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Bewy's Banter – Shaun Bewick Column Round 4

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 6:33 PM - by Shaun Bewick

FOR my first column on South Fremantle's website, I thought I would take the opportunity to talk about how I came to South Freo from West Perth and what my journey has been like so far with one good season, and one that was ruined by injury.

 
Honestly for the first time since I have been playing footy as a kid, I didn’t enjoy playing football at all in 2011 in my last year at West Perth. I just didn’t want to turn up to training, I would get there at the club and see where the coach Bill was and walk the other way. Our season finished on a Sunday and then before Mad Monday, I informed the club that there was no way I was coming back. The main reason was just that it was the first time I hadn’t been happy playing footy and as much as I love the game, I wasn’t going to keep playing somewhere I wasn’t happy at.
Leaving West Perth wasn’t something I came up with overnight. I guess there was just a build up of things there and a tipping point but it was something I discussed with mum and dad, and even dad's mum who is a life member of the club as well. I discussed it with her and all of them were more than happy for me to make the move, and especially nanna actually. It was with their blessing that I decided I leave so it wasn’t an issue leaving, it was more an issue deciding where I wanted to go.
I didn’t really want to go to another WAFL club initially, my first thoughts were to go interstate. Sturt flew me over to Adelaide and I trained with them for a week, but it wasn’t until the third or fourth day that I was over there when Cory Dell'Olio called me up. He was just about the only player I knew at South Fremantle and he told me that Paul Hasleby had just been appointed coach. At that stage, I hadn’t made up my mind where I wanted to go but I figured there weren’t be too many better people to learn from than Hase with his experience in the AFL.
I came back to Perth and had a good chat to mum and dad to see what they thought, and being a recruiter dad has been in the game for a while and he agreed that South Fremantle would be a good fit for me because they needed someone who played like I do. I called up the football manager at the time, Brent Dawkins, and within a couple of weeks I was down here at Fremantle training, and have been here ever since.
I just wasn’t happy at the end at West Perth, but obviously I was hoping to move somewhere that I would get more chances in the league team and all the dots just seemed to line up for me at South Fremantle.
I had always thought that I was a wingman and South Freo needed a wingman. I only ended up missing the one game that first year in 2012 and that was only because I had got knocked out at a training session before the game. I ended up coming equal third in the best and fairest, and was fourth on a count back, but still for someone who had only played 30 league games over three years coming into 2012, to get a whole season under my belt like that did my confidence the world of good.
I did have a groin injury that I was carrying for three years and I would have had the surgery the year I left West Perth, but because I was in limbo with my future and was just coming to a new club, I didn’t want to be on the sidelines for half a season and then have to fight to earn my spot in the second half of the year. I battled through that year which turned out really well because I was able to establish myself here at the club.
At the end of 2012, we tried to avoid the surgery path but in the end I needed it and I had it in early February 2013. That was supposed to be a 20-week rehab program but on the week I was due to come back, we had ladies night at the club and I had only had a couple of drinks, but I will blame Jarrod Parry and Toby Bairstow for what happened.
We were doing a dance on stage and the finishing move was them throwing me up for a back flip. They will say I didn’t land it properly, but they threw me far too high and when I landed, my knee kind of buckled underneath itself and flung me back, and hyper-extended. I also hit my head on the back wall, got knocked out and had to be carried off stage in front of 300-odd ladies.
That's how my knee injury came about and that was the 19th week of my groin rehab. That put an extra 10 weeks on to my recovery and I was only able to come back in Round 22 and play the last three rounds, and then two finals. I had missed a couple of games in my career through concussion, but that was the first time even going back to colts that I had missed any games through injury.
Watching on from the sidelines for the first 21 rounds, it was pretty tough and something I had never had to do before. I never did get used to it either and I just couldn’t wait to get back out there.
The positive out of the year was that I got to play in the reserves grand final even though it was probably the worst game I have ever played, and it just happened to be against my old club. I still got a premiership medal, though, and it made a bad year look good in the end. That's the only positive I can take from last year as well as the fact that my groins are feeling as good as they have in a long time.
Now coming into 2014, I reckon I did 98 per cent of the pre-season work. Because I was coming off groin surgery and a limited season, I was pulled out of a few minor things but I did most of the pre-season and that was first time that has happened in about five years. I was just happy to get that fitness base underneath me so I could start putting up some good results in the time trials and that helped me get me ready for this season and to be in the league team so far this year.
We haven’t won a game yet, which is disappointing, and the last couple of weeks haven’t been the best time, but we are all trying as hard as we can. I don’t think it's far away and I think all we need to do is string a couple of quarters together to get that first win on the board. Once we do that, I have no doubt we can start rolling on to something bigger and better throughout the year.
By Shaun BewickFOR my first column on South Fremantle's website, I thought I would take the opportunity to talk about how I came to South Freo from West Perth and what my journey has been like so far with one good season, and one that was ruined by injury.

