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Every Week Features 7 Tipping 9 Collectables 7 Tweets of the Week 11 Entertainment 23-24 WAFC 25 Club Notes Game time 28 Stats 11 Previews 29 Ladders & Results 14-15 East Fremantle v Peel 30 Fixtures 16-17 Perth v East Perth 18-19 Swan Districts v Subiaco 20-21 Claremont v West Perth 22 Hawthorn v West Coast 22 Fremantle v Adelaide CONTENTS3 4 By Tracey Lewis Publisher This publication is proudly produced for the WA Football Commission by Media Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 Fax 9388 7866 Sales [email protected] Editor Tracey Lewis Email [email protected] @traceylewis5 Contributing writers Ross Lewis, Sean Cowan. Photography Andrew Ritchie, William Crabb & Belinda Pike Design/Typesetting Jacqueline Holland - Visible Ink Graphics Printing Quality Press. Phone 6254 9999 Address 8 Babel Road Welshpool WA 6106 Email [email protected] Cover Jack Richardson TTIGERSIGERS sstarttart roaring The Football Budget is printed on Express Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced from a sustainably managed The chemistry is building in Tigerland. forest and uses manufacturing After Claremont’s third win of the season last “They are astute and know processesof the highest environmental Monday against early-season success story Subiaco, standards. that success is not rocket there was proof that sticking to a tried-and-true The Football Budget is printed by a science. It is about Level 2 EnvironmentalAccredited formula was starting to reap rewards for last year’s printer. The magazine is 100% preliminary finalists. sticking to a formula. In my “ recyclable. The Tigers are two wins from two outings at WAFL admission prices experience strong clubs who $15 – Adult* the Claremont Showgrounds, their home while $12 – Concession* Claremont Oval undergoes a major redevelopment. “have sustained success stick 2 for 1 offer – Student Edge Member* Both those wins also produced their highest returns Free – Children U16 to a plan and don’t waiver *Includes a copy of Football Budget for the year. Find us on Their other win came against reigning premiers from their long term goals,” West Perth at Arena Joondalup in Round 2. The same Michael Broadbridge. opponent they face this weekend. They are sitting eighth on percentage behind sixth-placed Perth and seventh-placed South Fremantle. “Against Subiaco all three lines on the field It’s been a tough assignment for new coach contributed,” said Broadbridge whose league playing Copyright © No part of this publication may Michael Broadbridge to tackle so far. Dealing with be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system career included 144 games with East Fremantle and without the permission of the publisher. Opinions some big-name player losses and the shift to a Swan Districts, before he coached the State 18s to expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. The WAFC or temporary new home in his first year at the helm of the national title in 1999 and had assistant coaching affi liated clubs believe that the material produced in this publication is accurate, but gives no one of the WAFL’s most successful franchises over roles at Collingwood, Fremantle, West Coast and at warranty in relation thereto and disclaims all the past 10 years. liability for claims against the WAFC or affi liated Perth for the past two seasons. clubs, Media Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other person, which may rise from any But Broadbridge, who has been involved in “They were all doing their jobs and they person acting on the materials contained herein. football as a player or coach for most of his life, is not functioned well together. We found some chemistry one to make excuses. Registered by Australia Post - that helped us kick some early goals and that’s an PP642521/00112 area where we have been struggling. TIGERS start roaringat Showgrounds “On the back of retirements and player losses Claremont is very stable and has support right last year we lost over 100 goals and I don’t know from the top down. how many teams would recover well from that “We need to repeat performances like last the following season. week against Subiaco. It’s what we haven’t done “We never wanted to use that as a cop out so far this year and we’ve had some big losses but it takes time to build that chemistry and after our first two wins. we’re on the right track.” “We can’t take backwards steps and that’s Those piercing player losses the end of 2013 what we’ll be addressing in the second half of included leading goalkicker Ian Richardson (54 the season. goals in 2013), Chad Jones (40 goals), Mitch “The scoreboard is almost irrelevant to a Andrews (15 goals) and Paul Medhurst (33 goals). degree. We need to keep improving and getting Jack Richardson, the son of former Swan games into our younger, more inexperienced Districts and East Perth player Steve Richardson, is players and the fans will get a chance to see the one of the young brigade the Tigers are bringing kind of exciting players we are bringing through. through the ranks as they focus on consistency of :: Michael “For us it’s all about accountability and Broadbridge performance in the second half of the season. improving ourselves. We want to create an “Jack has played eight games and already, if environment at the club where we get the best he’s fit, he’s one of the first players picked. Each out of ourselves.” week this season I think we’ve had a debutant or a player playing their Broadbridge’s working life is dominated by trying to find ways first game for the season,” Broadbridge said. for athletes to get the best out of themselves. While he’s coaching at “The football club and the board have been very supportive. They Claremont, he also works at the Western Australian Institute of Sport are astute and know that success is not rocket science. It is about where he is one of three directors in the Performance Enhancement sticking to a formula. In my experience strong clubs who have sustained Division as WAIS builds towards the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de success stick to a plan and don’t waiver from their long term goals. Janeiro. “We believed it would start coming together. 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About @leewoodbridge (Lee Woodbridge) - Experiencing my first live 6000 at Freo Oval for the derby #waday #WAFL WAFL game. Amazing family feel with great footy. I can see why some people prefer this than going to the AFL. @WAFLOfficial (WAFL) - A big thanks to all the #WAFL members and fans for coming out and embracing the premier State League @docker_dave (David Winkless) - Fantastic to see @PerthWildcats competition in Austr#WADay Captain @damianmartin53 at the @WAFL