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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 17 AUGUST 1, 2019 $3.00 » The run to the finals » Swans take on Eagles Limited Bound Copies of the Football Budget available for Sale • Full Seasons Professionally Bound • 2012 to 2018 $75 per Volume Contact [email protected] or 9388 7844 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL GRAND FINAL SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 $10.00 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 1 APRIL 6, 2019 $3.00 The last WAFL Grand Final at Subiaco Oval 2017 Collector’s Edition » New era dawns for WAFL » POSTER INSIDE + 8 page Subiaco Oval history feature » Match facts Limited Bound Copies of the Football Budget available for Sale CONTENTS • Full Seasons Professionally Bound Every week • 2012 to 2018 6 Tipping 7 Previews 20-21 WAFC $75 per Volume 22 Club Notes 23 WAFL statistics Contact [email protected] 25 WAFLW fixtures, results 26 Scoreboards and ladders or 9388 7844 27 WAFL fixtures Features EPTEMBER 24, 2017 $10.00 ROUND 1 APRIL 6, 2019 $3.00 4-5 The run to the finals GRAND FINAL S ON OF THE WAFL OFFICIAL PUBLICATI OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL 8 Collectables WAFL game time 9 Swan Districts v West Coast 10-11 Perth v Subiaco 12-13 West Perth v East Fremantle 14-15 East Perth v South Fremantle 16-17 Peel Thunder v Claremont WAFLW game time 18 Swan Districts v Claremont 19 Subiaco v East Fremantle The last WAFL Grand Final at Subiaco Oval » New era dawns for WAFL 2017 Collector’s Edition » Match facts » POSTER INSIDE + 8 page Subiaco Oval history feature 3 4 Challengers By Ross Lewis in run home Publisher This publication is proudly produced for the WA Football Commission by Media Tonic. 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Over the next four weeks finals The magazine is 100% recyclable. aspirations will be met or ruined and for a select few it will determine how many WAFL admission prices chances they will get at this year’s flag. $15 – Adult* $12 – Concession* While East Fremantle, Swan Districts and East Free – Children 15 and under Perth are planning for 2020, the majority of the *Includes a copy of Football Budget league can still dream about a berth in the finals. But as mathematics proves, seven won’t go into five. Some have an easier draw over the closing Find us on rounds than others while home matches could prove crucial to several eyeing higher places on the league ladder. So, going into Round 17, the Football Budget casts its eye over the situation of hopefuls with a Copyright © No part of this publication may chance – or guarantee - of playing finals and what be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system lies ahead for them as they battle for the WAFL’s without the permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed in the Football Budget ultimate prize. are not necessarily those of the WAFC. The WAFC or affiliated 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 affiliated 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 \\ Michael Lourey (WP) 5 Challengers in run home of the finals SUBIACO (13-1) – FIRST Still to play: Perth, Swan Districts, West Perth, East Perth. Season story: Such has been Subiaco’s qualifying round form over the past four seasons many cemented the team into the finals well before the start of the 2019 series. The Lions have dropped just one match – against South Fremantle in Round 6 – this year. Road ahead: Subiaco can’t slip out of the top five. Indeed with a three- win and considerable percentage buffer over second-placed Claremont it would take a strange turn of events for the Lions not to claim another minor premiership. The key: Lachlan Delahunty – the big man who plays as a midfielder is \\ Ben Hancock (PT) one of the competition’s most damaging players. CLAREMONT (10-4) – SECOND WEST PERTH (7-7) – FIFTH Still to play: Peel Thunder, West Perth, South Fremantle, Swan Districts. Still to play: East Fremantle, Claremont, Subiaco, South Fremantle. \\ Tom North (PT) Season story: The Tigers have got better as the season has progressed Season story: There was a slow start for the Falcons and even over the with only one loss – not surprisingly to Subiaco – in the past seven past month the team has struggled for consistency. A one-kick result matches. Darren Harris’ unit still isn’t guaranteed second spot and the over East Perth lifted West Perth into the top five but it followed two home Qualifying Final. losses from its previous three matches. Road ahead: Round 19 looms as the critical encounter for Claremont. Road ahead: After this round against East Fremantle the draw gets The team travels to the port to tackle South Fremantle and if matches very ugly for the Falcons with away clashes against the dreaded top- go according to form the fixture could determine which finishes the two Claremont and Subiaco before a home battle with third-placed home-and-away rounds in second spot. South Fremantle in final match of their qualifying campaign. The key: Ian Richardson – the veteran is a barometer of the Tigers’ form The key: Michael Lourey – he has been used everywhere, even as a and if he is kicking a couple of goals per match then his team regularly makeshift ruckman, but it is his ability to kick goals that makes the succeeds. 