By The Numbers - Round 17, 2018

Subiaco had their closest win of the 2018 season, a three point win over Claremont, which saw the Lions record a 14^th straight win to start the year and secure the minor premiership for this year.

In a momentous week, Subiaco claimed both a historic minor premiership and is set to later in the week pass a momentous number, as their home and away winning streak is extended by another week.

From a water logged Claremont Oval, these are the numbers for “By the Numbers”:

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MINOR PREMIERSHIP – Subiaco has officially won the minor premiership of the 2018 WAFL season. With West Perth four games behind with three games to play and South Fremantle five games behind with four games to play, neither can now catch the Lions. It is a historic minor premiership for the Lions, with it being their fourth consecutive minor premiership after previous wins in 2015, 2016 and 2017. The club also won four minor premierships from 2003 to 2006.

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DEBUT – Daniel Leach made it 11 debuts on the season for Subiaco. Leach joins Ryan Borchet, Ethan Burnett, Zac Clarke, Tom Edwards-Baldwin, Kaidyn Fullgrabe, McKenzie Lawrence, Nick Menegola, Jacob Miller, Ben Newton and Drew Rohde to debut for the Lions in 2018 so far. Subiaco has now combined to give 24 players Subiaco league opportunities in the past two seasons.  

18

HIT-OUT TO ADVANTAGE – Subiaco finished plus 11 in the hit-out to advantage category on Saturday with ruck duo Zac Clarke and Lachlan Delahunty combining for 18 hit-outs to advantage across the afternoon. Clarke collecting a season high 17, while Delahunty added one to the tally.

19

DEFICIT – Three minutes into the third quarter Claremont extended their lead to 19 points, and that was officially the biggest lead any team has held against Subiaco in 2018 so far. Previously Peel had built an 18 point lead back in Round Seven, however Subiaco has never trailed by 20 points in a game this year. Subiaco had never trailed at half and three quarter time, prior to Saturday’s comeback win.

23

OUTSCORED – Subiaco were outscored by 23 points in the second quarter, the highest one quarter loss margin they have recorded for the season. Prior to this, the biggest quarter loss that Subiaco had suffered was 13 points against East Perth back in Round 11. Subiaco has in fact lost just seven quarters for the season so far.

45

INSIDE 50S – Subiaco recorded a season low in inside 50’s in Saturday’s game, finishing with 45, one short of the 46 recorded back in Round Two and Round Six. It also marked just the second time that Subiaco had lost the inside 50 count in 2018.

54

MARKS – Subiaco recorded just 54 marks on Saturday, their lowest output of the season. Prior to this game the season low was 67 against Perth on a bleak Saturday. For a team that averaged over 96 marks a game going in, it was a big drop off in this match.

57

CLEARANCES – Subiaco had another big win in the clearances, outpointing Claremont 57-39 in this category. Midfielder Chris Phelan led the way in this area collecting 11 clearances for the match.

62

POSSESSIONS – Chris Phelan and Leigh Kitchin each recorded a game high 31 possessions to combine for 62 possessions on the day. They did in differently though, with Phelan having 25 kicks and six handballs while Kitchin had 15 kicks and 16 handballs. Each was a vital contributor to the win.

84

GOAL KICKING ACCURACY – Subiaco can thank their outstanding conversion in front of goal for this win. Finishing with 16.3 for an 84% accuracy finish. The last time that Subiaco converted at 84% in a game was Round 17 of 2004 when they also kicked 16.3 against Swans. The last time that Subiaco kicked just three points in a game was back in Round 16 of 2016.

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DAYS – As of today, August 1^st, it marks 500 days since Subiaco’s last home and away loss. Subiaco’s last home and away season loss came on March 18, 2017. It has been an incredible and unprecedented run by the Lions, who have won 33 straight home and away games. Again though, while it is certainly a noteworthy achievement, it is not the ultimate achievement that all Subiaco players, members and fans are aimed on in 2018.