Freofalcon
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- Jun 20, 2011
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I always thought you were a tiger. Why Warren Ralph as your avatar? Champion that he was.East Perth defeated Claremont in today's Preliminary Final (Go you Mighty Royals!)
Final score:
EP: 6.1 - 11.3 - 17.6 - 24.12 (156)
C: 3.2 - 7.4 - 11.7 - 14.9 (93)
A couple of notes on today's match (which swans4eva! should be able to collaborate):
- EP's total score is the second-highest score against Claremont in a finals match (Perth scored 24.18 (162) to beat the Tigers in the 1986 1st Semi Final)
- Claremont's 63-point loss is their biggest loss since Round 19, 2009 when they lost to Swan Districts by 87 points.
- Claremont became only the 12th Minor Premier to not reach the Grand Final, and the first since Subiaco in 2005 (Claremont themselves went out in straight sets previously in 2001 and 1979).
- East Perth became the 13th fourth-placed side (in the top 4 era) to make the Grand Final. If successful (fingers crossed), they'd be the 5th team to win the premiership from fourth spot. Bizarrely, the past three of these instances happened in 1963, 1964, and 1965.