Colts First Semi-Final Preview v East Perth

SOUTH Fremantle and East Perth do battle in a colts first semi-final at Medibank Stadium on Sunday with plenty of exciting young talent to be on show.

The Bulldogs and Royals colts meet in the cut-throat encounter at Leederville on Sunday beginning at 9.55am.

The winner will advance to next Sunday’s preliminary final against the loser of the second semi-final at HBF Arena between Perth and Claremont. The season for the loser will be over.

Last week South Fremantle’s colts lost to Claremont by 32 points at Fremantle Community Bank Oval to now be in a cut-throat situation for the rest of the finals starting on Sunday against East Perth.

The Royals finished the season in fifth position having qualified for the finals with a win over East Fremantle in the last round.

They then continued that momentum last Sunday at Bendigo Bank Stadium beating a Swan Districts colts outfit that had taken part in the past two grand finals by 12 points.

The Royals will now look to continue that momentum on their home deck on Sunday despite being the lower ranked team.

South Fremantle and East Perth were the only two WAFL clubs to have all three grades qualifying for the finals in 2016. The Bulldogs’ colts now won’t want to be their first team eliminated while the Royals’ colts won’t want to join their league side out of action.

The two teams met three times during the season with South Fremantle winning by 31 points in Round 3 and by 57 in Round 22 while East Perth prevailed by two points in a thriller at Fremantle Community Bank Oval in Round 15.

Last Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, South Fremantle couldn’t match it against the reigning premier Claremont but still had some impressive performers.

Shai Bolton was tremendous with 17 possessions and four goals while Bruno Faulkner finished with 21 disposals, Kyle Russell 20 and Dylan Brown 17.

East Perth went down to Mandurah and were impressive last Sunday beating Swan Districts with Tarir Bayok, Nathan Arbon, Jalen Hoffman and Kane La Fontaine all kicking goals two goals while Mitch Dobson had 30 possessions, Connor De Campo 24, Nelson Waite 24 and Matthew Young 24.

Sam Powell-Pepper could now return for the Royals on Sunday as well after finishing the season at league level including last week against Peel Thunder.

REDiMED COLTS FIRST SEMI-FINAL
SOUTH FREMANTLE v EAST PERTH – MEDIBANK STADIUM, SUNDAY 9.55AM

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