WAFL Round 17 Wrap

PEEL Thunder continued their charge towards the WAFL finals in 2022 with another strong win on Saturday over South Fremantle while Swan Districts kept pace with them and Claremont moved up into second position.

There were four Round 17 WAFL matches on Saturday in the last of the split rounds before the run into the 2022 finals series and there were wins for Subiaco, Claremont, Peel Thunder and Swan Districts while West Perth and East Fremantle sat out with the bye.

All four Round 17 WAFL matches took place on Saturday afternoon including a battle of the Leederville Oval co-tenants with Subiaco ending up prevailing 10.9 (69) to 8.8 (56).

Claremont then kept its winning form going to improve to second position on the ladder with a huge 18.14 (122) to 6.5 (41) victory against Perth at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park.

Peel Thunder made it four consecutive wins by beating South Fremantle 10.12 (72) to 8.10 (58) at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium.

Swan Districts then kept themselves right in the finals hunt by holding the West Coast Eagles to their lowest ever score in the 13.18 (96) to 1.5 (11) win at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval.

Now with three rounds of the season remaining, it's West Perth still on top of the ladder with 11 wins, three losses and a draw but they are only half a game ahead of Claremont who improve to 11-4 following the four consecutive victories.

East Fremantle is third at 10-5 ahead of South Fremantle (9-5, with a draw) and Peel Thunder (9-6) while Swan Districts is just percentage behind in sixth position also at 9-6.

Rounding out the ladder is East Perth (6-9), Subiaco (6-9), Perth (2-13) and West Coast (1-14).

It's back to a full fixture of matches in Round 18 this coming Saturday with Claremont to play Peel Thunder in the battle of teams on four-game winning streaks.

East Fremantle and Swan Districts also do battle in another match with finals implications while East Perth takes on West Perth, South Fremantle is at home to Subiaco, and Perth takes on the West Coast Eagles which could determine the wooden spooner for 2022.

WAFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 17

SUBIACO 10.9 (69) defeated EAST PERTH 8.8 (56)

PERTH 6.5 (41) lost to CLAREMONT 18.14 (122)

PEEL THUNDER 10.12 (72) defeated SOUTH FREMANTLE 8.10 (58)

SWAN DISTRICTS 13.18 (96) defeated WEST COAST EAGLES 1.5 (11)