ROUND 6 WAFLW PREVIEW v CLAREMONT

SOUTH Fremantle continues to improve the longer the 2020 Optus WAFL Women’s Premiership Season goes on and the Bulldogs will look to put in another encouraging performance against Claremont on Sunday.

It hasn’t been an easy initiation to the WAFL Women’s competition in 2020 with the other teams all having been there during 2019 to set the standard, but there have been some more encouraging signs in the recent weeks.

South Fremantle’s WAFLW team didn’t manage to score in the opening two games against East Fremantle and Peel Thunder before it was Chloe Taylor who scored the Bulldogs first ever goal in the competition in Round 3 against Claremont.

Then the next week against Subiaco and South Fremantle scored two goals in a game for the first time and then last week against Swan Districts, a Bulldogs player managed to score multiple goals for the first time when Poppy Stockwell kicked both goals.

Now there’s a chance for further improvement again this Sunday afternoon against Claremont at Claremont’s Revo Fitness Stadium. The game gets underway from 2pm.

South Fremantle might still be winless in its first season in the WAFL Women’s competition, but the Bulldogs are improving each week and they’ll look to continue that on Sunday against Claremont.

South Fremantle has made another five changes for its team that lost to Swan Districts last week and that will take on Claremont this Sunday.

Milla Bickmore, Casey Byrne, Tahlia McRoberts, Chloe Taylor and Sarah Wright are the players all coming in for the Bulldogs this week.

Meanwhile, Emily Boothman, Taylah Cruttenden, Tahlia Dawson-Gibbs, Ebony Humble and Chae-Lee Salbie go out.

Claremont comes into the game in fourth position with a 2-3 record but only sitting percentage ahead of East Fremantle.

That means that the Tigers can’t afford any sort slip up against South Fremantle on Sunday with them needing a win to avoid potentially slipping outside of the top four heading into the last round of the home and away season.

From the Claremont team that lost to East Fremantle by one point last week, there are four changes with Adele Arnup, Taylor Evans, Dianna Evans and Tui Wineti coming in for the Tigers.

Tessa Doumanis, Brooke Hongell, Matilda Sergeant and Jacinta Valentini are the four players to go out of the Claremont team that will be hosting South Fremantle on Sunday.

South Fremantle’s Reserves and Youth Girls teams will also be in action on Sunday but at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

The Youth Girls Rogers Cup match up is against Peel Thunder from 10.15am before the Reserves contest is against Subiaco from midday.

ROUND 6 – WAFLW OPTUS PREMIERSHIP SEASON
SOUTH FREMANTLE v CLAREMONT – REVO FITNESS STADIUM, SUNDAY

WAFLW LEAGUE – 2.00pm
WAFLW RESERVES – 12.00pm v Subiaco at Fremantle Community Bank Oval
WAFLW ROGERS CUP YOUTH GIRLS – 10.15am v Peel Thunder at Fremantle Community Bank Oval