Round 14 WAFL ResultsSaturday, June 22, 2013 - 4:00 PM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth, East Perth, Perth and Swan Districts all recorded victories in Round 14 on Saturday afternoon to remain in second, third, fourth and fifth position on the WAFL ladder respectively.

Each game played on Saturday all had the chance to see plenty of changes to the ladder as the battle over the last three spots in the top-four intensifies, but in the end the top-ranked sides all ended up winning to mean that no positions changed by the end of the round.

There were two heart-stoppers with West Perth storming home to beat Subiaco 13.13 (91) to 13.12 (90) at Arena Joondalup while East Perth also came from behind to down East Fremantle 14.7 (91) to 13.10 (88) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium.

Swan Districts comfortably beat South Fremantle 20.18 (138) to 13.8 (86) at Fremantle Oval and Perth headed down to Mandurah's Bendigo Bank Stadium and defeated Peel Thunder 18.9 (117) to 9.13 (67).

The results mean that West Perth remains in second position on the ladder with an 8-4 record and three games behind top-of-the-table Claremont. East Perth (7-5) is third, Perth (6-5) fourth, Swan Districts (6-5) fifth, East Fremantle (5-7) sixth, Subiaco (5-7) seventh, Peel (3-9) eighth and South Fremantle (2-10) last.

At Medibank Stadium, East Perth won a thriller over East Fremantle by three points in a heated and spirited affair that could be talked about plenty during the week.

East Fremantle coach Steve Malaxos will be asked to explain his comments directed to the umpires and about the umpires at quarter-time and post-match.

Fremantle's Cameron Sutcliffe and West Coast's Jamie Cripps are both on report with East Fremantle's Sutcliffe charged with rough conduct and East Perth's Cripps with head butting.

There is also an incident between East Perth's Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls and East Fremantle's Jayden Schofield that threatened to spill out of control, but controversy aside and it was an outstanding contest between the two teams who played off in last year's first semi-final.

The Sharks led for most of the day with a 14-point advantage at quarter-time, nine at half-time and three at three quarter-time, but the Royals booted away early in the last term with three quick goals.

East Fremantle hit back, though, before East Perth got the sealer through Freddie Clutterbuck and held on for a three-point victory.

Josh Smith kicked three goals for East Perth as did Michael Swan with Brendan Lee racking up 33 possessions, Aaron Sweet 25, Cale Morton 23, Steven Payne 23, Paul Johnson 22 (and 36 hit outs) and Craig Wulff 21.

James Depane, Sutcliffe and Ryan Lester-Smith kicked two goals each for East Fremantle with Rory O'Brien picking up 35 possessions, Mark McGough 30 on his birthday, Sean Henson 24 and Scott Hancock 21.

At Arena Joondalup, Subiaco roared out of the blocks putting 5.6 on the board before West Perth even scored, but the Falcons worked their way back into the contest slowly throughout the day.

Kody Manning kicked the last goal of the third quarter to bring the Falcons back within 18 points and then the first three goals of the last term to Jay van Berlo, Nick Rodda and Shane Nelson put the home side in front for the first time.

Josh Mellington appeared to kick the sealer before Callum Sinclair goaled at the 25-minute mark for Subiaco to make West Perth's lead just a point. The Falcons held on in a frantic finish to win by that solitary point.

Mellington kicked three goals for the Falcons with Brayden Antonio and Matt Fowler adding two apiece.

Aaron Black racked up 31 possessions, Matt Guadagnin 26, Shane Nelson 23, Andrew Strijk 22 and Mark Hutchings 21 despite sitting out the entire first quarter. Defenders Steven Browne and Dan Hunt were also especially prominent while Chris Keunen had 36 hit outs in the ruck.

Andrew McDougall returned for Subiaco and starred with 25 possessions, 16 hit outs and two goals. Tristan Gum kicked a goal with his first kick in his first WAFL game with Subiaco after crossing from the SANFL and finished with 18 touches and seven tackles.

Antoni Grover came in for his first game of the season and played forward, and kicked two goals with Callum Sinclair also coming in and finishing with 10 touches, 28 hit outs and a goal.

George Hampson picked up 29 possessions for the Lions, Jarrod Kayler-Thomson 23, Rob Forrest 22, Jason Bristow 21 and Brad Stevenson 18 in a new role in defence.

At Bendigo Bank Stadium, Perth kicked away from Peel with eight goals to nil in the third quarter to set up its eventual 50-point victory to keep the Demons in fourth position on the ladder following a run of three straight losses.

The forward-line still worked well to contribute 18 goals despite Brennan Stack being dropped to the reserves and Kyle Reimers out with a hamstring injury.

Captain Paul Bevan added another three goals with Fraser McInnes, Michael Florio and Matt Moody kicking two apiece with Callum Collard starring on debut with four. To go with his two goals, Moody gathered 30 possessions and took 15 marks for perhaps the best game of his WAFL career.

Matt Tedesco continued his terrific form picking up another 25 possessions and taking 10 marks with Brett Hodge gathering 24 disposals and Simon Tunbridge 22.

James Hawksley and Jesse Hockings booted two goals each for Peel with Matt Orzel racking up 30 possessions, Viv Michie 30, Liam McKenna 28, Brennan Gillam 27, Brendon Jones 23, Mitch Green 21, Marlon Motlop 20 and Paul Bower 20.

At Fremantle Oval, Swan Districts won its third game on the trot dominating South Fremantle with eight goals to one in the third quarter. Swans led by 65 points at half-time and while the Bulldogs were more competitive in the second half, the black-and-whites still won by 52 points.

Dayle Garlett booted five goals from 10 kicks for Swan Districts with Kirk Ugle adding four from 20 possessions and Tony Notte three from 18 and 10 marks. Tim Geappen kicked 2.5 from 28 possessions and 10 marks with Ryan Davis also adding two goals.

Shaun Hildebrandt racked up 34 possessions, Aaron Elari 29, Matt Riggio 29, Tom Roach 28, Kyle Hams 28, Adam Faulkner 28, Davis 27 and Wayde Twomey 24 as Swans continued to put pressure on the teams in the top-four.

Adam Guglielmana, Mitch Banner, Paul Mugambwa and Ashton Hams all kicked two goals apiece for South Fremantle with Banner racking up 35 possessions, Jacob Martinez 25, Alex Grima 23, Hams 22 and Toby Bairstow 21. Sean Tighe had 20 possessions and 19 hit outs in the ruck.

ROUND 14 RESULTS

LEAGUE

West Perth 13.13 (91) beat Subiaco 13.12 (90)

Peel Thunder 9.13 (67) lost to Perth 18.9 (117)

South Fremantle 13.8 (86) lost to Swan Districts 20.18 (138)

East Perth 14.7 (91) beat East Fremantle 13.10 (88)

RESERVES

West Perth 13.9 (87) beat Subiaco 11.4 (70)

Peel Thunder 2.1 (13) lost to Perth 21.13 (139)

South Fremantle 14.8 (92) beat Swan Districts 10.10 (70)

East Perth 13.14 (92) beat East Fremantle 4.16 (40)

COLTS

West Perth 11.9 (75) lost to Subiaco 19.8 (122)

Peel Thunder 8.9 (57) lost to Perth 12.12 (84)

South Fremantle 25.24 (174) beat Swan Districts 1.1 (7)

East Perth 15.10 (100) beat East Fremantle 5.15 (45)