Hawks have tough task against Tigers

It was another week, and another thriller in the South West Football League season, with South Bunbury defeating Augusta Margaret River at Hands Oval on Saturday afternoon by seven points.

South Bunbury were coming off a bye, while the Hawks were coming off a loss to Busselton, and it would take seven minutes for the first goal kicked by Quinn Donaldson with an excellent snap.

Hawks had all the play in the opening fifteen minutes, with Byron George converting a set shot from deep in the pocket to extend the advantage.

A free kick in the goal square to Kade Szyszka reduced the margin back to a goal, but the Hawks continued to dominate possession and pepper the goals, kicking three consecutive behinds, before a set shot goal to Beau Morgan gave the Hawks some reward for effort.

Jace Cormack would then have a purple patch, kicking two goals in three minutes, reducing the margin to five points, and when Rhys Crawford kicked a great goal on the run from 50m, the Tigers were in front, despite the domination of the Hawks.

An equally long range goal to Billy Goodwin gave the Hawks the lead at quarter time.

The second quarter saw the fourth or eight lead changes in the match, when Ethan Nordahl kicked truly from a set shot.

Some swift ball movement would see Blaine Johnson kick the first of his four goals, as the Tigers opened an eight point lead.

This would be answered by Jed Spence, who kicked two goals to give the Hawks the lead.

The Tigers kicked two late goals to lead by eight at half time.

Max Spyvee kicked a long range goal at the beginning of the third, but Blaine Johnson would kick two goals for the term, and South Bunbury at the eighteen minute mark of the third term led by twelve points, their biggest lead of the match.

The Hawks weren’t done, kicking the final three goals of the term, including one to Byron George after the siren, signifying the seventh lead change of the match.

When Blaine Johnson converted early in the final term, scores were level for the third time. Tyson Lane who had a quiet game in relation to scoring, would kick the next two goals, giving the Tigers a 13 point lead.

Both teams were out on their feet, with Jed Spence kicking his third goal, narrowing the margin back to seven points, which would be the final margin.

South Bunbury 14.6.90 def. Aug Marg River 12.11.83

Eaton finally beats Sharks

Round three of the 2025 SWFL season saw Eaton win their first game of the year, when they defeated Dunsborough in a hard fought match at Glen Huon Reserve on Sunday afternoon.

The Boomers had lost every match against Dunsborough until this game, winning by seventeen points.

Eaton started the better of the two teams opening a three goal lead in the first term, only for the Sharks to kick the last three goals of the term to narrow the margin to five points.

The second term was where the match would ultimately be won, with the Boomers leading by twenty points at half time. Greg Humphries and Josh Kelly dominated the foward line, with both ending the match with five goals.

Eaton extended the margin in the third term to 23 points before the Sharks rallied in the last, however they weren’t able to claw the margin back sufficiently.

In other games, Bunbury remain undefeated after winning their clash against Donnybrook at PC Payne Park on Saturday, and Carey Park defeated Harvey when the two teams met on Sunday afternoon.