Round 10 WAFL Men’s Match Report

Swan Districts were trying to stay unbeaten at home to the West Coast Eagles and they did lead by as much as 21 points in the first half but couldn’t quite complete the deal with the eventual WAFL Men’s loss to seven points on Saturday.

Swan Districts were back home at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday afternoon where they have won in all 11 meetings so far in the WAFL Men’s competition where they have hosted the Eagles.

West Coast did beat Swans for the first ever time earlier this season at Lathlain but they were back to Steel Blue Oval on Saturday and the home team did have the better of the start.

The Swans were leading by 21 points during the second quarter and still clinging to the three-point edge by half-time, but the Eagles worked on top from there on the way to the eventual 14.12 (96) to 13.11 (89) victory.

The result leaves Swan Districts in ninth position on the WAFL ladder with a 3-7 record by the end of Round 10.

Brad Lynch was back into the League team for Swans on Saturday and made the most of it in the forward-line by kicking four goals from 10 kicks with four marks while Leigh Kohlmann kicked two goals.

Clint Hinchliffe racked up 32 possessions for the black-and-whites, Jesse Turner 31, Josh Cipro 30, Bryce Watson 23, Jackson McLachlan 21, Otis Harvey 21, Blake Kelly 19, Chase Loftus 17 and the retiring Nathan Blakely 16 in his 127th and last game with Swan Districts.

Swan Districts made the perfect start to the game with Brad Lynch celebrating his return to the League side with a goal just a minute into the contest.

Leigh Kohlmann then added a second for Swans just a couple of minutes later and when Chase Loftus and Ben Hewett also kicked truly midway through the opening term, it was the home team leading by 15 points.

Jesse Turner also added another before quarter-time and Lynch kicked a second and that meant Swan Districts were leading by eight points by quarter-time after a half an hour action that saw both teams combine to kick 10 goals.

Swans then kicked three of the first four goals of the second quarter as well from Lynch, Kohlmann and Otis Harvey to open up a 21-point advantage. With another before half-time to Blake Kelly, the home team was on top by three points still by half-time.

But West Coast took over in the third quarter kicking the only three goals and Swans managing just the six behinds which saw the Eagles go into three quarter-time with the 12-point lead.

Swans then managed the first two goals of the final term from Jackson McLachlan and Jovan Petric to suddenly be back within a point, but the Eagles responded with two more goals and that was enough to secure the eventual seven-point win despite a fourth goal to Swan Districts from Lynch.