29-year-old so important to the Falcons. SOUTH FREMANTLE (9-5) – THIRD PEEL THUNDER (6-8) – SIXTH Still to play: East Perth, Peel Thunder, Claremont, West Perth. Still to play: Claremont, South Fremantle, Swan Districts, Perth. Season story: There has been a mid-season speed bump that has Season story: Peel’s form has been harder to pick than a broken nose. hindered South Fremantle’s progress. While they loomed as challengers But one thing that has been certain is that Thunder has struggled to all-conquering Subiaco, the Bulldogs lost four consecutive matches against the top three teams in the competition. Only two of their wins between rounds 11 to 14. have come against top-five clubs. Road ahead: South Fremantle should build some momentum with Road ahead: Season 2019 could be over in a fortnight unless Peel matches against bottom five teams East Perth and Peel in the next two can cause major upsets over Claremont and South Fremantle. If the weeks. But then the Bulldogs confront Claremont and West Perth in Thunder falls to a 6-10 record it would take a miracle for the Mandurah what will be a solid finals preparation. club to be in the finals. The key: Nick Suban – the former Fremantle squad member is a three- The key: Ben Hancock – the Warnbro product is one of the WAFL- time WAFL premiership player and his experience will be critical in based players that provides a solid platform for the hybrid team. righting the South Fremantle ship. WEST COAST EAGLES (6-8) – SEVENTH PERTH (8-6) – FOURTH Still to play: Swan Districts, Perth, East Perth, East Fremantle. Still to play: Subiaco, West Coast, East Fremantle, Peel Thunder. Season story: Until they ran into WAFL powerhouse Subiaco last Season story: Perth fans have been teased into dreaming the finals round the Eagles had been flying high with four consecutive wins to drought will soon be over. There is no doubt the Demons have been suddenly be in finals contention. And considering West Coast’s talent exciting improvers in 2019 but they still have work to do to shore up pool that has provided some concern within its WAFL rivals. their first appearance in the September action since 1997. Road ahead: If West Coast maintain its recent form then it can look Road head: The next two matches – against the Lions and the Eagles to a top-five finish in its inaugural season. The Eagles meet the three – might add some anxiety amongst the Demons faithful. Indeed, two bottom teams – Swan Districts, East Perth and East Fremantle before losses in a row could force Perth from the top five for the first time this the end of the qualifying rounds. season. The key: Brendon Ah Chee – the former Port Adelaide player has The key: Cody Leggett – the midfielder has been back to his best in struggled for AFL game time with West Coast but is a class above most recent weeks and will be called on to help lead the charge to the finals. of the talent in WAFL ranks. Tipping HOME Swan Districts Perth West Perth East Perth Peel Thunder Fremantle Carlton v v v v v v v v AWAY West Coast WAFL Subiaco East Fremantle South Fremantle Claremont Geelong West Coast Tracey Lewis Football Budget Ross Lewis Football Budget WCW S WP SF PT G WC TOTAL WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL 68 64 Russell Reid The West Australian Xavier Ellis Channel 7 and 92.9 WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL 62 63 Glen Quartermain Sunday Times Karl Langdon 6PR WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL 66 65 Dennis Cometti Channel 7 Sean Cowan Football Budget WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL 63 63 Chris Mitsopoulos Sport FM Favourites WCW S WP EP C G WC TOTAL WCW S WP SF C G WC TOTAL 61 66 Ben Cameron ABC WCW S WP EP C G WC TOTAL 64 <NAME>, WE NEED YOU ON OUR TEAM! 6 Previews by Ross Lewis MATCH of the ROUND PERTH v SUBIACO, Mineral Resources Park, August 1, 7.10pm PERTH (8-6) SUBIACO (13-1) 2-3 L-W-L-W-L Last 5 matches 5-0 W-W-W-W-W WCE, EF, PT Who is to come SD, WP, EP He has been one of the WAFL’s most Running hot Ben Sokol was back to his destructive consistent defenders in 2019 and best in attack last round with four Perth will be relying heavily on goals.