FOR me personally it was pretty exciting to play in my first final last Saturday. Obviously the last four or five years haven’t been as successful as we wanted to but to get to 15 wins this year and for me to finally play my first final along with 15 others was pretty exciting.

To then come out and perform the way we did as a team was really pleasing but we know that this Sunday there's no tougher ask in the WAFL than playing the two-time reigning champs at Leederville. Hopefully the boys prepare well and we get ourselves up on Sunday.

The pace of the game certainly picked up a bit in that first final and the pressure was up. Those little mistakes can hurt you even more in finals footy but I thought to all the boys' credit we handled the pressure and expectation really well. We wanted a good start and that 10 minutes was pretty impressive and we built on that for a really good win.

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STEVE Verrier is one of a host of colts premiership players at South Fremantle now looking to translate that into league success with the Bulldogs one win away from a first WAFL grand final appearance since 2009.

Verrier played in the Bulldogs' colts premiership of 2011 alongside Haiden Schloithe, Jason Maskos, Jacob Martinez, Mason Shaw and his brother Brendan. All played key roles in Saturday's qualifying final victory over West Perth at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

It was the first league final for South Fremantle since the losing 2011 first semi-final to Subiaco and the 52-point win was the Bulldogs' first finals triumph since the 2009 grand final.

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WHAT South Fremantle coach Todd Curley said after the Bulldogs' 52-point qualifying final win over West Perth and looking ahead to this Sunday's second semi-final against Subiaco at Medibank Stadium.

QUESTION: That win must give you a lot of confidence to take into the second semi-final against Subiaco?
ANSWER: The boys were really good and it was pleasing because you do so much work. They've worked from November all the way through and qualified really strongly, and performed really strongly in what was the first final for a lot of them. To come out and start the way they did, and pressure the opposition the way they did was very pleasing.

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SOUTH Fremantle is full of confidence following a 52-point qualifying win over West Perth to now head into this Sunday's second semi-final with Subiaco at Medibank Stadium.

Subiaco had the break in the first week of the finals having finished on top of the ladder after winning the last two WAFL premierships. The Bulldogs now head to the Leederville venue on Sunday to take on the Lions with a grand final berth up for grabs.

The loser will host next Sunday's preliminary final against the winner of West Perth and Peel Thunder in the first semi-final at HBF Arena.

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SOUTH Fremantle played its first WAFL final since 2011 and delivered an outstanding performance on Saturday to beat West Perth by 52 points to advance to the second semi-final.

The Bulldogs have qualified for the first time since 2011 and won their first finals match since the 2009 grand final on Saturday proving too good for the Falcons on their home deck in front of a strong crowd of 3801 people.

South Fremantle made a blistering start kicking five goals in the opening 12 minutes with Blaine Johnson and Mason Shaw on fire combining for four of those.

But West Perth worked its way back into the contest and with 14 of the Falcons' players having taken part in last year's grand final and 10 of them premiership players from 2013, they were able to steady the ship.

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SOUTH Fremantle plays its first WAFL final at league level since 2011 on Saturday hosting West Perth in a qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

The WAFL finals begin at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday with the second placed South Fremantle hosting the third placed West Perth with Subiaco awaiting the winner.

The winner of Saturday's qualifying final will advance to next Sunday's second semi-final against Subiaco at Medibank Stadium with a grand final berth at stake.

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SOUTH Fremantle is aiming for back to back WAFL reserves premierships and that begins in the qualifying final on Saturday against Claremont at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

Claremont's reserves finished the 2016 season with plenty of momentum but despite earning a home final it will be South Fremantle hosting Saturday's qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

With South Fremantle's league side also hosting West Perth in a qualifying final on Saturday, the Bulldogs reserves who finished in third position will take on the second placed Claremont in the reserves qualifying final as well.

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SOUTH Fremantle's colts are back in the WAFL finals for 2016 and take on Claremont in a qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday morning.

Claremont and South Fremantle's colts were separated only by percentage at the end of the 2016 home and away season and now as a result do battle in Saturday's qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

While Claremont finished with the higher percentage to claim second position with both teams ending up with 15 wins and five losses, it is South Fremantle who gets to host the qualifying final to join the Bulldogs' reserves and league sides playing home qualifying finals.

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THERE'S a massive buzz around the club at the moment and the boys are super excited. A lot of us haven’t played in a final and I haven’t played in one, so it's just a good feeling and a good time of year to be involved. We've been hanging out for it to happen for a few years now.

When I first came to South, I thought we would have snuck into the finals at least once over the five years I've been here but it hasn’t happened and in a way, it has made us appreciate even more how important this is. We've had our season wrap up at the end of the home and away season and it's not that enjoyable so this is super exciting for everyone involved.

We had Hocks speak to the group over the weekend and he's 28 years old and he has only ever played in two finals. One was in under-15s and one was in the 18s when they lost by 10 goals. He spoke really passionately about how important this time is and how you don’t want to take playing finals for granted. We won't be taking it lightly and we'll be trying to soak up the experience as much as we can.

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THIS Saturday South Fremantle will host West Perth in the 2016 WAFL qualifying final. It's just the second time the Bulldogs have played in a qualifying final with the first taking place in 1992.

1992 WAFL Qualifying Final
South Fremantle 22.19 (151) defeated Swan Districts 8.11 (59)

South Fremantle Goals: Craig Edwards 5, Warren Campbell 4, Ashley Clementi 4, Jason Spinks 2, Brad Collard 2.
South Fremantle Best: Ned Fimmano, Dean Irving, Cliff Collard, Brad Collard, Craig Edwards, Mark Collins.

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