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- ROUND 8 SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
When Matt Riggio runs out for his
200th WAFL game this weekend, he will solidify himself as one of the greats of Swan Districts Football Club.
A quiet achiever that gets the job done, the skipper of the Swans will become just the 20th player in the club’s illustrious history to reach the coveted milestone. Riggio began his WAFL journey at Peel Thunder with one game, before being selected by North Melbourne at
Pick 28 in the 2005 AFL National Draft.
After playing 10 AFL games in three seasons before being delisted by North Melbourne in
2009, Riggio returned to Western Australia and joined the Swan Districts Football Club at the peak of their powers. One year in, Riggio reached the ultimate goal, a Premiership. Alongside the likes of Andrew Krakouer,
Stephen Coniglio and Ashley Hansen, Riggio lived out the boyhood dream of claiming a Premiership Medal. The game is remembered as one of the greatest WAFL Grand Finals of all-time, with Krakouer kicking a late goal to seal the Premiership by 1 point. Riggio never looked back from 2010, becoming a stalwart of the black and white army, claiming back-toback Best & Fairest awards in 2015 and 2016.
“To win the Club Best & Fairest in 2015 and again the next season is something I will hold dear to my heart,” Riggio told swandistrictsfc.com.au earlier this season.
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by Elliot Raiter
“The two players who have reached that milestone that stand out for me are Tallan Ames and Tony Notte,”he said.
“It’ something I am very proud of and have joined good company with the guys that have won it twice.
“I have played a lot football with them and it would be awesome to join them.”
“With the names that have hit that mark and to have a little pin on the locker, I’ll be honoured to play 200.”
The 32-year-old pulled on the Black Swan jumper for Western Australia twice, before becoming a Life Member of the Swan Districts Football Club in 2017.
- “Becoming
- a
- Life Member, when it
happened, I wondered whether I deserved it.” he said in April.
“Just given the list of Swans Legends that are on it, but I am really proud of the recognition.”
Riggio continued to claim accolades in 2020, becoming the captain of the football club this season. His leadership and experience have proved invaluable for Swans as they look to blood younger players into their line-up. Riggio will leave a massive mark on the Swan Districts Football Club and the 200-game milestone adds another fantastic chapter to a storied career.
The durable leader is in his 11th season with the Swans and will join current teammate Tony Notte in reaching the 200-game mark.
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WAFL MATCH PREVIEWS
Leederville Oval - 5 September @ 2.30pm
#SvEF
Tip
- 5th
- 3-3
- 105.79%
- 7th
- 1-5
- 75.22%
Subiaco by 33
- L20, W39, L50, W37, L9, W26
- Form Guide
L95, W42, L43, L6, L4, L5
Fact: In round 7 East Fremantle became just the 2nd team in WAFL history to lose 3 consecutive games by 6 points or less within the same season. Other time: South Fremantle in 1907 (Rounds 13-15)
P: 356 W: 128 L: 223 D: 3
26.17 (173) in round 22, 2006
1.3 (9) in round 3, 1902
Head to Head Highest Score
P: 356 W: 225 L: 128 D: 3
28.15 (183) in round 14, 1997 2.4 (16) in round 18, 1912 128 points in round 14, 1997
Lowest Score
112 points in round 5, 2006
Biggest Winning Margin
Steel Blue Oval - 5 September @ 3:05pm
#SDvP
Tip
Perth by 25
- 8th
- 1-5
- 71.10%
- 4th
- 4-2
- 105.02%
L11, L37, L39, L20, W29, L35
- Form Guide
- W10, W21, W6, L7, W17, L26
Fact: In 2020, Perth have an average combined points for and against of 142.83 points per game (rank #1) whilst Swans games average 111.50 combined points (rank #8), only South Fremantle games (109.67) average less.
P: 249 W: 112 L: 134 D: 3
38.21 (249) in round 2, 1981
3.5 (23) in R12,1946 & R11, 1947
162 points in Round 2, 1981
Head to Head Highest Score
P: 249 W: 134 L: 112 D: 3
28.22 (190) in Round 10, 1968 2.5 (17) in Round 1, 1997 118 points in Round 4, 1934
Lowest Score
Biggest Winning Margin
Revo Fitness Stadium - 5 September @ 2.30pm
#CvWP
Tip
- 3rd
- 5-2
- 124.23%
- 2nd
- 5-1
- 145.10%
Claremont by 3
- W20, W37, L8, W23, W34, L17, W5
- Form Guide
- W11, L8, W92, W32, W7, W4
Fact: West Perth have won the last 3 games vs Claremont at Claremont Oval. The Falcons have not won 4 in a row at Claremont Oval since a 5 game win streak from 1997-1999
P: 272 W: 111 L: 160 D: 1
35.15 (225) in round 19, 1981
0.0 (0) in Round 20, 1976 159 points round 4, 1990
Head to Head Highest Score
P: 272 W: 160 L: 111 D: 1
27.10 (172) in round 17, 1934 3.6 (24) in round 17, 1996 141 points in round 20, 1976
Lowest Score
Biggest Winning Margin
Fremantle Community Bank Oval - 5 September @ 2.35pm
#SFvEP
Tip
- 1st
- 6-0
- 197.74%
- 6th
- 3-3
- 100.00%
South Fremantle by 12
- W95, W8, W8, W80, W20, W35
- Form Guide
L21, W43, L32, L34, W9, W35
Fact: East Perth are the 2nd WAFL team to be 3-3 with a percentage of 100.00%. (Other time: Perth in 2001) whilst South Fremantle continue their stingy defence, conceding 37 points per game, lowest in WAFL since 1918.
