ROUND 2 PREVIEW V CLAREMONT

WEST Perth will be looking for its first win of the 2014 WAFL season at home this Saturday when the Falcons host Claremont on the day that the 2013 premiership flag will be unfurled at Arena Joondalup.

Both the Falcons and Tigers lost their opening round matches last weekend with West Perth's comeback from 33 points down in the last quarter just falling short against East Fremantle while Claremont put in a disappointing showing to lose to Perth by 65 points at Lathlain Park.

West Perth does lose premiership forward Marc Crisp to suspension from last week's game against the Sharks with James Batterham, Seva Martin, Brayden Antonio and Drew Rohde coming into the initial 25-man squad.

Claremont, meanwhile, loses Trinity Handley, Sam Fong, Liam Smith and Bernard Sneeuwjagt from last week's team that lost to Perth.

Coming into the Tigers squad are Brenden Abbott, Mathew Aitchison, Keegan Knott, Jordan McAllister, Jack Richardson, Henry Roberts and Corey Yeo. 

Not only is Saturday's match the home-opener at Arena Joondalup for West Perth, but it will also be the day when the Falcons unfurl the premiership flag from 2013 in front of the loyal supporters and members who watched on in last year's grand final victory over East Perth at Patersons Stadium.

Claremont and West Perth both finished 2013 as the top two teams on the ladder at the end of the home and away season with the Falcons winning the second semi-final clash at Claremont Oval on the way to the premiership while the Tigers went on to lose the preliminary final to East Perth.

From that second semi-final game last year, West Perth will only be without Jason Salecic, Crisp, Mark Hutchings, Josh Mellington and Kody Manning from that winning side.

Luke Tedesco, Matt Johnson, Marcus Adams, Anthony Tsalikis, Brayden Antonio, James Batterham, Seva Martin and Drew Rohde are the players to come into the squad of 25 for this Saturday's clash at Arena Joondalup from the second semi-final line-up.

Meanwhile, there has been huge changes at Claremont since that day and none more so in the coaching box with Michael Broadbridge replacing premiership coach Marc Webb.

Then from the playing group, Ian Richardson, Paul Medhurst, Jack Bradshaw, Fong, Nick Winmar, Blake Anderson, Handley, David Crawford, Chad Jones, Mitch Andrews, Jesse Laurie, and James Thomson all played in the second semi-final and won't be in the side at Arena Joondalup this Saturday.

Yeo, Brandon Franz, Keifer Yu, Tom Willett, Matt Orzel, Jack Richardson, Steven Edwards, Tom Ledger, Abbott, Mathew Aitchison, Maximillian Bentley, Darcy Cameron, Knott, McAllister and Henry Roberts are the new faces in the Claremont team from that day.

There is also some good news in the reserves with versatile big man Shayne Zanetti set to line-up for his first game since mid-2012 before he has been setback by a horror injury-run.

However, over 30 games between 2010-2012, the 23-year-old showed his ability kicking 33 goals in that time including a bag of five in Round 2, 2011 against Subiaco and also showing he can pinch-hit in the ruck, or even down back when needed.

RESERVES

M Alexander, C Branch, C Chalmers, J Embley, M Geraghty, P Harvey, S Healy, B King, J Kirwen, A Lynch, M McPhee, J Mills, S Money, J Morrow, B O'Regan, K Shannon, D Sorgiovanni, M Spencer, T Sutherland, J Thrum, M Van Berlo, B Walton, B Wilhelm, T Young, S Zanetti

COLTS

N Alexander, M Ashfield, A Barile, N Beutel, K Coleman, M Douglas, K Egan, J Gray, A Innes, C Lynch, T Manners, J Marinovich, W Michell, T Moulton, B Mountford, D Munns, S Nelson, J Nolan, L Pardini, M Peirce, Z Saunders, J Sheehan-Nel, A Smith, D Toohey, M Walley, A Wenn

BY CHRIS PIKE