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2000 WAFL season
Teams9
PremiersTemplate:WAFL EP
15th premiership
Minor premiersTemplate:WAFL EP
16th minor premiership
Sandover MedallistRichard Ambrose (Template:WAFL Sub)
Bernie Naylor MedallistRod Tregenza (Template:WAFL EF)
Matches played85
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The 2000 Westar Rules season was the fourth season of ‘Westar Rules’ and the 116th season of the various incarnations of senior football in Perth. It was the last season before the competition’s name was changed back to the traditional ‘WAFL’ as it was clear the public had not been attracted by the change.[1] Owing to the Sydney Olympics, Westar Rules shortened the 2000 season from twenty to eighteen matches per club, and retained this eighteen-match season in 2001 and 2002 before going back to the current twenty-match season.

The 2000 season saw East Perth freed from the coaching and ground disputes that had wiped out their 1999 season, aided by a host club arrangement with West Coast and with Leederville Oval as home ground and Tony Micale as coach. The team rose from second last, with only five wins, to top of the table losing only three games. The Royals were to decisively win the 2000, 2001 and 2002 premierships for the first “hat-trick” since Swan Districts between 1982 and 1984, and their only premierships since 1978. Cinderella club Peel Thunder rose off the bottom for the first time, winning twice as many matches as in their first three seasons combined.

Perth were affected by the loss of 1999 standout player Gus Seebeck at only twenty-three to become a member of the Australasian PGA after a brief second stint with South Fremantle,[2] and also lost Leon Davis, Richard Kelly, Chance Bateman, Richard Pang and Russel Thomas.[3] The Demons’ 2000 season was until the last game an unmitigated disaster that saw a twenty-game losing streak. This constitutes Perth’s longest run of losses and the equal seventh longest in WAFL history.[4]

Home-and-away Season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 1 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 10.10 (70) def. by Template:WAFL Sub 15.27 (117) Rushton Park (crowd: 1045)
Saturday, 1 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 11.19 (85) def. by Template:WAFL EF 14.12 (96) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2908)
Saturday, 1 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 17.19 (121) def. Template:WAFL Per 5.8 (38) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1042)
Sunday, 2 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 13.13 (91) def. Template:WAFL WP 8.14 (62) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3685)
Bye
Template:WAFL SD

Peel have visions of a huge upset before Subiaco seize complete control in the third quarter where the Thunder total only 39 possessions.[5]

Round 2

Round 2
Friday, 7 April (6:45 pm) Template:WAFL SF 12.12 (84) def. Template:WAFL SD 9.17 (71) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1314)
Friday, 7 April (6:45 pm) Template:WAFL WP 15.13 (103) def. Template:WAFL Cla 7.8 (50) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1166)
Saturday, 8 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 10.8 (68) def. by Template:WAFL EF 17.12 (114) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1300)
Saturday, 8 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 13.11 (89) def. by Template:WAFL EP 20.12 (132) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1964)
Bye
Template:WAFL PT

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 15 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 13.15 (93) def. Template:WAFL PT 9.8 (62) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1407)
Saturday, 15 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 4.7 (31) def. by Template:WAFL Sub 11.11 (77) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1234)
Saturday, 15 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 25.6 (156) def. Template:WAFL WP 14.13 (97) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1806)
Saturday, 15 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 17.15 (117) def. Template:WAFL Per 13.13 (91) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1523)
Bye
Template:WAFL SF
  • Subiaco, previously criticised as “soft”, produce a superb display in difficult conditions due to a strong sea breeze.[6]
  • Injury-plagued Swan Districts ruckman Travis Edmonds leads the Swans to a comfortable win after being behind all day.[7] Swans kick the last eight after Perth won the first three quarters.

Round 4 (Easter Weekend)

Round 4
Saturday, 22 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 14.9 (93) def. Template:WAFL EF 10.12 (72) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1596)
Saturday, 22 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 16.14 (110) def. Template:WAFL Cla 12.11 (83) Rushton Park (crowd: 1417)
Monday, 24 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 19.15 (129) def. Template:WAFL SD 10.13 (73) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2304)
Monday, 24 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 7.12 (54) def. by Template:WAFL SF 8.18 (66) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2002)
Bye
Template:WAFL EP
  • Peel Thunder record their first ever home-ground win, ending a run of 32 home-ground losses.
  • For the third straight week, Perth fade out in the last quarter, this time after Cleve Humphreys of South Fremantle kicks out on the full from point blank range.[8]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 29 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 7.11 (53) def. by Template:WAFL EP 16.8 (104) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1293)
Saturday, 29 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 16.15 (111) def. Template:WAFL PT 13.8 (86) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1555)
Saturday, 29 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 13.10 (88) def. by Template:WAFL Sub 13.11 (89) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1897)
Saturday, 29 April (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 17.13 (115) def. Template:WAFL WP 10.14 (74) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1706)
Bye
Template:WAFL Per

