WEST Perth can keep its top two WAFL hopes alive on Saturday taking on Subiaco at Kingsway Reserve in the third grand final rematch of 2016.

Subiaco and West Perth head to Kingsway Reserve for a community showcase match and it should be a tremendous battle in the third grand final rematch for 2016.

The Lions and Falcons have already beaten one another once each this season and now Saturday's clash will be crucial to both of them for different reasons heading towards the finals.

Kingsway Reserve has pulled out all the stops to host its first WAFL fixture as well thanks to the City of Wanneroo for the battle of the northern suburbs clubs who share bordering zones.

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WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan discusses Saturday's win over Perth including what he did and didn’t like, an update on Matt Guadagnin and looking ahead to this Saturday's clash with Subiaco at Kingsway Reserve.

QUESTION: You controlled pretty much every area of the game and won quite comfortably, what do you take out of it?
ANSWER: It was a pretty ugly game I thought at times. When we were able to link a bit of possession up we looked dangerous but at the end of the day Perth battled hard and they have really improved. They've got some good quality all over the park so it's not an easy game to play against them. We got the points and sometimes you get the points when things don't go exceptionally well. Last week against East Perth in the rain we won probably every category but lost the game. You take the good with the bad.

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WEST Perth remained right in the race for a top two finish this WAFL season following a solid 46-point victory over Perth at HBF Arena on Saturday.

The Falcons were in control of the contest from the outset with the only four goals of the first quarter and the Demons never got closer than 16 points after quarter-time with West Perth going on to win 13.13 (91) to 6.9 (45).

It was an important win for West Perth as well following the bye and derby defeat at the hands of East Perth.

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WEST Perth scored an important victory against Perth at HBF Arena on Saturday. As the qualifying rounds draw to a close the battle for a top two finish is heating up. The Falcons needed to beat the lower placed Demons to maintain their advantage in third spot and they did this when they recorded a 46-point victory. They weren’t headed at any stage and remain third with three games, and four rounds remaining.

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WEST Perth looks to stretch its winning run over Perth to 11 with the Falcons hosting the Demons at HBF Arena on Saturday with the chance of entering the WAFL's top two if results go their way.

West Perth has a chance to enter the WAFL's top two with a win at HBF Arena over Perth on Saturday but the Demons have shown strong improvement the second half of the year and will be looking for a first win over the Falcons since 2011.

The Falcons might have lost to East Perth two weeks ago before the bye last week, but with South Fremantle having lost three straight now they remain only percentage out of second position.

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WEST Perth coach Bill Monaghan is looking forward to having a full team available in the coming weeks with Trent Manzone, Steve Potente, Andrew Strijk and Matt Guadagnin among those to return at some level this week against Perth with Nick Rodda still some weeks away.

While the likes of Shane Nelson, Joel Leeson, Joe Morrow, Kody Manning, Chris Keunen and Laine Rasmussen are all back up and running now after significant time on the sidelines throughout 2016, there were still plenty of players missing in the derby loss to East Perth prior to the bye.

Andrew Strijk was a late withdrawal meaning Corey Chalmers was called up following a half in the reserves while Manzone missed his final week through suspension, Potente was out with a sore knee and Rodda remains out with his quad injury.

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WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan discusses the derby loss to East Perth in tough conditions ahead of a bye and a clash with an improved Perth this Saturday at HBF Arena.

QUESTION: The game against East Perth saw you dominate in almost every area bar the scoreboard, does that leave you quite frustrated?
ANSWER: It does but it just makes it hard to critique the game. We did a lot right and had a poor 10 or 15-minute patch in the third quarter that East Perth took their chances in. We had kicked 2.12 to half-time and we were 2.14 at one stage and whilst the conditions weren’t great there were probably three or four of those that were relatively easy shots. We are always disappointed when we lose but a lot of the processes were right and a lot of the effort was right so we can't be overly critical.

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The West Perth Football Club, after extensive consultation with the Antonio family, have decided to accept the WAFL Tribunals findings and as such will not be lodging an appeal.

ANTONIO FAMILY STATEMENT
Mitchell has decided to accept the WAFL Tribunal's decision out of respect for Beau and the Chatley family, and will not be appealing the severity of the decision.

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