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Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 \\ Angus Litherland (S) 5 Chase of the all-conquering Lions begins By Ross Lewis SECOND SEMI-FINAL Litherland was a key to the Lions’ win over the If Tom Lee is available to return to the Bulldogs in June. forward line it will enable Anton Hamp to go SUBIACO v SOUTH FREMANTLE back to defence and help keep some of the Sunday September 8, 2.10pm, BATTLES IN 2019 Eagles’ scoring potential under check. Leederville Oval. Round 11 – South Fremantle 8.6 (54) lost to Claremont coach Darren Harris might Only one team has been able to stop Subiaco Subiaco 13.9 (87) at Fremantle Community persist with playing defender Haydn Busher in the past two WAFL season. Bank Oval. on a wing to add to the Tigers’ strength in Fortunately, for the Lions’ opponents in Round 6 – Subiaco 9.7 (61) lost to South congestion. this final it was South Fremantle. Fremantle 12.11 (83) at Leederville Oval. And it was achieved at the same ground as BATTLES IN 2019 this week’s contest. FIRST SEMI-FINAL Round 8 – Claremont 12.7 (79) d West Coast Eagles 6.12 (48) at Optus Stadium. So, what went so right for the Bulldogs CLAREMONT v WEST COAST EAGLES that they were able to notch a 22-point win in Sunday September 8, 2.10pm, Round 4 – Claremont 11.9 (75) lost to Round 6? Revo Fitness Stadium. West Coast Eagles 12.5 (77) at Revo Fitness Stadium. Without a doubt it was the efforts of some If their first round finals were any indication of South Fremantle’s lesser lights that enabled it would be folly to think either Claremont or Todd Curley’s men to achieve a rare WAFL feat West Coast Eagles can’t fight out a WAFL battle in recent times. until the death. Jake Florenca, Noah Strom, Kyle Russell The Tigers might be rueing the loss to and Zac Dent will again have to rise to the South Fremantle in the Qualifying Final but if occasion to help the Bulldogs pull off another there were five minutes more in the encounter upset win. there was a distinct possibility the loss could It is expected that Haiden Schloithe, have been reversed. ruckman Brock Higgins and Nic Suban will And despite resting a few AFL-listed lead the South Fremantle charge. They were players in the dying stages of their do-or- certainly important to the Bulldogs’ victory die Elimination Final against West Perth, the over Claremont in the Qualifying Final last Eagles found enough reserves to produce a week. match-winning goal with about 90 seconds to But Florenca showed with his 27 play. possessions against the Lions in May that It means whoever is to triumph from this he, too, can have an impact on his team’s sudden-death encounter will need to get on performance. top early – and extend the advantage as the Strom was not only a block in defence game progresses. but his solid ball use helped South Fremantle The one element Claremont will also have rebound. And Kyle Russell bobbed up to kick to overcome is the size of the West Coast team. three goals. Aiming to produce more than 12 Just because of the nature of the AFL-listed goals will be critical to the visitors’ quest for talent available, the Eagles are tall. Yet, even success. in wet and windy conditions, the high-sized However, it has to be remembered that players adapted to dominate most of the first- Subiaco did reverse the result in Round 11. round final. But then it would be pointless to concentrate Keegan Brooksby (198cm), Bailey Williams on that one fixture when Beau Wardman’s (199cm), Fraser McInnes (198cm), Drew Petrie team has had so many other dominant (197cm), Nathan Vardy 200cm) and Harry performances in 2019. Edwards (197cm) will stretch any WAFL team’s Keeping Lachlan Delahunty under control resources. will be critical to the Bulldogs’ game plan and The pairing of Brayden Ainsworth and Curley might consider using Strom as a run- Hamish Brayshaw can give West Coast some with player to curb the influence of the Lions bite if the tall timber can bring the ball to ruckman. ground level. Yet just as a coach plugs one hole, another But Claremont’s strength is its midfield. problem can pop up. With Jye Bolton, Kane Mitchell and Declan With Kyal Horsley, Leigh Kitchin and Max Mountford, who was instrumental in getting Walters in the middle Subiaco has plenty of the Tigers back in the contest with the grunt to kick-start their best attacking moves. Bulldogs, the home team has plenty of key It was also significant that defender Angus weapons. \\ Declan Mountford (C) Tipping HOME Claremont Subiaco v First Semi-final v Second Semi-final v AWAY West Coast WAFL South Fremantle Tracey Lewis Football Budget Ross Lewis Football Budget C S TOTAL C S TOTAL 90 87 Russell Reid The West Australian Xavier Ellis Channel 7 and 92.9 C S TOTAL WCW S TOTAL 83 81 Glen Quartermain Sunday Times Karl Langdon 6PR C S TOTAL C S TOTAL 86 84 Dennis Cometti Channel 7 Sean Cowan Football Budget C S TOTAL WCW S TOTAL 81 86 Chris Mitsopoulos Sport FM Favourites C S TOTAL C S TOTAL 80 88 Ben Cameron ABC WCW S TOTAL 81 <NAME>, WE NEED YOU ON OUR TEAM! 6 Collectables by Sean Cowan During 2019, 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. Football club lockers have appeared on these pages a few times over the past couple of years, most notably the Claremont lockers that have been sold at the club’s last three gala auctions. These were the lockers used by the players over many years, and the first lot of 10 each sold for between $200 and $400, back in 2017. Another 11 sold last year for between $100 and $320 each.