Reserves & Colts Help Subiaco to Clean Sweep Top Place

Subiaco once again has the top placed team in all three grades, after both the Reserves and Colts had wins over West Perth on Saturday.

 

The Colts had their ninth straight victory to consolidate top spot, while the Reserves big win, couple with an upset loss by Claremont, meant that they climbed back to the top of the Reserves table.

 

 

COLTS RECAP

 

The Subiaco Colts are just one win away from the 2018 WAFL Colts Minor Premiership after a dominant 61 point win over West Perth.

 

The win again came on the back of a miserly defence as West Perth could muster just three goals for the game, going goalless after half time.

At the other end, Subiaco, while missing chances at times, had enough forward potency to extend their lead at every break, powering to a four quarter victory.

 

Subiaco’s dominance was seen across most statistical categories as the Lions had 353 possessions to 289, 44 hit-outs to 27 and 45 inside 50 entries to 29.

 

Individually Liam Hickmott had another big game finishing with 36 possessions and laying nine tackles, while Tristan Hobley also reached 30 possessions.

 

Wil Hickmott had 25 possessions while Abe Clinch had 24 possessions and Adam Vallelonga and Jack Mayo each had 20.

 

Meanwhile up forward Mayo again led the way with three goals, with Trey Kennedy also kicking three.

 

Ben Golding and Jordan Faraone each kicked two goals.

 

Subiaco will get that first chance to wrap up the minor premiership, with a mouth watering clash against last year’s reigning premiers, an in form East Fremantle, next Saturday.

 

GAME CHANGERS

 

INCREDIBLE DEFENSIVE RUN CONTINUES

For the second straight week, Subiaco’s Colts conceded just three goals for a game. Even more impressive was the defensive second half where West Perth could manage just three points. For the season, Subiaco’s Colts have conceded 836 points, the Subiaco League team has conceded 840 points.

 

MORE DEBUTANTS CELEBRATE GAME ONE

Subiaco has continued to provide opportunities for developing players on their list, with Dane Webster and Mitch Hendrie the latest duo to debut. Webster a product from Sorrento-Duncraig finished with seven possessions while Hendrie, a product of Kingsley finished with 11 possessions and grabbed five marks. Importantly, the duo was each able to sing the song to end game number one.

 

CAREER DAYS FOR WARWICK-GREENWOOD BOYS

A couple of Warwick-Greenwood players had career days in Saturday’s win. Abe Clinch collected 20 possessions for the second straight week, finishing Saturday with a career high 24. Meanwhile Trey Kennedy had career highs in possessions, tackles and goals, finishing a productive day with 13 touches, six tackles and three goals.

 

MAYO TO BEAT

Jack Mayo continued on his way to the WAFL’s leading Colts Goal Kicker award with another three goals. Mayo is up to 45 goals and could be the first Colts player to kick 50 goals in a home and away season since 2014.

 

HOBLEY & HICKMOTT 1-2

They combined for 65 possessions on Saturday and are now the top two possession winners in Colts football in 2018. Tristan Hobley sits with 422 possessions for the season while Liam Hickmott has 414 possessions for the year. Each passed 30 for the second straight week on Saturday.

 

FINAL

SUBIACO         2.4       5.6       9.8       12.12.84

WEST PERTH   1.2       3.2       3.4       3.5.23

 

BEST: Kennedy, Hobley, L. Hickmott, Clinch, Mayo.

GOALS: Kennedy, Mayo 3; Faraone, Golding 2; Clinch, French 1.

 

 

RESERVES RECAP

 

Subiaco’s Reserves produced one of their best performances of the season, ruthlessly destroying West Perth in a 74 point beating.

 

The majority of the damage was done in the third quarter as Subiaco kicked eight goals to two, building a 72 point lead by three quarter time.

Early in the game, Subiaco’s defence was very good, conceding just two goals in the first half and repelling a number of dangerous opportunities.

 

Up forward the chief destroyer was Brad Stevenson, who on the return from injury kicked six goals to spearhead the Lions Reserves side.

 

Ryan Mu was another to standout, finishing with four goals while Ray Daniels, Kaidyn Fullgrabe and Nick Menegola also added two goals a piece.

 

The Subiaco midfield was led by Daniel Leach and Max Walters as each rebounded from their demotion to the league team in the best possible way with Leach having 30 possessions and Walters having 29 possessions.

 

With the win, and a Claremont loss to Perth, Subiaco finds itself on top, 16 percent clear of Claremont.

 

Win their final two games against East Fremantle and Perth, and the Subiaco Reserves will join their senior team counterparts as 2018 minor premiers.

 

GAME CHANGERS

 

BOUNCING BACK

Max Walters, Daniel Leach and Brad Stevenson found themselves in the Reserves side on Saturday for different reasons, yet their results spoke of players desperate to be back playing in the League side. Walters started strongly and showed his class throughout while Leach combined well with Walters to dominate the midfield battle of the game. Meanwhile Stevenson finished with six goals from 13 possessions and eight marks to indicate he is ready to comeback to league footy after an injury plagued two months.

 

MU MAKES IT TO FOUR

One of the popular members of the Subiaco senior squad, Ryan Mu bounced back to form in impressive fashion on Saturday. Having kicked just one goal in his last three games, Mu was a constant threat inside 50, finishing with a career best four goals.

 

SUTHERLAND BIG AGAINST FORMER SIDE

Tim Sutherland produced his third 50 hit-out game of the season, as he dominated the air over his former West Perth teammates. Sutherland finished with 51 hit-outs and laid four tackles to set the tone around the contest for the Subiaco Reserves.

 

LAWRENCE & BEVERLEY SET PRESSURE STANDARD

McKenzie Lawrence and Jack Beverley set a high standard, finishing Saturday’s match with 11 tackles a piece. Lawrence was particularly influential early in the game, having nine tackles in the first half alone. Subiaco finished plus 10 in the tackle count with Lawrence and Beverley laying over 30% of the team’s tackles.

 

FINAL

SUBIACO         4.1       7.5       15.10   19.12.114

WEST PERTH   1.3       2.4       4.4       8.4.52

 

BEST: Stevenson, Walters, Leach, Lawrence, Mu.

GOALS: Stevenson 6; Mu 4; Daniels, Fullgrabe, Menegola 2; Burnett, Cleggett, Underwood 1.