OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 9 JUNE 8, 2019 $3.00 » Falcons eye Eagles » Can’t keep veteran Demon down Nathan Buckley was on the rocks, Collingwood players were on tenterhooks and the footy club was a miserable place to work. In 2017 the Pies season was over in round 13 and the silence around Nathan Buckley’s future was deafening. However after an exhaustive review of the entire club he was re-signed for 2 more years. Just 13 months into his extension Buckley led the Pies into a Grand Final only to lose by a kick. While Adam Simpson walked away as the most successful coach of the 2018 AFL season, the coach of Collingwood deserves a toast of his own. How he did it and where he sees the Pies going in the near future will be topics of this enlightening breakfast. $125 per person - tables of 10 Places are limited, book today. TICKETS FROM Table enquiries to Mick 0419 920 943 PRESENTED BY SUPPORTED BY Nathan Buckley was on the rocks, Collingwood players were on tenterhooks and the footy club was a miserable place to work. In 2017 the Pies season was over in round 13 and the silence around Nathan Buckley’s future was deafening. However after an exhaustive review of the entire club he was re-signed for 2 more years. Just 13 months into his extension Buckley led the Pies into a Grand Final only to lose by a kick. While Adam Simpson walked away as the most successful coach of the 2018 AFL season, the coach of Collingwood deserves a toast of his own. How he did it and where he sees the Pies going in the near future will be topics of this enlightening CONTENTS breakfast. Every week 6 Tipping 7 Previews 12 Stats $125 per person - tables of 10 14-15 WAFC Places are limited, book today. 16 Club notes 17 WAFLW Fixtures TICKETS FROM 18 Scoreboards and ladders 19 WAFL fixtures Table enquiries to Mick 0419 920 943 Features 4-5 Can’t keep Jones down WAFL game time 8-9 Subiaco v Perth PRESENTED BY SUPPORTED BY 10-11 East Perth v East Fremantle 13 West Perth v West Coast 3 4 Jones keeps on kicking on with Demons Publisher This publication is proudly produced for the WA Football Commission by Media Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 Fax 9388 7866 Sales: [email protected] Editor Ross Lewis [email protected] Editorial Consultant Tracey Lewis Photography Andrew Ritchie Design/Typesetting Jacqueline Holland Direction Design and Print Printing Data Documents www.datadocuments.com.au Cover \\ Clint Jones Trent Manzone will lead West Perth’s midfield assault against West Coast. 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Career matches - 342 Opinions expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. 84: South Fremantle (2002-2006) The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that the material produced in this publication is 11: Casey Scorpions (2007-2008) accurate, but gives no warranty in relation 30: Sandringham (2012-2015) thereto and disclaims all liability for claims against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media 149: St Kilda (2007-2014) Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other 3: WA (2005, 2006, 2015) person, which may rise from any person acting on the materials contained herein. 65: Perth (2016-) Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 5 Jones keeps on By Ross Lewis kicking on with Demons Clint Jones seems to have been around run-with player. He lined up 149 times for the Budget. “Bell was written off by Fremantle WA football forever. Saints. He returned to WA in 2016 but was but he didn’t take a backward step in lured to Perth by his former South Fremantle The truth is he is in his ninth WAFL season. backing himself in, knowing he could play teammate and friend Marty Atkins, who had But it is a local career that stretches back 17 AFL – the rest is history. become the Demons’ chief executive officer. years. “Clint was told he would not play AFL Saturday’s encounter will be the 35-year- And in this round Jones will notch another due to his average kicking skills – the rest is old’s 66th for Perth. personal milestone when he runs on to history as he went on to play 149 games for Leederville Oval with his Perth teammates for However, under WAFC 200 Club rules, the Saints.” the battle with Subiaco. matches played for VFL or SANFL teams are There will also be a concerted effort considered in a WA born/raised player’s overall It will be the Demons veteran’s 150th from Subiaco to spoil Jones’ moment and games tally. WAFL