A snap from Swan Districts’ Joel Cornelius is originally paid as a goal but reversed by the field umpire, giving Subiaco the match.[9]

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 6 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 19.7 (121) def. Template:WAFL SF 9.12 (66) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1385)
Saturday, 6 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 15.8 (98) def. Template:WAFL EF 9.12 (66) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2189)
Saturday, 6 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 20.11 (131) def. by Template:WAFL SD 21.14 (140) Rushton Park (crowd: 1276)
Saturday, 6 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 18.17 (125) def. Template:WAFL Per 7.7 (49) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1461)
Bye
Template:WAFL Cla
  • Peel Thunder kick their first score of twenty goals, and their score remains easily the Thunder’s highest losing score on record (the nearest approach being 121 points against Claremont in the last round of 2006)[10]
  • Dean Buszan kicks ten goals, still a Peel club record[11]

Round 7

Round 7
Sunday, 14 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 18.11 (119) def. by Template:WAFL PT 21.12 (138) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1129)
Sunday, 14 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 11.9 (75) def. by Template:WAFL Sub 14.8 (92) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1537)
Sunday, 14 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 9.11 (65) def. by Template:WAFL EP 17.10 (112) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2103)
Sunday, 14 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 9.10 (64) def. by Template:WAFL Cla 14.13 (97) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1305)
Bye
Template:WAFL WP
  • The Thunder break their record for the highest score for the second straight week[10]
  • “Twin Towers” Buszan (who missed all of 1999 through injury)[12] and Greg Sanders kick six and seven goals.[13]

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 20 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 20.19 (139) def. Template:WAFL SF 8.9 (57) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1987)
Saturday, 20 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 19.15 (129) def. Template:WAFL Per 16.15 (111) Rushton Park (crowd: 1037)
Saturday, 20 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 14.17 (101) def. Template:WAFL SD 10.14 (74) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1108)
Sunday, 21 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 9.16 (70) def. by Template:WAFL WP 12.10 (82) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1652)
Bye
Template:WAFL EF

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 27 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 12.13 (85) def. by Template:WAFL EP 19.10 (124) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2273)
Saturday, 27 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 8.9 (57) def. by Template:WAFL EF 17.14 (116) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1830)
Saturday, 27 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 14.6 (90) def. by Template:WAFL Cla 16.12 (108) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1339)
Saturday, 27 May (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 14.16 (100) def. Template:WAFL PT 10.7 (67) Esperance (crowd: 1873)
Bye
Template:WAFL Sub

On a Weekend promoted by Westar as “Belt Up WA”, Tregenza kicks eleven for the Sharks[14]

Round 10 (Foundation Day)

Round 10
Saturday, 3 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 5.8 (38) def. by Template:WAFL Sub 20.10 (130) Rushton Park (crowd: 1146)
Monday, 5 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 19.10 (124) def. Template:WAFL SF 14.8 (92) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7251)
Monday, 5 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 14.8 (92) def. Template:WAFL EP 9.11 (65) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 6534)
Bye
Template:WAFL Cla, Template:WAFL Per, Template:WAFL SD
  • Despite the loss of Andrew Donnelly, Subiaco crush the previously promising Thunder with state centre half-back Richard Ambrose taking over his centre half-forward role and the Peel midfield thrashed.[15]
  • 1999 Simpson Medallist Christian Kelly ends East Perth’s unbeaten start to 2000 with a superb display on the ball, backed up by outstanding display from the whole West Perth defence.[16]

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 10 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 13.10 (88) def. Template:WAFL SF 6.6 (42) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1362)
Saturday, 10 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 18.8 (116) def. Template:WAFL WP 13.10 (88) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1091)
Saturday, 10 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 13.15 (93) def. Template:WAFL Per 9.8 (62) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1336)
Bye
Template:WAFL EP, Template:WAFL PT, Template:WAFL Sub

