WEST Perth lost to East Fremantle at HBF Arena on Saturday on what was Hog's Breath Café Ladies Day for the Falcons' final home match of the 2014 season.

West Perth came into the clash with the fourth-placed East Fremantle full of confidence after a thumping 56-point win over the third-placed Swan Districts the week before while the Sharks had struggled in a 43-point loss to South Fremantle.

The Falcons also needed to win to keep their hopes of playing in the 2014 finals alive with the Sharks' fourth spot still up for grabs, but that is now no longer the case following Saturday's encounter.

In a low-scoring and dour affair despite the perfect weather conditions, East Fremantle ended up winning 9.11 (65) to 7.6 (48) at HBF Arena.

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WEST Perth's tilt at making the 2014 WAFL finals is officially over. The 17-point loss to the team that they hoped to take the place of has ended West Perth’s finals chance for this year. The Sharks hit the lead at the 22-minute mark of the first term and were not headed for the rest of the game. It was a disappointing loss following the dominant victory last week.

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WEST Perth hosts its final home game at HBF Arena for the 2014 season on Saturday in what is Hog's Breath Café Ladies Day with plenty on the line in the clash against East Fremantle.

Only two weeks ago East Fremantle looked certain of a finals appearance in 2014 and West Perth looked to have no chance, but things have quickly changed in only one week suddenly making Saturday's clash between the two teams at HBF Arena a massive one.

East Fremantle remains in the box seat to finish in fourth position currently holding a 10-7 record but the Sharks have now lost three of their last four games, and their last two, to now be in a position of needing to win one of their last three games.

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SATURDAY is the final home match for West Perth for 2014 and it doubles as the Hog's Breath Café Ladies Day with plenty planned for an exciting afternoon at HBF Arena.

Hog's Breath Café is the match day partner for Saturday's Ladies Day at Joondalup's HBF Arena as the fifth-placed West Perth hosts the fourth-placed East Fremantle in a massive game for both clubs in the context of the 2014 WAFL season.

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WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan will be conducting a weekly question and answer segment for the club's website. Here he discusses last week's win over Swan Districts and previews this Saturday's clash with East Fremantle at HBF Arena.

QUESTION: Not only good to win last Saturday against Swan Districts obviously, but more importantly to do so in such emphatic and dominant fashion against a finals bound opponent?
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WEST Perth kept Swan Districts goalless until more than halfway through the third quarter on Saturday to record a thumping 56-point win at HBF Arena to keep its slim finals hopes still alive.

Despite coming off disappointing losses to Swan Districts, Subiaco, East Perth and Williamstown in the Foxtel Cup grand final over the past month, the Falcons came out with a dominant showing in all aspects on Saturday to end up winning 14.9 (93) to 5.7 (37).

Not only did West Perth keep Swan Districts goalless until the 17-minute mark of the third quarter when defender Jarrad Blight kicked truly, the Falcons didn’t allow Swans to score anything themselves whatsoever the entire first half.

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West Perth dominated their encounter with Swan Districts at HBF Arena on Saturday. The Falcons were always going to be competitive against the higher placed Swans but no-one would have expected them to hold their rivals goalless until the eighteen minute mark of the third quarter. The strong victory, along with East Fremantle’s loss, has put some life back into their finals hopes.

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WEST Perth and Swan Districts meet for the third time this season on Saturday at Joondalup's HBF Arena with the Falcons desperate to get back to winning particular at home.

West Perth can no longer make the finals having now lost its last three matches and while Swan Districts does sit in third position on the ladder destined to take part in September action, the clash should still be a fascinating one between two teams with stark contrasts between their best and worst football.

Coming off winning last year's premiership, West Perth's 2014 campaign has never quite got off the ground despite threatening to a couple of different times.

Having now lost their last three games to Swan Districts, Subiaco and East Perth, West Perth has fallen to sixth position on the ladder with a 6-9 record to now be four games outside of fourth position with only five games of the year to go.

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TERRIBLE conditions met West Perth at Leederville's Medibank Stadium on Saturday and the Falcons could manage just the two goals only four days after the Foxtel Cup grand final to lose to the league-leading East Perth by 21 points.

West Perth was coming back from having lost the Foxtel Cup grand final to Williamstown in Geelong on Tuesday night, and was without Nick Rodda, Kody Manning, Matt Fowler, Steve Potente, Jack Thrum and Andrew Strijk to take on the league-leading Royals.

The ground at Leederville was in terrible shape with the rain from during the week and on Saturday morning with the majority of the oval covered in heavy mud and the rest with huge puddles of water that made attractive football, or ball handing in general virtually impossible all day long.

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THE conditions were very ordinary at Medibank Stadium on Saturday with the result being a 21-point loss to East Perth. The ground was covered with large pools of water and both teams battled away on the type of surface that is rarely seen at WAFL grounds. Goals were hard to come by and as a result the Falcons' troubles to score goals continued with them being able to only score two for the game.

The first four minutes were a virtual goal fest with each side kicking one. Callum Sinclair kicked one for the Royals after marking 40 metres out; Rohan Kerr tied it up for the Falcons when he did the same. This was to be the Falcons last goal until the six-minute mark of the final quarter. It wasn’t due to lack of effort as they battled hard all day but the rub of the green just didn’t go their way on a number of occasions. East Perth attacked consistently to score three behinds and that looked likely to be the quarter-time margin but at the 28-minute mark Craig Wulff marked 50 out and was gifted a major when he received a 50-metre penalty. As a result East Perth led 2.3 (15) to 1.0 (6) at quarter-time.

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