appearance. And it continues his push give one of their own suitable recognition for an even higher honour later this season. Between 2007 and 2015 Jones also for his longevity. featured in 41 VFL games with Casey Scorpions When the WAFL’s historians Greg Wardell- The versatile Clancy Wheeler, who has and Sandringham. Johnson and Steve Davies were quizzed about played in just about every position on the Jones’ playing record this week their figures That means by this weekend Jones will ground in his nine seasons with the Lions, indicated Jones was on course to join a very have played 343 league matches. He is still will also feature in his 150th WAFL fixture in rare WA football club. three more seasons away from catching the the Round 9 battle at Leederville Oval. great Barry Cable, who has played the most When his VFL games are considered, the Wheeler, originally from Newtown senior games by a WA-born player – 404. South Coogee recruit could notch his 350th Condingup, has been restricted to three senior football match around finals time. Only 11 Sandgropers have hit the 350- matches in 2019 because of an injury game mark. sustained in the opening match of the An 18-year-old Jones was given his first season. WAFL opportunity with South Fremantle in When Jones was set to play his 300th the closing rounds of the 2002 season. To league game in 2017, Atkins relayed to the But the WAFL number crunchers, put that into perspective one of his Demons’ Football Budget he thought of his former Wardell-Johnson and Davies, have teammates from the previous round, Ethan Bulldogs colleague in the same vein as confirmed those appearances are enough Hansen, had just turned two years of age. another South Fremantle great, Peter Bell. to take him to the milestone mark. Jones represented the Bulldogs 84 times, It is ironic that establishing himself as a hard-running earlier this season midfielder who represented the State, claimed Jones overtook Bell two club fairest-and-best awards and won a (338 matches) on the grand final (2005) before he became a mature- WA games list. age AFL recruit for St Kilda. “I rate Clint as high And while there he become a mainstay, as I rate Peter Bell,” developing a reputation as a close-checking Atkins told the Football MOST GAMES BY WA BORN/RAISED PLAYER 404: Barry Cable (Perth, North Melbourne, East Perth, WA, Victoria) 403: Brian Peake (East Fremantle, Geelong, Perth, WA) 392: Graham Farmer (East Perth, Geelong, West Perth, WA, Victoria) 385: Mel Whinnen (West Perth, WA) 376: Steve Malaxos (Claremont, Hawthorn, West Coast, East Fremantle, WA) 366: Graham Moss (Claremont, Essendon, WA, Victoria) 362: Jack Sheedy (East Fremantle, South Melbourne, East Perth, WA) 358: Steve Curtis (East Perth, Port Adelaide, WA) 357: Bill Dempsey (West Perth, WA) 354: Darrell Panizza (Claremont, Woodville, WA) 351: Ross Gibbs (West Perth, Glenelg, WA) 349: Dwayne Lamb (Subiaco, West Coast, WA) 346: Peter Featherby (Subiaco, Western Bulldogs, Geelong, WA, Victoria) *342: Clint Jones (South Fremantle, Casey, Sandringham, Perth, WA) \\ Clancy Wheeler Tipping HOME Subiaco East Perth West Perth Sydney v v v v v AWAY Perth East Fremantle West Coast W West Coast Tracey Lewis Football Budget Ross Lewis Football Budget S EP WP WC TOTAL S EP WP SYD TOTAL 42 37 Russell Reid The West Australian Xavier Ellis Channel 7 and 92.9 S EP WP WC TOTAL S EP WP WC TOTAL 35 35 Glen Quartermain Sunday Times Karl Langdon 6PR S EP WP WC TOTAL S EP WP WC TOTAL 36 38 Dennis Cometti Channel 7 Sean Cowan Football Budget S EP WP WC TOTAL S EP WP WC TOTAL 33 31 Chris Mitsopoulos Sport FM Favourites S EF WP WC TOTAL S EP WP WC TOTAL 35 37 Ben Cameron ABC S EP WP WC TOTAL 34 Talking and listening are powerful. We all experience mental health issues. Check in on a mate if they’re not going so well. Visit thinkmentalhealthwa.com.au for more information 6 Previews by Ross Lewis \\ Harry Marsh MATCH of the ROUND SUBIACO v PERTH, Leederville Oval, Saturday June 8, 2.15pm SUBIACO (7-1) PERTH (6-2) 4-1 W-W-L-W-W Last 5 matches 3-2 W-W-L-L-W SF, WP, EF, C, WCE Who is to come PT, EP, WP, SF, C Former Sydney AFL squad Running hot Cody Leggett’s energy was crucial member Harry Marsh has had an in inspiring Perth’s victory over injury-interrupted return to the Swan Districts in the previous WAFL this season but his form in round – a win the Demons the win over Peel was a glimpse needed to re-establish confidence of the impact he can have on the in the team.