THIS is now my fifth year here at South Fremantle and I'm very desperate to be part of some finals success and hopefully that's still a chance of happening this year.

In my first year here back in 2011 we managed to play in a first semi-final against Subiaco which we lost, and I probably thought it was just going to happen the next year, but this wasn’t the case and hasn’t been for the past three years. We had a lot of experience still in that team, most of which has now gone, we haven’t been able to play in September the last few years so hopefully we're able to this year.

We have our backs against the wall now after what happened against East Perth and we've got four games to go, and I'm pretty sure we'll have to win all of them to play finals but I'm confident we can still do that. It’s a very tough run home but if anyone can do that, I think it’s us as we have shown to finish strong the past couple of seasons.

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SOUTH Fremantle was blown away by a rampant East Perth outfit at Fremantle Oval on Saturday leaving the Bulldogs with a tough run over the last four games of the 2015 WAFL season in order to return to finals action.

While the Bulldogs reserves recorded another strong win to remain on top of the ladder, the league side had a day to forget against the Royals with East Perth ending up winning 28.9 (177) to 11.5 (71) at Fremantle Oval.

South Fremantle was in fifth position and East Perth out of the top five coming into the contest, but by Saturday night the two teams had swapped positions with the Bulldogs now facing an uphill battle to return to finals action for the first time since 2011.

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SOUTH Fremantle returns to Fremantle Oval on Saturday to host East Perth looking to back up last Sunday's win over East Fremantle and a strong win over the Royals earlier in the season to consolidate a position inside the WAFL's top five.

South Fremantle and East Perth are two teams doing battle over a position inside the WAFL top five and it's unlikely there is room for two of them in there come the end of the season meaning a win is of vital importance at Fremantle Oval on Saturday.

The Bulldogs currently sit in fifth position and the Royals in seventh with the teams separated by just the one win but East Perth has a superior percentage to that of South Fremantle that is almost worth four points.

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SOUTH Fremantle teenager Callum Ah Chee made a dream league debut last Sunday kicking three goals and two crucial ones in the last quarter to help the Bulldogs beat East Fremantle as he now looks to back that up the rest of the season ahead of the AFL National Draft.

Having already proven himself capable of playing strong football at WAFL colts level and then at the AIS-AFL Academy and in the West Australian State 18s side the last two years, Ah Chee had nothing to prove and was already likely to be WA's top pick at this year's National Draft.

However, Ah Chee grabbed his opportunity with both hands on league debut on the big stage of a derby against East Fremantle at ATOM Stadium.

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OVER the last few weeks I have been feeling a lot better and I think my footy has improved because of it. I probably went a bit hard early on when I still wasn’t feeling 100 per cent and my form fell away a little bit, but it's good to be finally getting a few kicks and knocking on the door for a league game, fingers crossed.

I spoke to a few people who had glandular fever before and they all said it really knocked them around, but I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. It certainly does zap you of your energy, though, and it makes it hard to find the motivation to get up and going. It was pretty tough, but luckily now I am feeling a lot better and it's all going well. It's getting to the pointy end of the year and the reserves will play finals and the league side is pushing to finish somewhere between third and fifth, so I just want to be part of it in some way.

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SOUTH Fremantle coach Todd Curley's weekly question and answer session during the 2015 McDonald's WAFL Premiership season.

Curley spoke this week following the eight-point win over East Fremantle that returned South Fremantle to the WAFL's top five, and looks ahead to this Saturday's clash with East Perth at Fremantle Oval.

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The South Fremantle 16’s Squad recently completed their tour of Melbourne from 8th – 14th July to officially end their 16’s Development Program. The tour is considered a vital part of the development of these players and a once in a lifetime opportunity to play and watch football in Melbourne.

The tour party consisted of Player Development Manager Jason Pedulla, Head Coach Jason Matthews, Assistant Coaches Simon Maxwell, Glenn Kirkwood and Steve Jones, Team Manager Leon Flanagan, Read More [+]

SOUTH Fremantle kicked the first four goals of the last quarter to secure a crucial win in the final derby of 2015 over East Fremantle with the Bulldogs returning to the WAFL's top five in the process.

East Fremantle kicked five goals to two in the third quarter with the advantage of the breeze at ATOM Stadium to lead by 11 points at three quarter-time, but South Fremantle made the most of the breeze in the final term to kick the first four goals.

Two of those came from tight angles courtesy of 17-year-old debutant Callum Ah Chee with Josh Pullman kicking truly from a set shot, and Cory Dell'Olio from a snap as the Bulldogs ended up winning 10.12 (72) to 9.10 (64).

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SOUTH Fremantle is looking for a sixth straight win at East Fremantle's ATOM Stadium on Sunday and more importantly the Bulldogs need the win to be a chance to return to the WAFL's top five after Round 17.

With East Fremantle desperate to avoid an eighth straight defeat and South Fremantle needing to win to be a chance of returning to the WAFL's top five, all signs point to a fascinating final Fremantle derby of 2015 at ATOM Stadium on Sunday.

The two teams will also be playing for the Uittenbroek-Ciccotosto Cup for 2015 named in honour of two of the respective clubs finest servants, East Fremantle's Bob Uittenbroek and South Fremantle's Brian Ciccotosto.

There is plenty at stake in the contest as well and for the Sharks, finals might now be nothing but a faint hope, however, they will be wanting to avoid losing their eighth match in succession and to get the first win under caretaker coach Brad Dodd since he replaced Steve Malaxos.

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SOUTH Fremantle defender Jason Maskos had to patiently wait for a league opportunity this year but he's done well the last three weeks and now is looking forward to helping the Bulldogs make a run at a first finals appearance since 2011.

Maskos didn’t find his way into the South Fremantle league side until Round 13 this season but he's now played the last three games and has improved on each occasion as part of a back-line unit that has been holding up well.

South Fremantle might be struggling to kick goals in the absence of Ben Saunders, and with Josh Pullman, Paul Mugambwa, Cory Dell'Olio and Jacob Dragovich spending time out injured and in the reserves in recent times, but the back-line has been doing well to keep the Bulldogs in games.

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