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SWAN Districts is back in action on Sunday afternoon against Claremont in a standalone WAFL fixture at Steel Blue Oval.
Swan Districts' last WAFL clash was two weeks ago against Perth as part of the WA Day long weekend where the black-and-whites looked on track for a third win of the season for much of the afternoon, but it wasn’t quite to be against the Demons.
That has left Swans with two weeks to now stew over that and prepare to take on Claremont this Sunday afternoon at Steel Blue Oval.
THE history of the Swan Districts Football Club and its champions of the past were recently celebrated at the 2019 Hall of Fame induction ceremony with six greats of the club inducted and one of WA football's all-time champions elected to Immortal status.
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Jacob Coniglio and Freddie Clutterbuck have requested and been granted transfers from Swan Districts Football Club prior to the 30 June WAFL transfer deadline.
SWAN Districts looked likely to come away with the win on Saturday against Perth but in the end it was yet another frustrating loss this season for the Black Ducks in Round 8 of the WAFL season.
Swans were on top of the Demons for most of the contest at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park and even led by as much as 27 points midway through the third quarter.
However, Swans couldn’t quite hold on and with Perth kicking the last two goals of the game it meant the Demons went on to win by six points.
SWAN Districts is back in action on Saturday afternoon in Round 8 of the WAFL looking to win consecutive games for the first time in 2019 up against a Perth team also looking to get back on the winner's list.
Swan Districts is coming off winning its second game of the season last Saturday against the West Coast Eagles while Perth has lost its past two matches after opening the 2019 season on a five-match winning streak.
Now the Demons and Swans open Round 8 of the 2019 Optus WAFL Premiership Season by doing battle at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park on Saturday afternoon.
SWAN Districts produced a tremendous WAFL Women's performance on Saturday afternoon at Steel Blue Oval to end up beating Peel Thunder by 46 points.
With Swan Districts' reserves and Youth Girls teams having the bye for the weekend, it was a standalone WAFLW league contest against Peel on Saturday which was played as a lead in to the WAFL contest between Swans and the West Coast Eagles.
The end result was an impressive and emphatic performance by the Black Ducks to see them record their second win in the opening four rounds of the inaugural WAFLW season.
IT might be one of the most famous grounds in the state but for Swan Districts playing at Steel Blue Oval hasn’t been a source of wins in recent times, but that changed on Saturday with the 14-point win against the West Coast Eagles.
Remarkably Swan Districts had lost its last nine home matches at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval leading into Saturday's contest with the last win at the famous ground for the Black Ducks coming in Round 9 last year against Perth.
Since then Swans lost their last five games at Steel Blue Oval in 2018 and then the first four matches of this year against South Fremantle, Perth, Subiaco and East Fremantle despite 18 points being the biggest margin.
IT'S quarter past five Saturday afternoon, we’ve just gone down for our fifth loss of the year. The boys heads are down and we are being clapped off by our enduring supporters in another ‘close defeat’.
In the space of a fortnight we have gone from being four goals ahead at three quarter-time against the undefeated Subiaco Football Club to losing against a winless East Fremantle side. How can we be so inconstent, why would we put in a performance like that when our season is on the line?
I walk into the change rooms knowing I’ve just been given a belting against returning club captain and ex-Fremantle Docker Jonathon Griffin. I haven’t had a belting like that since the days of being a young duckling up against the likes of AFL premiership player Mark Seaby and 3 x AFL club man, and East Perth champion Paul Johnson. And I tell you it doesn’t feel good. Embarrassing almost, you feel you have let down your teammates, your family and you know it will be at the forefront of your mind until about midweek.
SWAN Districts is back at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday afternoon this time for Round 4 of the WAFL Women's competition searching for its second win of the season against Peel Thunder.
The Round 4 matches in the 2019 Optus WAFLW Premiership Season will both take place on Saturday this week with Claremont playing Subiaco on Saturday morning, and then Swan Districts taking on Peel Thunder in the afternoon.
The game will begin at 12.15pm and will lead directly into the WAFL league fixture at Steel Blue Oval between Swan Districts and the West Coast Eagles.
