Round 18 Match Report v Perth

Swan Districts made it four wins in-a-row and seven straight against Perth on Saturday with the eventual 28-point win thanks to a six-goal to two final quarter at Mineral Resources Park.

Swans arrived at the Lathlain venue on Saturday afternoon looking to continue their winning form and despite a goalless opening quarter, they worked their way on top of the Demons.

In the end, Swan Districts was able to kick six goals to two from Perth in the final quarter on the way to the eventual 14.14 (98) to 11.4 (70) victory.

What the win means is that Swans have improved to an 8-8 record on the season with games to finish now against Claremont on the road this Saturday and then Peel Thunder at home in the final round.

The victory sees Swan Districts having now won four straight matches for the first time since 2017 and it's seven in-a-row against the Demons for the first time since doing so between 2013 and 2015.

Aidan Clarke might have been a littler quieter than usual on the possession front with 17 for Swan Districts, but he had a significant impact on the game still with three goals to go with five marks, five tackles and five inside-50 entries.

Forward trio Brayden Noble, Chris Jones and Ryan Kemp also kicked two goals apiece for the black-and-whites.

Swan Districts vice-captain Jesse Turner continued his outstanding form with another 34 possessions and eight marks with Josh Cipro collecting 27 disposals to go with seven marks, five tackles, five inside 50s and a goal.

Jackson McLachlan also had another 27 touches for the black-and-whites, Lachlan Riley 23, Lawson Humphries 20 and Jehb O'Donohue 19 (nine tackles) with Matthew Germs coming in to carry the ruck in the absence of Nathan Blakely for 39 hit outs.

Perth captain Michael Sinclair continues to embrace his new role as a forward this season after building a decorated career as a defender, and kicked four goals from nine kicks and five marks. Simon Hayward also chipped in with two goals for the Demons.

Charlie Thompson continued his outstanding first WAFL season with Perth by racking up another 32 possessions while kicking a goal.

Trent Manzone also collected 28 disposals, Jack Avery 26, Austin Davis 22, Corey Byrne 21 and Dakota Baldwin-Wright 18 along with 18 hit outs.

Perth kicked the first goal of the game on an opportunistic effort from Jye Clark before Simon Hayward also swooped to give the Demons the first two goals of the contest.

Swans had their opportunities but only managed six behinds for the quarter and as a result the Demons went into the quarter-time break leading by eight points.

It took less than two minutes of the second quarter for Swans to get their first goal of the game courtesy of co-captain Chris Jones.

Tom Edwards then soon added another and so did Aidan Clarke, and all of a sudden Swan Districts had three goals in the first 15 minutes after going goalless in all of the opening term.

Perth hit back quickly, though, with goals from captain Michael Sinclair and big man Ajang Ajang before the goals continued to flow.

Clarke added a second shortly before half-time before Sinclair also made it two for the Demons with Swans heading into the half-time interval with the narrowest of leads at a point.

While it took almost 10 minutes of the second quarter for the first goal to be kicked, once Hayward did kick that major to put the Demons back in front, the goals flowed over the next 18 minutes.

Josh Cipro and Brayden Noble both combined to return the black-and-whites to a nine-point lead before Perth was back in front after goals to Sinclair and Sam Stubbs.

It was then Swans' turn to respond once more with goals to Jiah Reidy and Brad Lynch, but Perth stayed in touch thanks to Kristian Cary just before three quarter-time to cut the Swan Districts lead to six points.

A second goal of the day from Jones for Swans pushed the lead for his team back out to 11 points but Sinclair added a fourth for Perth with the skipper bringing his side back to four points.

However, Swan Districts took charge the rest of the afternoon from there and a couple of quick goals to Ryan Kemp, another to Clarke and another to Noble then set up the eventual 28-point victory for the visitors.

Round 18 of the Colts on Saturday morning saw Perth defeat Swan Districts 12.13 (85) to 5.8 (38). Lewis Zolnier-Owens kicked another two goals for Swan Districts while Chayse Martinson finished with 31 possessions, Luke Kelly 27, Riley Hardeman 21 and Tom Cathcart 18.

The Reserves contest saw Perth also defeat Swan Districts 10.6 (66) to 4.7 (31). Swans' goals were kicked by Mitch Bain, Henrick Alforque, Lachlan Gray and Luke Taylor with Bain picking up 27 possessions, Ben Hewett 22, Seb Bright 22 and the returning Sam Fisher 19.