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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SOUTH Fremantle full-forward Ben Saunders kicked four goals on Saturday to secure his third Berne Naylor Medal of the past five years since he joined the Bulldogs.

Saunders came into South Fremantle's clash with Perth on Saturday in the final round of the 2016 McDonald's WAFL Premiership Season needing three more goals to join Subiaco's Hamish Shepheard on 51, or four to overtake the Lions spearhead who was sitting out with his club having the bye.

Saunders ended up kicking two goals in the first quarter and a third in the second to draw level with Shepheard on 51 as South Fremantle delivered an 11-goal to nil first half.

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SOUTH Fremantle returns to the WAFL Finals for the first time since 2011 this Saturday taking on West Perth in a qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

If the Bulldogs win, it will be onto the second semi-final against Subiaco at Medibank Stadium next Sunday with a spot in the grand final up for grabs. A loss and it will be back at Fremantle Community Bank Oval next Sunday in a first semi-final against either Peel Thunder or East Perth.

South Fremantle's reserves and colts will both be involved in qualifying finals as well to start the day, both against Claremont.

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AS South Fremantle returns to the WAFL finals on Saturday, the Bulldogs will be hosting a special Footy Finals Lunch at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Friday with special guest the one and only Sam Kekovich.

South Fremantle returns to the WAFL finals for the first time since 2011 hosting West Perth in a qualifying final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday.

A day before the action starts on-field, the action starts off-field as South Fremantle host a Footy Finals Lunch with Sam Kekovich the very special guest of the day. 

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THERE were no signs of complacency from South Fremantle despite having nothing at stake against Perth at Lathlain Park on Saturday with the Bulldogs kicking the only 10 goals of the first half to end up beating the Demons by 52 points.

The Bulldogs had locked in second position on the WAFL ladder no matter the result against the second last placed Demons so there was nothing at stake in terms of finishing positions.

But South Fremantle had already beaten Perth twice in 2016 by 98 points back at Lathlain Park in Round 5 and then by 38 points in Carnarvon in Round 20 on the back of 13 goals to three in the second half so the Bulldogs were full of confidence against the lowly Demons.

South Fremantle was on fire in the first quarter kicking eight goals to nil with Perth not even managing a behind. The Bulldogs then kicked another two goals to none in the second term to end up cruising to the 14.14 (98) to 7.4 (46) victory.

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