Round 6 WAFLW Preview v West Perth

The 2023 WAFLW season resumes this weekend and it presents a chance for Swan Districts to score its first win of the campaign and to remain undefeated against West Perth in the competition in the process.

Swan Districts is still chasing a first win for the 2023 WAFLW season having lost the opening four matches but the chance will present on Sunday against West Perth at Steel Blue Oval.

Swans will be playing host to the Falcons at Bassendean with the league game to begin at 2pm on Sunday. That will follow the Rogers Cup contest also between the Swans and Falcons on Sunday beginning at midday.

With Swan Districts attempting still to win its first game of the 2023 season and West Perth looking to keep its improved form going, and it should be a fascinating match up at Steel Blue Oval on Sunday.

While Swan Districts had the better of things against West Perth in their first WAFLW match ups in 2022, things have started strikingly different in 2023 for both teams.

With Swans having lost their first four matches and the Falcons having recorded their first two wins in the WAFLW competition, it sets the stage for what should be a tantalising match up at Steel Blue Oval on Sunday.

It has been a rough start to the new season for Swan Districts in the WAFLW competition with the black-and-whites yet to record a victory despite some encouraging performances nonetheless along the way.

Swans opened the new season with a narrow five-point loss to Peel where they did have 12 scoring shots to seven for the game despite the defeat.

Next up and Swan Districts found the going tough at home to Subiaco in Round 2 with a 47-point defeat before losing to the undefeated reigning premiers Claremont by 24 points also at Steel Blue Oval.

Last up prior to the break in Round 4 and Swan Districts suffered a 53-point loss at the hands of South Fremantle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

In that game, despite the defeat Carys D'Addario kicked two goals for Swan Districts and captain Jess Cox was terrific with 21 possessions and five marks while Emma Nanut gathered 16 disposals, Jaime Henry 16 and Hope Ugle-Hayward 14.

Meanwhile, West Perth has had a terrific start to its second season in the WAFLW competition to currently sit in fourth position with a 2-2 record coming into Sunday's clash with Swan Districts.

West Perth opened the 2023 season with a historic first ever win against the competition's newest team East Perth by 48 points at Leederville Oval.

From there, the Falcons lost to East Fremantle in Joondalup by 28 points before a 28-point loss at Fremantle Community Bank Oval to South Fremantle.

However, two weeks ago West Perth produced their best ever WAFLW performance to beat Peel by 37 points at Pentanet Stadium.

In that victory, there was plenty to like in the performance from the Falcons with Natasha Spurr and Karry Plummer kicking two goals apiece while Katherine Bennett gathered 26 possessions, Grace Betti 22, Megan Norbury 21, Emily Bennett 20, Taylor Ferguson 18 and Jeevna Heer 18.

The two teams did battle twice in West Perth's first season in the league in 2022 and the result was two big wins for Swan Districts.

The first came in Round 3 at Steel Blue Oval with Swans kicking 15 goals to one on the way to a 98-point win before the return clash at Joondalup in Round 11 saw the black-and-whites kick 10 goals to two to end up winning by 53 points.