Round 10 WAFLW Preview v West Perth

Swan Districts can break into the top four of the WAFLW competition for the first time this season with a win against West Perth at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium on Sunday.

Swans did lose the opening four matches of the 2023 season in the WAFLW competition, but have now won the past four games heading into the Round 10 match up.

The black-and-whites are yet to lose in the WAFLW to West Perth and if they keep that trend going at Joondalup on Sunday, they then they will finish the weekend in the top four for the first time in 2023.

Both the Swans and Falcons sit outside the top four coming into Round 10 of the 2023 WAFLW season, but they are right in the finals hunt ahead of the contest on Sunday afternoon at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium.

Swan Districts comes into the round sitting in fifth position on the WAFLW ladder with four wins and four losses, and a win on Sunday will see them move ahead of the loser of the Subiaco and East Fremantle match up on Saturday into the top four.

West Perth, meanwhile, sits in sixth position with three wins and five defeats but a win on Sunday will keep the Falcons right in the finals hunt.

It's been quite the dramatic turnaround this season for Swan Districts. They lost the opening four matches of the season but have now scored four successive victories against West Perth, East Perth, East Fremantle and Peel Thunder since the Round 5 bye.

West Perth comes into Saturday's game following a 20-point loss to South Fremantle last Sunday but prior to that had beaten Subiaco to keep themselves in the finals hunt.

Sunday's match will be the second time that the two teams have met so far in 2023 with Swan Districts scoring its first win of the season in that contest back in Round 6 at Steel Blue Oval.

Swans would end up beating the Falcons 10.12 (72) to 3.3 (21) which saw the black-and-whites open their account in style for the season on the back of losing the opening four matches.

Swan Districts came out of the Round 5 general bye to score the 51-point win at home on the back of Taylah Edwards producing a match-winning performance made up of 20 possessions, eight marks and three goals.

Lily Paterson also kicked two goals for Swans in the win while Ruby Mahony finished with 20 touches and 10 tackles with Jaime Henry compiling 20 disposals, Abbygail Bushby 18, Isabella Edgley 17, Jasmine Ware 16 and Sarah Wielstra 14 to go with 23 hit outs in the ruck.

In that same game, West Perth's goals were kicked by Grace Betti, Elissa Price and Katherine Bennett.

Kayla Van Den Heever also picked up 20 possessions to go with eight tackles on the day with Karla Stagg picking up 17 touches, Emily Bennett 16, Taylor Ferguson 16 and Jeevna Heer 15.

Meanwhile, in Round 10 of the Rogers Cup competition, Swan Districts will play West Perth as well at Pentanet Stadium on Sunday from 11am.

Swans come into the contest in sixth position on the ladder with a 3-5 record and trying to stay in contention for a top four position as they take on a West Perth team who holds a perfect 8-0 record so far this season.