Honestly for the first time since I have been playing footy as a kid, I didn’t enjoy playing football at all in 2011 in my last year at West Perth. I just didn’t want to turn up to training, I would get there at the club and see where the coach Bill was and walk the other way. Our season finished on a Sunday and then before Mad Monday, I informed the club that there was no way I was coming back. The main reason was just that it was the first time I hadn’t been happy playing footy and as much as I love the game, I wasn’t going to keep playing somewhere I wasn’t happy at.

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Bulldogs can't quite finish the deal against Swans

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 1:21 PM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle again started strongly but couldn’t keep it going ending up losing to a Swan Districts team by 13 points at Steel Blue Oval that is continuing to surprise many this WAFL season.

The Bulldogs made the journey to Bassendean for the Round 4 contest on Saturday and completely dominated the opening quarter and-a-half, but couldn’t put the score on the board.
By half-time, Swans had opened up a two-point advantage and then did go on to lead by as much as 30 points before the Bulldogs continued to fight hard in the final quarter falling short by 13 points, with the black-and-whites winning 13.16 (94) to 11.15 (81).
South Fremantle now remains winless after four games to open the 2014 season despite having plenty of opportunities against Subiaco in Round 1, leading Perth by 44 points in Round 2 and now having more of the ball again against Swan Districts on Saturday.
However, Swans continue to surprise many this season.
Coming into the campaign, they had lost a bevy of experienced premiership players but they are now playing on great heart and have won two of their three matches with the only loss being a narrow defeat at the hands of a West Coast-strengthened East Perth in Round 2.
Haiden Schloithe did all he possibly could in the midfield for South Fremantle finishing with a career-high 38 possessions to go with 14 marks and two goals.
Tim Kelly also worked hard finishing with 26 touches, seven marks, five inside 50s, four tackles and two goals.
Captain Ryan Cook was another tireless worker ending up with 28 touches, 10 marks, seven inside 50s and a goal.
Shaun Bewick had 22 possessions on the wing while down back, Ashton Hams finished with 29 possessions and Dylan Ross 21.
Brock Higgins again worked hard on his own in the ruck in the absence of James Sellar, Alistair Gillespie and Paul Mugambwa, and finished the match with 15 touches and 28 hit outs as the best ruckman in the game.
Nick Borovac continued his outstanding defensive form to open the 2014 season keeping Swan Districts' veteran forward Tim Geappen to just the one goal and 13 disposals.
South Fremantle coach Paul Hasleby tried some new things and the move of veteran Craig White to the forward-line was one that worked. He led up well providing a strong target from centre half-forward finishing with 11 possessions, seven marks and four inside 50s.
South Fremantle started the game on fire kicking the first goal of the contest through Kelly.
Despite a host of opportunities in front of goal, that was the Bulldogs' only major of the quarter even though South Fremantle dominated the term with 125 possessions to 67, 40 marks to 19 and eight scoring shots to three.
South Fremantle then moved on to 1.9 in the second quarter and it always appeared that Swans would make them pay for that inaccuracy, and that's how it panned out.
The Bulldogs' second goal eventually came through a tumbling punt on the run from outside-50 from Ben Saunders into a vacant goal square with Marlon Pickett and Ben Sokol also kicking good goals before half-time, but Swans led narrowly by two points at the main break.
Swans' lead did get out to five goals during the third quarter before consecutive goals to Josh Pullman and Bewick cut the margin back to 17 points, and then 24 by three quarter-time.
Again, Swan Districts went out to a five-goal advantage during the final term and again goals to Schloithe and Pickett brought the margin back to 17 points, but the Bulldogs just couldn’t nail that next goal to really give them a sniff. Swans held on to win by 13 points in the finish.
South Fremantle's reserves lost to Swan Districts earlier in the day by 12 points despite three goals to Kris Miller, and two each to Traye Bennell and John Sgherza.
However, Sgherza did get injured early in the game as did key defender Steve Mills.
Miller's welcome into the reserves line-up after being demoted from the league side was a close tag all game long from Swan Districts youngster Ben Holman. The 301-game WAFL champion still managed the three goals from 14 possessions despite the close attention.
Jarrod Parry racked up 29 possessions for the Bulldogs in the reserves with Lewis Harvey also collecting 20 disposals, Emmanuel Collard 19 and Jayden D'Vauz 18.
South Fremantle's colts meanwhile was missing a host of key players and as a result Swan Districts ended up winning 12.10 (82) to 8.4 (52).
Cameron Loersch continued his outstanding start to the 2014 season with another four goals for the Bulldogs with Braden Fimmano racking up 26 possessions, Bailey Matera 25 and Billy Collier 21.
SOUTH FREMANTLE 1.7 4.9 7.10 11.15 (81)
SWAN DISTRICTS 1.2 5.5 11.10 13.16 (94)
SOUTH FREMANTLE – Goals: Schloithe, Kelly, Pickett 2; Bewick, Pullman, Saunders, Sokol, Cook.
Best: Schloithe, Kelly, Hams, Higgins, Borovac, Ross, White.
SWAN DISTRICTS – Goals: Cary 3; Jukes 2; Ugle, Faulkner, Rogers, Boekhorst, Davis, Anderson, Notte, Geappen.
Best: Ames, Davis, G Jetta, Simpson, Notte, Ugle, C Blakely.
By Chris PikeSOUTH Fremantle again started strongly but couldn’t keep it going ending up losing to a Swan Districts team by 13 points at Steel Blue Oval that is continuing to surprise many this WAFL season.

