Round 3 WAFLW PreviewFriday, March 4, 2022 - 9:11 AM - by Chris Pike

ROUND 3 of the WAFLW season is split over Friday night and Sunday afternoon with three tantalising match ups with Subiaco and Swan Districts still hunting a first win, and the undefeated Claremont and East Fremantle locking horns.

Friday night football returns to Fremantle Community Bank Oval to open up Round 3 of the 2022 WAFL season with South Fremantle playing host to Subiaco.

South Fremantle battled hard last week in a loss to Peel Thunder while Subiaco has opened up their new season with losses to Peel as well as Claremont.

The other two Round 3 match ups take place on Sunday afternoon with Swan Districts to play West Perth at Steel Blue Oval. Both teams are chasing their first wins of 2022.

Then it's the battle of undefeated teams with Claremont playing East Fremantle at Revo Fitness Stadium.

The Tigers have opened their 2022 campaign with wins against Swans and the Lions while the Sharks beat Swan Districts last week after the opening round bye.

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Meanwhile in the WAFLW Reserves competition, Swan Districts plays Peel Thunder on Sunday at Steel Blue Oval, and Claremont plays East Fremantle at Revo Fitness Stadium.

And in the Youth Girls Rogers Cup, South Fremantle will play Subiaco at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Friday evening.

Then on Sunday, Claremont faces East Fremantle, Swan Districts takes on West Perth at Steel Blue Oval, and Peel Thunder plays East Perth at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium.

SOUTH FREMANTLE v SUBIACO

Friday night football at the port opens Round 3 of the 2022 WAFLW season with South Fremantle playing host to Subiaco.

The Bulldogs and Lions will battle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Friday night under lights with bounce down set for 7.15pm and it should be a fascinating contest.

The Bulldogs severely challenged the Lions last year and went ever so close to getting that elusive first ever WAFLW win as well so they are two teams familiar with one another.

South Fremantle opened their third season in the WAFLW competition with that breakthrough win against West Perth in Round 1. The Bulldogs produced a competitive effort last week in Mandurah before losing to Peel Thunder by 31 points.

Subiaco is yet to win a game after two rounds of the WAFLW season but they were in control most of the way back in Round 1 against Peel before losing on the siren. The Lions then lost to Claremont by 45 points last Sunday at Leederville Oval. 

South Fremantle showed plenty of good signs in that loss to Peel last Saturday night with Casey Byrne, Lauren Wafker and Noa McNaughton rewarded with places in the Team of the Week.

It was a tough afternoon on Sunday for Subiaco against Claremont but Beth Schilling and Liana Burchell impressed sufficiently to earn places in the Team of the Week.

South Fremantle is coming off a competitive showing against Peel last Saturday night, and from that team Rosie Anderson, Ebony Clarkson, Hunter Cronin, Tahlia Dawson-Gibbs, Rebecca Torpy and captain Lauren Vecchio go out for the Bulldogs.

But coming into the squad for South Fremantle to take on Subiaco on Friday night are Lauren Gauci, Ella Higgins, Sheridan Kowald, Ashley Reidy, Kiara Templeman and Zarlee Tovey.

Subiaco is chasing their first win of the 2022 WAFLW season and from the side that lost to Claremont last Sunday, Madison Dodd, Jamie Rust and Caitlin Walker coming in for the Lions to take on South Fremantle on Friday night.

Dahna Lee, Maggie MacLachlan and Beth Schilling go out of the team from the one that lost to Claremont on Sunday.
 

SWAN DISTRICTS v WEST PERTH

Swan Districts and West Perth meet for the first ever time in the WAFLW competition on Sunday with both teams hunting their first wins of the 2022 season.

Swans and the Falcons do battle on Sunday afternoon at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval and one of them will taste victory for the first time this season.

Swan Districts were the standout team in the WAFLW competition in 2021 losing just once in the home and away season to claim the minor premiership before getting all the way to the Grand Final only to lose to Peel Thunder.

However, it hasn’t been the start to the 2022 season they were hoping for with first up heavy losses to Claremont and East Fremantle. But the black-and-whites will be looking to bounce back on Sunday to get things back on track and to not become the first team to lose to West Perth.

West Perth made its first appearance in the WAFLW back in Round 1 but weren’t able to score in an eventual 74-point loss to South Fremantle. The Falcons had the bye last week and now return to action against Swan Districts on Sunday.

Despite the tough loss to East Fremantle last Sunday, Swan Districts still had Tyla Fitzgerald, Hope Ugle-Hayward, Sarah Wielstra and Biance Webb reaching the Team of the Week.

Swan Districts is chasing its first win still of 2022 and following last Sunday's loss to East Fremantle, Shanae Davison, Isabella Edgley, Jasmyn Fullgrabe, Bianca Webb and Sarah Wielstra go out of the team.

Coming in are Sonia Dorizzi, Natalie House, Ruby Mahony, Lauren Osborne, Taylor Pescud, Lani Pigram, Shannan Rene and Courtney Zappara.

West Perth had the bye last weekend after their first ever WAFLW game back in Round 1 against South Fremantle.

From that team, Tarzana Kelly, Grace Betti and Emma Lilford come into the Falcons line-up while Tayla Anthony, Jordyn Lilford and Chloe Shearing go out.
 

CLAREMONT v EAST FREMANTLE

Two teams yet to taste defeat this WAFLW season put their undefeated records on the line this Sunday afternoon at Revo Fitness Stadium.

Claremont and East Fremantle have both made impressive starts to the new season over the first two rounds of the season and one of them will remain undefeated still come Sunday evening.

Claremont reached the finals last year before losing to Subiaco in the first semi-final, but the Tigers have opened the 2022 season on fire with big wins against Swan Districts and Subiaco to make a statement of their intentions this year.

East Fremantle missed finals in 2021 but were the inaugural premiers in the WAFLW competition on 2019 and are determined to put themselves back in the mix in 2022.

The Sharks had the bye in Round 1 of the new season but then started their campaign impressively with the hard earned seven-point win against Swan Districts at New Choice Homes Park.

Both teams had good wins last week and that saw Claremont represented in the Team of the Week by Matilda Sergeant, Kate Orme, Katherine Bennett and Ella Smith.

East Fremantle also had Alex Williams, Julia Teakle and Ashleigh Gomes named to the Team of the Week.

Claremont has been outstanding the first two weeks of the WAFLW season. From the Tigers' team that beat Subiaco on Sunday, Tess Blackburn and Sarah Viney come into the team.

Meanwhile, Brianna Green and Matilda Sergeant go out of the Claremont line-up.

East Fremantle also had had the best possible start to their season last week against Swan Districts.

From that Sharks outfit, Abbey Amaranti, Taya Chambers, Doma Fedele, Reanne Pickett, Anjelique Raison, Angel Rauter and Torrens Revell come into the side.

Leanne Gubbins, Kate Inglis-Hodge and Elle Sanders are the players so far named out for East Fremantle.