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Edwards making the most of his move to Bulldogs

Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 9:54 AM - by Chris Pike

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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Coach Post Match – Todd Curley Round 9

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 4:17 PM - by Chris Pike

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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Bulldogs celebrate Cook's 100th in style over Thunder

Monday, May 16, 2016 - 12:05 PM - by Chris Pike

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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Round 9 Preview v Peel Thunder

Friday, May 13, 2016 - 2:35 PM - by Chris Pike

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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Captain Cook proud to reach 100 with the Bulldogs

Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 12:46 PM - by Chris Pike

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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Bulldogs pull off stunning comeback to return to top

Monday, May 9, 2016 - 1:12 PM - by Chris Pike

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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Round 8 Preview v Claremont

Friday, May 6, 2016 - 2:36 PM - by Chris Pike

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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Seven Bulldogs colts named in State 18s squad

Friday, May 6, 2016 - 10:08 AM

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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Another successful President's Function at Fremantle Community Bank Oval

Friday, May 6, 2016 - 2:17 AM

PRESIDENT'S Function guests of the South Fremantle Football Club were treated to another great day on Saturday as a host of special guests and great food led to another successful match day event.

On a jam packed schedule guests were treated to a wide ranging series of guests and interviews as club legend Steve Marsh, current league player Brendan Verrier, recruit Zephaniah Skinner and Paula Curley, wife of league coach Todd.

They all spoke on their unique perspective to the game and to the club. 

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Player Column – Josh Pullman Round 7

Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 9:38 AM - by Josh Pullman

OUR senior squad came away from the weekend’s loss to Subiaco with some important feedback as to where we’re at. 

As a club, we know we’ve made some significant inroads in 2016 across areas like our leadership, game-plan, preparation and performance.

A game against a club like Subi always acts as a good stress test and although the result wasn’t the one we were after, we come away with some clear things to work on.

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