Round 14 WAFL Wrap UpWednesday, June 26, 2013 - 11:37 AM - by Chris Pike

WAFL Round 14 action on the weekend was highlighted by West Perth and East Perth both coming from behind to consolidate second and third positions on the ladder while Perth maintained fourth spot and Swan Districts continued to put pressure on the top-four.

West Perth trailed all day until kicking five straight goals either side of three quarter-time to end up beating Subiaco 13.13 (91) to 13.12 (90) at Arena Joondalup with East Perth also winning a 14.7 (91) to 13.10 (88) thriller over East Perth at Leederville's Medibank Stadium.

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

The results leave Claremont (11-1) on top of the ladder with West Perth (8-4) second, East Perth (7-5) 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.

Click here for the summary of Round 14 of the WAFL

THE BIG WINNERS
All four winners on Saturday consolidated their positions on the ladder.

West Perth gave up the first 10 scoring shots in the opening 24 minutes of the game to fall 36 points behind Subiaco, but worked its way back into the contest to end up winning by a point to maintain their advantage in second position on the ladder.

East Perth trailed East Fremantle at every change but had a big start with the first three goals of the last quarter. However, the Sharks hit back to regain the lead before wingman Freddie Clutterbuck kicked the winning goal in the three-point victory to see the Royals remain in third spot.

Perth dominated its contest from the outset against Peel to end up winning by 50 points largely thanks to eight goals to nil in the third quarter while Swan Districts beat South Fremantle by 52 points after kicking eight goals to one in the second term.

THE BIG LOSERS
East Fremantle and Subiaco both missed big opportunities on Saturday to further close in on a spot inside the WAFL top-four.

Subiaco completely dominated West Perth in the first quarter to lead by 36 points and the Lions were still 24 points up late in the third term, but were eventually overrun to lose by a point.

That now sees Subiaco slip to being a game and plenty of percentage out of fourth spot.

East Fremantle led East Perth by 14 points at quarter-time, seven at half-time and three at three quarter-time, and again regained the lead late in the game but couldn’t hold on.

The Sharks have now lost five of their last six games to fall a game and plenty of percentage out of fourth spot with them also having played an extra game than the fourth-placed Perth.

THE SHINING LIGHTS
East Perth continued its emerging form with a three-point win over East Fremantle in a rematch from last year's first semi-final.

Former captain Michael Swan kicked three goals as did spearhead Josh Smith with Paul Johnson outstanding in the ruck with 22 possessions, seven marks, 36 hit outs, five inside 50s and a goal. Fellow big man Scott Lycett also had 17 disposals, eight marks, 29 hit outs and a goal.

Co-captain Brendan Lee continued his tremendous form with 33 possessions with Aaron Sweet picking up 25, Cale Morton 23, Steven Payne 23, Craig Wulff 21, Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 21 and Freddie Clutterbuck 19 to go with his first goal of the season which doubled as the match-winner.

Ryan Lester-Smith, Cameron Sutcliffe and James Depane kicked two goals each for East Fremantle with Rory O'Brien racking up 35 possessions and driving the ball inside-50 on eight occasions.

Captain Mark McGough gathered 30 disposals as well with Sean Henson picking up 24 possessions and Scott Hancock 21.

West Perth wingman Aaron Black was terrific finishing with 31 possessions, 10 marks, four tackles, three clearances, five inside-50 entries and three rebounds from the defensive 50.

Veteran Matt Guadagnin also had 26 disposals and a game-high nine clearances with Shane Nelson shaking the tag of Rhys Waters to gather 23 touches and Mark Hutchings had 21 to go with a goal despite sitting out the entire opening quarter.

Dan Hunt was outstanding in defence keeping state player Clancy Wheeler to just nine touches and a goal, and had 19 disposals, six marks and a six tackles himself.

Andrew Strijk ran off half-back with 22 possessions, eight marks, six rebounds from the defensive 50, four inside 50s and a terrific goal to start the second quarter.

Steven Browne also had 20 disposals from the defence for the Falcons while up forward, Josh Mellington kicked three goals, and Matt Fowler and Brayden Antonio two apiece.

Subiaco welcomed back Andrew McDougall, Antoni Grover, Callum Sinclair and Brad Stevenson with Tristan Gum and Charles Le Fanu and all made a big impact for the Lions.

McDougall was the pick of them largely in the ruck finishing with 25 possessions, 16 hit outs, nine clearances and two goals. Sinclair had 10 disposals, 28 hit outs, three clearances and a goal.

Grover played a new role up forward in his first game of the season finishing with 17 touches and two goals with Brad Stevenson playing a new role in defence where he did well with 18 disposals and seven rebounds from the defensive 50.

Gum played his first game since the SANFL veteran joined the Lions and kicked the first goal of the game, and ended up with 18 possessions and seven tackles. Le Fanu worked hard as another youngster the Lions have given the chance to with 13 possessions.

