Round 10 Preview v Peel Thunder

SOUTH Fremantle is back in action following the gutsy WA Day Foundation Derby win heading to Mandurah on Saturday following the bye to take on Peel Thunder in Round 10 of the 2019 WAFL season.

South Fremantle continued its recent domination of East Fremantle on WA Day with a ninth successive derby victory and 11th straight win at East Fremantle to win by 32 points despite losing Haiden Schloithe, Shaun Bewick and Jake Florenca to injury throughout the afternoon.

In the end, the win was a sixth straight this season for South Fremantle to see them head into last week's bye with a 7-1 record on the season.

The Bulldogs now remain in second position on the WAFL ladder heading into Saturday's clash with Peel Thunder at Mandurah's David Grays Arena.

The league contest begins in the traditional time slot of 2.15pm while the reserves begins at 11.30am and the colts from 5pm.

CURLEY PROUD OF BULLDOGS' START TO 2019
BRAVE BULLDOGS CONTINUE DERBY DOMINATION

Round 10 in the WAFL begins on Saturday afternoon with Peel Thunder hosting South Fremantle at David Grays Arena.

The Thunder come into the game in sixth position on the WAFL ladder having lost their last up clash with Subiaco also on home turf by 41 points two weeks ago to now have lost their past three matches to hold a 3-5 record.

Meanwhile, South Fremantle makes the trip to Mandurah as the form team in the competition having won six consecutive matches to hold a 7-1 record following the WA Day Foundation Derby win that came despite the loss of Haiden Schloithe, Shaun Bewick and Jake Florenca during the day.

With the Bulldogs out to consolidate second position and maintain pace with the league-leading Subiaco and the Thunder looking to break back into the top five, there's plenty on the line for both clubs in Saturday's standalone WAFL fixture.

South Fremantle comes into the game as the highest-scoring team in the competition with 93.8 points a game while also ranked third defensively, conceding 66.0 points. Peel is averaging 74.9 points for and 82.6 points against so far in 2019.

The Bulldogs also win significantly more of the ball than the Thunder with South Fremantle having racked up an average of 46.3 more disposals a game than their opponents this year while Peel is averaging 18.8 touches fewer than the team they play against.

Across the season to date, South Fremantle has been the third best first quarter team in the competition while ranked second in second terms, fourth in third stanzas and second best in last quarters.

Meanwhile, Peel is ranked eighth for first quarters, seventh in second terms, seventh in third quarters and fourth in final terms.

From the South Fremantle team that beat East Fremantle back on WA Day, the Bulldogs do lose Haiden Schloithe, Shaun Bewick and Brandon Donaldson to injury.

The Bulldogs have then added potential debutants Kyle Hamersley and Trent Reed to their squad to take on the Thunder along with Daniel Cabassi, Blair Della Franca, Seaton Thompson and Caleb Datson.

South Fremantle ruckman Brock Higgins will also be celebrating his 100th game for the Bulldogs.

There are plenty of changes with Peel with Traye Bennell, Hugh Dixon, Haydn Matthews, Jordan Boullineau, Matthew Piggott and James Sturrock added to the squad that lost to Subiaco a fortnight ago.

Cam McCarthy, Griffen Logue, Mitch Crowden, Stefan Giro, Bailey Banfield and Lloyd Meek go out of the Peel line-up.
 

ROUND 10
SOUTH FREMANTLE v PEEL THUNDER – DAVID GRAYS ARENA (MANDURAH), SATURDAY 2.15PM

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