Round 14 Saturday WAFL ResultsSaturday, June 28, 2014 - 7:11 PM - by Chris Pike

SWAN Districts has been unable to pull off its second stunning comeback in a week with Claremont's improved form resulting in its fourth win of the season while Subiaco also defeated Peel to open Round 14 of the WAFL on Saturday afternoon.

There were just the two matches taking place on Saturday with East Fremantle, East Perth and Perth having the bye and then South Fremantle to host West Perth on Sunday at Fremantle Oval.

In the two games played, Claremont managed to beat Swan Districts 15.7 (97) to 11.5 (71) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval and then Subiaco kicked the last four goals of the game to beat Peel Thunder 11.18 (84) to 7.16 (58) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium.

Claremont had been displaying some vastly improved form in recent weeks with narrow losses to Swan Districts, West Perth and East Perth interceded by a terrific win on WA Day over Subiaco after the Tigers copped five thrashing in their opening five defeats of the season.

That meant that Claremont had every reason to head to Steel Blue Oval confident of being competitive against the second-placed Swan Districts, but the black-and-whites still deservedly entered as favourites with the chance to replace East Perth on top of the ladder with a victory.

However, it was Claremont who was on top from the outset leading by 12 points at quarter-time, by 19 at half-time and then 23 at three quarter-time.

Swans were always going to make a charge with the confidence of having come from 32 points down last week to kick six goals to nil in the final quarter to beat South Fremantle, and they came out and kicked the first two goals of final term to get within 11 points.

Claremont did well to steady, though, and kicked three of the game's last four goals to win by 26 points and move up into sixth position on the ladder in the process.

Dual premiership player Andrew Foster was outstanding for Claremont finishing with 25 possessions and two goals with Brenden Abbott, Ben Daniher and Mitch McGovern all kicking two goals each for the Tigers and Jack Bradshaw adding three from 16 disposals.

Mark Seaby led the way in the ruck for the Tigers with 38 hit outs to go with 19 possessions, six tackles and five marks while Ryan Neates racked up 30 possessions, Luke Blackwell 27 and Corey Yeo 20.

Tim Geappen returned for Swan Districts after a week off with a hamstring niggle with four goals while Ryan Davis booted two to go with 20 possessions and eight tackles.

It was Adam Faulkner who was the best for Swans all day, though, finishing with 32 possessions, six marks, six tackles, four inside-50 entries and two goals.

Subiaco's clash with Peel at Medibank Stadium was a drama-filled affair despite neither side able to execute their skills around the ground or in front of goal throughout the afternoon.

In the finish, the only player to take his chances in front of goal was Subiaco's George Hampson who kicked the last four goals of the match to set up the 26-point victory and his entrance as a match-winner coincided with his opponent for the day Sam Menegola going off with concussion after keeping Hampson quiet up until midway through the third quarter.

However, the drama for Peel came in the first half when the Thunder had to start the match without Fremantle pair Kepler Bradley and Tom Sheridan who were required by the Dockers to take part in the warm-up at Patersons Stadium.

The pair did not arrive on to the bench at Medibank Stadium until the 16-minute mark of the second quarter with Bradley taking his place at full-back at the 21-minute mark and Sheridan joining the midfield a couple of minutes later.

Peel had done well up until that point to only be a goal behind Subiaco, but actually should have been doing much better had it not been for poor kicking in front of goal.

Once they arrived, the pair were two of Peel's better players with Bradley shutting down Boland before the Subiaco full-forward injured a hamstring and Sheridan racking up 17 possessions in little more than a half.

Subiaco captain Kyal Horsley again led the Lions with 32 possessions, five tackles and a goal with Wayde Twomey gathering 20 disposals, Jason Bristow 19, Shaun Hildebrandt 18 and defender Daniel Leishman 17.

The ruck battle between Subiaco's Frank Stockley and Andrew McDougall, and Peel's Jonathon Griffin and Jack Hannath and all four were strong contributors for their sides.

Peel had its chances in front of goal with Michael Apeness and Hannath kicking two goals each but Scott Gumbleton and Laine Wilkins only managed to combine for eight behinds.

Anthony Morabito was again terrific with 24 possessions for the Thunder while Matt de Boer had 20 disposals, Eddie Dann 18 and Brendon Jones 16 to go with the first goal of the match.

ROUND 14 SATURDAY WAFL RESULTS
LEAGUE
Subiaco 11.18 (84) defeated Peel Thunder 7.16 (58)
Swan Districts 11.5 (71) lost to Claremont 15.7 (97)

RESERVES
Subiaco 20.13 (133) defeated Peel Thunder 6.5 (41)
Swan Districts 15.9 (99) defeated Claremont 7.12 (54)

COLTS
Subiaco 4.12 (36) lost to Peel Thunder 11.7 (73)
Swan Districts 14.11 (95) defeated Claremont 6.3 (39)