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SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LEGEND BILL DEMPSEY

Friday, July 4, 2014 - 7:14 PM - by FRIZZ FERGUSON

QUITE often I hear that it is just a sport when I talk passionately about a team, or a game or the one too many statistics I hold in my head. 

There are some people see sport as entertainment to watch, a bit of fun or a way to stay fit while there are those who train and play at an elite level with it being their income just as everyone else has to work for money. But sport can be so much more. 

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ROUND 15 PREVIEW V SWAN DISTRICTS

Friday, July 4, 2014 - 4:12 PM - by CHRIS PIKE

WEST Perth needs to keep winning to stay alive in the finals race while Swan Districts is out to bounce back with a win to further consolidate second position setting up a tremendous contest between the two at Joondalup's HBF Arena on Saturday.

The Falcons currently sit on a 6-6 win-loss record this season coming off last year's premiership to now be two games behind the fourth-placed East Fremantle and needing to keep winning to avoid falling further off the pace.

Swans, on the other hand, remain in second position on the ladder to be percentage off top spot and a game clear of the third-placed Subiaco despite a disappointing loss last weekend at home to Claremont by 26 points.

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FALCONS LOOK TO KEEP SEASON ALIVE WHILE JUGGLING FOXTEL CUP

Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 4:11 PM - by CHRIS PIKE

WEST Perth's finals hopes for 2014 will be decided over the next six weeks with two games against Swan Districts, clashes with the other three top four teams East Perth, Subiaco and East Fremantle as well as a trickily scheduled Foxtel Cup grand final in Geelong.

West Perth has played some outstanding football at times this season coming off last year's premiership, but the Falcons now sit on a 6-6 record heading into this Saturday's clash against the second-placed Swan Districts at Joondalup's HBF Arena.

The Falcons are currently four games behind the top two teams East Perth and Swan Districts, three behind the third-placed Subiaco and then two back from the fourth-placed East Fremantle, but now do play those four teams across the next five WAFL fixtures.

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BILL GETS GRILLED – BILL MONAGHAN Q & A

Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 3:16 PM - by CHRIS PIKE

WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan will be conducting a weekly question and answer segment for the club's website. Here he discusses how West Perth's Foxtel Cup and WAFL campaigns are shaping up.

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NAIDOC ROUND CELEBRATIONS AT HBF ARENA

Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 1:05 AM

Celebrate our indigenous heritage and get to the must win game against Swan Districts on Saturday 5 July.

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FALCONS SMASH BULLDOGS TO KEEP SEASON ALIVE

Monday, June 30, 2014 - 7:59 AM - by CHRIS PIKE

WEST Perth has now qualified for the Foxtel Cup grand final and won the Garlic Munchers Cup this week, but more importantly the Falcons beat South Fremantle by 62 points at Fremantle Oval on Sunday to keep their WAFL finals hopes alive.

