WAFL Team of the Week – Round 17Wednesday, August 17, 2022 - 2:10 AM - by Chris Pike

ONCE again there were no shortage of standout performers across the four matches in Round 17 of the 2022 WAFL season with positions in the Team of the Week hotly sought after.

All four Round 17 WAFL matches took place on Saturday afternoon including a battle of the Leederville Oval co-tenants with Subiaco ending up prevailing 10.9 (69) to 8.8 (56) over East Perth.

Claremont then kept its winning form going to improve to second position on the ladder with a huge 18.14 (122) to 6.5 (41) victory against Perth at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park.

Peel Thunder made it four consecutive wins by beating South Fremantle 10.12 (72) to 8.10 (58) at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium.

Swan Districts then kept themselves right in the finals hunt by holding the West Coast Eagles to their lowest ever score in the 13.18 (96) to 1.5 (11) win at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval.

Some of the ruckmen putting their hands up for spots in the Team of the Week for Round 17 included Oliver Eastland, Scott Jones, Bailey Williams and Lloyd Meek.

Some of the in and under midfielders to shine included Ronin O'Connor, Declan Mountford, Hamish Brayshaw, Connor Blakely, Mitch Crowden, Corey Byrne, Tom Blechynden, Liam Hickmott, Leigh Kitchin, Josh Cipro and Josh Browne.

Then were outside midfielders Bailey Rogers, Ryan Lim, Angus Scott, Stan Wright, Tyrone Thorne, Neil Erasmus, Brendon Ah Chee, Stefan Giro, Jesse Turner and Jarvis Pina. 

Other midfielders to put in strong showings were Jye Bolton, Angus Schumacher, Haiden Schloithe, Max Walters, Wil Hickmott, Harry Marsh, Aidan Clarke, Tobe Watson, Sam Fisher, Logan Young and Jed Kemp.

Then in the forward-line, Tyron Smallwood, Jack Buller, Callan England, Nick Robertson, Riley Smith, Sam Stubbs, Mason Shaw, Angus Dewar, Ryan Borchet and Darcy Jones.

Defenders to put themselves in contention for the Team of the Week included Lachlan Martinis, Kye Willcocks, Matt Taylor, Toby McQuilkin, Blake Schlensog, Chad Pearson, Drew Rohde, Jehb O'Donohue, Anthony Stephens and Alex Witherden.

PLAYER OF THE ROUND – TYRON SMALLWOOD (CLAREMONT)

Players of the Round
Round 1 – Jake Florenca (South Fremantle)
Round 2 – Ryan Lim (Claremont)
Round 3 – Luke Meadows (West Perth)
Round 4 – Jesse Turner (Swan Districts)
Round 5 – Leigh Kitchin (Subiaco)
Round 6 – Blair Bell (Peel Thunder)
Round 7 – Oliver Eastland (Claremont)
Round 8 – Matthew Jupp (East Fremantle)
Round 9 – Toby McQuilkin (South Fremantle)
Round 10 – Aaron Black (West Perth) 
Round 12 – Blaine Boekhorst (East Fremantle)
Round 13 – Noah Strom (South Fremantle)
Round 14 – Brandon Erceg (Swan Districts)
Round 15 – Darcy Tucker (Peel Thunder)
Round 16 – Stefan Giro (Subiaco)
Round 17 – Tyron Smallwood (Claremont)

WAFL TEAM OF THE WEEK – ROUND 17
BACK: Jehb O'Donohue (SD), Blake Schlensog (SF), Kye Willcocks (EP)
HALF-BACK: Lachlan Martinis (C), Drew Rohde (S), Jarvis Pina (SD)
CENTRE: Angus Scott (EP), Liam Hickmott (S), Jesse Turner (SD)
HALF-FORWARD: Angus Dewar (S), Jack Buller (C), Bailey Rogers (C)
FORWARD: Tyron Smallwood (C), Ryan Borchet (S), Darcy Jones (SD) 
RUCK: Lloyd Meek (PT), Ronin O'Connor (C), Connor Blakely (PT)
INTERCHANGE: Scott Jones (EP), Mitch Crowden (PT), Aidan Clarke (SD), Jye Bolton (C)

UNLUCKY BUNCH

There were plenty of players who delivered tremendous performances across Round 17 but couldn’t quite fit into the Team of the Round, including:

Claremont's Ryan Lim, Callan England, Declan Mountford and Oliver Eastland.

Perth's Sam Stubbs, Matt Taylor and Corey Byrne.

Subiaco's Stefan Giro, Max Walters, Wil Hickmott, Leigh Kitchin and Harry Marsh.

East Perth's Nick Robertson, Angus Schumacher, Hamish Brayshaw and Stan Wright.

Peel Thunder's Tyrone Thorne, Riley Smith and Neil Erasmus.

South Fremantle's Haiden Schloithe, Toby McQuilkin, Mason Shaw, Tom Blechynden, Brendon Ah Chee and Chad Pearson.

Swan Districts' Josh Cipro, Tobe Watson, Anthony Stephens, Chris Jones and Sam Fisher.

West Coast's Logan Young, Josh Browne, Alex Witherden, Jed Kemp and Bailey Williams.