Ray Daniels also kicked two goals with George Hampson picking up 29 disposals, Jarrod Kayler-Thomson 23, Rob Forrest 22 and Jason Bristow 21.

Dayle Garlett kicked another five goals for Swan Districts against South Fremantle from 10 kicks and six marks. Kirk Ugle also kicked four goals from 20 possessions, nine marks and five tackles.

Tim Geappen could have had another big day out had he not kicked 2.5 from 28 disposals, 10 marks and six entries inside-50. Ryan Davis also kicked two goals from 27 possessions, 11 marks and eight inside 50s.

Shaun Hildebrandt picked up 34 possessions for the black-and-whites, Matt Riggio 29, Aaron Elari 29, Adam Faulkner 28, Tom Roach 28, Kyle Hams 28, Wayde Twomey 24 and Matt Rogers 20.

Mitch Banner continued his terrific first season with South Fremantle with another 35 possessions, eight marks, five inside-50 entries and two goals.

Paul Mugambwa, Ashton Hams and Adam Guglielmana all kicked two goals apiece with Hams having 22 possessions to go with it.

Jacob Martinez also continued his strong form with the youngster picking up 25 possessions, eight marks and four entries inside-50.

Alex Grima picked up 23 disposals to go with 11 marks and seven inside 50s. Toby Bairstow picked up 21 touches and Sean Tighe had 20 disposals, and 19 hit outs in the ruck.

Another youngster Tim Kelly picked up 18 disposals and took eight marks with Nick Borovac and Reece Adams picking up 17 touches. Experienced dual premiership defender Craig White had 18 possessions and kicked his first goal of the season.

Perth made a statement by dropping star forward Brennan Stack for discipline reasons and blooded youngster Callum Collard in his place against Peel, and it paid off as he kicked four goals from 12 possessions while also laying eight strong tackles.

Captain Paul Bevan kicked another three goals for the Demons from 19 touches and nine marks with Fraser McInnes, Brett Hodge, Michael Florio and Matt Moody all adding two majors apiece.

Moody had 30 possessions and 15 marks to go with the two goals with Matt Tedesco picking up 25 disposals and taking 10 marks. Hodge had another 24 touches and seven tackles.

James Hawksley and Jesse Hockings kicked two goals each for the Thunder with Matt Orzel collecting 30 possessions, Viv Michie 30, Liam McKenna 28, Brennan Gillam 27, Brendon Jones 23, Mitch Green 21, Paul Bower 20, Marlon Motlop 20 and Tanner Smith 19.

Ben Smith racked up 37 hit outs and kicked a goal.

PUSHING FOR A SPOT
Perth's reserves hammered Peel by a massive 126 points with the Thunder not scoring at all in the first quarter, and only managing one behind for the entire second half.

Simon Donovan, Joel Leeson, Cameron Manuel and Brad Fry all kicked three goals each for the Demons with Joel Houghton kicking two. Leeson racked up 33 possessions, Julian Jacobs 30, Joel Kalajzic 29, Daniel Arangio 26, Manuel 24, Houghton 23, Kerwin Stuart 22 and Fry 22.

Reise Wilkey and Brad McGowan kicked Peel's only goals with Brad Holmes picking up a team-high 16 possessions after being dropped back to the reserves.

West Perth's reserves beat Subiaco by 17 points with Frank Stockley outstanding with 33 possessions, 10 marks, 45 hit outs, seven inside-50 entries and two goals.

Corey Chalmers, Drew Rohde and Mitch McPhee all kicked two goals each with Chalmers picking up 21 possessions, James Embley 20 and Steve Potente 19.

Rowen McDonnell, Nick Hay and Ryan Wade all kicked two goals for Subiaco with Will Fetherstonehaugh gathering 29 possessions and Michael Genovese 20.

The South Fremantle reserves had a strong 22-point win over Swan Districts at Fremantle Oval with Sam Lowrie outstanding with 29 possessions and three goals.

Andrew McCarrey kicked two goals in his first game back from a knee injury with Anthony van Manen, Zac Strom and Marlon Pickett all adding two goals apiece.

Brendan Verrier gathered 30 possessions, Simon Panizza 23, James Laurino 23 and Shannon Burnett 23. Rhys D'Alton also had 21 disposals and Tyler Hall 19.

Ricky Cary kicked four goals for Swan Districts and Adrian De Carolis two with Graham Jetta, Matthew Jukes and Kane Goodwin all gathering 20 possessions each.

East Perth's reserves beat East Fremantle by 52 points with Mat Seal and Lewis Wilson kicking three goals each, and Trent Bradshaw and Julian Locantro two. Seal gathered 23 possessions, Rowan Brookes 22, Brock Higgins 22, Matt Gordon 20 and Mitch Howlett 20.

Aidan Tropiano picked up 24 possessions for East Fremantle with Louis Cronan finishing with 21 touches, Kieran King 20, Alex Howson 19 and Tom Hooker 19.