OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 1 MARCH 18, 2017 $3.00 » Your club’s gains & losses for 2017 » Game previews » » Swan Districts team poster THE TLC GROUP THE LIFTING COMPANY www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au Lifting,There Rigging is andAlways Height a Safety Solution Specialists Specialists in Lifting, Rigging and Height Safety Equipment TLC SURFACE TREATMENT www.TLCSurfaceTreatment.com.au Protective Coating Applicators Perth’s Industrial Spray Painting & Sandblasting Specialists TLC FABRICATION www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au Engineering, Design & Fabrication THE LIFTING COMPANY Professionals in Fabrication www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au There is Always a Solution Proud sponsors of the Perth Demons Football Club Ph: (08) 9353 4333 www.theTLCgroup.com.au CONTENTS 3 THE TLC GROUP Every Week 6 Collectables 7 Tipping 7 Tweets of the Week THE LIFTING COMPANY www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au 20-22 WAFC Lifting,There Rigging is andAlways Height a Safety Solution Specialists 23 Club Notes 24 Stats Specialists in Lifting, Rigging and Height Safety Equipment 25 Scoreboards and ladders 26 Fixtures TLC SURFACE TREATMENT www.TLCSurfaceTreatment.com.au Features Protective Coating Applicators 4-5 Ins & Outs on the road to WAFL 2017 Perth’s Industrial Spray Painting & Sandblasting Specialists 8 Entertainment 14-15 Swan Districts team poster TLC FABRICATION Game time www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au Engineering, Design & Fabrication 9 Game previews THE LIFTING COMPANY 10-11 East Fremantle v Claremont Professionals in Fabrication www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au 12-13 Swan Districts v Perth There is Always a Solution 16-17 South Fremantle v Subiaco 18-19 East Perth v Peel Thunder Proud sponsors of the Perth Demons Football Club Ph: (08) 9353 4333 www.theTLCgroup.com.au CONTENTS 4 ins & outs on the road to WAFL 2017 Another season. The chance to have high hopes for your team as everyone starts from scratch. Changes and tweaks have been made to all nine Publisher WAFL league teams over the past six months and This publication is proudly produced for this weekend we get to judge the fruits of the labour the WA Football Commission by Media for eight sides. Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 The WAFL also made a handful of adjustments to Fax 9388 7866 its rules and regulations. Sales: [email protected] So to bring you up to date on who has done Editor what, the Football Budget has curated a list of the Tracey Lewis Email: [email protected] key happenings over the off-season. Photography WAFL Andrew Ritchie, Duncan Watkinson, Showcase photgraphix Following the outcry over Peel’s AFL talent-laden Design/Typesetting finals line-up that advanced to last year’s flag, the Jacqueline Holland league, on analysing data from the WAFL, SANFL Direction Design and Print and VFL, opted to impose a new qualification quota Printing for 2017. Data Documents www.datadocuments.com.au Only 15 AFL players can be fielded in either Peel or East Perth teams during the finals. Cover The league has also implemented an The nine WAFL team captains ready independent tribunal review system and opened for the new season. more doors from players wanting to move clubs. The Football Budget is printed on Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced CLAREMONT from a sustainably managed forest and No bigger change than the coach. Michael uses manufacturing processes of the Broadbridge has moved on after three years at the highest environmental standards. Bouncedown is printed by an helm to be replaced by West Perth premiership Environmental Accredited printer. mentor and ex-State coach Darren Harris. The magazine is 100% recyclable. Former St Kilda defender Tom Lee returns to his old club while Anthony Morabito has made the WAFL admission prices $15 – Adult* shift to Tigerland seeking a fresh start after being $12 – Concession* released by Fremantle. Free – Children 15 and under Unfortunately for Claremont, but of great *Includes a copy of Football Budget fortune to the players, Darcy Cameron (Sydney Swans), Francis Watson (West Coast), Jake Waterman Find us on (West Coast) and Sam Petrevski-Seton (Carlton) have graduated to AFL duties. EAST FREMANTLE One of the bright spots in the Sharks’ 2017 Copyright © No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system preparations was the return from injury of trio without the permission of the publisher. Cameron Symonds, Alex Howson and Jordan Opinions expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. Dorotich. The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that Jonathan Marsh has shown during the pre- the material produced in this publication is accurate, but gives no warranty in relation season matches that his comeback after an AFL thereto and disclaims all liability for claims stint with Sydney would be a major fillip for East against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other Fremantle. person, which may rise from any person On the down side the Sharks waved goodbye to acting on the materials contained herein. » Brant Colledge. From East Perth back to Perth Mitch Boyle, Tom Hooker, James Bristow and Louis Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 Photo by Andrew Ritchie Cronan at the end of 2016. 