Round 23 WAFL Results

SWAN Districts scored a crucial win over East Fremantle in Saturday's Round 23 WAFL action that could very well lock in a finals berth for the black-and-whites with Claremont, South Fremantle and Subiaco also recording victories.

All eyes were on Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval with a spot in the four up grabs with Swan Districts prevailing over East Fremantle 14.19 (103) to 12.8 (80).

Claremont overcame Perth 15.12 (102) to 12.9 (81) at Lathlain's Brownes Stadium while South Fremantle and East Perth played out perhaps the most entertaining game of the season with the Bulldogs winning 22.13 (145) to 21.7 (133) at Fremantle Oval in a high-scoring thriller.

Subiaco's clash with Peel Thunder at Leederville's Medibank Stadium was certainly far from the prettiest game of the season, but it was the Lions who won 18.14 (122) to 12.5 (77).

Perth needed a miracle just about anyway to make the finals before Saturday's clash at home with Claremont, but the Tigers ended all hopes the Demons might have still had with a comfortable 21-point victory.

Perth actually started well and led by 12 points at quarter-time, but Claremont took control in the second quarter with five goals to one, and were never threatened throughout the second half going on to record the win.

Jake Murphy continued his outstanding form for Claremont with four goals from 24 possessions with Luke Blackwell again leading the way with 33 disposals and six tackles.

Chad Jones also kicked three goals for the Tigers with Jack Bradshaw and Ian Richardson adding two apiece while Ryan Neates had 25 disposals, Sam Fong 23 and Blake Anderson 20.

Brennan Stack kicked four goals for Perth with Paul Bevan and Simon Tunbridge booting two apiece while Julian Jacobs had 23 possessions, Brett Hodge 22, Dene White 22 and Fraser McInnes 19 to go with nine marks and six inside-50 entries.

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