OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 17 JULY 28, 2018 $3.00 » AFL talent in WAFL finals » Team lists CONTENTS Every Week 7 Tipping 8 AFL Teams 18-19 WAFC 20 Club Notes 21 Stats 22 Scoreboards and ladders 23 Fixtures Feature 4-5 AFL talent in WAFL finals Game time 9 Game previews 10-11 East Fremantle v Swan Districts 12-13 West Perth v Peel Thunder 14-15 Claremont v Subiaco 16-17 East Perth v Perth 3 Thunder,crunch Royals the AFL numbers There hasn’t been a more controversial topic The key changes to the rules were - in the WAFL this decade. 1. The five-game minimum qualification must And for two of the parties involved, this will be league matches. be the last season of their hotly-debated player 2. The introduction of a requirement that players alignment deal. play a minimum three WAFL league matches But the WAFL has to face the prospect that AFL- from on or after June 30. Publisher listed players will again feature prominently during 3. An adjustment of the AFL-listed player cap in This publication is proudly produced the league’s 2018 finals series. finals matches down from 15 to 12. for the WA Football Commission by Although Peel and East Perth are both sitting 4. The ability for AFL clubs to submit special Media Tonic. outside the top five – the Thunder are sixth with the requests to the WAFC for young emerging Phone 9388 7844 players or players returning from injury to Fax 9388 7866 Royals seventh - a win this round could catapult one Sales: [email protected] into the finals berths. participate in the WAFL finals when not qualified In a twist, Peel and East Perth meet twice in four in accordance with the rules above. Any request Editor rounds, or in the Thunder’s circumstances twice in endorsed must sit within the maximum cap of Ross Lewis 12 players. [email protected] three matches because they have a bye in Round 19, to close the home-and-away season. West Coast squad members Kurt Mutimer, Luke Photography So, if either aligned club does qualify for the Partington, Jack Petruccelle and Jackson Nelson Andrew Ritchie premiership round the subject of AFL help will again have reached the full qualifying conditions for the Design/Typesetting raise its head. finals – should East Perth get there. Jacqueline Holland There were strong complaints after Peel field 17 At Peel, Dockers Danyle Pearce, Luke Strnadica, Direction Design and Print players in 2016 and 15 players last year to win the Harley Bennell, Mitch Crowden and Lloyd Meek have reached the required quota. Six more have Printing past two grand finals. Data Documents The WA Football Commission acted on the played the five WAFL games in 2018 but haven’t yet www.datadocuments.com.au concerns by tightening the conditions for AFL- appeared in the three late-season matches. Michael listed players in WAFL finals. The governing body Apeness, won’t play again this season. Cover maintained the five-WAFL-game criterion for WAFC chief executive Gavin Taylor said the Peel Thunder’s Brady Grey qualification, which took on a different dynamic rules changes were made to give local players at an aligned club the best The Football Budget is printed on after the league schedule was reduced to 18 rounds per club. opportunities to continue their Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced football pathway. “The second from a sustainably managed forest and uses manufacturing processes of the half of the season qualification highest environmental standards. ensures that players who are Bouncedown is printed by an elevated to the AFL competition Environmental Accredited printer. and compete consistently in the The magazine is 100% recyclable. AFL through the back half of the season are ineligible and WAFL admission prices in turn, provides local $15 – Adult* players at the WAFL $12 – Concession* club the opportunity Free – Children 15 and under to continue to *Includes a copy of Football develop and play Budget finals football,” Taylor said. Find us on East Perth announced earlier this month it would be terminating its arrangement with West Coast to return to a traditional club Copyright © No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system structure. So 2018 without the permission of the publisher. will be the last Opinions expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. The season the Royals WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that the will have access material produced in this publication is accurate, but gives no warranty in relation to Eagles talent thereto and disclaims all liability for claims for a WAFL against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media finals. Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other person, which may rise from any person acting on the materials contained herein. Registered by Australia Post - » Josh Rotham » Brayden Ainsworth PP642521/00112 4 Thunder, Royals crunch the AFL numbers By Ross Lewis SEASON TALLIES Which AFL players will qualify for 2018 WAFL finals. DOCKERS AT THUNDER EAGLES AT ROYALS 2018 WAFL 2018 WAFL 2018 WAFL 2018 WAFL Player matches matches Player matches matches overall after June 30 overall after June 30 Danyle PEARCE 12 4 Matthew ALLEN 12 2 Luke STRNADICA 12 4 Kurt MUTIMER 12 3 Scott JONES 10 2 Jarrod BRANDER 11 2 Harley BENNELL 9 4 Luke PARTINGTON 11 3 Shane KERSTEN 9 2 Joshua ROTHAM 11 1 Tom NORTH 9 3 Francis WATSON 11 2 Taylin DUMAN 8 3 Jack PETRUCCELLE 10 3 Ethan HUGHES 8 1 Brayden AINSWORTH 9 1 Lloyd MEEK 8 3 Oscar ALLEN 9 3 Michael APENESS 7 1 Fraser MCINNES 9 1 Mitchell CROWDEN 7 4 Tarir BAYOK 8 0 Ryan NYHUIS 6 1 Callan ENGLAND 7 0 Cameron SUTCLIFFE 6 1 Nathan VARDY 7 2 Hugh DIXON 5 2 Brendon AH CHEE 6 1 Brady GREY 5 4 Will SCHOFIELD 6 0 Michael JOHNSON 5 3 Malcolm KARPANY 5 0 Brennan COX 4 0 Jackson NELSON 5 3 Sean DARCY 4 1 Hamish BRAYSHAW 3 3 Stefan GIRO 4 0 Dominic SHEED 3 2 Cameron MCCARTHY 4 2 Thomas BARRASS 2 2 Thomas SHERIDAN 4 0 Tom COLE 2 0 Griffin LOGUE 3 0 Mark HUTCHINGS 2 0 Sam SWITKOWSKI 3 1 Liam RYAN 2 2 Darcy TUCKER 2 0 Daniel VENABLES 2 1 Hayden BALLANTYNE 1 0 Eric MACKENZIE 1 0 Bradley HILL 1 1 Tony OLANGO 1 1 Brandon MATERA 1 0 Jake WATERMAN 1 1 27 Dockers players used 27 Eagles players used » Lloyd Meek THE OFFICIAL BEER OF FOOTBALL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 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. There are only a couple of brands that are in to see what they may be interested in The aforementioned Burley-Sekem also synonymous with WA football. purchasing. features in WAFL Collectables this week. The Football Budget is one (despite the That’s where one collector found the For those who have an interest in WA footy same title also being used for the SANFL’s original designs for a stack of WAFL enamel history, the WA Football Hall of Fame function match-day program), then there’s Burley member and supporter badges from the is the best night of the year (or every second (Burley-Sekem) and, of course, Chesson. 1970s to the 1990s. These etched pieces of year since it went to a biannual induction Not far behind those is Sheridan’s Badges plastic and metal were used as guides on the ceremony from 2013). & Engravings, which has made most of the machines that made the badges. Last year’s function was a beauty, with club membership badges and medals over the I’m told many others had already former West Perth and Claremont champion years of the WAFL’s existence. disappeared, but the designs found by the Derek Kickett stealing the show. Sheridan’s opened in the backyard of lucky picker included those for the following But in 2015, there was something a bit Charles Sheridan’s West Perth home in 1913 badges: Perth 1972 members badge, Perth special for collectors. and was soon turning out celluloid badges in 1972 supporters, Perth 1991 members, South On each table was a full-size Burley with their thousands. Fremantle 1984 sponsors, South Fremantle the names of the 2015 inductees on it. It wasn’t long before he moved into metal 1986 members, South Fremantle 1988 One person at each table won the right to badges, often with coloured enamel for members, South Fremantle 1991 members; keep the footy. decoration and it was then (around 1920) that West Perth c1970s supporters, West Perth 1982 members, West Perth c1980s VIP I’m not sure how many tables there were at the WAFL clubs started using Sheridan’s for the 2015 event, but I reckon there would only their membership badges. members, c1980s West Perth Westerners members, c1970s, East Fremantle supporters, have been between 30 and 50 of these balls The connection continued strongly until made. the 1970s, when most clubs decided they c1980 Subiaco Pride, c1984 WAFL members, c1985 WAFL members. For collectors of Hall of Fame items, this could explore other options (like plastic one is tough to get. badges) to help them identify their members There was also a design for a c1980 Umpire on match days. But Sheridan’s was still used, at of the Year medal, a 1980s Subiaco Golds times, by most of the clubs right through the Fairest & Best medal, and the coin to be used 1980s and 1990s.