Round 3 WAFLW Match Report

Swan Districts took it to Claremont in Round 3 of the WAFLW competition on Sunday but couldn’t quite score a first win of the season nor hand the Tigers their first defeat.

Swan Districts came into Sunday's game at Steel Blue Oval still chasing a first win of the 2023 WAFLW season while Claremont was out to stay unbeaten, and both trends continued by the end of the afternoon.

Even though Swans led by quarter-time, the Tigers worked their way on top to end up winning 5.10 (40) to 2.4 (16).

Swan Districts has now lost its opening three games of the season to Peel Thunder, Subiaco and Claremont.

Swan Districts' goals for the game came courtesy of Courtney Zappara and Riley Fisher.

Carys D'Addario has burst onto the scene in the WAFLW competition this season and was again a shining light on Sunday with 21 possessions, six marks, five tackles and four entries inside the forward 50.

Ruby Mahony also produced a strong showing for the black-and-whites finishing with 17 possessions while Kayley King had 16 disposals and Jaime Henry 16 touches to go with four marks and four tackles.

Sarah Wielstra continued her strong form in the ruck for Swans with 15 possessions and 13 hit outs while Lauren Quaife contributed 16 hit outs to go with four kicks and seven tackles.

Swan Districts was chasing its first win of the season and made an impressive start against the reigning premiers with the first goal of the game after just two minutes thanks to Courtney Zappara.

It took almost another 10 minutes for Claremont to manage its first goal of the game which came from Ella Smith, but the strong start from Swans continued with a second goal to Riley Fisher just before quarter-time to see the home team lead by four points at the first change.

The tide turned a little in the second quarter with Claremont managing the only two scores including a goal to Jacinta Valentini which helped the Tigers take a three-point advantage into the half-time interval.

Claremont managed to pull away further in the third quarter with the only two goals. They were kicked by Adele Arnup and Jasmin Stewart which saw the Tigers open up a 15-point lead by three quarter-time.

While both teams peppered the goals in the last quarter, the only goal kicked went the way of Claremont and that was a second of the game to Smith at the 11-minute mark with the Tigers going on to win by 24 points.

Swan Districts will now attempt to record a first win of the WAFLW season this Saturday against South Fremantle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval, with the game commencing at 4pm.

The Swan Districts Rogers Cup team will also be back in action following the Round 3 bye, playing South Fremantle at 6pm.