OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 10 JUNE 15, 2019 $3.00 » Thunder in striking distance of top five » Collectables 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 breakfast. CONTENTS Every week 6 Tipping 7 Previews 16-17 WAFC $125 per person - tables of 10 18 Club Notes Places are limited, book today. 19 WAFL statistics 21 WAFLW fixtures TICKETS FROM 22 Scoreboards and ladders 23 WAFL fixtures Features 4-5 Spearheads on target Table enquiries to Mick 0419 920 943 14 Collectables WAFL game time 8-9 Peel v South Fremantle 10-11 Swan Districts v Claremont WAFLW game time PRESENTED BY SUPPORTED BY 12 Swan Districts v Peel 13 Subiaco v Claremont 3 4 Sharpshooters have eye on another WAFL target Publisher It is the race within a competition. This publication is proudly produced While team success is naturally the main goal for the WA Football Commission by of every player, individuals are happy to claim a Media Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 Sandover or Bernie Naylor medal along the way. Fax 9388 7866 The leading goalkicker award has become a tight Sales: [email protected] race in recent seasons as teams kick smaller winning Editor tallies. Ross Lewis [email protected] There has been a band of WAFL sharpshooters who have set the early pace in the run towards the Editorial Consultant Tracey Lewis top of the goalkicking list. Photography One of last season’s Bernie Naylor medallists, Andrew Ritchie Andrew Strijk, who tied with West Perth teammate Design/Typesetting Tyler Keitel on 43 goals, is in the mix. Jacqueline Holland But with South Fremantle’s Ben Saunders, who Direction Design and Print was the No.1 scorer in three WAFL seasons, retiring Printing from the league, there is a good chance for a new Data Documents www.datadocuments.com.au king of the big sticks to be crowned. Cover Mitch Crowden will help lead Peel’s attack on South Fremantle in Round 10. The Football Budget is printed on Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced from a sustainably managed forest and uses manufacturing processes of the highest environmental standards. Bouncedown is printed by an Environmental Accredited printer. The magazine is 100% recyclable. WAFL admission prices $15 – Adult* $12 – Concession* Free – Children 15 and under *Includes a copy of Football Budget Find us on Copyright © No part of this publication may 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 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 \\ Mason Shaw (SF) \\ Ben Sokol (S) 5 Sharpshooters have eye on another By Ross Lewis WAFL target MASON SHAW (SOUTH FREMANTLE) 25 goals There was an easy start to the season by Shaw. But he has been the in-form forward over the past five rounds with 20 goals and helped spark South Fremantle’s best form. The 25-year-old’s best haul was six goals BEN SOKOL (SUBIACO) against West Coast Eagles in Round 5. 17 goals The strong marking Lion is another who has RYAN BORCHET (SUBIACO) State match statistics that interfere with his 18 goals true WAFL goalkicking tally. Sokol, 23, booted When your team has only dropped one match four goals against the Croweaters. for the season there are obviously plenty of He has been restricted to five goals in the opportunities to kick big tallies. past four outings with Subiaco but his ability But Subiaco share the attacking zone love to be a focal point near goals has set up plenty even if Borchet, 22, has managed to kick a goal of scoring chances. in every match in 2019. TOM LEE (CLAREMONT) RHYS WATERS (SUBIACO) 16 goals 18 goals The former Adelaide and St Kilda squad Another Lion who has to fight for the forward member had 13 goals on the board after line limelight. Waters had 11 goals on the four matches. Then he missed two games board after the first four matches, sparking and a wave of WAFL forwards swamped thoughts of a small forward winning the him on the Bernie Naylor Medal board. Bernie Naylor Medal. Lee’s return to the Tigers in Round 8 The 25-year-old was busy in the wet last gave them plenty of potency in the win round with three more goals for the total. over West Coast Eagles. ANDREW STRIJK (WEST PERTH) BLAIR BELL (PEEL THUNDER) 18 goals 16 goals West Perth’s veteran missed a match with Peel’s blonde midfielder gave a few injury in Round 3 but returned in a blaze with hints about his goalkicking abilities in four goals against Swan Districts. 2016 with 23 season goals but in the Strijk, 31, has allowed some other Falcons main Bell has worked hard to set up to take more of the goalkicking workload teammates before the big sticks. this season but remains one of the most His 16 goals have come from dangerous targets in the league. six leagues matches and features a five-goal haul against East MICHAEL BENNELL (PERTH) Fremantle in Round 3. 17 goals Some WAFL tallies have Bennell at 20 goals when his three-goal haul in the State clash with the SANFL is taken into account. The run has been a bit tougher for the 25-year-old in the past few weeks with a clash on the sidelines and a run in the reserves on a damp day that certainly didn’t favour any league tall key forwards. He’ll be pushing for a senior recall. \\ Tom Lee (C) Tipping HOME Peel Thunder Swan Districts Fremantle v v v v AWAY South Fremantle Claremont Port Adelaide Tracey Lewis Football Budget Ross Lewis Football Budget PT SD F TOTAL SF C PA TOTAL 44 40 Russell Reid The West Australian Xavier Ellis Channel 7 and 92.9 SF C PA TOTAL SF C PA TOTAL 37 37 Glen Quartermain Sunday Times Karl Langdon 6PR SF C F TOTAL SF C PA TOTAL 38 40 Dennis Cometti Channel 7 Sean Cowan Football Budget PT C F TOTAL SF C F TOTAL 35 33 Chris Mitsopoulos Sport FM Favourites SF C F TOTAL SF C F TOTAL 38 39 Ben Cameron ABC SF C F TOTAL 36 Premium AFL Form Team line-ups, recent form, H2H results and more. Gamble responsibly. Call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au. 6 Previews by Ross Lewis \\ Bailey Banfield MATCH of the ROUND PEEL v SOUTH FREMANTLE, David Grays Arena, Saturday June 15, 2.15pm PEEL (3-5) SOUTH FREMANTLE (7-1) 1-4 L-W-L-L-L Last 5 matches 5-0 W-W-W-W-W P, SD, WCE, EP, EF Who is to come S, WCE, C, P, SD Season 2019 has been Running hot Former Fremantle onballer a bit tougher for Bailey Nick Suban hasn’t been Banfield. The Fremantle as prominent for South squad member played Fremantle this season but 20 matches in his the veteran continues to debut season with the play the role desired by his Dockers, yet has been coach Todd Curley. With a restricted to just three raft of off-season player exits this year. But Banfield from the Bulldogs midfield continues to show his Suban has become more worth at AFL level with of an on-field marshal and strong efforts was crucial in setting up the for Peel, including a WA Day win over rivals East 25-possession haul in Fremantle. Round 8. Last time they met: R16, 2018 – Peel 13.12 (90) d South Fremantle 9.12 (66). At Bendigo Bank Stadium. GOALS: PT - Lawler, Dixon 3; Ugle 2.