Round 7 WAFL Preview

WHAT a WA Day long weekend of WAFL action we are in store for with three fascinating match ups on Saturday and then the two traditional derbies on Monday with all four teams involved entering inside the league’s top five positions.

The WA Day long weekend is the biggest round on the WAFL home and away schedule, and the 2022 edition is going to be no different with three games on Saturday with plenty on the line, and plenty of intrigue, and then the two huge derbies on Monday featuring four in-form and contending teams.

Round 7 of the 2022 WAFL season gets underway was on Saturday afternoon with all three matches bouncing down at 2.10pm.

Reigning premiers Subiaco will be hosting Peel Thunder at Leederville Oval with the Lions attempting to stay in touch of the top five with their third win of the season while the Thunder are looking to string wins together in an attempt to break back into the five.

Just to add to the occasion, dual Brownlow Medallist and Fremantle Dockers captain Nat Fyfe will be making his first appearance of the 2022 season in a Peel Thunder jumper.

Also on Saturday afternoon, Claremont will be hosting Perth at Revo Fitness Stadium with the Tigers looking to bounce back from a loss last week to Peel while the Demons are coming off a heartbreaking loss to West Perth after the siren in Joondalup.

The third game on Saturday afternoon takes place at Bassendean’s Steel Blue Oval with Swan Districts hosting the West Coast Eagles.

Swans come into the game fresh off a hard earned win also at home last week against South Fremantle while West Coast is still hunting its first win of the 2022 season.

That all leads into the two biggest home and away matches of any WAFL season on WA Day.

First up is the Perth Derby between West Perth and East Perth at Joondalup’s Pentanet Stadium. The Falcons come into the game in second position on the WAFL ladder on a five-game winning streak while the Royals are looking for back-to-back wins after beating the Eagles by 78 points.

The round will then wrap up at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with South Fremantle hosting East Fremantle in the Fremantle Ports WA Day Foundation Derby.

South Fremantle has won the past 12 derbies against the Sharks including the last four WA Day Foundation Derby match ups by an average of 66.5 points.

WAFL TEAM OF THE WEEK – ROUND 6

ROUND 6 WAFL WRAP

SUBIACO v PEEL THUNDER

CLAREMONT v PERTH

SWAN DISTRICTS v WEST COAST EAGLES

WEST PERTH v EAST PERTH

SOUTH FREMANTLE v EAST FREMANTLE