WA Football Commission

East Fremantle take home Derby bragging rightsMonday, April 25, 2016 - 5:30 PM

East Fremantle have outplayed a fighting South Fremantle with a 45 point win under lights at ATOM stadium on Saturday night.

Though the primary half of the first quarter was played in the Sharks forward half of the ground, their conversion in front of goal was inaccurate as they couldn’t capitalise on a promising start.

East Fremantle’s Latoya Wallace kicked things off by taking a fairly uncontested mark in front of goal, only to miss the opportunity to nail the game’s first major. Redemption arrived as Jessica Wuetschner put the ball down the throat of Melissa Caulfield, who converted for their first goal.

Souths didn’t get on the scoreboard until halfway through the first term, capitalising upon their first inside fifty entry. Soon after, the Sharks renewed their domination of the quarter by stringing together two more goals before the first break to lead by 18 points.

South Fremantle arrived to play in the second quarter, slotting the first three goals of the term to level scores.

The Sharks responded well to Souths momentary burst of goals, and never really looked in danger of losing.

It was contested derby football at its best as neither side was ever completely in control. Though this appeared to be Souths final surge of scoreboard pressure as the second half was a complete show of East Fremantle brilliance.

The Sharks extended their nineteen point lead at half time to 25 at three quarter time, outscoring South who only managed one major for the third term, which would subsequently also be their last for the match.

The Sharks looked dangerous pushing forward, consistently forcing turnovers from Souths kick outs, which never hit the target and forced them to play defensive football.

Whilst Sabrina Frederick-Traub worked hard around the ground racking up plenty of ball to push South Fremantle forward, it was not enough as her team would always slump back to their first quarter downfall of goals scored against them.

The girls in blue and white were purely too strong as the match evolved into a frenzy of goals for the Sharks, as they went on to score a final five unanswered goals courtesy of Caulfield, Jacquie Edwards, Wallace, and Zoe Huggett.

Though East Fremantle were consistently inaccurate, having kicked more behinds than goals, their overall dominance around the ground and in maintaining possession was pivotal to their win.

- Sandra Argese 2016