The Bulldogs made the journey to Bassendean for the Round 4 contest on Saturday and completely dominated the opening quarter and-a-half, but couldn’t put the score on the board.

By half-time, Swans had opened up a two-point advantage and then did go on to lead by as much as 30 points before the Bulldogs continued to fight hard in the final quarter falling short by 13 points, with the black-and-whites winning 13.16 (94) to 11.15 (81).

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Colts Report - Round 4

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 12:54 PM - by Arthur Maskos

THIS week saw the South Fremantle colts side go down for the first time in 2014 against Swan Districts at Steel Blue Oval.

The determined Swans outfit played consistently well and now stand as the only undefeated side in the colts competition for 2014.
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Lucky Lottery Winners - Draw 1

Monday, April 14, 2014 - 4:21 PM

Congratulations to the following members who won in our very first Lucky Lottery draw for 2014!

 

Arthur Maskos - 743
Geoff Graham - 489
Keith Leslie - 677
Kevin Erbe - 380
Bob Maumill - 756

 

Please note there will be no draws on Friday 18th April and Friday 25th April due to the public holidays.
Draw 2 will commence on Friday 2nd May.

 

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Bulldogs fully supportive of Friday night football at Fremantle Oval

Friday, April 11, 2014 - 5:49 PM - by Chris Pike

FRIDAY night football matches at Fremantle Oval have become among the most popular fixtures in the WAFL in any season and the South Fremantle Football Club fully intends to continue them going forward.

