WAFL Round 6 Wrap

EAST Fremantle and Swan Districts turned the tide on a rough recent stretch against Subiaco and South Fremantle respectively with impressive Round 6 WAFL victories on Saturday with Peel Thunder, West Perth and East Perth also victorious.

The Round 6 action began on Saturday at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium with Peel Thunder impressive in beating Claremont 12.12 (84) to 9.8 (62).

Blair Bell and Josh Treacy kicked three goals apiece for Peel with Mitch Crowden gathering 27 possessions. Jared Hardisty and Alex Manuel kicked two goals each for Subiaco with Sandover Medallist Bailey Rogers amassing 36 possessions.

East Perth returned to the winner's list with a big win against the winless West Coast Eagles, 18.10 (118) to 6.4 (40) at Leederville Oval.

Hamish Brayshaw and Sebit Kuek kicked three goals for the Royals while Angus Schumacher amassed 38 disposals. Hugh Dixon kicked three goals for West Coast and Joey Deegan had 28 touches.

Subiaco might have won 14 of its last 16 against East Fremantle, but it was a different story at the WACA Ground on Saturday with the Sharks proving too strong winning 13.12 (90) to 6.10 (46) to return to top spot.

Jonathon Marsh kicked five goals for East Fremantle and Cody Leggett four while Blaine Boekhorst picked up 37 possessions and Cam Eardley 30. Aaron Breman and Ben Sokol kicked two goals for Subiaco with Drew Rohde finishing with 26 touches.

It was a bit of a low scoring grind between West Perth and Perth at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium, but the Falcons made it 21 of the last 22 against the Demons with the 7.12 (54) to 7.6 (48) victory.

Mitch Dobson kicked two goals for West Perth to go with 23 touches while Shane Nelson racked up 32 disposals. Mitch Browne and Kristian Cary kicked two goals for Perth while Kasey Nicholas had 30 touches.

Swan Districts avoided a 10th consecutive loss against South Fremantle with a hard earned 9.10 (64) to 8.7 (55) victory at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval on Saturday.

Jesse Palmer, Chris Jones and Ryan Kemp all kicked two goals for Swan Districts with Sam Fisher and Jesse Turner both finishing with 31 touches. Haiden Schloithe kicked two goals for South Fremantle and Jake Florenca picked up 32 possessions.

Following six rounds of the 2022 WAFL season, East Fremantle is back on top of the ladder with a 5-1 record to be percentage ahead of the also 5-1 West Perth.

Claremont is in third position but a game back with a 4-2 record while East Perth (fourth), South Fremantle (fifth), Peel Thunder (sixth) and Swan Districts (seventh) are all sitting at 3-3 following six matches.

Subiaco (eighth) and Perth (ninth) have 2-4 records while the West Coast Eagles remain winless after six matches with a percentage of just 39.1.

Round 7 now gets underway with three matches on Saturday afternoon with Subiaco at home to Peel Thunder, Claremont taking on Perth and Swan Districts hosting the West Coast Eagles.

That leads into the two traditional derbies on the WA Day holiday on Monday with West Perth hosting East Perth at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium in the Perth Derby and then South Fremantle plays East Fremantle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval in the Foundation Derby.

WAFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 6

PEEL THUNDER 12.12 (84) defeated CLAREMONT 9.8 (62)

EAST PERTH 18.10 (118) defeated WEST COAST EAGLES 6.4 (40)

EAST FREMANTLE 13.12 (90) defeated SUBIACO 6.10 (46)

WEST PERTH 7.12 (54) defeated PERTH 7.6 (48)

SWAN DISTRICTS 9.10 (64) defeated SOUTH FREMANTLE 8.7 (55)