SOUTH Fremantle broke some records last time at Steel Blue Oval earlier this season and now the Bulldogs return to Bassendean needing to win on Saturday over Swan Districts to ensure they remain on top of the WAFL ladder.

It's bottom against top when Swan Districts hosts South Fremantle for the second time this season at Steel Blue Oval but with some nasty weather predicted and a youthful Swans not afraid of the challenge, the Bulldogs will need to watch out for the upset.

South Fremantle has been tremendously impressive so far this season winning seven of its eight games to currently sit on top of the WAFL ladder with a percentage of 147.3 on the back of being the highest scoring team (97 points) and conceding the least amount (66).

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SEVEN South Fremantle players have been named in the initial 41-man Western Australia squad for the upcoming state game against Tasmania on Saturday June 11 at Steel Blue Oval.

Blayne Wilson, Ashton Hams, Zac Strom, Ryan Cook, Marlion Pickett, Tim Kelly and Ben Saunders have all been named from the Bulldogs team that currently sits on top of the WAFL ladder with a 7-1 record after the opening nine rounds.

Wilson, Hams, Cook and Pickett all took part in WA's victory over South Australia last year at Lathlain Park as well and are all in position to be there this time around.

Strom and Kelly are named to the squad for the first time and if they are selected both will make their debuts for WA while Saunders played in the win in 2014 over the NEAFL in Sydney.

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STEVEN Edwards has proven a great success story so far in his first season with South Fremantle and after having a family connection to the Bulldogs, he had a pull to join the club and he's glad he made the move after crying out for more opportunities at Claremont.

Edwards made his league debut with Claremont back in 2013 and after showing good signs in 2014 as a creative running half-back playing seven league games, he couldn’t crack it for a league appearance in 2015 despite some strong reserves form right throughout the year.

That left him wondering where his football future lied at the end of 2015 but when South Fremantle showed an interest, and with his grandfather a former player of the Bulldogs and the Collard family working to sell the club to him, it soon became his preferred choice.

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WHAT South Fremantle coach Todd Curley had to say following the 41-point victory over Peel Thunder at Fremantle Community Bank Oval that keeps the Bulldogs on top of the WAFL ladder ahead of a clash with the bottom placed Swan Districts this Saturday.

QUESTION: You knew they would provide tough opposition but the way you were able to answer every time they challenged and then kick away with the last seven goals must have been pleasing?
ANSWER: I thought it was a big challenge for us. Clearly their numbers in contested ball and the hard ball, and clearances are pretty good so it was a big challenge. Obviously they have a few big bodies and AFL-experienced mids in there, and it's never easy to score against them. We hung in there and when the game opened up a bit late we were able to score, which was good.

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SOUTH Fremantle delivered a stunning finish to Saturday's game against Peel Thunder at Fremantle Community Bank Oval kicking the last seven goals to win by 41 points to retain top spot on the WAFL ladder and celebrate captain Ryan Cook's 100th game.

It was a game of runs from the outset with Peel kicking the first two goals only for South Fremantle to answer back with the next two of the first quarter, and then the first three of the second to go on a five-goal run to lead by 20 points.

But the Thunder answered back with the last three of the first half to trail by two points.

Then Peel kicked the first two of the last quarter to be back within two points after South Fremantle broke away by 15 points at three quarter-time, but it was the Bulldogs who had the last say with seven goals in the final 15 minutes to run away with the 16.11 (107) to 9.12 (66) victory.

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SOUTH Fremantle can further consolidate top spot on the WAFL ladder with a win over Peel Thunder at Fremantle Community Bank Oval in captain Ryan Cook's 100th appearance for the Bulldogs.

South Fremantle is back at home to host Peel Thunder with both teams want to show their finals credentials and each have a significant milestone to celebrate as well.

The Bulldogs host the Thunder at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday in what shapes as a tremendous contest.

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RYAN Cook came to South Fremantle looking for a one-year adventure after his time in the AFL but now sees himself a Bulldogs player for life as he prepares for his 100th WAFL appearance this Saturday.

Cook spent four years playing 14 AFL matches with Collingwood but once he was delisted at the end of the 2010 season, he was looking for a new adventure in life and when the offer came to join the WAFL and play with South Fremantle, it was an opportunity he jumped at.

But he only saw himself playing with the Bulldogs for that 2011 season before returning home.

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SOUTH Fremantle delivered a stunning comeback from 25 points down early in the last quarter to beat Claremont by eight points at the Showground on Saturday to return to the top of the ladder.

Coming off its first loss of the season to Subiaco the previous week, South Fremantle looked set to lose for the second time in as many weeks on Saturday at the Showground.

Claremont opened up a 25-point advantage at the two-minute mark of the last quarter when Jack Bradshaw kicked his fifth goal, but that only served to bring the Bulldogs to life.

Inspired by captain Ryan Cook, the Bulldogs delivered a scintillating finish to the game to kick the last five goals to come away with the 12.13 (85) to 12.5 (77) victory.

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SOUTH Fremantle heads to the Claremont Showground on Saturday to take on Claremont with the Bulldogs looking to bounce back from their first loss of the WAFL season.

South Fremantle will be hungry to bounce back from its first loss of the season last week as well suffered at the hands of Subiaco by 31 points at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

The Bulldogs had won their opening five matches of the season impressively up until that point and now they will be determined to show it was just a blip on the radar and not the start of a trend to kick off a losing slide like what happened in 2015.

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SOUTH Fremantle's colts have made an outstanding start to the 2016 WAFL season and Shai Bolton, Tim English, Dylan Brown, Mitch Dzelebdzic, Kyle Russell, Chad Pearson and Jimmy Miller have been named in the initial 40-man State 18s squad.

The Bulldogs have won five of their first six colts matches to open the 2016 season under new coach Mark Foster with some new players coming into the group and making their mark, and those remaining from last year's team that fell agonisingly short of playing finals performing strongly.

There have been plenty of standout performances in the colts team to date and the Western Australia selectors have taken notice adding Bolton, English, Brown, Dzelebdzic, Russell, Pearson and Miller in their initial 40-man squad ahead of the 2016 NAB National 18s Championships.

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