Round 3 WAFL Preview

ALL five matches in Round 3 of the 2022 WAFL season will take place on Saturday with East Fremantle taking on Claremont in Northampton while South Fremantle also take on Claremont down at the port and there's a Lathlain double-header.

After the opening two rounds of the 2022 season were spread across the Easter and ANZAC Day long weekends respectively, it's a full round of five matches on Saturday this weekend and every one of them has plenty of intrigue surrounding them.

East Fremantle and East Perth will be making the trek to Northampton to do battle from 1.30pm on Saturday afternoon. Both the Sharks and Royals are coming off strong wins in Round 2 as well against Swan Districts and Perth respectively.

Then at 2.10pm on Saturday afternoon, it's a rematch of last year's preliminary final and the 2020 Grand Final with South Fremantle hosting Claremont at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.

Given the remarkable history at the venue in recent years between the two teams, the Bulldogs will be looking to continue the misery for the Tigers who at the same time will want to stop the pain.

The games are always tight and tense, and this should be no different as both the Bulldogs and Tigers have started the 2022 season with two wins.

Subiaco and West Perth will also be doing battle at Leederville Oval with the Lions still hunting their first win of 2022 as reigning premiers with the Falcons out to build some momentum on the back of beating the Thunder in Mandurah on Sunday.

The last game in the 2.10pm time slot is at Lathlain's Mineral Resources Park with the West Coast Eagles hosting Peel Thunder. The Eagles are still trying to find their first win this season while the Thunder are attempting to bounce back from a home loss to the Falcons.

The round will then conclude on Saturday evening also at Mineral Resources Park in the second half of the double-header with Perth hosting Swan Districts. The Demons are hunting a second win for 2022 and Swans a first.

WAFL TEAM OF THE WEEK – ROUND 2

ROUND 2 WAFL WRAP

EAST FREMANTLE v EAST PERTH

SUBIACO v WEST PERTH

SOUTH FREMANTLE v CLAREMONT

WEST COAST EAGLES v PEEL THUNDER

PERTH v SWAN DISTRICTS

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