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Round 13 Preview v Peel Thunder

Friday, June 17, 2016 - 5:16 PM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle needs to beat Peel Thunder at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Sunday to guarantee the Bulldogs finish Round 13 of the WAFL season on top of the ladder.

South Fremantle currently holds that top position with an 8-2 record and the best percentage in the WAFL despite a last up loss to East Fremantle in the WA Day Foundation Derby.

Peel, meanwhile, won its last three matches prior to the state game break over East Perth, East Fremantle and Subiaco to improve to a 7-4 record.

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Player Column – Josh Pullman Round 13

Friday, June 17, 2016 - 10:13 AM - by Josh Pullman

IT was tough watching the boys go down to East Fremantle in such a big game like the Foundation Derby on WA Day. I was a late withdrawal, and I think viewing from the sidelines gets harder the longer your career goes on.

Watching the game gives you the opportunity to see our brand of footy and the execution of game plan from a coach’s perspective though, which I found valuable.

We took some important things away from the game, and are looking forward to going toe to toe with the Sharks later in the year again now that we have got one win each against each other, and at least at the moment we both look capable of being there come finals time.

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Hams looks to facing Big V after going three from three in state matches

Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 12:21 PM - by Chris Pike

ASHTON Hams has played in three state games for Western Australia and won them all, and the South Fremantle star would like nothing more now than to take part in a WAFL victory over Victoria next year.

By the time Hams returned full-time to South Fremantle in 2014 following four years and 39 AFL matches with the West Coast Eagles, he already was a dual WAFL premiership player and Simpson Medallist with the Bulldogs.

But he had yet to play state football and that has changed the last three years with Hams a key part of the WAFL team that has defeated the NEAFL in Sydney, SANFL at Lathlain Park and Tasmania at Steel Blue Oval – adding another Simpson Medal along the way in 2014.

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Maurice Rioli enters Australian Football Hall of Fame

Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 10:24 PM

MAURICE Rioli might be more known on the national stage for his feats at Richmond, but in his 168 games for South Fremantle he cemented himself as one of the best and most excited players to ever don the Mighty Red V.

Rioli's career with South Fremantle began as a teenager in 1975 and over the next six seasons he delivered some remarkable football including a starring role in the 1980 premiership victory, and then earning a Simpson Medal in 1981 grand final as well.

He would go on to join Richmond in the then VFL playing 118 matches over the next six years playing 118 games, winning the Tigers' best and fairest in 1982 and 1983, a Norm Smith Medal in the losing grand final of 1982 and finishing second in the 1983 Brownlow Medal.

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Bulldogs five representative shine in record WA win over Tasmania

Monday, June 13, 2016 - 11:12 AM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle had five players line-up in Saturday's record-breaking state game win over Tasmania and all delivered strong showings led by 29 possessions from Ashton Hams and six goals by Ben Saunders.

Hams, Saunders, Tim Kelly, Ryan Cook and Marlion Pickett all played for WA with the WAFL side beating Tasmania by a record 134 points that eclipse the 122-point triumph at North Hobart in 1964.

It was a dominant performance from the outset by WA after Tasmania kicked the game's first goal. The WAFL then kicked the next 11 goals of the game and then after Tasmania booted three in the third term, WA kicked the final 13 majors to end up winning 25.14 (164) to 4.6 (30).

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Player Column – Ben Saunders State Game

Friday, June 10, 2016 - 7:34 PM - by Ben Saunders

IT has been a week of ups and downs for me so far. The massive low coming off the loss to rivals East Fremantle, and then the massive high in being selected to represent the state against Tasmania.
 
The honour of playing state football for Western Australia is massive. Only last night we had legends of state football stand in front of us and recount their favourite memories. It really shows how much it means to them and how passionate people are about it. 
 
I have great memories of playing against NEAFL in my first state game, but even better memories of the people I played with and the celebrations we had after the win.

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WAFL State Game Preview v Tasmania

Friday, June 10, 2016 - 4:55 PM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle is on top of the WAFL and will have five players representing Western Australia in Saturday's State Match against Tasmania at Steel Blue Oval with the WAFL looking for a fourth straight win in interstate contests.

The WAFL representative side takes on the best of the Tasmanian State League at the Bassendean venue on Saturday looking for a fourth successive victory following wins over the VFL, NEAFL and SANFL the past three years.

The WA team will again be coached by Darren Harris and captained by East Perth ruckman Paul Johnson who were both in the same roles in last year's 45-point win over South Australia. East Fremantle defender Andrew Stephen and South Fremantle skipper Ryan Cook are the vice-captains.

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Tim Kelly pumped for richly-deserved state debut

Friday, June 10, 2016 - 1:12 PM - by Chris Pike

VERY few players have the combined abilities to win the hard contested ball, lay crunching tackles, be a clearance machine and then break the lines, but that all sums up Tim Kelly with the young South Fremantle star to make his state debut for the WAFL on Saturday.

Kelly is one of five players from the league-leading South Fremantle picked in the final 23 for Western Australia to play in the 2016 state match against Tasmania at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday.

Of the five Bulldogs players selected, it is Kelly the only one set to make his state debut with captain Ryan Cook to play for WA for a fifth time, Ashton Hams a third and then it will be the second time for both Marlion Pickett and Ben Saunders.

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Coach Post Match – Todd Curley WA Day

Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 4:42 PM - by Chris Pike

WHAT South Fremantle coach Todd Curley had to say following the WA Day Foundation Derby loss to East Fremantle ahead of this Saturday's WAFL state game against Tasmania and then a clash the following Sunday against Peel Thunder.

QUESTION: The day started well with the first couple of goals but after that it turned into a pretty tough game?
ANSWER: We weren’t very good and they were very good. We will take nothing away from East Fremantle, they were much cleaner with the ball, obviously much more efficient kicking at goal and probably when the conditions deteriorated for a while they were probably tougher than us.

Q: It's easy to point at the shots on goal you missed but they probably didn’t really allow you to play the way you have been for most of the season?
A: We did have six or seven shots running in without pressure that we missed. That is deflating for the team and we kicked 12 straight points in the second and third quarters. We certainly didn’t play well and didn’t deserve to win the game, but you have to convert to keep yourself in the game when things aren’t going your way.

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Wasteful Bulldogs made to pay in WA Day Foundation Derby

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 12:11 AM - by Chris Pike

A GOALLESS drought lasting two and-a-half quarters despite plenty of gettable opportunities left South Fremantle no chance of winning the WA Day Foundation Derby against East Fremantle, but the Bulldogs remain on top of the WAFL ladder heading into the state game break.

South Fremantle started the WA Day Foundation Derby at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with the opening two goals of the game through Blaine Johnson and Steven Verrier, but things didn’t quite go to plan after that in the difficult conditions.

The Bulldogs still led by a goal at the five-minute mark of the second quarter after Mason Shaw kicked his second goal, but they wouldn’t kick another goal until the 21-minute mark of the fourth term.

East Fremantle kicked 10 goals in that period on the way to the 13.12 (90) to 6.15 (51) victory.

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