FALCONS THRASH DEMONS TO CELEBRATE STRIJK'S 150TH

WEST Perth controlled its contest with Perth virtually all afternoon at HBF Arena on Saturday and then with nine goals to two in the final quarter romped to the thumping 79-point victory in Andrew Strijk's 150th WAFL game.

West Perth's lead grew at every change during the dominant performance at HBF Arena on Saturday and then really rammed home the advantage in the last quarter to end up winning 22.9 (141) to 9.8 (62).

The win is West Perth's second on the trot following the season opening loss to South Fremantle and gives the Falcons plenty of momentum to take into the clash with Subiaco this Saturday at Medibank Stadium.

It was a dominant showing from the Falcons with them having 97 more possessions than Perth, 34 more marks, 14 more scoring shots and 16 extra inside-50 entries.

Perth did have some players who put in good defensive performances with Kieran Hug limiting Shane Nelson to 20 possessions, Jacob Payne keeping Andrew Strijk quiet for three quarters and David Johnson keeping Matt Fowler goalless for three quarters.

However, Strijk still finished with 18 possessions and two goals in his 150th WAFL match to earn West Perth life membership while Fowler bobbed up for two final quarter goals, and then the Falcons had a host of other strong contributors.

Michael Lourey was outstanding as a key forward kicking six goals in just his third WAFL match after being recruited from the VFL. He kicked his six goals from 11 possessions and seven marks.

The bonus of Lourey holding down the key forward post was that Marcus Adams and Nick Rodda could do the same at the defensive end, and they both had strong games as well not giving Perth's talls a sniff.

On top of Strijk and Fowler chipping in with two goals, Matt Johnson and Kody Manning kicked two goals while Manning was outstanding finishing with 20 possessions and six tackles.

Sandover Medallist Aaron Black racked up 31 possessions while Rohan Kerr had 27 and WAFL debutant Aidan Lynch 25 who is coming off winning the Prendergast Medal as the best player in the reserves in 2014.

Jay van Berlo also picked up 21 disposals and ruckman Chris Keunen 18 to go with five marks, 50 hit outs and a goal.

Perth got the first goal of the game and then when Callum Collard booting his second, and Liam McKenna kicked truly they were back in front briefly late in the first quarter.

West Perth then kicked the last two of the term through Lourey and Potente, and then dominated the second. The Falcons had the first nine scoring shots, converting for four goals.

Perth eventually scored after the siren through Daniel Arangio, but West Perth was in control by 27 points at the break.

The Demons had the breeze in the third term and limited the damage with the Falcons turning into the last up by 37 points and then with nine goals to two in the final term, the home side cruised to the 79-point win.

West Perth's reserves couldn’t quite comeback to beat Perth, though, with the Demons ending up winning 13.15 (93) to 11.9 (75).

Perth led by 27 points at quarter-time, 19 points at half-time and then 25 at three quarter-time before West Perth kicked 3.5 in the final quarter but still came up 18 points short.

Tyson Moulton and Hayden Yarran kicked three goals apiece for West Perth with Trent Manzone racking up 20 possessions, Broderick Walton 20, Blake Wilhelm 20, Marc Crisp 18 and Ray Bartholomew 18.

Corey Chalmers led the way for the Falcons finishing the game with 21 disposals, seven inside-50 entries and four tackles.

West Perth's colts came back from trailing at three quarter-time to end up beating Perth 12.8 (80) to 10.7 (67) on Saturday at HBF Arena.

The Demons led the Falcons by 14 points at half-time and still two points at three quarter-time, but West Perth kicked four goals to two in the last term to end up winning.

Mitch Antonio was the star for the Falcons with seven goals from 15 possessions and five marks.

Liam Baker also had a terrific day for West Perth with 23 disposals and two goals with Clint Hinchcliffe gathering 21 disposals, Mitchell Peirce 20, Troy Manners 18 and Ben Mountford 17.

WEST PERTH        5.1    9.6    13.7    22.9    (141)
PERTH            4.1    5.3    7.6    9.8    (62)

WEST PERTH – Goals: Lourey 6; Strijk, Johnson, Fowler, Manning 2; Guadagnin, Nelson, Keunen, Shannon, Potente, Rasmussen, Meadows, Rohde.
Best: Lourey, Black, Kerr, Keunen, Adams, Lynch, Manning, J van Berlo.
PERTH – Goals: Collard 3; Arangio, Payne, Gianatti, Hug, McKenna, Latch.
Best: Tropiano, McKenna, Payne, Johnston, Hug.