Having qualified for the Foxtel Cup grand final by thrashing the Western Storm at Patersons Stadium by 74 points on Tuesday night, West Perth needed to beat South Fremantle on Sunday to stay in touch for the WAFL finals and did so emphatically.
West Perth dominated South Fremantle after quarter-time booting 13 goals to four to eventually win 19.19 (133) to 10.11 (71) to see the Falcons improve to a 6-6 record on the season to now be two games behind the fourth-placed East Fremantle but with a superior percentage.
It capped off a successful week for the Falcons winning both their matches by a combined 136 points while qualifying for the Foxtel Cup grand final and winning the Garlic Munchers Cup for the first time along the way.
Despite the game starting with a free-flowing and high-scoring opening quarter with scores level at 6.5 apiece at quarter-time, West Perth coach Bill Monaghan was understandably furious with his team's lack of defensive pressure and his team responded over the final three quarters.
It was a dominant showing from West Perth in the finish ending up with 39 more entries inside-50 than South Fremantle, 17 extra scoring shots and a 62-point advantage on the scoreboard by the finish.
Nick Rodda was the star for West Perth up forward kicking a career-best five goals from 10 kicks and eight marks. Matt Johnson was also outstanding across half-forward for the Falcons with three goals from 24 possessions and nine marks.
Marc Crisp had a good game for the Falcons with two goals from 19 disposals, six inside 50s and five marks.
West Perth's midfield worked its way on top led by Shane Nelson with 36 possessions and six inside-50 entries. Rohan Kerr racked up 26 possessions with eight marks, six inside 50s and a goal, and Aaron Black 25 disposals, nine marks, eight inside-50 entries and a goal.
Chris Keunen was the best ruckman on the ground finishing with 13 possessions and 29 hit outs.
The Falcons back-line might have had to only deal with 31 inside-50 entries from South Fremantle, but stood up well with Dan Hunt keeping Josh Pullman to the one kick while Jordan Jones and Andrew Strijk both provided rebound with 22 possessions apiece.
Both teams were down a man before half-time as well with West Perth losing Steve Potente to a lateral ligament injury to his knee that could sideline him for up to a month while South Fremantle youngster Mitch Banks suffered a nasty knee injury that saw him taken away to hospital.
South Fremantle got the first goal of the game, but then two quick West Perth goals to Rodda put the Falcons on top. The lead was then out to 14 points when Kody Manning kicked truly, but soon after West Perth found itself a couple of goals behind.
Potente roved the pack expertly and snapped truly, though, and then Crisp added two of his own before quarter-time to have the Falcons and Bulldogs level at the first break. 
West Perth again conceded the first goal of the second quarter but then responded with a terrific running goal from Strijk before Seva Martin then goaled with his first kick of the day to put the Falcons in front where they would stay.
Rodda then took a strong mark and goaled to extend West Perth's lead to 12 points and it was 19 by half-time after a goal to Anthony Tsalikis.
The Falcons opened the second half on fire with three quick goals to Kerr, van Berlo and Johnson and all of a sudden the lead over the Bulldogs was out to a match-winning 37 points.
By the time Rodda booted his fourth goal on the three quarter-time siren, West Perth was up by 45 points, then 51 when Rodda started the fourth term with his fifth and then 58 when Black slotted one after intercepting a poor South Fremantle kick-in.
Johnson added two more to give him three for the day before the final siren sounded with West Perth 62 points to the good.
West Perth's reserves also beat South Fremantle 15.13 (103) to 10.9 (69) with Corey Chalmers booting four goals, Mitch McPhee two, Max Alexander two and Brayden Antonio two to go with 32 possessions.
Trent Manzone also racked up 32 possessions, Jack Thrum 25, Ben McNamara 23, Kris Shannon 23, Aidan Lynch 22, Luke Meadows 20 and David Sorgiovanni 20 to go with 10 tackles and a goal.
The Falcons' colts also started the day at Fremantle Oval winners beating the Bulldogs 8.8 (56) to 8.6 (54).
Mitch Antonio and Nathan Alexandre kicked two goals each for West Perth with William Michell racking up 30 possessions, Dean Munns 21, Kaidyn Fullgrabe 21, Ashley Smith 20 and James Sheehan-Nel 20.
WEST PERTH 6.5 10.8 15.12 19.19 (133)
SOUTH FREMANTLE 6.5 7.7 8.9 10.11 (71)
WEST PERTH – Goals: Rodda 5; Johnson 3; Crisp 2; Black, Strijk, Kerr, Guadagnin, Tsalikis, van Berlo, Potente, Martin, Manning.
Best: Nelson, Johnson, Rodda, van Berlo, Guadagnin, Black, Kerr, Jones, Hunt.
SOUTH FREMANTLE – Goals: White 3; Higgins 2; Schloithe, Kelly, B Verrier, Carter, Cook.
Best: B Verrier, Hams, White, Borovac, Guglielmana, Cook, Higgins.
BY CHRIS PIKEWEST Perth has now qualified for the Foxtel Cup grand final and won the Garlic Munchers Cup this week, but more importantly the Falcons beat South Fremantle by 62 points at Fremantle Oval on Sunday to keep their WAFL finals hopes aliHaving qualified for the Foxtel Cup grand final by thrashing the Western Storm at Patersons Stadium by 74 points on Tuesday night, West Perth needed to beat South Fremantle on Sunday to stay in touch for the WAFL finals and did so emphatically.

West Perth dominated South Fremantle after quarter-time booting 13 goals to four to eventually win 19.19 (133) to 10.11 (71) to see the Falcons improve to a 6-6 record on the season to now be two games behind the fourth-placed East Fremantle but with a superior percentage.

It capped off a successful week for the Falcons winning both their matches by a combined 136 points while qualifying for the Foxtel Cup grand final and winning the Garlic Munchers Cup for the first time along the way.

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CHRIS KEUNEN PLAYER COLUMN – ROUND 14

Saturday, June 28, 2014 - 9:34 PM - by CHRIS KEUNEN

A WEST Perth premiership player will be writing a column for the club's website every week of the 2014 WAFL season. This week's edition is Chris Keunen's latest offering.

