1998 Westar Rules season

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

• East Fremantle list centre half-forward Damian Condon for their game with Claremont even though it was widely known he had no hope of playing and was replaced before the match}}

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

• East Fremantle take top spot (which they will retain without losing for the rest of the year) with a fine win in a fluctuating derby.}}

Round 11

• After the resignation of foundation coach Geoff Miles, Peel go from bad (if improving) to worse with their thrashing at Joondalup.}}

Round 12

• East Perth maintain their winning streak despite Perth dominating the game, due to the Demons' inaccuracy in front of goal}}

Round 13

Round 14

• East Fremantle end East Perth's eight-match winning streak with Victorian Martin Mellody dominant. The Royals are handicapped by driving rain during the second quarter when they have a gale force wind.}}

Round 15

• East Fremantle kick nine straight goals with a violent southwesterly wind in the first quarter to set up a winning break in heavy rain. During the second half as the wind changes direction, only two goals are kicked as both teams flood their backline when against the hurricane.}}

Round 16

• South Fremantle kick twelve straight behinds between late in the first quarter and early in the third, but come back to defeat the Royals. The win puts the Bulldogs within a game of fourth spot.}}

Round 17

• Scott Simister kicks six for the Thunder as they win their second Westar Rules match.}}

Round 18

• South Fremantle, one point ahead at half-time, overcome the treacherous conditions with long kicking and the move of Marty Atkins to the ruck and Stephen Pears to a forward pocket, kicking 8.11 (59) to 2.3 (15) by the Lions.}}

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

• Subiaco record their biggest ever win over Swan Districts, with Kenwick recruit Daniel Hardington destroying Swans' highly touted Garth Taylor. Leading goalkicker Todd Ridley kicks nine.}}

Round 22

Round 23

• East Fremantle kicks seven goals in eleven minutes during the second quarter to win its fourteenth straight game against the Thunder. Only one goal, by the Thunder in the last quarter, is kicked against a strong and wet northwesterly wind.
• West Perth's three late goals forces Claremont into a last-minute exit from the final four.}}

Ladder

Finals series

Semi-finals

• East Fremantle's brigade of tall forwards and their superb defence, with Greg Madigan keeping Troy Wilson scoreless, demolished the Falcons on a perfectly fine day.}}

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Main article: 1998 Westar Rules Grand Final

References

References

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