Round 12 Preview v Claremont

SWAN Districts is looking to make it three from three against Claremont this WAFL Women's season when the two teams lock horns on Saturday afternoon at Steel Blue Oval.

The clash on Saturday afternoon at Steel Blue Oval between Swan Districts and Claremont will be a fascinating one.

It will be played as the lead in to the WAFL contest later in the afternoon between Swan Districts and the West Coast Eagles as well. 

So with the Swans reserves and Youth Girls having the bye along with the colts and reserves also not playing this WAFL weekend, the WAFLW and WAFL games will be the only contests featured at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday in what should be a fascinating afternoon.

Swan Districts come into the game on the back of having played their last two WAFLW matches against Subiaco. 

Swans did defeat the league-leading Lions by 14 points back in Round 9 before a two-week break leading into last week's contest where they lost by a solitary point at Leederville Oval.

Claremont, meanwhile, had the bye last weekend so have now had three weeks in between matches since the Tigers defeated East Fremantle by two points back in Round 10 at Claremont Oval. 

They had the bye prior to that as well so the Tigers haven’t had much game time in recent weeks heading into Saturday's clash with Swan Districts.

The two teams have already played one another twice this season with Swan Districts winning by 36 points back in Round 2 at Steel Blue Oval. Swans also prevailed by 14 points in the return clash at Claremont Oval in Round 7.

Coming into the game, Swans are sitting in fourth position on the WAFLW ladder with a 4-5 record while Claremont is third at 5-3 so there's plenty at stake come Saturday afternoon.

Swan Districts coach Kara Donnellan looked back on last week's game with Subiaco happy with the second half performance and is now looking forward to the challenge against Claremont.

"Last week was a bit of a tale of two halves. I thought in the first half we got outplayed by Subi who were fantastic. But then we regained a bit of respect in the second half from our point of view and I thought our midfield got on top and provided our forwards with some opportunities to score," Donnellan said.

"That really made it exciting in the last quarter and we kicked a goal with about 30 seconds to go but unfortunately went down by a point. There were some really positive signs from the group with a lot of young kids playing some really good footy.

"Davison was fantastic, Mim Strom through the ruck did a terrific job and across the whole entire group having young players playing in different positions like Bianca Webb going through the midfield was fantastic.

"We regroup this week and have a big, tough test against Claremont at home on Saturday. I'm looking forward to that challenge and we'll regroup and go again."

OPTUS WAFLW ROUND 12
SWAN DISTRICTS v CLAREMONT – STEEL BLUE OVAL, SATURDAY 12.15PM

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