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OOFFICIALFFICIAL PPUBLICATIONUBLICATION OOFF TTHEHE WWAFLAFL RROUNDOUND 1 MMARCHARCH 116,6, 22013013 $$3.003.00 AWARDS NNoo pplacelace llikeike hhomeome fforor FFalconsalcons TTweetsweets ooff tthehe WWeekeek WWAA FFootballootball HHallall ooff FFameame The Lions take top marks, so does our insurance. We’re proud to be Major Sponsor of the Subiaco Lions. And even prouder that our car and home policies are competitively priced. Better still, we’ll help you find the cover that’s right for you. To find out what we’ve made possible, call QBE today on 133 723. Call us for a PDS to decide if a product is right for you. QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited ABN 78 003 191 035, AFSL 239545. Every Week 6 Awards 7 Tipping 25-27 WAFC news 28 Country Football 29 Community Football 30 Club notes 31 WAFL Stats 33 Ladders & results 34 Fixtures Game time 13 Previews 14-15 Claremont v South Fremantle 16-17 East Fremantle v Swan Districts 20-21 Perth v Peel 22-23 West Perth v East Perth Features 4-6 No place like home 8 Collectables 9 Entertainment 10-12 WA Football Hall of Fame 18-19 East Fremantle team poster 24 WAFL club gains and losses 32 Foxtel Cup CONTENTS3 By Ross Lewis 4 @r_lewis_thewest Publisher This publication is proudly produced for the WA Football Commission by Media Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 Fax 9388 7866 Sales [email protected] No place like Editor Tracey Lewis Email [email protected] @traceylewis5 Contributing writers Ross Lewis, Andrea Damonse, Sean Cowan. Photography home for Falcons Andrew Ritchie, William Crabb & Paul Litherland Design/Typesetting Jacqueline Holland - Visible Ink Graphics For almost 20 years West Perth has been living in Printing Quality Press. someone else’s house. Phone Arena Joondalup might have been the 6254 9999 club’s base since late 1993 but for Falcons fans a Address 8 Babel Road controversial long-term commercial arrangement Welshpool WA 6106 with the facility’s manager has meant the northern Email suburbs ground has lacked a homely feel. [email protected] The stadium has also been without some of the Cover mod-cons treated as the norm at rival WAFL clubs. Action from 2012 WAFL grand fi nal by Bill Crabb. Compounding the problem was the angst of “It will give West seeing West Perth’s spiritual ground, Medibank Stadium, turned into a centre of excellence for “ enemies East Perth and Subiaco. Perth a soul and a The Football Budget is printed on Express Gloss 90gsm paper, which is Soon the Falcons will have an elite 2000sqm sourced from a sustainably managed complex to call their own. With the financial thumping heartbeat. forest and uses manufacturing processesof the highest environmental assistance of the State Government and City of standards. Joondalup, they have won the right to have a plot of It gives us somewhere The Football Budget is printed by a land on which to build a new $8 million nest. The club Level 2 EnvironmentalAccredited rooms, to be built near the main gate at the Arena, printer. The magazine is 100% where we can believe. recyclable. will again galvanise the West Perth community but WAFL admission prices also boost the potential of its playing products. $15 – Adult* On the ground floor will be change and weights – Brett Raponi $12 – Concession rooms, coaches’ facilities and improved player 2 for 1 offer – Student Edge Member* Free – Children U16 recovery areas up to AFL standard, meaning Arena *Includes a copy of Football Budget Joondalup could be used as a senior level training Find us on venue. A flight of stairs up the Falcons will have a function room and members’ bar – something sadly missing under the current arrangenment – platforms for their 127 seasons of memorabilia and Copyright © No part of this publication may administrative areas. be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system without the permission of the publisher. Opinions ” expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. The WAFC or affi liated clubs believe that the material produced in this publication is accurate, but gives no warranty in relation thereto and disclaims all liability for claims against the WAFC or affi liated clubs, Media Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other person, which may rise from any person acting on the materials contained herein. Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 No longer will the West Perth faithful “Most of our junior clubs don’t have big Captain Jason Salecic and senior believe they are borrowing space at Arena enough areas for their own quiz nights and midfielder Ray Bartholomew are from Quinns Joondalup. They will have place they can truly fairest and best nights so they can make the Districts, Jay van Berlo came up through call home. most of this facility.” Whitfords, defender Luke Tedesco advanced But club president Brett Raponi said “We will no longer be at the beck and call from Wanneroo, Shane Nelson is a graduate the new complex was not just a victory for of our landlord. of Edgewater/Woodvale and Ocean Ridge is the WAFL outfit. As one of the nine clubs “It will give West Perth a soul and a Anthony Tsalikis’ junior club. responsible for developing the game in zones thumping heartbeat. It gives us somewhere Only Claremont used more locally- throughout the State, the Falcons will also where we can believe. It will be a football produced players in league teams last season. use the clubrooms to benefit the district. facility on match-day and a community The Falcons players will benefit from a “This is obviously big for the West Perth facility during the week. new lounge area and audio visual/computer Football Club but I think it is big for the WAFL. And it will help our players.” room to enhance their pre and post-match It shows the WAFL is still very relevant in the There can be no denying the Falcons’ analyses. community for a footy club to attract such right to have a patch in the northern suburbs. “It will help the squad build camaraderie strong government support,” Raponi said. Since moving to the multi-purpose Arena and a team spirit. The guys believe they have “The City of Joondalup sees it not as just Joondalup the club has fostered a raft of lacked that space,” Raponi said. a great facility for the footy club but for the talent from the region. “But in the end this is a facility that will area. The region doesn’t have sizable function benefit all 4500 juniors in our district. And rooms in the area. It is a bit like Peel. Mandurah we’ll feel as though we have a real sporting needed the Thunder’s new function areas as club.” much as Peel did. 5 6 AWARDS Rodriguez Shield Rising Star The Rodriguez Shield is awarded THE 2012 WAFL Combined Past LEADING VOTE GETTERS FOR 2012 to the most consistent WAFL Players and Offi cials Association 27 Ryan Maldenis (EP), Sean Henson (EF) club of the season, with points Rising Star Award ended in 25 Shane Nelson (WP) allocated across all three grades. a tie between fi rst semi-fi nal 24 Max Duffy (EF) Clubs are awarded 10 points for opponents Ryan Maldenis from 21 Jarrad Blight (SD) every league win and four points East Perth and East Fremantle’s for a reserves or colts win. Sean Henson. 17 Adam Faulkner (SD), Laine Rasmussen (WP) Henson polled votes in the 16 Ben Saunders (SF), Aaron Holt (CL) 2012 TALLY BOARD last three rounds, and Maldenis in 15 Jack Bradshaw (CL), Sean Tighe (SF) Claremont 274 the last two, to finish on an equal 14 Rhys Waters (SUB) East Fremantle 264 tally of 27. 13 Haiden Schloithe (SF) Swan Districts 190 This year the award will again 12 Dayle Garlett (SD) be sponsored by the Past Players East Perth 187 11 Jeremy McGovern (CL) and Officials and to be eligible Perth 176 10 Chris Deluca (SUB) players must have played eight 9 Mitchell Leyendekkers (Peel) West Perth 155 games or less at the start of the South Fremantle 150 2013 season and be aged 21 or 8 Kody Manning (WP), Kamdyn McIntosh (Peel), Simon Tunbridge Subiaco 142 under at the end of the season. (PTH) 7 Jayden Schofield (EF), Brad Nisbett (CL), Mitchell Boyle (EF), Peel Thunder 82 AFL-listed rookies are eligible Blaine Boekhorst (SD), Darcy Barden (WP) to win the award as long as they are not elevated to the senior AFL 6 Shannon Burnett (SF), Brendon Gulley (SF), Stephen Mansfield list throughout the season. (EP), Reese Richardson (Pth), Marcus White (EP) Votes do no need to be 5 Sam Menegola (EF), Matthew Olivieri (SF), Matthew Jukes (SD), awarded. Adam Waight (EF) Leading goalkicker award Player of the Year TWO of last year’s top three Fremantle forward line again SOME of most prominent players in drafted onto Port Adelaide’s goalkickers won’t be running this year, last year’s runner-up the 2012 Osborne Park Volkswagen rookie list, while Mark Hutchings around in the WAFL this season. Ashley Hansen has retired and Player of the Year Award were found himself at West Coast. While Bernie Naylor medallist Claremont’s Tom Lee was drafted rewarded for their outstanding Mitchell was awarded votes Ben Saunders will lead the South by St Kilda. seasons with AFL contracts. in 10 games last year to claim this Winner Kane Mitchell was prestigious award. LEADING GOAL KICKERS FOR 2012 LEADING VOTE GETTERS FOR 2012 66 Ben Saunders (SF) 27 Kane Mitchell (CL) 63 Ashley Hansen (SD) 20 Paul Johnson (EP), Mark Hutchings (WP) 53 Tom Lee (CL) 19 Ross Young (PTH) 52 Josh Smith (EP), Brad Holmes (Peel) 17 Luke Blackwell (CL) 48 Tim Geappen (SD) 15 Shaun Hildebrandt (SD) 44 Ian Richardson (CL) 12 Garry Moss (EP), Aidan Parker (SUB), Rory O’Brien (EF) 42 Chad Jones (CL) 11 Brendon Jones (Peel), Ashley Hansen (SD), Mark McGough