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South Fremantle stormed home to win the Round 21 WAFL Derby on the back of a 6 goal to 3 goal final quarter for the unlikeliest of stunning upsets.  East Fremantle will be ruing missed opportunities in front of goal and the opportunity to hold onto second spot on the WAFL ladder.

In a game of contrasts East Fremantle seemed in control at 3/4 time and looked like continuing their recent good form in WAFL derbies.  However the never say die attitude of the Bulldogs came through in a nail biting last quater that saw the Bulldogs come home strong to win:  16.13 - 109 to 15.15 - 105.

For the home side Rory O'Brien led the way with 29 touches and 2 goals while Mark McGough and Bradd Dalziell toiled hard for 28 and 26 disposals respectively.  For the victors inspired performances by Jayden Woods (27 disposals, 1 goal) and Ryan Cook (25 disposals) were instrumental in the win.

One of the most enjoyable contests was that of the two ruckmen Rob Young and Sean Tighe.  Sean edged Rob on the hit-out count 28-25 but the East Fremantle ruckman worked hard all over the ground to earn 24 possessions and 5 tackles in the losing effort.

The Bulldogs now have a six day break to prepare for the second place Swans on Friday night, while East Fremantle have eight days to regroup ahead of a game critical to their top two aspirations against West Perth who sit just outside the top four.

August 11th 2012

East Fremantle V South Fremantle Derbies are typically closely fought, titanic arm wrestles that resemble the "Good old days" of WAFL football.  Round 7, 2012 saw the Bulldogs visit their port neighbours for the first Fremantle derby of 2012.  

With impending rain that started in the first term and didn't ease throughout the crowd was the smallest for a derby that i'd witnessed in a number of years.  For the 2,400 that did show up, they witnessed a modern day hiding.  A 5 goal to 2 opening term with the breeze saw the Sharks jump out the gate and they didn't look back. By half time the scoreline was 9.10 to 4.3 and by full time the Sharks were victorious with a 126 - 41 dominant performance.

Rory O'Brien suffered leather poisoning after an impressive 43 possession 2 goal performance while Mark McGough also starred with 34 touches. For the visitors Hayden North & Ryan Cook battled manfully in a losing effort, both registering 21 possessions for the South Fremantle Bulldogs.

The local derby between South Fremantle Bulldogs and East Fremantle Sharks was a memorable one on the foundation day long weekend, not only because the Sharks gave the bulldogs a good old fashioned belting I got my best photo of the season so far. Kym Monteath was streaming into goal and soccered from mid air in one of the goals of the season.  This frame captures him mid flight (matrix style) before scoring the goal.