Swan Districts are looking to the future when they take on Peel Thunder in the WAFLW this weekend. Todd Quinn/West Oz Photography

Swan Districts 1-1 after losing to Subiaco

Swans fell to Subiaco in their first home WAFLW game of 2025, with Taylah Edwards booting their only goal.
April 17, 2025
Chris Pike

SWAN Districts were back in action in the WAFLW competition on Saturday and playing the first home game for 2025 but it was Subiaco who ended up claiming the 14-point victory.

The Swans started the 2025 season with a win over East Perth before the round two bye ahead of playing host to Subiaco on Saturday at home in round three.

Swan Districts only managed to kick the one goal for the afternoon with Subiaco securing a 5.7 (37) to 1.7 (13) victory with the black-and-whites now sitting on a 1-1 record to open the season.

The lone goal in the contest for Swan Districts was kicked by Taylah Edwards who also had seven possessions and four tackles for the afternoon.

Reigning fairest and best winner Carys D’Addario continued to show she is one of the best midfielders in the WAFLW by racking up another 24 possessions to go with five marks and two tackles.

Jaime Henry also finished with 22 touches and six marks while Luka Davis picked up 16 disposals, Indiana West 14, Kayley King 10 and Isabella Edgley 10.

Lauren Quaife also competed hard in the ruck ending up with six possessions and 15 hit outs.

It was a tough start to the game with Swan Districts kicking against the breeze and the Lions having the only four scores of the first quarter and converting them into two goals for a 14-point lead.

Swans were able to respond with the only goal of the second quarter thanks to Taylah Edwards and that cut the lead for the Lions back to seven points at half-time.

Subiaco answered back with the only two goals of the third quarter to be on top by 20 points at the last change before Swans could only kick three behinds in the last term with the Lions ending up scoring the 24-point victory.

The day’s action got underway for Swan Districts in the Rogers Cup at home but it was Subiaco claiming a thrilling 6.0 (36) to 4.9 (33) victory.

Swans did manage just the one goal in the first half but then kicked three goals in the second half and it was ultimately the accuracy of the Lions that was the difference as they won by three points despite Swan Districts having 13 scoring shots to six for the game.

Keira Fawcett kicked two of the four goals for Swans with one each to Khalia Fawcett and Leah Howard while Addison Hall, Sienna Gerardi, Summer Ajduk and Grace Hirst were among the standout performers.

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