WHILE South Fremantle, West Perth and Peel Thunder did as expected by winning ahead of their WAFL finals appearances, all eyes were on ATOM Stadium on Saturday with fifth spot up for grabs and it was East Perth in control all afternoon over East Fremantle to prevail.
With Subiaco, South Fremantle, West Perth and Peel Thunder locked in for the top four positions coming into the last round of the 2016 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season, it was left to the Sharks and Royals to battle over the remaining spot.
East Fremantle had the home ground advantage but that proved to be all as East Perth controlled the game from the outset to end up winning 13.9 (87) to 6.3 (39) to finish in fifth position.
Saturday's other Round 23 matches saw Peel Thunder beat Claremont 10.10 (70) to 6.9 (45) at the Claremont Showground, South Fremantle defeat Perth 14.14 (98) to 7.4 (46) at Lathlain Park and West Perth overrun Swan Districts to win 13.18 (96) to 11.10 (76) at HBF Arena.
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