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Probably important to note that Meek played forward for the 2nd half of the Peel game. Pretty dire that we are that desperate for tall forward options that we forced him to play forward and likely cost Peel the game (and a chance at playing finals).
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Match Report – Tigers with crucial win over Thunder | WA Football News
CLAREMONT kept itself right in the hunt for top spot and put a significant dent in Peel Thunder's hops of returning to the finals having battled hard for a nine-point win at muddy David Grays Arena on Sunday.
The game in Mandurah was the last of Round 15 and had plenty at stake for both teams with Claremont needing to bounce back from losses to West Perth and South Fremantle to avoid slipping from a top two spot while Peel needed to string wins together to stay in the top five hunt.
And by the end of the afternoon at a boggy David Grays Arena, Claremont had done enough to return to the winner's list and maintain second position with the 11.9 (75) to 9.12 (66) win away from home.
The usual suspects got it done for Claremont as Jye Bolton (26 disposals, six inside 50s) and Bailey Rogers (25 disposals, six inside 50s) got it done through the midfield while Lachlan Martinis (34 disposals) continued his outstanding season across half-back.
Peel’s Ben Hancock (32 disposals, seven inside 50s) and Tyrone Thorne (27 disposals, seven marks) were superb while Connor Blakely (31 disposals) was strong too, however struggled in front of goal kicking just four behinds for the match.
The muddy conditions provided a scrappy start to the game, but Peel managed to kick three consecutive goals to finish the term including two from young forward Lachlan Cullen.
Claremont struggled to keep up with the quick ball movement of the Thunder as returning skipper Ben Howlett’s smart ball use and decision-making often propelled Peel’s attacking transitions.
The second term started similar, as the game was played predominantly in Peel’s forward half and after missing some gettable shots, Docker Joel Western slotted the opening goal for the term with a set shot from 50m out.
However, after being held to just three disposals in the first quarter, dual Sandover Medallist Jye Bolton put on the Superman cape to have 13 touches for the quarter igniting the fire in the Tigers comeback as they booted three goals in 10 minutes to finish the term trailing by just two points.
The Tigers momentum continued in the third term, as they started to get on top of Peel in all areas of the game with Martinis’ ball use across the half backline becoming extremely damaging for the away side.
An excellent running goal from 50m out came late from Peel ruckman Sandy Brock, which brought the margin back nine points at the final break.
Peel hit the scoreboard early in the final term with Western’s third goal to bring the margin back to three points.
They fought bravely for the remainder of the game, but the class of Claremont were too good as they finished the game nine-point winners.
SMALLWOOD’S BIG HANGER
Claremont’s Dylan Smallwood might have just taken Mark of the Year over Thunder skipper Ben Howlett. The defender leapt almost completely over the top the former Bomber but managed to get some awesome hang time and spark the Tigers comeback as they booted three consecutive goals in the five minutes immediately after his mark. He still faces some stiff competition for the award from a couple West Coast Eagles with Brendan Ah Chee and Nathan Vardy the other two most likely contenders.
MEEK'S ATTACKING AUDITION
As the Dockers look to have lost Rory Lobb with an ankle injury for a number of weeks and Sean Darcy is hopeful of lining up against the Swans next week after sustaining his own knee injury in Thursday night’s loss to Geelong, all eyes were on Lloyd Meek as the obvious replacement. After starting in the ruck, Meek spent almost the entire second term playing deep forward, suggesting that Justin Longmuir will be hoping for Meek to play more time up forward if he is to come in for his first AFL game since Round 4. He finished the game with 11 disposals, 22 hit outs and a behind.
IT WAS NICE HAVING YOU HAYDEN
Hayden Young couldn’t do much more to impress the Fremantle Dockers selectors after putting together two strong performances having come back from a hamstring injury. The No. 7 draft pick was one of his team’s best on Sunday taking strong intercept marks across half-back as well as using the ball as well as anyone on the ground. He looks a class above at WAFL level and could have an immediate impact in the AFL for the Dockers. He finished with 23 disposals and six marks.
