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BILL GETS GRILLED – BILL MONAGHAN ROUND 2 Q & A

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 9:56 AM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan will be conducting a weekly question and answer segment for the club's website. Here he discusses Saturday's strong win over Peel Thunder and looks ahead to this week's clash with Perth at HBF Arena.

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FALCONS SCORE INSPIRED WIN OVER DOCKERS-BOOSTED PEEL

Monday, March 30, 2015 - 1:48 PM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth had a lot working against it heading into Saturday's home opener against Peel Thunder at HBF Arena but in the end the Falcons held on for an inspired seven-point victory against a side featuring 16 players on the Fremantle Dockers list.

West Perth was coming into the contest following a 35-point season-opening loss to South Fremantle last Friday night at Fremantle Oval and from that contest lost premiership utility Jordan Jones to a torn hamstring.

However, coach Bill Monaghan made some changes to the team making some big calls dropping premiership players Marc Crisp and Ray Bartholomew to give an opportunity to Matt Johnson and Kris Shannon with Matt Fowler the other change coming in for the injured Jones.

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WEST PERTH SCORE IMPORTANT WIN AGAINST PEEL

Monday, March 30, 2015 - 9:29 AM - by Darrell Kent

THE Falcons impressed with their seven-point win against Peel Thunder at HBF Stadium on Saturday. West Perth stuck to the game plan all day and did a terrific job to hold on for the victory against an opposition that contained 15 AFL listed players. It was an important victory to kick start the season and it indicated that West Perth will more than hold their own this year.

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IN THEIR WORDS – CHRIS KEUNEN ROUND 2

Friday, March 27, 2015 - 10:06 PM - by Chris Keunen

WELCOME to season 2015 to all Falcons members and supporters. It was a bitter sweet start to the season last Friday night against South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval.

Personally I was very proud to play my 150th league game for West Perth. It was certainly something that I never expected to achieve, but it was very disappointing to lose the game and in particular not be able to execute what was discussed during the week. 

After missing out on playing the final game of the season last year, I set my sights a focus of pre-season on Round 1. Getting to the game last year and then driving home without leaving the car was not a good way to finish a year,  not only did I miss my 150th but to have also missed playing with Slick and Dan for their last game with the club. 

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ROUND 2 PREVIEW V PEEL THUNDER

Friday, March 27, 2015 - 3:05 PM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth had a tough start to its 2015 season losing to South Fremantle last Friday night and now the challenge is ahead of the Falcons this Saturday in their home opener against Peel Thunder at HBF Arena.

West Perth came into the 2015 season with high hopes of a rejuvenated year after a disappointing 2014 following the 2013 premiership, but the result was a 35-point loss to South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval under lights on Friday night.

Not only did the Falcons lose the match, but the way they used the ball in particular was disappointing for coach Bill Monaghan and those in attendance, and then on top of it they lost premiership star Jordan Jones to a hamstring injury as well.

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BILL GETS GRILLED – BILL MONAGHAN ROUND 1 Q & A

Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 2:25 PM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan will be conducting a weekly question and answer segment for the club's website. Here he discusses the season-opening loss to South Fremantle and looks ahead to this Saturday's home-opener against Peel Thunder.

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BULLDOGS TOO STRONG IN SEASON OPENER

Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 1:09 PM - by Darrell Kent

WEST Perth was outplayed by South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on Friday night.

The Bulldogs used the football better and took nearly double the number of marks that the Falcons did. This enabled their big men to hand off to their midfield and provide their forwards with a host of opportunities. West Perth’s pre-season form had been very good but it wasn’t reflected in the game that had both sides struggling in the blustery conditions.

The Falcons hit the lead for the first and last time of the game after Rohan Kerr finished from the square when on the end of a series of  a pass from Steve Potente. Kerr showed his class on a number of occasions during the game and was one of West Perth’s best. The rest of the term belonged to Souths as they took advantage of kicking to the scoring end of the ground. They kicked four majors to take a 20-point lead into the first change; 4.2 (26) to 1.0 (6). Read More [+]

TOUGH OPENING TO 2015 CAMPAIGN FOR FALCONS

Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 5:07 PM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth has quickly turned its focus to next Saturday's home opener for 2015 against Peel Thunder following losses for the league, reserves and colts against South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval in Round 1.

West Perth opened the WAFL season for 2015 up against South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on Friday night and even though the Falcons kicked the first goal of the game, they never again held a lead with the Bulldogs ending up winning 14.6 (90) to 8.7 (55).

With the colts and reserves then also losing to South Fremantle on Saturday it wasn’t the way the Falcons wanted to start the 2015 season, but the chance to bounce back presents next Saturday against Peel Thunder at Joondalup's HBF Arena.

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ROUND 1 PREVIEW V SOUTH FREMANTLE

Friday, March 20, 2015 - 12:47 PM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth's focus on returning to finals action in 2015 begins this Friday night at Fremantle Oval when the Falcons take on South Fremantle in the opener to the 2015 McDonald's WAFL Premiership season.

The match bounces down at 7pm at the port with the game broadcast on 720 ABC Perth and Grandstand Digital. The colts will play on Saturday morning at Fremantle Oval at 9am with the reserves to follow at 11.30am.

Both West Perth and South Fremantle are looking to start their seasons off with a bang, but the Falcons are coming into the new year off a disappointing 2014 and have looked good on the track and in the two pre-season hit outs so far.

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FALCONS LOOK FOR STRONGER ATTACK IN 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 4:17 PM - by Chris Pike

WEST Perth coach Bill Monaghan realised the Falcons didn’t kick enough goals in 2014 and he is confident that will change in 2015 with a good mix of talls and smalls in the forward-line for his team to try and do just that.

With a combination of Nick Rodda, Marcus Adams, Michael Lourey, Max Alexander and Shayne Zanetti providing tall options, Matt Fowler, Matt Johnson, Luke Meadows and Kody Manning as mid-size options and then Corey Chalmers, Chris Franklin, Steve Potente, Marc Crisp and Brayden Antonio as small forwards, that looks to be a forward-line capable of plenty of goals in 2015.

West Perth was able to finish the 2014 WAFL season with a strong percentage of 112.43 to have the third strongest in the league behind only grand finalists East Perth and Subiaco, but that was largely because of the Falcons' defence.

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