A late goal from Luke Strnadica has helped Peel Thunder hold off a fast-finishing South Fremantle by six points on Saturday at Fremantle Community Bank Oval. After last week’s disappointing loss against ladder leaders, Subiaco, the Thunder were looking to get their sixth win, against second place, South Fremantle.
ROUND 11 –THUNDER EFFORT GOOD BUT NO WIN
Ladder leaders Subiaco took home the four points this week against Peel, securing their win just minutes out from the final siren.
Peel came into this round as underdogs in fifth spot on the ladder compared to the Lions who sit on top with only one loss this season.
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Congratulations Leroy Jetta
PEEL Thunder forward Leroy Jetta was part of the WA team’s historic 63-point win against Victoria last Saturday.
Jetta kicked two goals in the side that was the first ever WA senior team to beat Victoria in Melbourne.
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After a disappointing fortnight, where the Peel Development side suffered 2 heavy defeats, the team made their way to Lathlain Park to take on Perth.
It was a fairly even first quarter where Peel enjoyed the run of play for the first 10 minutes but couldn’t convert it on the scoreboard. Key forward Nic Merritt was looking dangerous and we were on top around the stoppages. Our early ascendancy was halted by some poor ball use, particularly out of defence, and Perth took full toll. Trailing by 2 goals at quarter time, we once again had a positive start in the 2nd quarter, closing the gap with another goal to Merritt.
Rainy conditions didn’t stop Peel Thunder from continuing their winning streak with the side sealing a convincing 90 point win over the Perth Demons at Lathlain Park.
The Thunder were far too strong for the Demons containing the home side to just one goal in the final quarter, ending the game 18.15(123) to 5.3(33).
Leroy Jetta was in top form scoring 3 goals and 3 behinds for the side from just 9 possessions, alongside Josh Deluca with 3 goals and 1 behind with a high 22 disposal.
After 100 minutes of football, absolutely nothing separated the Peel Thunder and Swan Districts colts sides on Saturday morning, with a draw the final result in a high quality game of colts footy.
The Thunder took to the field 7 changes from their side from the previous week, with Brayden Holtham, Jarvis Pina and Jacob Ingham making their colts debuts.
The Peel Thunder Development side headed into the game against Swan Districts keen to atone for a disappointing performance the week before.
Michael Humble and Calvin Thorne were rewarded for a string of solid performances with promotion to the League side. Through injury and illness, there were 9 changes to the team that ran out against Claremont. This provided opportunity to some players that had had limited exposure to the level and included 1st gamers Jackson Capurso, Reece Dillon and Ash Humphreys. All 3 had some positive moments with Reece and Ash building into the game to be solid contributors.
The Thunder had an impressive victory last weekend with a 21 point win over Swan Districts, who are third on the ladder, two spots above the Thunder.
Thunder held their own against the favoured Swans’ with the defensive team working hard to halt the Swans progress.
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