After revealing they required $200,000 to pay off crippling debts and avoid folding, Swan Districts overcame wet conditions in the first half to kick 8.5 (53) to 3.3 (21) after the long interval, with half-forward flanker Mark Piani kicking four goals.[17]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 17 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 24.16 (160) def. Template:WAFL Cla 11.6 (72) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1481)
Saturday, 17 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 6.11 (47) def. by Template:WAFL SD 13.6 (84) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1674)
Saturday, 17 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 16.13 (109) def. Template:WAFL PT 10.8 (68) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1545)
Bye
Template:WAFL EF, Template:WAFL SF, Template:WAFL WP
  • Subiaco’s devastating midfield and a fine display by Perth reject Anthony Beattie seemingly seal Claremont’s fate for 2000.[18]
  • Peter Kelly kicks nine goals for the Swans in a dour game to keep the Demons winless.[19]

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 24 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 17.8 (110) def. Template:WAFL WP 9.15 (69) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1975)
Saturday, 24 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 9.14 (68) def. Template:WAFL Sub 9.11 (65) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1394)
Saturday, 24 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 19.8 (122) def. Template:WAFL PT 6.9 (45) Claremont Oval (crowd: 798)
Saturday, 24 June (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 26.17 (173) def. Template:WAFL Per 8.8 (56) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1262)
Bye
Template:WAFL EP
  • Sixteen-year-old Trinity College boy Ashley Sampi steals the show during a brilliant return to form by South Fremantle with seventeen kicks and some amazing individual skills.[20]
  • Peel, with Dean Buszan out for the season due to persistent ankle problems, are restricted to 0.1 (1) in the first half as Anthony Jones shows himself ready for an AFL recall and Claremont keep their finals hopes alive.[21]

Round 14

Round 14
Friday, 30 June (6:45 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 15.11 (101) def. Template:WAFL EP 9.8 (62) Karratha (crowd: 5532)
Saturday, 1 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 5.16 (46) def. by Template:WAFL SF 14.8 (92) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1168)
Saturday, 1 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 12.6 (78) def. Template:WAFL Sub 10.15 (75) Kununurra (crowd: 3214)
Saturday, 1 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 4.5 (29) def. by Template:WAFL EF 7.17 (59) Rushton Park (crowd: 815)
Bye
Template:WAFL Per
  • Westar Rules schedule games for the Pilbara town of Karratha and the Kimberley town of Kununurra. Despite good attendances, the experiments were not repeated until 2011 and 2013 respectively.
  • Swan Districts record what would become their last win against the Lions until the Foundation Day Saturday of 2006, setting a record streak of thirteen losses in between.[22]
  • Peel Thunder become the first WANFL/WAFL/Westar Rules team to fail to score in the second half since Subiaco against East Fremantle in 1954. The Thunder kick 4.4 in the first nineteen minutes in heavy rain and gale-force winds but only one point midway through the second quarter afterwards.[23]

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 8 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 10.17 (77) def. by Template:WAFL EP 13.12 (90) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2355)
Saturday, 8 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 24.15 (159) def. Template:WAFL PT 10.15 (75) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1728)
Saturday, 8 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 9.17 (71) def. by Template:WAFL Sub 11.9 (75) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1458)
Saturday, 8 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 11.8 (74) def. by Template:WAFL WP 12.12 (84) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2184)
Bye
Template:WAFL Cla

Ultra-defensive tactics cost Perth a maiden victory for 2000 after hitting the lead[24]

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 15 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 18.16 (124) def. Template:WAFL EF 10.11 (71) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1071)
Saturday, 15 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 21.18 (144) def. Template:WAFL SD 17.7 (109) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2606)
Saturday, 15 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 10.9 (69) def. by Template:WAFL SF 22.15 (147) Rockingham (crowd: 2474)
Saturday, 15 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 15.10 (100) def. Template:WAFL Per 6.5 (41) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1286)
Bye
Template:WAFL WP

In perhaps the highest-standard Westar Rules match for a long time despite rainy conditions,[25] Josh Wooden’s running play allows East Perth to defeat the finals charge of the financially stricken Swans.[26]

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 22 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 8.6 (54) def. Template:WAFL Cla 6.16 (52) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1601)
Saturday, 22 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 9.6 (60) def. by Template:WAFL EP 16.12 (108) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1484)
Saturday, 22 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 8.17 (65) def. by Template:WAFL PT 15.10 (100) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1263)
Saturday, 22 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 10.11 (71) def. Template:WAFL Sub 5.11 (41) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1291)
Bye
Template:WAFL EF

