Round 13 WAFLW Preview v East Perth

The last month of the WAFLW home and away season and the race to the finals heats up for Swan Districts up against East Perth this Sunday afternoon.

With four rounds of the 2024 WAFLW season remaining, Swan Districts come into Round 13 in fourth position with a one-game lead on the trailing Subiaco and South Fremantle, but the black-and-whites need to keep winning to stay where they are.

The chance to further consolidate fourth position presents this Sunday afternoon with Swans taking on East Perth at Leederville's Sullivan Logistics Stadium. The game begins at 2.10pm.

Swan Districts are fresh off a strong win last week by 11 points against South Fremantle which boosted their finals prospects heading into this last month of the home and away season, but they do need to keep winning to remain where they are situated.

Last time the two teams met was in Round 3 of this season at Steel Blue Oval with Swan Districts beating East Perth 7.4 (46) to 3.9 (27).

In that victory, Courtney Zappara kicked two goals for Swans while Lily Paterson gathered 21 possessions, Carys D'Addario 19, Kayley King 17, Isabella Edgley 17, Zappara 15 and Hope Ugle-Hayward 15 to go with 10 tackles and a goal.

East Perth only entered the WAFLW competition in 2023 so the two teams have met just the three times so far with Swans winning all three of those by an average of 53.3 points.

In total across those three games, Swan Districts has kicked 31 goals to just six from East Perth.

Swan Districts come into the game fresh off last week's 11-point win against South Fremantle and from that team, Adi Griffith and Courtney Zappara come into the line-up for the black-and-whites.

Going out for Swans are Brianna Hyde and Tamzyn Beros.

East Perth is coming off a 60-point defeat at the hands of Subiaco and from that team, Darcie O'Neill, Kiahn Perry, Zoe Peters and Stefany Stack come into the side to face Swan Districts.

Going out for the Royals are Sarah Madden, Matilda Bennett, Jessica Bolton and Abbey Barber.

Round 13 of the Rogers Cup will also see Swan Districts take on East Perth on Sunday at Sullivan Logistics Stadium. The game gets underway from 12.05pm.

Swans currently sit in fifth position on the Rogers Cup ladder with a 6-5 record on the back of last Saturday's loss by 26 points to Perth.

They come up against an East Perth team who lost by 31 points to Subiaco last week and who sit in last position on the ladder with a 1-9 record after 10 games.

From the Swan Districts team that took on Perth last Saturday in the Rogers Cup, Summer Ajduk, Tamzyn Beros and Tannah Lee come into the team to play East Perth this Sunday.

Going out are Shanae Morisey, Armani Watson and Adi Griffith.