P: 330 W: 158 L: 169 D: 3
34.18 (222) in round 7, 1985
1.0 (6) in round 2, 1918
Head to Head Highest Score
P: 330 W: 169 L: 158 D: 3
41.30 (276) in round 1, 1944 2.7 (19) in round 6, 1915 256 points in round 1, 1944
Lowest Score
158 points in round 4, 1984
Biggest Winning Margin
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by Sean Cowan
COLLECTABLES
During 2020, 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.
Despite being less than 40 years eight clubs), old,WAFL-branded items produced m e a n i n g in the early 1980s are among the most sought after these days. Perhaps it’s because most WAFL collectors are aged between about 40 and 60, and these pieces remind them of their younger years. Whatever the case, memorabilia from the WAFL’s mass-marketing era, around 1982, has featured often in this column over the past 10 years.
- a
- serious
c o l l e c t o r would be chasing 24 d i f f e r e n t varieties. I’ve got just four. Meanwhile, a n o t h e r
- couple
- of
WAFL-related
from later that same year, when the Aboriginal All –Stars played against a team called the “Premiers’s AllStars”at the MCG on September 13.
The team list in that program had a lot of spelling errors, but some great WA players in Laurie Kickett (presumably Larry), Wally Materia (Matera), Willie Roe, Nicky Winmar, Phil Narkle, Derrick Kickett (Derek), Brett Farmer, Benny Vigona, Michael Mitchell, Maurice Rioli, Brad Collard, Oral McGuire and Stephen Michaels (Michael). pieces of memorabilia were shown to me this week by two separate Melbourne-based collectors.
But one group of memorabilia has somehow never graced these pages – the various wallets/purses produced by Hollco, mostly for the now-defunct The Footy Shop in Oxford St, Leederville. Hollco was the manufacturer for many of the WAFL-branded items of the era, including the club wooden shields that are popular with collectors nowadays. The wallets were embossed, in gold, with the shield-shaped club logos that were used from late 1981 onwards. They rarely turn up these
Back in the 1980s, the VFL was still in the early stages of
- recognising
- the
- significant
contribution Indigenous players had made to the game, and some of the first Indigenous All Star games were played. The first one I want to focus on was played in early 1985 between the “Australian Aboriginal All Stars” and reigning premiers, Essendon.
I’ve not seen either of these programs hit the market in recent years, but I have no doubt they would be popular at auction.
The reason I mention it here is because there were printed programs for this match and the 1985 All Stars team was stacked with WAFL/WA talent, including the Narkle brothers, the Krakouer brothers, Graham Kickett, Kevin Taylor, Nicky Winmar, Brett Little, David Palm, Kevin Caton, Benny Vigona, Maurice Rioli, Peter Ware and Stephen Michael. days. I’ve seen three different
- wallets
- (for
- If you have
- a
- query regarding
each of the
WAFL memorabilia, send photographs and/or details to Sean at [email protected] or Sean Cowan, PO Box 8352, Perth BC, WA 6849. His website is at www.waflcollectables.webs.com and he also can be contacted on 0412 760 004.
