WAFLW Round 10 Match Report

The stunning form turnaround from Swan Districts in the WAFLW competition continued with a fifth straight win on Sunday with Courtney Zappara kicking six goals with Swans flying into fourth position.

Swans rocketed into a top four position on the back of beating West Perth at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium on Sunday afternoon as they kept their scintillating form reversal going.

After losing the first four games of the WAFLW season, Swans had won four straight coming into Sunday's contest where they dominated the Falcons to end up winning 10.6 (66) to 2.4 (16).

The fifth consecutive victory improves Swan Districts to a 5-4 record on the season and to improve to fourth position on the ladder to be half a game ahead of the fifth placed East Fremantle, and just half a game now behind the third placed Subiaco.

There was just the two scoring shots in the opening quarter and both went the way of Swan Districts with a goal to Cassie McWilliam and then a behind to her as well with the Swans up by seven points at quarter-time.

It took less than four minutes for the first goal of the second term to be kicked and again that went the way of Swan Districts courtesy of Indiana West to stretch the lead to 13 points.

McWilliam added her second of the deal heading towards half-time but West Perth did manage its first goal of the contest shortly before the break thanks to Elissa Price to cut the Swan Districts lead to 12 points.

Swan Districts then blew the game wide open to start the third quarter with three goals inside four minutes with two of them from Courtney Zappara, and the other to Lily Paterson.

Swans also finished the third quarter with another goal to Zappara but West Perth did get one back just before three quarter-time to bring the margin back to 37 points.

Zappara continued her huge afternoon by adding her fifth and sixth goals for the game in the last quarter and that helped Swan Districts to secure the 50-point victory to make it five wins on the trot and break into fourth position.

Courtney Zappara had an afternoon to savour for Swan Districts in the win at Joondalup by kicking six goals from 16 kicks and four marks.

Cassie McWilliam also kicked two goals for Swans from 19 possessions and five marks.

Ruby Mahony continued her rich vein of form for Swan Districts as she racked up another 28 possessions while Jaime Henry amassed 23 disposals, Kayley King 20 and Emma Nanut 17.

Meanwhile in Round 10 of the Rogers Cup, West Perth downed Swan Districts 9.13 (67) to 1.3 (9). Swans' lone goal was kicked by Olivia Rasenberg.