WAFLW RD 11 MATCH REPORT

WAFLW | BULLDOGS WIN ON THE SIREN 

Shannyn Pomersbach is having a standout goalkicking season with South Fremantle and she kicked the winner on the siren on Saturday with the Bulldogs ending up beating West Perth by three points in the WAFLW as a result.

Round 11 of the WAFLW took place for South Fremantle on Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval when they played host to West Perth with plenty on the line for both teams.

The Bulldogs were clinging to a six-point lead at quarter-time before West Perth were up by three at half-time and South Fremantle back on top by 16 at three quarter-time.

Then with time running out, West Perth were three points on top before South Fremantle earned a free-kick inside 50 for holding the ball against the Falcons.

Pomersbach took the shot but was off target, but West Perth were penalised a 50m penalty giving Pomersbach the shot from the goal square. She completed the deal just as the siren sounded for South Fremantle to win 6.3 (39) to 5.6 (36).

The result improves South Fremantle to a 5-4 record with a draw for the season to now be in fifth position and two points ahead of West Perth.

On top of kicking the game winner, Shannyn Pomersbach kicked two goals for the Bulldogs from six kicks.

Tahleah Mulder also racked up 23 possessions to go with eight tackles, five marks, four inside-50 entries and a goal.

Tash Entwistle added 15 possessions in the win for South Fremantle, Madi Evans 13, Tara Stribley 13, Hunter Cronin 12 and Ash Gomes 11 in her 150th game.

The Round 11 WAFLW contest got underway on Saturday afternoon and it took more than 10 minutes for the first score and that was a West Perth goal to Tia Bergin.

South Fremantle responded with goals to Shannyn Pomersbach and Tahleah Mulder to head into the quarter-time break to be leading by six points as a result.

West Perth then had the only four scores of the second quarter with the first three of those behinds before they did kick a goal just before half-time to head into the half-time interval with a narrow three-point edge over the Bulldogs.

South Fremantle then fired up in the third term starting with a goal at the eight-minute mark to Annalie Polimeno before Madi Hadley and Jess Watts also kicked truly to put the home team in front by 16 points at three quarter-time.

West Perth responded with the first three goals of the final term to be leading by three points but the Bulldogs had the last say when Pomersbach received the free-kick for holding the ball just before the siren.

Her shot from around 40m out missed, but she was awarded the 50m penalty and kicked the goal as the siren sounded with the Bulldogs securing the heart stopping three-point victory.

The Rogers Cup match up got the action underway on Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with West Perth ending up claiming the thrilling 6.2 (38) to 5.7 (37) victory over South Fremantle.

The Bulldogs started the game on fire with the only three goals of the first quarter before then also kicking the only goal of the second term to head into the half-time break leading by 27 points.

West Perth did kick two goals to one from South Fremantle in the third quarter but the Bulldogs were still leading by 23 points at three quarter-time, but the Falcons kicked the only four goals of the final term to snatch the one-point victory.

The result means that South Fremantle now hold a 3-7 record in the Rogers Cup to sit in seventh position by the end of Round 11.

Gracie-Lee Briggs kicked two goals in the game for the Bulldogs with one each to Olivia Ricupero, Maningning Morales and Ayvah Rioli.

ATCO WAFLW PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 11

SOUTH FREMANTLE        2.0          2.0          5.3          6.3          (39)

WEST PERTH                      1.0          2.3          2.5          5.6          (36)

SOUTH FREMANTLE – Goals: Mulder, Entwistle, Bazeley, Evans, Pomersbach, Stribley, Cronin.

Best: Entwistle, Tuhakaraina, Watts, Stribley, Mulder, Evans, Gomes.

WEST PERTH – Goals: McEvoy, Riou, Fisher, McKinnon, Bergin.

Best: McEvoy, Norbury, Roper, Fisher, Bennett, Fisher, McVee.