ROUND 23 PREVIEW V CLAREMONT

WEST Perth looks to remain unbeaten at home this season, to win a fourth straight match entering the finals and to deny Claremont a place in the finals when the Falcons host the Tigers at HBF Arena on Saturday.

The final home and away game of the season at HBF Arena will also see the Falcons take a commemorative grandstand photo of the Whinnen-Dempsey stand prior to the match, so to be part of history make sure you are there and get in the shot.

West Perth has won all nine of its games at HBF Arena this season on its way to a 13-6 record to now be guaranteed of a home final next Sunday against either Peel Thunder or East Perth.

The Falcons enter the clash in good form and despite not needing to win like Claremont does, they will want to score a 10th straight win at HBF Arena and fourth consecutive overall to head into the finals while a host of West Perth players need to perform well to secure their place in the team.

The challenge is now ahead of Claremont to beat West Perth in order to make the finals and to knock out Swan Districts from fifth positon.

With the Tigers again suffering a fadeout last Saturday to go from leading Swan Districts by 22 points in the third quarter to losing by 11, Swans took fifth spot and now the only way Claremont can regain it is by beating the Falcons on Saturday.

Claremont star Ian Richardson will also earn life membership by playing his 150th match with the Tigers to add to his career that has already included two premierships, a fairest and best award, six appearances for Western Australia and a Simpson Medal.

West Perth and Claremont has already met twice so far this season with the Tigers winning back in Round 7 at the Showground by 20 points and that just happened to be their first win of 2015 following their 0-5 start.

However, West Perth hit back in Round 18 at HBF Arena to continue its unbeaten record on its home turf in 2015 with the Falcons finishing strongly over the Tigers to end up winning 13.12 (90) to 12.8 (80).

West Perth now has the challenge of making sure the players are fresh heading into the finals despite Saturday's game against Claremont being the Falcons eighth straight since their last bye, but also welcoming back some injured players.

Co-captain Luke Tedesco will return from a calf injury for his first game since Round 14 following two games back in the reserves.

Kris Shannon also returns after missing the last two games with a hamstring complaint while ruckman Chris Keunen and midfielder Aidan Lynch are both back in the West Perth line-up after missing last week's win over South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval.

Brayden Antonio delivered a monster performance in the reserves last Saturday with 37 possessions, six marks, five inside-50 entries and two goals to put himself back in the mix for a league recall eight days out from the finals beginning.

Premiership half-forward Marc Crisp has now strung together several strong reserves games to be a chance of breaking back into the West Perth team for the first time since Round 9 while 20-year-old midfielder Dean Munns has strung together consistent reserves form to remain a chance to make his debut.

Tyler Keitel goes out of the West Perth side after rolling an ankle late in last Saturday's win over South Fremantle while Shane Nelson, Joe Morrow and Kody Manning are also out of the Falcons team. However, all four are expected to be available for selection next week for the home final against either East Perth or Peel at HBF Arena.

Claremont is in a must-win situation heading to HBF Arena against West Perth if the Tigers want to move through to the finals next weekend and to either take on Peel Thunder or East Perth in a cut-throat final on Sunday.

Running defender John Williams goes out of the Claremont team to take on West Perth from the one that lost to Swan Districts at Steel Blue Oval last Saturday.

Claremont's leading goal kicker for the season Jack Bradshaw will return after missing last Saturday after being a late withdrawal.

With Bradshaw, Richardson, Beau Maister, Kepler Bradley and the resting ruckman Mitch Andrews or Mark Seaby, the Tigers have the making of a potent forward-line but it hasn’t quite let to the amount of goals combined overall for the season they would have hoped.

However, there is still time for it to click and for Claremont's attack to deliver winning scores.

Three other players have put themselves in contention to come into the Claremont team after good form in the reserves with Matthew Goyder coming off 27 possessions last week while Tom Willett had 24 disposals and Matthew Palfrey 18 touches.

RESERVES SQUAD
M Alexander, M Ashfield, B Denysiuk, M Douglas, B Fotheringham, C Franklin, K Fullgrabe, M Geraghty, J Gray, M Hamilton, A Innes, J Kirwen, T Manners, B McGillivray, S Money, T Moulton, C Papertalk, M Peirce, S Rotham, M Van Berlo, B Walton, H Yarran

COLTS SQUAD
N Alexandre, A Allen, M Antonio, L Baker, K Coleman, R Dolman, E Hills, C Hinchliffe, K Hindmarsh, J Horgan, E Larmett, C Lynch, N Marinovich, E Mullane, S Nelson, T O'Brien, J Porter, J Romanelli, L Saunders, L Sherriffs, C Thompson, J Turner, M Walley, C West