OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 12 JUNE 23, 2018 $3.00 » Perth on the rise in half-year stocktake » Team lists 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 Half-year stocktake for WAFL clubs 6 Collectables Game time 9 Game previews 10-11 East Perth v Claremont 12-13 West Perth v Perth 14-15 Swan Districts v Subiaco 3 Half-yearstocktake for your WAFL club Publisher This publication is proudly produced for the WA Football Commission by Media Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 The season is a bit shorter and all teams have now reached the half-way Fax 9388 7866 mark of their 2018 campaigns. Sales: [email protected] At the mid-point, the Football Budget runs an eye over each club’s progress and Editor what is in store before the finals. Ross Lewis By Ross Lewis [email protected] Photography CLAREMONT Andrew Ritchie Tally: Played 10. Won 3. Lost 7. Design/Typesetting Significant wins: Victories over South Fremantle Jacqueline Holland and Swan Districts, interjected by an 11-point loss Direction Design and Print to Peel, between Rounds 8-10 showed Claremont’s Printing potential. Data Documents The stand-out: Jye Bolton continues to be one of www.datadocuments.com.au the hardest working players in the competition. He was even outstanding in WA’s win over the SANFL Cover in May. Corey Yeo has played a key part in Perth’s rise. Key period ahead: The next three weeks. If Claremont can’t overcome East Perth, East Fremantle The Football Budget is printed on and South Fremantle its season might be over. Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced from a sustainably managed forest and EAST FREMANTLE uses manufacturing processes of the Tally: Played 11. Won 2. Lost 9. highest environmental standards. Bouncedown is printed by an Significant wins: The best result for the Sharks was Environmental Accredited printer. the 24-point win over dual defending premier, Peel, The magazine is 100% recyclable. in Round 8. It clearly stands out as a highlight in a disappointing season. WAFL admission prices The stand-out: Only a suspension has interrupted $15 – Adult* Jayden Schofield’s strong effort in 2018. He has $12 – Concession* battled against the tide to average 30 possessions Free – Children 15 and under per match. *Includes a copy of Football Budget Key period ahead: East Fremantle is trying to salvage some pride. Battles against East Perth, Find us on Subiaco and South Fremantle in the final three rounds will be a stern test. EAST PERTH Tally: Played 9. Won 4. Lost 5. Significant wins: A quartet of triumphs over West Copyright © No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system Perth, Perth, Peel and East Fremantle gave East Perth without the permission of the publisher. supporters some false hope by Round 6. Opinions expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. The stand-out: After an injury-ridden run since The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that being drafted at the end of 2015, Matthew Allen has the material produced in this publication is accurate, but gives no warranty in relation shown his potential this season as a key forward. thereto and disclaims all liability for claims Key period ahead: The next four matches will prove against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other whether the Royals are finals material or not. They person, which may rise from any person meet Claremont (twice), South Fremantle and Swan acting on the materials contained herein. Districts. Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 » Jye Bolton 4 PEEL THUNDER SWAN DISTRICTS Tally: Played 10. Won 4. Lost 6. Tally: Played 9. Won 5. Lost 4. Significant wins: Successes against Significant wins: Triumphs in the first two Claremont and West Perth in rounds 9 and 10 rounds was exactly what the new Swan indicated the Thunder weren’t a spent force Districts match committee needed to yet in 2018. establish authority on the team. The stand-out: Ben Howlett has returned to The stand-out: Tony Notte is one of three Peel from a long stint at Essendon with plenty players in the WAFL with 200 State league of vigour. Has a clamp-like tackle and can also games of experience and his brilliant get plenty of the ball. positioning in defence has thwarted many Key period ahead: Peel has only two matches opposition thrusts. against teams – Perth and Claremont - outside Key period ahead: This week is particularly the top five in its remaining season schedule. significant for the black-and-whites. It is their turn to face Subiaco and try to prove their PERTH premiership credentials. Tally: Played 10. Won 4. Lost 6. Significant wins: The Demons have enjoyed WEST PERTH a purple patch in the past two weeks with Tally: Played 10. Won 6: Lost 4. consecutive wins over South Fremantle and Significant wins: The Falcons have only been East Fremantle. able to string together a duo of victories at a The stand-out: He has become renowned time. They involved defeating Swan Districts for his long kicking, but Cody Leggett can get » Marlion Pickett and Perth (Round 4 and 5) and East Fremantle plenty of the ball as well. His sits 11th on the and East Perth (Round 7 and 9). league disposals list with 24 touches a game. with battles against Perth and East Fremantle in The stand-out: Andrew Strijk has become Key period ahead: If Perth is to squeeze into their final two matches of the season. a goal-kicking machine in his past four the top five it will have to get plenty of wins on outings. The veteran has booted 17 goals the board before the Round 20 and 21 clashes SUBIACO over that time. with South Fremantle and Subiaco. Tally: Played 9. Won 9. Lost 0. Key period ahead: Significant wins: Where do you start? The West Perth still has SOUTH FREMANTLE Lions have comfortably conquered every two more battles Tally: Played 10. Won 7. Lost 3. team in the competition so far. against Subiaco Significant wins: Five victories on the trot The stand-out: There is so much playing in its remaining between rounds 3 and 7 established the strength in the Subiaco line-up but the eight matches – Bulldogs as the genuine challengers to the leadership and commitment of captain Kyal both at home in Lions. Horsley has been outstanding. He must be a rounds 13 and The stand-out: Between rounds 6 and 10, Sandover Medal fancy. 19. Marlion Pickett was arguably the best player Key period ahead: Hard to see a tough run in the competition. He added some liveliness for Jarrad Schofield’s men although three of to the South Fremantle midfield. the next four contests are against top-five Key period ahead: The Bulldogs can build teams and the other against dual defending plenty of momentum going into the WAFL finals premier Peel. » Matthew Allen » Cody Leggett 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. Remember the days when players wore blazers to club functions, often featuring a pocket with the club’s logo on it? I reckon most Australian blokes from the 1950s would have had a scratchy black jacket in the cupboard and most Australian wives would have been asked to remove the original pocket and replace it with one they had been given by their club (sporting or otherwise). WAFL players were no different. Pocket patches are great reminders of the past and were usually issued with colourful club logos on them. Sometimes, clubs would produce special pockets for those who played in a premiership or who took part in an overseas or interstate tour. Today, like most things related to the WAFL, Speaking of descendants of players, it’s great There were also a couple of fantastic these types of pockets are very collectable. to hear from them on a regular basis. ephemeral items, the most attractive being an invitation to a “complimentary social” that the And, thankfully, descendants of past Not only does it often give me a chance to league put on for the visiting South Fremantle players usually have the foresight to remove see what other memorabilia might have been side and an invitation from East Fremantle the pocket from an old moth-eaten jacket produced in the old days, but the best stories Football Club to a function for those who before consigning the jacket to the bin. come from past players. Recently, I was contacted by the daughter represented the Goldfields against Old Easts Over the years, I’ve seen pockets featuring in August, 1953. the logos of all WAFL clubs and I’ve decided of a former Subiaco player, who had come to I received an email this week about a it’s about time I started a database of known the city after a stint in Kalgoorlie. somewhat unusual collectable concerning pocket patches. We spent about an hour talking about her father’s career before she pulled out a folder Claremont’s famous Krakouer brothers, Jim With this in mind, I would love to hear from and Phil. anyone who has any old jacket or pocket with full of newspaper clippings, programs and The collectable item was a somewhat a club or state team logo, especially if you’re other items.