IT HAS been an interesting few weeks for me. As everyone is aware, I copped a poke in my eye which resulted in a bruised retina. This meant that for two weeks I was unable to do any physical activity at all. This was a hard task since I love training and the hardest part was having to sit back and watch the team play. 
Gaudy and Razor have also missed recent games through injury and they would also attest to how it is hard to not be a part of the team. Being experienced players, we try and stay involved by taking on a coaching/mentoring role. Gaudy loves to be a part of the midfield group and sits in the coaches box with Smokes and has plenty to say to the boys during the breaks. As everyone knows, Razor loves to talk. He floats around the group talking to boys and giving his advice. For me I spend time with the mids but in particular I spent plenty of time talking to big Seva Martin.
Sev is keen to learn and seeks my opinion to help improve his footy. This makes it easy to work with him and as the year has progressed everyone has seen him improve. Since moving from Subi, Sev has worked extremely hard during pre-season and now the season so far to get to where he is. 
Seeing him play the last few games as the main ruckman and I have seen how he is developing into the role. He has showed that he has plenty of potential. We have had fun competing against each other at training as well. He is a very confident young bloke, as could be seen from his ridiculous celebrations when he kicked that goal in the last quarter on Tuesday night. I have enjoyed working with him and seeing him step up to take the No. 1 ruck role while I have been out, I just hope I haven’t helped him too much that I don’t get my spot back.
We have a good stock of young up and coming talls at the club as well. I have also worked with a bit of mentoring with Tim Sutherland. His recent form in the reserves has been pleasing to see, even getting awards for all his hard work. I look forward to seeing him press for league selection throughout the year. I will also take credit for Jordan Mills and Max Alexander’s great form at the moment. After every Thursday training session we work together on our contested marking and sledging skills. This helps me as much as them.
It was good to get back out on the field on Tuesday night in the Foxtel Cup and good to see a young team perform so well and produce a convincing win. It was great to win and progress to the grand final but it doesn’t mean anything if we don’t take that confidence into the rest of the WAFL season. By having myself in the middle and having extra talls up forward as big marking options, hopefully we will create some headaches for our opposition. 
I am looking forward to getting back into WAFL footy this Sunday against South Fremantle now.
I have just bought a new pair of boots, which Sev believes are my way of standing out again since he has been so good in my absence. I need to make sure we give the team first use of the ball and create contests around the ground. This game is a must win game for us to keep our finals aspirations alive. I hope everyone gets down to support us on Sunday at Fremantle Oval. 

IT HAS been an interesting few weeks for me. As everyone is aware, I copped a poke in my eye which resulted in a bruised retina. This meant that for two weeks I was unable to do any physical activity at all. This was a hard task since I love training and the hardest part was having to sit back and watch the team play. 

Gaudy and Razor have also missed recent games through injury and they would also attest to how it is hard to not be a part of the team. Being experienced players, we try and stay involved by taking on a coaching/mentoring role. Gaudy loves to be a part of the midfield group and sits in the coaches box with Smokes and has plenty to say to the boys during the breaks. As everyone knows, Razor loves to talk. He floats around the group talking to boys and giving his advice. For me I spend time with the mids but in particular I spent plenty of time talking to big Seva Martin.

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ROUND 14 PREVIEW V SOUTH FREMANTLE

Friday, June 27, 2014 - 4:56 PM - by CHRIS PIKE

WEST Perth faces a must-win clash with South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on Sunday to keep its finals hopes alive and to also win the Garlic Munchers Cup for the first time since it was instituted last year.

West Perth has had an up and down 2014 season so far currently sitting on a 5-6 record in fifth position to be three games out of fourth place, but will be hoping to take some momentum out of qualifying for the Foxtel Cup grand final with a 74-point semi-final win over the Western Storm on Tuesday night. Read More [+]

International Round 2014: AFL Uniting Australia

Friday, June 27, 2014 - 4:37 PM

AFL - Uniting Australia

Unique jumper to embrace the World

West Perth Football Club's league team will play in a special one-off World Jumper in Round 16 to embrace its international community and build on the successes of this event in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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BILL GETS GRILLED – BILL MONAGHAN Q & A

Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 5:52 PM - by CHRIS PIKE

WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan will be conducting a weekly question and answer segment for the club's website. Here he discusses the last up loss to East Fremantle and this Sunday's clash with South Fremantle.

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