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday, 29 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 13.8 (86) def. by Template:WAFL SD 18.11 (119) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2016)
Saturday, 29 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 12.19 (91) def. Template:WAFL SF 10.13 (73) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1133)
Saturday, 29 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 9.21 (75) def. by Template:WAFL WP 12.12 (84) Rushton Park (crowd: 1025)
Saturday, 29 July (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 20.14 (134) def. Template:WAFL Per 10.6 (66) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1717)
Bye
Template:WAFL Sub

Peel’s wasteful forwards and an elementary error during a late-game kick-in where they leave reigning Simpson Medallist Christian Kelly unmarked cost it a fifth win[27]

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday, 5 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 11.13 (79) def. Template:WAFL Per 10.8 (68) Toodyay (crowd: 1086)
Saturday, 5 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SF 16.11 (107) def. Template:WAFL EF 8.6 (54) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1585)
Saturday, 5 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 3.5 (23) def. by Template:WAFL EP 4.11 (35) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1331)
Saturday, 5 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 12.15 (87) def. Template:WAFL PT 7.11 (53) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 953)
Bye
Template:WAFL SD
  • On a rainswept Arena Joondalup,[28] strong rivals West Perth and East Perth play the lowest-scoring WANFL/WAFL/WASFL/Westar game since West Perth 5.4 (34) beat Perth 3.4 (22) in 1964.[29]
  • The score is West Perth’s lowest since kicking 2.9 (21) against East Fremantle in the 1925 Semi-Final.[30]
  • In Toodyay, Perth, despite having 33 more marks and 20 more kicks, still cannot break their duck for the season as Clayton Gardiner’s size and power convert chances too well.[31]

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday, 12 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 10.13 (73) def. Template:WAFL WP 7.10 (52) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1489)
Saturday, 12 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EF 18.9 (117) def. Template:WAFL Per 5.8 (38) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1487)
Saturday, 12 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL EP 10.11 (71) def. by Template:WAFL Sub 10.14 (74) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3098)
Saturday, 12 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL SD 10.9 (69) def. by Template:WAFL SF 14.11 (95) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3539)
Bye
Template:WAFL PT

After John Todd tries to play Craig Callaghan, who was controversially ruled ineligible for the Westar finals and is taken off after tossing, the Swans fall under on- and off-field pressure against the seventh-placed Bulldogs.[32]

Round 21

Round 21
Saturday, 19 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL WP 11.15 (81) def. by Template:WAFL EF 16.17 (113) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1772)
Saturday, 19 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 13.8 (86) def. by Template:WAFL Cla 13.15 (93) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2070)
Saturday, 19 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL PT 13.10 (88) def. by Template:WAFL EP 15.13 (103) Rushton Park (crowd: 1402)
Saturday, 19 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Per 18.12 (120) def. Template:WAFL SD 8.8 (56) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2076)
Bye
Template:WAFL SF
  • Perth escape their first-ever winless season with a convincing victory over Swan Districts. Perth were previously winless with a round to play and won in 1923, though they had drawn one game.
  • The Demons are neck-and-neck with Swan Districts before the report and send-off of Swan fullback Steve Kelderman for striking an umpire lets Perth run away and kick 10.7 (67) to 0.2 (2) for the rest of the game.[33]
  • East Fremantle give West Perth, who needed to win by eight-and-a-half goals to make the four, not the slightest whiff of a chance with a solid win that made critics rethink their finals chances.[34]

Ladder

2000 Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Template:WAFL EP (P) 18 15 3 0 1814 1297 139.9 60
2 Template:WAFL Sub 18 12 6 0 1641 1272 129.0 48
3 Template:WAFL Cla 18 12 6 0 1567 1419 110.4 48
4 Template:WAFL EF 18 11 7 0 1657 1488 111.4 44
5 Template:WAFL WP 18 9 9 0 1462 1465 99.8 36
6 Template:WAFL SD 18 9 9 0 1611 1658 97.2 36
7 Template:WAFL SF 18 8 10 0 1634 1581 103.4 32
8 Template:WAFL PT 18 4 14 0 1433 1939 73.9 16
9 Template:WAFL Per 18 1 17 0 1208 1908 63.3 4
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi-Finals

First Semi-Final
Sunday, 27 August (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Cla 9.11 (65) def. by Template:WAFL EF 12.9 (81) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8,642)

Claremont’s lack of an effective forward (no Tiger kicked more than one goal) costs it a game they were expected to win.[35]

Second Semi-Final
Sunday, 27 August (6:45 pm) Template:WAFL EP 12.9 (81) def. Template:WAFL Sub 9.7 (61) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8,642)

Since the two finals were played on the same day at the same venue, the attendance figure is the same.