OPTUS WAFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 15
PEEL THUNDER 4.3 5.5 6.9 9.12 (66)
CLAREMONT 2.2 5.3 8.6 11.9 (75)
PEEL THUNDER: Goals – Western, Cullen 3; Randall, Giro, Brock.
Best – Hancock, Randall, Young, Western, Thorne, Blakely, Duman, Watson.
CLAREMONT: Goals – T Smallwood 3; Buller, Manuel, Barton 2; Rogers, Eastland.
Best – Martinis, Eastland, Edwards, Rogers, Bolton, Elliott.
CLAREMONT kept itself right in the hunt for top spot and put a significant dent in Peel Thunder's hops of returning to the finals having battled hard for a nine-point win at muddy David Grays Arena on Sunday.
The game in Mandurah was the last of Round 15 and had plenty at stake for both teams with Claremont needing to bounce back from losses to West Perth and South Fremantle to avoid slipping from a top two spot while Peel needed to string wins together to stay in the top five hunt.
And by the end of the afternoon at a boggy David Grays Arena, Claremont had done enough to return to the winner's list and maintain second position with the 11.9 (75) to 9.12 (66) win away from home.
The usual suspects got it done for Claremont as Jye Bolton (26 disposals, six inside 50s) and Bailey Rogers (25 disposals, six inside 50s) got it done through the midfield while Lachlan Martinis (34 disposals) continued his outstanding season across half-back.
Peel’s Ben Hancock (32 disposals, seven inside 50s) and Tyrone Thorne (27 disposals, seven marks) were superb while Connor Blakely (31 disposals) was strong too, however struggled in front of goal kicking just four behinds for the match.
The muddy conditions provided a scrappy start to the game, but Peel managed to kick three consecutive goals to finish the term including two from young forward Lachlan Cullen.
Claremont struggled to keep up with the quick ball movement of the Thunder as returning skipper Ben Howlett’s smart ball use and decision-making often propelled Peel’s attacking transitions.
The second term started similar, as the game was played predominantly in Peel’s forward half and after missing some gettable shots, Docker Joel Western slotted the opening goal for the term with a set shot from 50m out.
However, after being held to just three disposals in the first quarter, dual Sandover Medallist Jye Bolton put on the Superman cape to have 13 touches for the quarter igniting the fire in the Tigers comeback as they booted three goals in 10 minutes to finish the term trailing by just two points.
The Tigers momentum continued in the third term, as they started to get on top of Peel in all areas of the game with Martinis’ ball use across the half backline becoming extremely damaging for the away side.
An excellent running goal from 50m out came late from Peel ruckman Sandy Brock, which brought the margin back nine points at the final break.
Peel hit the scoreboard early in the final term with Western’s third goal to bring the margin back to three points.
They fought bravely for the remainder of the game, but the class of Claremont were too good as they finished the game nine-point winners.
SMALLWOOD’S BIG HANGER
Claremont’s Dylan Smallwood might have just taken Mark of the Year over Thunder skipper Ben Howlett. The defender leapt almost completely over the top the former Bomber but managed to get some awesome hang time and spark the Tigers comeback as they booted three consecutive goals in the five minutes immediately after his mark. He still faces some stiff competition for the award from a couple West Coast Eagles with Brendan Ah Chee and Nathan Vardy the other two most likely contenders.
MEEK'S ATTACKING AUDITION
As the Dockers look to have lost Rory Lobb with an ankle injury for a number of weeks and Sean Darcy is hopeful of lining up against the Swans next week after sustaining his own knee injury in Thursday night’s loss to Geelong, all eyes were on Lloyd Meek as the obvious replacement. After starting in the ruck, Meek spent almost the entire second term playing deep forward, suggesting that Justin Longmuir will be hoping for Meek to play more time up forward if he is to come in for his first AFL game since Round 4. He finished the game with 11 disposals, 22 hit outs and a behind.