South Fremantle has hosted its first two home matches of the 2014 WAFL season on a Friday night at Fremantle Oval against Perth and East Perth, and will also finish the year with Friday night matches against Subiaco and Peel Thunder, and is very happy to be doing so.
After having just one Friday night fixture in 2013, South Fremantle requested from the WAFL to have more scheduled in 2014 and is very happy with the resultant four games to be played under lights at Fremantle Oval.
The South Fremantle Football Club is firmly of the belief that players, members and supporters all alike are fully supportive of Friday night football at Fremantle Oval and all enjoy the experience immensely in particular when the weather is fine at the start and towards the end of the season.
The atmosphere at the night games is tremendous and it provides the option of a terrific night out for spectators with the heart of Fremantle just a minute's walk away plus with the facilities at Fremantle Oval offering food, drinks, coffee, ice cream and of course the bar.
"The club is looking forward to the night games at the end of the season," chief executive Stuart Kemp said.
"Our members and fans love coming down on a Friday night and enjoying themselves and we can’t wait for the two games fixtured against Subiaco and Peel.  Night footy is something different in the WAFL and it's here to stay. We will be working closely with the WAFC to schedule more in 2015."
The South Fremantle Football Club would like to clarify some claims in The West Australian today.
The club has received no negative feedback whatsoever about the lighting at Fremantle Oval with players, coaches, spectators and members of the media mentioning nothing whatsoever negative in regards to lighting for the night fixtures.
As president Haiden Raitt said, the request of night fixtures will again be reviewed for 2015 but with the overwhelmingly positive response from players, members and supporters, it is unlikely the Bulldogs will not be playing night games once again at Fremantle Oval in 2015.
South Fremantle vice-captain and 160-game veteran Craig White has played in numerous of those night fixtures at Fremantle Oval, and they too are among his highlights of any WAFL season.
"Night games at Fremantle Oval are great. As long as the weather is permitting and it's not freezing, the night games tend to work. They work well with the facilities upstairs, so the fans enjoy that part of it as well," White said.
"The players like it because you get an extra day's break and get to enjoy a Saturday afternoon which is rare during the footy season. The more we can play on a Friday night the better, but obviously we have to work in with the WAFL's fixturing and all of that.
"All the boys enjoy getting out there for a night game when the weather is good like it always is at this time of year. The lights are good, it's a quick ground and in dry conditions it's a really good night for the players out there, but the fans watching on also."
South Fremantle coach Paul Hasleby is also firmly in favour of night football at Fremantle Oval.
"I was a little bit disappointed we only had one Friday night game last season so it's good to have a few more this year. It gives the opportunity for the players to have some weekends free and everyone loves playing under lights," Hasleby said.
"We normally get a good crowd down there on a Friday night in the middle of Fremantle Oval as well, so it's nice to have a few more games."
By Chris PikeFRIDAY night football matches at Fremantle Oval have become among the most popular fixtures in the WAFL in any season and the South Fremantle Football Club fully intends to continue them going forward.

South Fremantle has hosted its first two home matches of the 2014 WAFL season on a Friday night at Fremantle Oval against Perth and East Perth, and will also finish the year with Friday night matches against Subiaco and Peel Thunder, and is very happy to be doing so.

After having just one Friday night fixture in 2013, South Fremantle requested from the WAFL to have more scheduled in 2014 and is very happy with the resultant four games to be played under lights at Fremantle Oval.

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Round 4 Preview v Swan Districts

Friday, April 11, 2014 - 5:41 PM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle hits the road again after two straight Friday night matches at Fremantle Oval to take on Swan Districts this Saturday at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval.

