WAFL Round 5 Match Report

Swan Districts made a flying start in Mandurah on Sunday but couldn’t quite keep it going and fell short of making it consecutive victories this WAFL season with the eventual 62-point defeat.

Swans made a scorching start at Lane Group Stadium looking to make it consecutive wins after breaking through for a first win of the season last week against South Fremantle.

The black-and-whites kicked the first four goals of the game as well against the Thunder, but it was tough going from there as Peel took over the contest on their home deck.

The Thunder would end up outscoring the Swans 16 goals to five the rest of the game after that hot start from the visitors.

Peel kicked eight goals to two in the second half including six to one in the last quarter to end up winning 17.16 (118) to 9.2 (56).

On top of that, Swan Districts' reserves also lost to Peel by 18 points in Mandurah on Sunday and the Swans colts went down to the Thunder by 18 points as well.

Swan Districts headed to Mandurah on Sunday buoyed by the first win of the season last week against South Fremantle and kept the momentum going with two goals inside four minutes against Peel.

Jesse Palmer added the first and then Mitch Bain another for the black-and-whites before Jackson McLachlan kicked his second in the WAFL. When Jones added his second, already Swans had four on the board at the 14-minute mark in a stunning opening.

The Thunder responded with two quick goals of their own from Ben Middleton and Corey Wagner, but Swans answered thanks to Jarrod Cameron to go back up 16.

The Swan Districts advantage was still 10 at quarter-time with Peel closing the opening term with a late goal to Jack Sears.

Ryan Kemp showed his speed and craftiness around goals again to kick Swans' sixth of the game to start the second term, but Peel was warming to the task and three goals in six minutes to Sam Sturt, Blair Bell and Jonathon Ietto saw the home team grab the lead.

Peel would keep on going from there with goals to Riley Smith, Tom Emmett and Brody Wemm to lead by 23 points and still 17 at half-time despite a late goal for Swan Districts to Tom Edwards.

The Thunder added another two goals to one from Swans in the third quarter to extend their advantage to 29 points at the last change.

Then in the final term, Peel ran away with it by kicking another six goals to just one from Swan Districts with the Thunder going on to score 62-point win to be just percentage off top spot at 4-1 while Swans slip to a 1-4 record.

Chris Jones started well with two goals in the first quarter for Swan Districts but was well held the rest of the afternoon while Ryan Kemp worked hard to also kick two goals.

Jarrod Cameron might have only kicked one goal from seven kicks, but his pressure as a small forward continues to be impressive and he laid five tackles.

Jesse Turner worked tirelessly once again for Swan Districts with another 33 possessions while Jackson McLachlan continued the impressive start to his WAFL career with 28 touches.

Josh Cipro made a welcome return for his first game of the season in the absence of Sam Fisher, Frank Anderson and Aidan Clarke, and he had 22 touches and seven tackles.

Jarvis Pina finished with 21 disposals, Lachlan Riley 20, Mitch Bain 19 and Tobe Watson 18.

Meanwhile in Round 5 of the Reserves, Peel beat Swan Districts 12.7 (79) to 9.7 (61).

Max Chipper, Kristian Caporn and Luke Taylor all kicked two goals each for Swan Districts with Jiah Reidy having 19 possessions, Chipper 18, Lewis Tester 17 and Lawson Humphries 17.

And in the Colts, the Thunder beat Swan Districts 8.15 (63) to 6.9 (45).

Lewis Zolnier-Owens and Chayse Martinson kicked two goals each for Swans with Luke Kelly racking up another 34 disposals, Tom Cathcart 33 and Jack Saunders 27.