Round 10 Men’s Match Report v Perth

Swan Districts celebrated the 100th game of midfielder Josh Cipro but couldn’t quite make it a winning day with Perth claiming the 15-point victory at Steel Blue Oval.

Swans were coming off the Round 9 bye in the WAFL Men’s competition on the back of scoring a win at home against the West Coast Eagles before hosting Perth back at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday afternoon.

Swans had stuck with the Demons to only trail by three points at quarter-time and by five at the half, but Perth was able to work on top with five goals to three in the second half for the eventual 11.10 (76) to 9.7 (61) victory.

Leigh Kohlmann kicked three goals in the first half for Swan Districts with Jiah Reidy and captain Jesse Turner also ending up with two goals while Turner racked up 31 possessions as well.

Jye Chalcraft also picked up another 24 touches for Swans, 100-game milestone man Josh Cipro 22, Bryce Watson 22, Max Chipper 18, Brenton Hilton 18, Aidan Clarke 17, Lewis Tester 17 and Jackson McLachlan 17.

Perth did manage to kick the first goal of the game inside the opening five minutes but Swans soon responded thanks to spearhead Leigh Kohlmann.

The teams continued to trade goals with Kohlmann adding a second for the black-and-whites before Jackson McLachlan also kicked truly which meant by quarter-time it was Perth clinging to the three-point lead.

Swans then regained the lead to start the second quarter with Kohlmann booting a third goal of the game before the Demons did kick the next three to open up a 17-point lead.

However, Swan Districts answered just before half-time with a pair of late goals to Brad Lynch and Jiah Reidy to cut that Perth advantage to just five points by half-time.

Perth was able to kick the first three goals of the third quarter to push that lead out to 24 points before Swans did get a couple of goals back before three quarter-time through captain Jesse Turner and Reidy, but the Demons were still on top by 17 points by the last change.

Both teams then kicked a goal apiece in the final quarter with the Demons going on to score the 15-point victory.

First up on Saturday at Steel Blue Oval was the colts contest and that saw Swan Districts hold out the fast finishing Perth for the 13.6 (84) to 12.4 (76) victory.

It was four goals each in the opening quarter in an exciting start to the clash before Swans added three goals to two in the second term to head into the half-time break leading by seven points.

Swan Districts kicked away further in the third term with four goals to one to lead by 27 points, and then despite the Demons kicking five goals in the last quarter the black-and-whites prevailed by eight points in the finish.

The win improves Swans to a 4-4 record in the colts season to sit in sixth position but to be only percentage behind the fourth placed Claremont.

Cooper Shord kicked four goals for Swan Districts with Leon Kickett, Levi Calcott and Lorenze Cole two apiece.

Leo Steed also collected 22 possessions to go with 10 tackles and Jai Debono picked up 20 disposals, Cooper Rullo 20, Soren Feast 19 and Ezekiel Hewett 16.

That led into the reserves match up also at Steel Blue Oval and it was Perth claiming the 11.16 (82) to 7.5 (47) win against Swan Districts.

It was one goal each in the first quarter and then two each in the second term with Perth leading by four points at half-time.

The Demons then kicked three goals to two from Swans in the third quarter, and five to two in the last on the way to recording to the 35-point victory.

Swan Districts are now sitting in fourth position on the reserves ladder with a 6-2 record on the season.

Kristian Caporn kicked three goals from five kicks for Swans with Brodyn Fitzgerald amassing 34 possessions, Chayse Martinson 27, Otis Harvey 22, Jamison Ugle 21, Mitch Roche 20, Jacob Coniglio 18, Cody Ryan 16 and Connor Blakely 16.