The Bulldogs have opened the 2014 season with losses to Subiaco, Perth and East Perth so head to the Bassendean venue desperate to open their account with a victory.
Swan Districts, on the other hand, have opened its season with an 18-point loss to East Perth and then last week a 35-point victory over Peel Thunder at home.
South Fremantle also needs to get over a seven-game losing run against Swan Districts with the Bulldogs last win over the black-and-whites coming back in Round 5, 2011 at Steel Blue Oval by 24 points.
Swans have won the seven matches between the two sides since then by an average of over 27 points a game.
South Fremantle is still without AFL-experienced big man James Sellar due to a knee injury with Alistair Gillespie out suspended and Paul Mugambwa still on the sidelines with an injury as well.
The Bulldogs will need Brock Higgins to continue to step up in the ruck as he did up against Paul Johnson and Scott Lycett last Friday night for East Perth.
Josh Pullman and Ben Saunders will also need to make an impact up forward. The two key forwards have only kicked eight goals between them over the first three rounds, but are both capable of kicking big bags on their day.
The match will also be noteworthy as it will be Pullman's first game back at Steel Blue Oval against Swan Districts since he returned to the WAFL this year to play with South Fremantle after previously captaining Swans' colts to a premiership, and playing 23 league matches.
South Fremantle's key defenders such as Dylan Ross, Nick Borovac, Steve Mills and the recalled Zac Strom will also have their work cut out against Tony Notte, Tim Geappen and last week's eight-goal hero Ricky Cary.
However, if South Fremantle's midfield led by Ashton Hams, Ryan Cook, Haiden Schloithe, Tim Kelly, Jacob Martinez, Kris Miller, Shaun Bewick, Brendan Verrier and Steven Verrier, suddenly that becomes much less of a problem.
Adam McIntosh is also out of the Bulldogs team to take on Swan Districts with Toby Bairstow, James Laurino, Ben Sokol, Strom and Traye Bennell all in the mix to come in.
There is little reason for change for a Swan Districts team who has surprised many with its start to the season.
Many predicted Swan Districts to be the big sliders in 2014 with a host of key players leaving, but somebody forgot to tell the leaders remaining at Steel Blue Oval, and a strong band of youngsters coming through.
Swans opened their season leading East Perth for three quarters in Round 2 before losing by 18 points, and then after trailing Peel Thunder by 34 points early in the third quarter on Saturday, turned on some inspired and exciting football.
Swan Districts went on to kick 11 of the last 12 goals of the game to win by 35 points.
With Justin Simpson, Matt Riggio and Ryan Davis leading the way, Adam Faulkner, Kirk Ugle, Matt Rogers, Blaine Boekhorst and Nathan Blakely standing up, and Ricky Cary a surprise packet up forward, there is plenty of excitement around Bassendean for Swan Districts looking to the rest of 2014.
Swans coach Greg Harding has noted that South Fremantle can cough up some big scores, but knows it's not necessarily easy to take advantage of that.
"The key to exposing their back half is getting somewhere near them through the middle. We still see South Fremantle as having a wonderful midfield brigade with the likes of Cook, Schloithe, Miller and obviously Ashton Hams, and they are still one of the best midfields in the competition," Harding said.
"If they win it through there, you can't get enough inside 50s to test their back half. It has been documented that they have been coughing up lots of goals and they are a club who is 0-3, and when people start to write you off that can steel a playing group.
"They are going to be up for the fight and we need to get somewhere near them through the midfield, and if we can do that then I think the way our forward half is functioning with Tony Notte, Tim Geappen, Cary, Rogers, Aidan Anderson and Rogers, then I think we can have another really strong day."
RESERVES TEAM
T Bairstow, M Banks, T Bennell, M Bolger, S Borovac, M Carter, E Collard, A Collica, J D'Vauz, A Galliano, M Gundry, J Hall, L Harvey, C Hayden, K Hogan, T Kelly, J Louthean, L Lucev, S Mills, M Nicholson, N Olds, S Panizza, J Pantano, J Parry, J Sgherza, B Sokol, T Stewart, J Symmans, J Tartaglia, M Walley
COLTS TEAM
B Colbung, B Collier, J Culleton, J Depane, B Donaldson, B Fimmano, J Florenca, J Foster, M Grubelich, B Kersten, C Loersch, B Matera, J McComb, G McLeod, J McMaster, J Mirco, D Moore, A Nodari, L Pearson, C Salmon, N Strom, T Wheeler, S Williamson
By Chris PikeSOUTH Fremantle hits the road again after two straight Friday night matches at Fremantle Oval to take on Swan Districts this Saturday at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval.

The Bulldogs have opened the 2014 season with losses to Subiaco, Perth and East Perth so head to the Bassendean venue desperate to open their account with a victory.

Swan Districts, on the other hand, have opened its season with an 18-point loss to East Perth and then last week a 35-point victory over Peel Thunder at home.

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Small Talk – Ashton Hams Column Round 3

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 7:22 PM - by Ashton Hams

THE thought of playing for East Perth this year was a big reason why I decided to retire from the AFL. I just love it at the South Fremantle Football Club too much.

