ROUND 7: East Fremantle v Perth Match Review

East Fremantle and Perth have had total opposite seasons to date in 2019 but it was the Sharks who pulled off the surprise result on Saturday winning by 18 points to make it consecutive wins in 2019.

The Sharks had lost their opening five games of the season while the Demons had won their first five before East Fremantle got on the board in Round 6 beating Swan Districts while Perth lost for the first time at the hands of West Perth.

But East Fremantle came into Saturday's clash having won its last 12 games at New Choice Homes Park against Perth with the Demons having not run at the East Fremantle venue since Round 7, 2009.

That run continued on Saturday with East Fremantle in control virtually all day, starting with kicking four goals to two in the opening quarter to lead by 10 points at quarter-time.

The Sharks added another four goals to one in the second term to hold a commanding 28-point advantage by half-time.

While Perth did outscore East Fremantle in the second half with six goals to four, the Demons could never quite get close enough to seriously threaten with the Sharks coming away with the 12.8 (80) to 9.8 (62) victory.

Zareth Roe came into the team for Perth in the absence of Cody Ninyette and proved dangerous up forward kicking four goals from nine kicks. Michael Bennell kicked two goals but again struggled to only have three kicks for the afternoon.

Perth had some impressive ball winners on the afternoon with Matthew Taylor gathering 28 possessions, Cody Leggett 28, Michael Sinclair 27, Clint Jones 26, Jacob Payne 24, Corey Byrne 21 and Brant Colledge 21.