Preliminary Final

Preliminary Final
Sunday, 3 September (2:15 pm) Template:WAFL Sub 10.13 (73) def. by Template:WAFL EF 13.7 (85) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 4,609)

The Sharks are unexpectedly stronger at the finish in a hard and tough game.[36]

Grand Final

Main article: 2000 Westar Rules Grand Final
2000 Westar Rules Grand Final
Saturday, 9 September Template:WAFL EP def. Template:WAFL EF Subiaco Oval (crowd: 30,174)
4.1 (25)
9.6 (60)
12.8 (80)
18.11 (119) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		1.4 (10)
7.7 (49)
8.13 (61)
11.14 (80) 		Simpson Medal: Dean Cox (Template:WAFL EP)
Ridley 3, Wilson 3, Hutchinson 3, Haynes 2, Chambers 2, Munro 2, Marsh, Holman, Knights Goals Tregenza 3, Scott Spalding 3, Morgan 2, Willison, Bowden, Roser
Cox, Wheatley, Wooden, Chambers, Barnard, Wilson Best Morgan, Gaspar, Spalding, Roser, Tregenza, Green
Kane Marsh (jaw) Injuries Leigh Willison (cheek)

East Perth overcome the loss of vice-captain Rod Wheatley (hit in the face by a ball soccered by Leigh Willison) to win their first premiership in 22 years comfortably.[37]

References

  1. ^ Devaney, John; Full Points Footy’s WA Football Companion; p. 96. ISBN 9780955689710
  2. ^ Reid, Russell; ‘Bulldogs Tugging at Leash’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 24 April 2000
  3. ^ Casellas, Ken; ‘Youngster Impresses as Future AFL Star’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 3 April 2000
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  6. ^ Casellas, Ken; ‘Subiaco Bares Its Teeth’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 17 April 2000
  7. ^ Reid, Russell; ‘Edmonds Overcomes Injury Setbacks’ in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian 17 April 2000
  8. ^ Reid, Russell; ‘Humphreys Makes Up for Costly Error’; from The West Australian, 25 April 2000; p. 51
  9. ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Condon Returns Dividend’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 1 May 2000
  10. ^ a b Peel Thunder: Highest Scores
  11. ^ WAFL Footy Facts: Peel Thunder
  12. ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Peel Loses on Points But Wins Credibility’; in The Game, p. 11; in The West Australian, 8 May 2000
  13. ^ Reid, Russell; ‘Thunder Strikes Bulldogs’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 15 May 2000
  14. ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Tregenza Unbuckles the Sharks’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 29 May 2000
  15. ^ Lague, Steve; ‘Lions Show Donnelly Loss Can Be Covered’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 5 June 2000
  16. ^ Lague, Steve; ‘Kelly Avoids Tag and Propels Falcons Home’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 29 May 2000
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  18. ^ Lague, Steve; ‘Teenager Puts Icing on Cake’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 19 June 2000
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  20. ^ Casellas, Ken; ‘Fit Tinsley Repays Faith’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 26 June 2000
  21. ^ Reid, Russell; ‘Jones Shows AFL Stripes with Tigerish Performance’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 26 June 2000
  22. ^ WAFL Footy Facts: Swan Districts Most Consecutive Losses v Each Opponent
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  24. ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Demons Denied in See-Saw Contest’; The Game; p. 11; from The West Australian, 11 July 2000
  25. ^ Perth Metro (Mount Lawley) July 2000 rainfall
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  27. ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Wayward Thunder Lets Falcons off the Hook’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 31 July 2000
  28. ^ Perth Metro (Mount Lawley) August 2000 rainfall
  29. ^ WAFL: Lowest Aggregate Scores
  30. ^ West Perth: Lowest Scores
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  33. ^ Casellas, Ken; ‘Coughlan Inspires Demons’; in The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian; 21 August 2000
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