I had the best of both worlds last year when I was coming back to play for Souths when I wasn’t at the Eagles which I really enjoyed doing, but this year I would have had to go back to East Perth when I wasn’t in the Eagles team and my heart would not have been in it.
To be honest, I would not have wanted to be out there in an East Perth jumper and I know I would not have enjoyed it. I couldn’t even stomach the thought of doing it to be honest. I have never liked East Perth. Even their supporters at times aren’t the best going around, so it wasn’t a hard decision in the end. Nothing would have made me playing for East Perth feel OK.
Looking at this year, it was in the back of my mind that the Eagles side would be hard to get into and I wasn’t able to play a full year in my four years there. It was always going to be hard to keep my spot so chances were that I might only play 10 or even less AFL games and then spend the rest of the time at East Perth. I couldn’t have done that.
I'm happy, though, with the four years I had in the AFL with the Eagles. It was an amazing experience and it is the best four years of my life so far. I learnt so much while I was there and yes it is intense and hard, but everyone dreams of playing AFL and I was lucky enough to get there, and play a few games. I was rapt to be part of it for four years.
I'm getting old now as well and realistically I probably only have two or three years of top-level football left in me so I wanted to make sure I was enjoying it wherever I was playing. I know I will enjoy it here with the young boys at South Fremantle and even though we haven’t had the best start, hopefully we win a few games and I get to play finals footy again.
We have had a massive turnover in players though. There's only myself, Kris Miller, Craig White and Paul Mugambwa left from our 2009 premiership team so I am trying to be a leader around the club. That has been a real challenge because I have never been a leader in my career before. We do have a very young group and even Cooky is still pretty young for a captain. It doesn’t help starting with three straight losses, but we can only improve from here and I'm sure we will learn a lot out of our last loss to East Perth. We will keep working hard and it will come together for us.
When I first got to West Coast, I found it very challenging adjusting to the full-time life after spending four or five years at Souths juggling footy with work and everything. The biggest adjustment was probably my diet. It was hard at first but it is such a good club with a rich history and there are always people there to help you out. You never felt alone and I would never take those four years back for anything. I just loved it.
Now after four years of being full-time in the AFL, it has been another big challenge getting used to life back in the WAFL. I still think I'm finding my feet trying to get the balance right with footy and work. WAFL footy is far from easy. It's three nights a week at the club, plus a game and it's a lot of hours and hard work. You still have to be fit and you can't play WAFL footy without being fit, you just can't get away it. I think I am slowly finding my feet, but a few wins would certainly help.
I actually think you spend a longer time training in the WAFL. You train for longer because it's not quite as intense. At the Eagles, we'd train for 30 minutes and it was just full on, but here you train for longer and you are on the oval for a lot more time. If you push yourself, it is quite hard and I am just trying to get my old body through.
Work-wise, Hase hooked me up with a job through his brother-in-law at Crommelin (www.crommelin.com.au) where we waterproof ceilings. So I'm doing a bit of sales and rep work there and I'm really enjoying it. It's a good company so if anyone needs any waterproofing or ceiling work, just get in touch. It is good in that I can work my own hours to fit with footy. I start early and finish a bit early so I can get to training so it's working out really well.
Knowing how tough playing WAFL footy is, it's so amazing seeing Kris Miller reach 300 games with his business and family on top of footy. You won't see anyone doing that again. It's just too hard. WAFL is becoming so demanding with your time and on your body. Millsy is just a genius and we are all shattered for him losing in his 300th game. He deserved us to win for him but unfortunately we couldn’t get over the line for him. It's still an incredible effort from him. 
By Ashton HamsTHE thought of playing for East Perth this year was a big reason why I decided to retire from the AFL. I just love it at the South Fremantle Football Club too much.

I had the best of both worlds last year when I was coming back to play for Souths when I wasn’t at the Eagles which I really enjoyed doing, but this year I would have had to go back to East Perth when I wasn’t in the Eagles team and my heart would not have been in it.

To be honest, I would not have wanted to be out there in an East Perth jumper and I know I would not have enjoyed it. I couldn’t even stomach the thought of doing it to be honest. I have never liked East Perth. Even their supporters at times aren’t the best going around, so it wasn’t a hard decision in the end. Nothing would have made me playing for East Perth feel OK.

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Colts Report - Round 3

Monday, April 7, 2014 - 4:16 PM - by Arthur Maskos

THE South Fremantle colts side continued to produce the goods with another win on Saturday against the rugged East Perth.

With two more debutants in Sandy Williamson and James McGuire standing in for more fancied state representatives, the side was able to produce a display that kept up the standards required.
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Entertainment Books

Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 3:33 PM

The SFFC Past Players and Officials will be selling Entertainment Books for 2014-2015. 20% of every membership sold contributes to our fundraising.

Orders can be placed online at https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/912897a or a form can be collected from the Stephen Michael Room.

Books are $65.00 and offer a range of discounts including meals, accommodation, tourist attractions and discounts at retail shops just to mention a few.

