WHAT South Fremantle coach Todd Curley had to say following the WAFL second semi-final loss to Subiaco and now looking to this Sunday's preliminary final against Peel Thunder at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

QUESTION: It seems to be a similar story every time you play Subiaco. You stick with them for most of the game but they blow you away in a 20-minute burst and that happened again either side of three quarter-time?
ANSWER: We dominated the first 10 minutes of the third quarter but kicked 1.2 and three out on the full. If you don’t take your chances against good teams, eventually the momentum will turn and they will have their turn. They certainly took their chances and it was disappointing we didn’t take ours.

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SOUTH Fremantle hosts Sunday's 2016 WAFL Preliminary Final at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with a place in the Grand Final up for grabs.

The Bulldogs take on Peel with a place in the 2016 WAFL Grand Final against Subiaco on the line. The winner advances to take on the Lions while the season is over for the loser.

We are calling on all supporters and members to get to the ground on Sunday afternoon to cheer on the Mighty Red V to a first Grand Final appearance since 2009!

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SUNDAY didn't go to plan for South Fremantle with the seasons ending for the colts and reserves teams while the league side went down to Subiaco but the Bulldogs now have a home preliminary final to prepare for.

South Fremantle's colts and reserves were both playing in first semi-final matches at Medibank Stadium on Sunday and ended up losing to East Perth and East Fremantle respectively to bring an end to their 2016 campaigns.

Meanwhile, South Fremantle's league side went down to Subiaco in the second semi-final but the Bulldogs now have another chance in the preliminary final to make the Grand Final.

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SOUTH Fremantle is one win away from the 2016 WAFL Grand Final entering Sunday's clash with the two-time defending premiers Subiaco in the second semi-final at Medibank Stadium.

There couldn’t be a greater contrast in game style or finals experience between Subiaco and South Fremantle heading into Sunday's second semi-final at Medibank Stadium but that only adds to the intrigue heading into the contest.

With a spot in the grand final on the line, Subiaco puts its defensively minded, physical game approach into gear on the back of the experience of having won the last two premierships.

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SOUTH Fremantle and East Perth do battle in a colts first semi-final at Medibank Stadium on Sunday with plenty of exciting young talent to be on show.

The Bulldogs and Royals colts meet in the cut-throat encounter at Leederville on Sunday beginning at 9.55am.

The winner will advance to next Sunday's preliminary final against the loser of the second semi-final at HBF Arena between Perth and Claremont. The season for the loser will be over.

Last week South Fremantle's colts lost to Claremont by 32 points at Fremantle Community Bank Oval to now be in a cut-throat situation for the rest of the finals starting on Sunday against East Perth.

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SOUTH Fremantle's reserves look to keep its hopes of a back-to-back WAFL premiership alive on Sunday taking on East Fremantle in the first semi-final at Medibank Stadium.

The Bulldogs and Sharks meet in the first semi-final in the reserves at the Leederville venue starting at 12.25pm on Sunday.

The winner will advance to next Sunday's preliminary final against the loser of the second semi-final at HBF Arena between East Perth and Claremont. The loser will see their season come to an end in the reserves for 2016.

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FOR me personally it was pretty exciting to play in my first final last Saturday. Obviously the last four or five years haven’t been as successful as we wanted to but to get to 15 wins this year and for me to finally play my first final along with 15 others was pretty exciting.

To then come out and perform the way we did as a team was really pleasing but we know that this Sunday there's no tougher ask in the WAFL than playing the two-time reigning champs at Leederville. Hopefully the boys prepare well and we get ourselves up on Sunday.

The pace of the game certainly picked up a bit in that first final and the pressure was up. Those little mistakes can hurt you even more in finals footy but I thought to all the boys' credit we handled the pressure and expectation really well. We wanted a good start and that 10 minutes was pretty impressive and we built on that for a really good win.

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STEVE Verrier is one of a host of colts premiership players at South Fremantle now looking to translate that into league success with the Bulldogs one win away from a first WAFL grand final appearance since 2009.

Verrier played in the Bulldogs' colts premiership of 2011 alongside Haiden Schloithe, Jason Maskos, Jacob Martinez, Mason Shaw and his brother Brendan. All played key roles in Saturday's qualifying final victory over West Perth at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

It was the first league final for South Fremantle since the losing 2011 first semi-final to Subiaco and the 52-point win was the Bulldogs' first finals triumph since the 2009 grand final.

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WHAT South Fremantle coach Todd Curley said after the Bulldogs' 52-point qualifying final win over West Perth and looking ahead to this Sunday's second semi-final against Subiaco at Medibank Stadium.

QUESTION: That win must give you a lot of confidence to take into the second semi-final against Subiaco?
ANSWER: The boys were really good and it was pleasing because you do so much work. They've worked from November all the way through and qualified really strongly, and performed really strongly in what was the first final for a lot of them. To come out and start the way they did, and pressure the opposition the way they did was very pleasing.

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SOUTH Fremantle is full of confidence following a 52-point qualifying win over West Perth to now head into this Sunday's second semi-final with Subiaco at Medibank Stadium.

Subiaco had the break in the first week of the finals having finished on top of the ladder after winning the last two WAFL premierships. The Bulldogs now head to the Leederville venue on Sunday to take on the Lions with a grand final berth up for grabs.

The loser will host next Sunday's preliminary final against the winner of West Perth and Peel Thunder in the first semi-final at HBF Arena.

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