by Alex Paull

PEEL Thunder’s development program has produced some wonderful AFL players over the past decade, with names such as Daniel Wells, Hayden Ballantyne, Farren Ray and Harley Bennell among the elite in the competition.

This season, two young Peel players will hope to join that illustrious group when they pull on the WA Under 18s State jumper later this year.

Rockingham product Brad Walsh and Dylan Winton from Halls Head are both Read More [+]

by: Alex Paull

AN spirited but undermanned Peel Thunder has fallen short in the opening match of the 2014 season, going down to premiership favorites East Perth by 19 points at Bendigo Bank Stadium.

With only one fit player on the bench for most of the second half, the Thunder were overrun by a star-studded Royals side who are tipped to be premiership favorites.

In a gritty encounter, both sides showed great endeavor early Read More [+]

BY: Alex Paull

OPTIMISM and the excitement of seizing the challenge were the two main messages when Peel Thunder officially launched their season on Saturday night.

In front of 200 guests, the launch also marked the first season of Peel’s official affiliation with the Fremantle Dockers, and a host of the Fremantle squad were present on the night

The integration of Fremantle players into the Peel squad remains a big talking point, but coach Cam Read More [+]

By Alex Paull

DESPITE going down to South Fremantle in the final practice match of the pre-season on Saturday, coach Cam Shepherd is confident Peel Thunder is well-prepared ahead of next week’s season opener against East Perth.

The Thunder were gallant in the 14.7 (91) to 12.11(83) defeat, but Shepherd said there were plenty of positive signs.

“We got more minutes into some of our players, and we came away from it pretty injury-free, Read More [+]

by Alex Paull

A HOST of young stars and a Docker with Grand Final experience headline the inclusions for Peel Thunder’s final practice match against South Fremantle at Bendigo Bank Stadium tomorrow.

Nick Suban is the big inclusion for the Thunder, with the versatile midfielder to maintain match fitness while serving a one-match suspension from last year’s AFL Grand Final.

Joining Suban in the side is highly-regarded Dockers rookie Michael Apeness, youngster Russell Shore, Read More [+]

by Alex Paull

PEEL Thunder players have joined with school kids to commemorate the Food Revolution: a cause to help teach kids about health and nutrition.

The program centres around schools reinforcing healthy eating behaviours from a young age, by replacing processed and junk food with fresh meals and bringing food education back into the classroom.

Peel stars Brennan Gillam, Jeff Carter, Brad Bromley and Isaac Wedderburn Read More [+]

In front of a huge crowd of 250 people, Peel Thunder Colts and Under 16s players were inducted into the Club for 2014 at their jumper presentation night on Monday 10th March.

Club President John Ditchburn opened the night and welcomed all new families and players to the Club, as well as reiterating that the development squad players are the future senior players at Peel Thunder.

Under 16s coach Steve Thomas introduced his squad Read More [+]

By: Alex Paull

PEEL Thunder has held off a fast-finishing Perth to win the first practice match of the season by four points in a low-scoring encounter at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Saturday.

The win marked the long-awaited return of Fremantle star and Peel product Anthony Morabito from injury, and the midfielder starred off half back in three quarters before given a rest for the final term.

After three serious knee injuries, Morabito said he Read More [+]

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If you are interested in this position please contact marketing@peelthunder.com.au