Round 7 WAFL Women’s Match Report

Swan Districts did have to come from behind at half-time but outscored Perth four goals to one in the second half to score the 19-point win at Steel Blue Oval in the WAFL Women’s competition on Saturday.

It was the first ever time that the Swans and Demons have met in the WAFL Women’s competition with Perth just joining in 2025, and on the hunt of their first ever win they threw the gauntlet down to the black-and-whites.

Perth were leading by two points at half-time but Swans responded well after the break with four of the five goals in the second half on the way to the eventual 7.5 (47) to 4.4 (28) victory.

Emily McGuire kicked another two goals in the win for Swan Districts with a goal apiece also to Kayley King, Taylah Edwards, Jaime Henry, Meg Carron and Sienna Gerardi.

Carys D’Addario once again starred in the midfield for Swans as well collecting 22 possessions to go with six tackles, three marks and three entries inside the forward 50.

Henry also gathered 19 disposals, Naomi Baker 18, King 16, Indiana West 15, Jemma Sly 15, Luka Davis 14 and Gerardi 13 while Tamzyn Beros did well in the ruck with 10 touches, nine tackles and 16 hit outs in the absence of Lauren Quaife.

It was the first ever time the two teams had met in the WAFL Women’s competition and it took more than 11 minutes for the first score and that was a goal to Swan Districts courtesy of Jaime Henry.

Perth were then able to have the only other three scoring shots of the first quarter including a goal to Fina Dethlefsen that saw the Demons head into quarter-time leading by two points.

Even with two goals in the second quarter from Swan Districts to Taylah Edwards and Emily McGuire, Perth also added two more goals and they remained leading by two points at half-time in the hunt of a first ever WAFL Women’s win.

Swans returned to the lead to start the second half with a second goal to McGuire and then Kayley King added another with those two coming inside the first three minutes.

Perth did respond soon after and by three quarter-time it was just a six-point lead for Swans with the game on the line still.

It was another early goal in the last quarter to the black-and-whites thanks to Sienna Gerardi before then getting another to Meg Carron and completing the eventual 19-point hard fought victory.

The day started at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday afternoon with the Rogers Cup match up and Swan Districts delivered a dominant performance to record the 11.10 (76) to 2.2 (14) victory against Perth.

It was a strong start to the game from Swans with the only seven scoring shots of the first quarter including three goals on the way to a 22-point lead by quarter-time.

It was another two goals to one in the second term and by half-time the black-and-whites were leading by 29 points.

It was then three more goals in the third quarter and another three in the fourth with the Demons managing just one in the second half with Swan Districts ending up winning by 62 points.

The win improves Swans to second position on the Rogers Cup ladder with a 4-2 record after the opening six matches to be just one game now behind the league-leading West Perth.

Keira Fawcett kicked three goals in the win for Swan Districts with Olivia Rasenberg adding two as did Madison Fisher while Leah Howard, Sienna Pollard, Addison Hall and Karri Parnham all kicked a goal apiece.