subiaco is within sight of the five at the half-way stage of a very interesting season.
Continue readingSharks back on top after another close one
Minutes after Fremantle secured victory over Hawthorn at Perth Stadium East Fremantle won a thriller a short walk away at the WACA. The Sharks were two points down at three quarter time and held on in the closing stages. Cody Leggett kicked five goals in his best game for East Fremantle, Matthew Jupp outpointed the dangerous Tyler Keitel and Milan Murdock was lively in the midfield. Keegan Knott kicked four goals for the Falcons.
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WAFL round six
I took in a lot of the WAFL last weekend. All of Peel and Claremont from Rushton Park via Channel Seven’s telecast – it’s good, by the way, their AFL colleagues could take note. And a bit of the East Fremantle-Subiaco game from the WACA and East Perth-West Coast at Leederville Oval.
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