IT WAS NICE HAVING YOU HAYDEN
Hayden Young couldn’t do much more to impress the Fremantle Dockers selectors after putting together two strong performances having come back from a hamstring injury. The No. 7 draft pick was one of his team’s best on Sunday taking strong intercept marks across half-back as well as using the ball as well as anyone on the ground. He looks a class above at WAFL level and could have an immediate impact in the AFL for the Dockers. He finished with 23 disposals and six marks.
OPTUS WAFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON – ROUND 15
PEEL THUNDER 4.3 5.5 6.9 9.12 (66)
CLAREMONT 2.2 5.3 8.6 11.9 (75)
PEEL THUNDER: Goals – Western, Cullen 3; Randall, Giro, Brock.
Best – Hancock, Randall, Young, Western, Thorne, Blakely, Duman, Watson.
CLAREMONT: Goals – T Smallwood 3; Buller, Manuel, Barton 2; Rogers, Eastland.
Best – Martinis, Eastland, Edwards, Rogers, Bolton, Elliott.
Was at the game, Hayden Young was close to best on for Peel, easily a class above and got through ok so will come straight in next week. Western was super quick and his first goal was very clever. Didn't register a tackle but was playing mostly outside.
O'Driscoll continues to build but went missing when Claremont got a run on. Crowden did some nice things without really dominating. Blakely was around it but burnt the ball a bit and his goal kicking probably cost Peel the chance to get back in the game. Other than that Tobe and Duman were solid without starring and Meek was better in the ruck than up forward but if Lobb misses we won't have the luxury of not playing him.
Noone else really stood out as far as I could recall.
O'Driscoll continues to build but went missing when Claremont got a run on. Crowden did some nice things without really dominating. Blakely was around it but burnt the ball a bit and his goal kicking probably cost Peel the chance to get back in the game. Other than that Tobe and Duman were solid without starring and Meek was better in the ruck than up forward but if Lobb misses we won't have the luxury of not playing him.
Noone else really stood out as far as I could recall.
Did Western look AFL quality?
In the first half he did absolutely. If they want some speed I could see him coming in again very soon. He did lose his feet a few times but that was because the ground was very muddy and everyone was slipping, apparently they had been playing footy all weekend there combined with the weather it really was a massive mud patch all over the ground. So he played pretty well in the circumstances. The conditions probably explain why a few performances were down too
Huge freo contingent in the Peel members too. Acres, Freddie, Treacy, Switta, Colyer, Cerra, Hale, Carr just a few off the top of my head. Good energies
And the South Freo game is on FRS as well (on Sunday) so everyone can check out Motlop again hopefully.
Olympic Games means no WAFL on 7 though.
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Some game highlights here - not a lot of Fremantle Dockers vision, although all of Western's 3 goals are shown. One very speedy flyweight small forward at Claremont.
Does anyone know if the full game is available somewhere?
Does anyone know if the full game is available somewhere?
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Very first passage shown, Giro misses a simple short pass, Blakely loops an easy kick
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Very first passage shown, Giro misses a simple short pass, Blakely loops an easy kick
Sure there's a lot of criticism of Blakely and his disposal, but reckon you're finding fault there when there isn't any. There is an opposition player he has to kick over.
absolutely no problem with Blakely kicking it over another player and hitting a player on the chest who has 15 metres of spaceVery first passage shown, Giro misses a simple short pass, Blakely loops an easy kick
Giro tried to stab to a player who had 15m of space and missed him by 5m
Conca beaten a couple times by WAFL oppo in those highlights, the end has come quick for him unfortunately
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Game will be streamed here in an hour.
Stephen Hill playing, didn't they say he was injured again?
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Peel looking ordinary... Basically have A Freo defence but no quality forward of them.
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Watching peel game...What a disgrace...
Watson and Dunman getting killed (pressure up the ground i awful though)
Conca can't hit stationary targets.
Thorne ( duff said we should pick him up mid season..) is simply too small for even wafl footy. Got monstered in the state game too.
Conca can't hit stationary targets.
Thorne ( duff said we should pick him up mid season..) is simply too small for even wafl footy. Got monstered in the state game too.
