Round 5, 2020 WAFL League Team Selection

Saturday afternoon will see the Swan Districts Football Club meet South Fremantle for the 30^th time in 10 years.

Although there is almost nothing separating them in total wins during this time (Swans lead the victories 15 to 14), the Bulldogs have been the team to beat of late, having won nine out of the last 10 battles, and sit unbeaten atop the 2020 WAFL ladder. 

But never write off an underdog…

Coming off 3 defeats and most recently the bye, our Swans are well rested and hungry for their first win of the year.

This week will see two debutants come into the side, having been recruited by the club in the off-season.

The Swans brought over three new recruits from the Northern Blues in Victoria: Frank Anderson, Sam Fisher and Deven Costigan. After a hamstring injury has kept him out of the league side until now, Costigan will round out all three players to have broken into the league side, starting in the forward line.

Former Claremont Tiger, Jacob Sideris, has also forced his way into the team, with consistently strong performances at Reserves level.

After a strong debut as a key defender, Brayden Spackman also retains his spot, while Nathan Ireland pushes into the top side for the first time this season.

Saturday, August 15^th, 2020

Swan Districts vs South Fremantle, Fremantle Community Bank Oval, 2:30pm

Full Back:             [35] Brandon Erceg, [38] Anthony Stephens, [25] Alex Howard

Half Back:            [13] Aidan Clarke, [19] Denver Grainger-Barras, [12] Corey Gault

Centre:                 [11] William Reidy, [29] Jesse Turner, [9] Samuel Fisher

Half Forward:    [28] Tony Notte, [31] Jacob Sideris [16] Leigh Kohlmann

Full Forward:     [17] Joshua Cipro, [22] Deven Costigan, [15] Brayden Noble

Followers:           [23] Nathan Blakely, [6] Frank Anderson, [18] Matt Riggio

Interchange:      [7] George Hampson, [10] Nathan Ireland, [2] Steven Payne, [55] Brayden Spackman

Emergencies:     [45] Tarir Bayok, [24] Sebastian Bright, [8] Lachlan Riley, [30] Jak Watson,

In:                           D. Costigan, J. Sideris, N. Ireland

Out:                       T. Bayok, S. Bright, J. Watson

New:                     Deven Costigan, Jacob Sideris