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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 3 APRIL 14, 2018 $3.00 » Young Lions leading the Subiaco roar » Collectables CONTENTS Every Week 7 Tipping 8 AFL Teams 18-19 WAFC 20 Club Notes 21 Stats 22 Scoreboards and ladders 23 Fixtures Features 4-5 New pride of Lions leading Subiaco roar 6 Collectables Game time 9 Game previews 10-11 Claremont v East Fremantle 12-13 Subiaco v Swan Districts 16-17 West Perth v South Fremantle 18-19 Peel Thunder v Perth 3 New pride of Lions leading Subiaco roar Publisher This publication is proudly produced for the WA Football Commission by Media Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 Fax 9388 7866 Sales: [email protected] Editor Ross Lewis [email protected] Photography Andrew Ritchie Design/Typesetting Jacqueline Holland Direction Design and Print Printing Data Documents www.datadocuments.com.au Cover Subiaco young gun Ryan Borchet. 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Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 » Kaidyn Fullgrabe, Ben Newton (right) 4 New pride of Lions leading Subiaco roar For a team that has league level after rekindling his passion for been just a few kicks the game with the Lions. from the past two Add in former AFL players Zac Clarke (Fremantle) and Ben Newton (a South premierships it is Fremantle product with experience at natural for it to carry Melbourne and Port Adelaide) and there an air of confidence have been a lot of new names to learn for the By Ross Lewis into a new season. Subiaco league match committee. Throw in a raft of new faces and the self- “The one thing we ask all our players is to belief generates a strong level of excitement. buy into the culture and what we’re about,” And Subiaco has shown in its two matches said Schofield. “We feel they’ve had a good to start 2018 the sense of eagerness to take summer and the young fellows coming a step higher up the ladder of achievement is through are going to get opportunities. strong at the northern end of Leederville Oval. “We had a reserves side win a premiership During any summer there are departures so the strength is there in our group for those that affect a WAFL club and the Lions weren’t players to step up and be a part of the league immune to the exit of key personnel. side and that is important for us this year.” Forwards Liam Ryan (West Coast) and Liam One of the fears for Subiaco was whether Baker (Richmond rookie) led a procession it could replace the forward line production of AFL draftees that also included Brayden it lost with the departures of Ryan (73 goals) Ainsworth (West Coast), Ben Miller (Richmond) and Baker (19 goals). and Kyron Hayden (North Melbourne). Yet in their first two outings in 2018 Veteran defender Wayde Twomey retired the Lions have posted 29 goals (against and almost half of the unit that won last year’s East Perth) and 18 goals (against South reserves flag opted for a new course in their Fremantle) to leap back to the top of the football journey. premiership table. So, coach Jarrad Schofield had to rebuild Brad Stevenson (nine), Ben Sokol (eight) key parts of his senior squad. Sure, most of and Rhys Waters (seven) fill the top three the dominant midfield that set up Subiaco’s rungs on the WAFL goalkickers list. 19-1 home-and-away season record was still “Liam (Ryan) kicked 78 or 80 goals and a around. credit to him because he has developed his But there were gaps, particularly in attack. game, now we see him playing AFL and it The Lions have been renowned for their is great for our footy club to see him go on,” astute recruiting. However, Schofield has also Schofield said. rewarded a handful of players who have either “But we look at other people to step up. come through the club’s country programs or We have to spread the load and look for toiled at reserves level. other avenues. Another season rolls in and Goldfields duo Ryan Borchet and Jacob we have to give other guys opportunities.” Miller have had their league chance in the first Add in West Perth recruit Drew Rohde two rounds, Ethan Burnett made his debut last and Subiaco has debuted eight new players week while Nick Menegola, originally from in the first two rounds. East Fremantle but a strong member of the Fullgrabe, 22, is lucky to be playing Subiaco reserves unit last year, has also won a football at any level after he received a Lions guernsey. severe head injury while playing cricket And Kaidyn Fullgrabe, a former junior in four years ago. He was accidentally struck West Perth zone and the nephew of former with a ball during a WACA colts match but Australian one-day wicketkeeper Ryan has recovered to live out his league football » Jacob Miller Campbell, is another to graduate to State dream. 5 by Sean Cowan Collectables During 2018, the Football Budget will again feature a section on WAFL memorabilia and invites you to write or email if you want more information about the football collectables you have tucked away at home. Last week’s piece on the sale of a trophy won by East Perth’s multiple premiership star Jackie Guhl brought an unexpected response. It turns out it wasn’t the only one of Guhl’s trophies that the seller had in his possession. To recap, for those who didn’t read this column last week (and shame on you, if you didn’t), Guhl was a lightly framed wingman who starred for the Royals in the 1920s and 30s. that means only 16 different He played 234 WAFL games, winning three mascots exist (one for each of premierships during his time at Perth Oval, the traditional clubs). and represented WA on 21 occasions. Guhl, Interestingly, I’ve not seen who died in 1977, is also a member of the WA one for Swans from either Football Hall of Fame. of the two known sets. Can A few weeks ago, one of Guhl’s trophies anyone provide a picture of a from his time with East Perth sold for $600 Swans mascot? at auction. It was a cup and it was missing The first set definitely its handles. It was also undated but was dates to either 1980 or 1981. presented to him as the “best allrounder” for These ones, which can stand that season. There was only one bidder. up with the aid of the metal Now, I’ve discovered that the seller was rods in their legs, are about lucky enough to pick up another two of Guhl’s 45cm tall and were made in trophies in the same lot. But I soon warmed to them and managed Korea for Croner Trading Pty Ltd. He said they were almost black when he to identify five different sets of mirrors that The second set dates to around 1982, bought them, and it took plenty of polishing were made in the 1970s and 1980s. Given judging by the fact the West Perth mascot is before they looked even slightly presentable. there were eight clubs back then, that meant a falcon (the Cardinals became the Falcons in The first was for Guhl’s superb performance there were 40 mirrors to collect. 1982). I have not yet seen the East Fremantle in the 1926 state game against South But Martyn has turned up an East Perth mascot, but if it’s a shark (East Freo became Australia, where many judges rated him as mirror that has me somewhat perplexed. the Sharks in 1983), then I’ll have to revise the best afield. Officially, it was awarded to him as This one measures about 63cm in width likely date of manufacture again. “most useful player for WA” and the trophy was and 43cm in height. I’ve never seen another These were also made for Croner and are donated by Fred A Petersen Esq. like it, so I’m now wondering whether these about 35cm tall. But they can’t stand on their The second was for Guhl’s performances were made for all eight clubs, whether it was own and have a loop in the top of their heads, with East Perth in 1936 - a premiership year only made for East Perth, or whether it might so that they can be hung from a hook. for the Royals. This time, the award was for be a custom job. They’re all tough to find nowadays and it’s “consistency” and it was donated by A.V. Can anyone shed any light on this little taken me a good few years to get hold of five Clancy.