Meanwhile, collector Graham Brearley had a copy of the program
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Saturday, Sept 5, 2.30pm, Leederville Oval
LEAGUE
Live Scores: WAFL App & website
No. Player
- Pnts
- D.O.B
- HT WT Recruited from
- WAFL games Goals Bhds
123456789
KITCHIN, Leigh
2111151511
08/01/1990 20/04/2000 27/04/1995 14/10/1993 31/08/1997 17/09/1995 26/07/1999 12/10/1992 09/08/1996 03/04/2001
182 79 Frankston FC 181 68 Carine JFC 176 76 Mines 183 84 Sorrento Duncraig JFC 190 88 North Mandurah JFC 193 80 Towns - Broome / WCE 179 72 Sorrento Duncraig JFC 192 88 Ongerup 185 83 Whitford JFC 188 81 Noranda JFC 183 88 Mundijong JFC 191 80 Sorrento Duncraig JFC 188 78 Railways FC 189 85 Sorrento Duncraig JFC 185 67 Railways FC
112
13 76
106
0
63
1
62 65
6
32 72 28 15 28
110
90
5
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STAINSBY, Kyle KENNEDY, Hayden WATERS, Rhys SHEPHERD, Luke POWELL, Rowen HICKMOTT, Liam LITHERLAND, Angus WALTERS, Max
10 MARTIN, Nicholas 11 NEWTON, Benjamin
10 08/08/1992
12 CLARK, Gregory 14 BORCHET, Ryan 15 BEVERLEY, Jack 16 MILLER, Jacob
11111111111111511111
24/05/1997 15/05/1997 08/07/1998 28/01/1998 26/10/1990 28/10/1995 11/12/2000 10/04/1997 26/10/1998 07/09/1998 16/10/1997 22/08/1996 27/06/1997 02/09/1987 31/08/1993 12/07/1992 15/06/1999 25/07/2001 25/09/2000 19/02/2001
- 17
- DELAHUNTY, Lachlan
194 91 Frankston FC
18 SOKOL, Ben 19 HICKMOTT, Wil 20 ATKINSON, Jakob 21 MATTHEWS, Oskar 22 BREMAN, Aaron 23 REID, Ben
186 85 South Coogee JFC 180 76 Sorrento Duncraig JFC 189 85 Toodyay FC 199 87 Hills Rangers FC 186 70 Sorrento-Duncraig JFC 188 86 Kingsway 181 73 Bullcreek Leeming JFC 189 90 Mt Hawthorn 183 85 Kalgoorlie City 187 88 Whitford JFC 189 82 Peel Thunder FC 183 68 Carine
11
017
24 MATERA, Bailey 25 BRAUT, Michael 28 HORSLEY, Kyal 35 ROHDE, Drew 36 HEAL, Aaron 49 DENNIS, Max 53 GOLDING, Benjamin 56 CLINCH, Isaac 61 ASH, Noah
20 29
205
87
107
0030
180 77 North Beach JFC 187 69 Warwick Greenwood JFC 180 73 Kingsway JFC
Rushed
No. Player
- Pnts
- D.O.B
- HT WT Recruited from
- WAFL games Goals Bhds
123456789
KOMMER, Nick
10 28/09/1990 10 28/09/1991
185 81 Scarborough 184 84 Ocean Ridge JFC 190 84 Bullcreek Leeming JFC 179 73 Winnacott
48
125
41 24
9
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MANNING, Kody SNADDEN, Jordan RYAN, Ambrose MURPHY, Max
111711
02/08/1997 22/11/1998 24/03/2000 10/06/1996 24/06/1993 28/09/1993
189 86 Railways FC
LEGGETT, Cody EARDLEY, Cameron JUPP, Matthew
- 188 89 Attadale JFC
- 73
112 121
67 34 47
102
18 22 40 50
7
180 80 East Fremantle JFC 191 84 South Perth JFC 187 80 Port Headland 187 78 Rockingham JFC 181 75 Royals - Albany / CCGS 202 95 Karoonda JFC 181 72 Winnacott
BOEKHORST, Blaine
10 02/09/1993
10 BRAY, Alexander
531111111
13/10/1997 08/12/1996 14/01/1986 19/07/1998 30/06/2000 30/04/1997 01/01/1998 19/11/1999 19/06/1992
- 11
- DAVIES, Morgan
12 GRIFFIN, Jonathon 13 BASKERVILLE, Kyle 14 MURDOCK, Milan 15 BENNETT, Thomas 16 STRNADICA, Luke
170 68 East Fremantle Power 184 86 Willetton JFC 203 100 Winnacott 193 79 Collie Eagles 188 87 Willetton JFC 189 88 Bunbury FC 183 76 Canning Vale JFC 192 84 Halls Head JFC 192 76 Attadale JFC 192 94 Bullcreek Leeming JFC 179 74 Rossmoyne JFC 185 78 Bunbury FC 187 81 Booragoon JFC 190 92 Kingsley JFC 202 86 Northampton 188 79 Chapman Valley Juniors 181 72 East Fremantle 189 83 Warwick/ Greenwood JFC 184 75 Kardinya JFC 183 77 Rostrata Rhinos 183 77 Attadale JFC 196 87 Willetton JFC
- 17
- DAVIDSON, Cameron
18 LESTER-SMITH, Ryan 19 TUCKER, Durak 20 JACKSON, Zachary 22 WINTON, Dylan 23 BAILEY, Lachlan 24 JANSEN, Jarrad 27 MONTAUBAN, Alexander 33 TASSONE, Michael 34 MEADE, Jamie 35 MILLS, Jordan
98
- 3
- 10 09/02/2000
1111131311111111
16/04/1999 27/07/1996 09/02/1998 02/05/1995 03/03/1998 19/06/1998 03/12/1997 13/12/1990 16/10/1999 20/12/2002 10/12/1999 31/05/1998 17/10/2002 31/01/2000 29/05/2002 27/05/2001
14 91 23 37
5
37
3
29
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