Round 20 Match Report

It turned out to be a rough way for Swan Districts' season to come to an end at the hands of Peel Thunder on Sunday, but it's still a 2022 with plenty of positives and a lot to be upbeat about.

Peel and Swan Districts were locking horns at Mandurah's Lane Group Stadium on Sunday with the winner to finish in fifth position and to play finals in 2022.

Even though Swans kicked the first goal of the game, the Thunder soon took over to stamp their authority on the contest and that set the tone for a dominant showing all afternoon long.

Peel finished off the game by racking up 108 more possessions than Swan Districts along with 65 inside-50 entries to 26 and then ultimately 38 scoring shots to 11.

The Thunder ended up winning the game emphatically 18.20 (128) to 5.6 (36).

It was a tough way to end the season for Swan Districts who just miss out on a second straight finals appearance with a 10-8 record by the end of the 2022 campaign.

Ryan Kemp kicked two of the five goals for Swan Districts with their other goals coming courtesy of Sam Fisher, Brayden Noble and Elijah Hewett.

Jesse Turner still battled hard against the odds for Swans to finish with 31 possessions, 10 marks and six tackles while Aidan Clarke also had 28 touches, six tackles, five marks and three inside-50 entries.

Swan Districts made the perfect start when Sam Fisher received a free-kick in front of goal for a high tackle and converted, but things quickly turned sour. Fisher rolled his ankle to virtually end his afternoon and Peel quickly took over the contest.

It started with a goal to Sam Sturt and while Lloyd Meek and Josh Treacy also added goals, Swans were lucky that Peel was inaccurate only managing to kick 3.8 for the quarter to lead by 20 points at quarter-time despite 20 inside-50 entries to four.

The Thunder started to convert their dominance more in the second quarter beginning with a second and third goal of the day to Sturt on his left-boot.

Treacy then kicked his second, Sturt his fourth and Matt Taberner got on the board and Peel was blowing the game wide open to put themselves back into the finals for 2022.

Ethan Hughes, Neil Erasmus, Karl Worner and Travis Colyer also kicked goals before half-time and even though Swans got one back through Brayden Noble, the nine-goal to one quarter saw the Thunder head into the main break with a match winning 70-point advantage.

While the Thunder opened the second half with the first goal through Colyer to stretch their lead to 76 points but they couldn’t keep it going and Swans actually had the better of the rest of the third quarter.

The black-and-whites kicked goals through Ryan Kemp (two) and Elijah Hewett and that saw the margin back to 56 points at three quarter-time.

Peel kicked away again in the last quarter with another five goals to nil with Taberner kicking his second of the day, Hughes his second, Mitch Crowden his first, and then Meek his second and third as the Thunder cruised to the 18.20 (128) to 5.6 (36) win to lock in a finals berth.

Also in Mandurah on Sunday, Peel Thunder's colts scored a big win against Swan Districts prevailing 18.20 (128) to 4.3 (27).

Evan Smith kicked two goals for Swan Districts to go with 17 possessions and seven marks while Jack Saunders picked up 19 disposals, Kade Szyszka 19, Ethan Williams 18, Tristen Burgess 16 and Oliver Sills 15.

Swan Districts finishes the colts season in last place with a 3-13 record.

Swan Districts' reserves then closed the day at Lane Group Stadium gearing up for the finals by beating Peel Thunder 14.7 (91) to 6.16 (52).

Kristian Caporn kicked four goals for Swans with Kane Hughes, Ben Hewett and Noah Hannan all kicking two goals apiece.

Max Chipper racked up 27 possessions, Ayden Cartwright 26, Brenton Hilton 23, Tarir Bayok 22, Darcy Jones 20, Lewis Tester 19, Hannan 19 and Hudson Babich 18.

Swan Districts' reserves have qualified for the finals from fifth position with a 7-9 record and will take on Subiaco in an elimination final this Sunday morning at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.