5 ins & outs By Ross Lewis on the road to WAFL 2017 EAST PERTH former Essendon player Cory Dell’Olio comes A famous name returns to East Perth. Luke out of suspension. Webster was already a beloved son after Dell’Olio looms as the ready-made following in the footsteps of his father and replacement for Adam Guglielmana who grandfather in becoming a Royals player. retired at the end of last season. He comes back to club this year to hold the league coaching reins. SUBIACO As is the way for an AFL host club each Coach Jarrad Schofield’s first task when year there is a raft of senior players that leave planning for the new season was to find 51 in September. Mitch Brown, Kane Lucas, Jamie more goals. That was Hamish Shepheard’s Bennell and Brant Colledge are at new clubs. team-leading total in 2016 but he has opted to continue his football in Queensland. But it is the loss of WAFL-listed veterans Craig Wulff, Garry Moss and Paul Johnson Defender Greg Broughton has also retired that has left the biggest voids to fill for East while damaging midfielders Brett Mahoney Perth recruiters. (Victoria) and Brett Robinson (Kalamunda) have left the club. PEEL However, the Lions are the best in the The most significant addition to Peel over the business at recruiting replacements. Angus past six months has been the premiership Litherland is back home after a stint with pennant. Hawthorn. Former West Coast listed players Yet the joy has been only slightly Rowen Powell and Corey Adamson have also tempered by the departure of Fremantle gone into the Lions’ den. players Matt de Boer, Tendai Mzungu, Alex SWAN DISTRICTS Silvagni and Anthony Morabito. All were key elements behind the Thunder’s first flag. One of Greg Harding’s achievements at Steel Blue Oval has been his ability to As is the nature of being linked to nurture young talent. This year he has some Fremantle, Peel has obtained a few young experience to back up the tyros. draftees such as Luke Strnadica (South Fremantle), Sean Darcy (Geelong Under-18s) Former Fremantle and Essendon and Brennan Cox (Woodville-West Torrens) midfielder Ryan Crowley has joined the team, who will develop in the WAFL in 2017. as has ex-Eagle Jamie Bennell. Recently- delisted Carlton player Dave Ellard adds some PERTH bite to the Swans defence. Just as Perth strive to climb the ladder it The black and whites need some seems to be hit by player losses. Even on reinforcements down back after Graeme the eve of the season it was confirmed a Jetta and Justin Simpson decided to retire key Demons from last year, Angus Graham, from the WAFL after loyal service. wouldn’t be back. WEST PERTH Graham joins former captain Dene White and Brett Wolfenden on the exit list. There was a fair bit of midnight oil burned by West Perth’s scouts as they tried to cover Clint Jones is Perth’s new skipper and he some major losses after 2016. has welcomed the arrivals of Brant Colledge (West Coast/East Perth), Clayton Giblett (East Veteran Luke Tedesco (retired), Rohan Kerr Perth) and Brad McPhail (South Fremantle) (Pinjarra), Drew Rohde (work), Matt Johnson into the line-up for the new WAFL campaign. (Jurien Bay), Joel Leeson (Dalwallinu), Matt Fowler (Southport, QLD), Laine Rasmussen SOUTH FREMANTLE (work) and Max Duffy (study) hit the road. The Bulldogs weren’t far off the pace in 2016 Journeyman Jarrhan Jacky will don the and three players with AFL experience could red and blue this season and the Falcons have help them climb further up the ladder. also picked up Scott Simpson (Somerville, Jarrod Garlett (Gold Coast) and Jermaine » Jordan Dorotich. Returns to East Fremantle after injury. Vic) and Cale Delbridge (Mines Rovers). Miller-Lewis (Hawthorn) head to the port as Photo by Andrew Ritchie 6 by Sean Cowan Collectables During 2017, 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. Well, here we are at the start of the seventh season of WAFL Collectables. Before the turn of the last century, eight WAFL clubs folded after less than seven years in the competition, so I reckon this is going all right! As always, the most dedicated collectors have been going at it all summer and there have been some great items on offer. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll show you a few of those.