West Australian Football

A TOTAL of 14 WAFL players took part in last night's West Coast Eagles intra-club match, with Swan Districts players Andrew Krakouer and Brett Wolfenden (pictured) both scoring goals for West Coast 'B' in the hit-out against West Coast 'A'.

The WAFL players were nominated to compete in the practice game after putting in solid pre-seasons for their respective clubs.

PEEL Thunder and Claremont Football Clubs have each added two AFL interstate recruits to their playing stocks for season 2009.

East Fremantle, Perth and East Perth also received one player to complete this allocation. In all seven players were allocated to WAFL clubs by the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Clubs in a process coordinated through the WA Football League.

MATT Riggio decided to come to Swan Districts rather than return to Peel Thunder after his AFL career with North Melbourne ended, and he's hoping to become a regular midfielder for the black-and-whites.

Riggio played 10 games in four years with the Kangaroos after being picked up in the 2005 draft from Peel Thunder, and while he did show some good signs that he could play at the top level, he wasn’t in the plans of new coach Brad Scott.

He certainly then was in the plans of Swan Districts, Peel and other WAFL clubs, but in the end decided Steel Blue Oval was where he'd call home in 2010.

STYLIST Deborah Dunsford admits to knowing little about football but knows enough to realise local players were an important inclusion in the fashion parade at the Hopman Cup Ladies Day last week.

Four Claremont Football Club players, including Tom Ayton, James Thompson, Tom Morrison and Tom Derrickx, entertained the crowd that had gathered to watch the games between Great Britain and Germany - in nothing more than a pair of shorts, a hat and a bunch of helium balloons.

NEW Swan Districts recruit Tom Roach finally made the big call to move to Western Australia in 2010 and he has no doubt the game style of the WAFL will suit him perfectly.

Roach, the son of former Richmond champion goalkicker Michael, comes to Swans after himself playing 11 games with the Tigers between 2004-06 and since has become a two-time VFL premiership player with North Ballarat.

He wanted to finish his university studies before leaving Melbourne despite offers each year from clubs in the WAFL, and now that he has his human movement degree he made the move and is glad to be at Swan Districts.