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Bulldogs go down to Eagle-powered Royals

Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 4:11 AM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle has fallen to its third straight loss to open the 2014 WAFL season with a West Coast Eagles-strengthened East Perth cruising to a 75-point victory at Fremantle Oval on Friday night.

Coming off a 38-point loss in Round 1 to Subiaco in a game where South Fremantle had more possessions, inside-50 entries and shots on goal, and then in Round 2 led Perth by 44 points before losing by five, the Bulldogs had every reason to think a first win of 2014 was just around the corner.
However, East Perth had other ideas on Friday night at Fremantle Oval and with a team featuring 12 West Coast-listed players and another four players who have played AFL football, the Royals ended up winning 20.8 (128) to 8.5 (53).
It was a tough loss for the Bulldogs to take but they now have a chance to get on the board in 2014 next Saturday against Swan Districts at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval ahead of matches against West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont before the Round 8 bye.
Former Eagle Ashton Hams did all he could against the side he would have been playing for had he not taken the decision to retire from the AFL at the end of 2013, and the dual South Fremantle premiership player finished with 33 possessions and nine clearances.
Haiden Schloithe also worked tirelessly in the Bulldogs midfield with 28 possessions, eight clearances and a goal with captain Ryan Cook finishing with 22 disposals, five clearances, four inside 50s and a goal.
Mitch Carter came in for his first league appearance of 2014 and did well off half-back with 20 disposals while fellow defenders Adam McIntosh (18 touches), Nick Borovac (13), Dylan Ross (13) and Craig White (13) did all they could while under-siege.
South Fremantle only managed to go inside-50 on 37 occasions so the forward-line was starved of opportunities, but Josh Pullman played his best game for the Bulldogs and kicked his first two goals for the club from 13 possessions and four marks.
With James Sellar out with a knee injury, former Royal Brock Higgins had a huge task coming up against Paul Johnson and Scott Lycett in the ruck, but battled manfully finishing with 15 possessions, 20 hit outs and seven inside-50 entries.
South Fremantle fans also would have had a difficult time watching dual colts premiership player Adam Carter also play well for East Perth with 23 possessions and nine marks.
The Bulldogs got off to a perfect start with captain Cook kicking the first goal of the game and in a scrappy opening quarter, East Perth held on to just a two-point advantage by quarter-time.
However, the Royals then kicked two goals in the first three minutes of the second quarter through Josh Smith and Lycett, and went on to add four more before half-time to lead by a comfortable 32 points at the main break with South Fremantle's only second term goal courtesy of a Schloithe snap.
It took just 30 seconds for the Royals to get on the board in the third quarter when Mitch Fraser kicked truly and when Lycett, Fraser McInnes and Josh Hill followed suit, East Perth's advantage was out to 51 points heading into time-on in the third term.
East Perth still led by 50 points at three quarter-time and despite two last quarter goals for South Fremantle to Pullman and another to Marlon Pickett with his first, and only, kick of the night, the Royals ran away with the contest with seven more goals of their own to run out 75-point victors.
SOUTH FREMANTLE 2.2 3.2 5.4 8.5 (53)
EAST PERTH 2.4 8.4 13.6 20.8 (128)
SOUTH FREMANTLE – Goals: Pullman 2; Pickett, Saunders, B Verrier, Schloithe, Guglielmana, Cook.
Best: Hams, Schloithe, M Carter, McIntosh, Higgins, Borovac, Cook.
EAST PERTH – Goals: J Smith 4; Hill 3; Sheed, McInnes, Lycett 2; A Smith, Blee, Fraser, Wulff, Hutchings, Dobson, Butler.
Best: Wulff, Sheed, Hutchings, Anderson, Blee, Butler, Johnson, McGovern.
By Chris PikeSOUTH Fremantle has fallen to its third straight loss to open the 2014 WAFL season with a West Coast Eagles-strengthened East Perth cruising to a 75-point victory at Fremantle Oval on Friday night.

Coming off a 38-point loss in Round 1 to Subiaco in a game where South Fremantle had more possessions, inside-50 entries and shots on goal, and then in Round 2 led Perth by 44 points before losing by five, the Bulldogs had every reason to think a first win of 2014 was just around the corner.

However, East Perth had other ideas on Friday night at Fremantle Oval and with a team featuring 12 West Coast-listed players and another four players who have played AFL football, the Royals ended up winning 20.8 (128) to 8.5 (53).

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