Pressure from beneath is ensuring that competition for places in the senior team are hotly contested and individuals at WAFL level continued to press their claims on Saturday.

While most at East Perth would like to forget the last 40 minutes of the match against arch rivals West Perth – when the Falcons kicked 12 goals in succession to turn a pending defeat into a 38-point victory – Patrick McGinnity was rock solid.

McGinnity knows only way to play, flat out, and worked himself into the ground with 24 possessions, three marks and four tackles. After playing as the sub against GWS, he was left out of the team that beat Port Adelaide, as much to get some game time as anything else.

He responded typically and will be on the short list if there are any changes for this week’s clash against Gold Coast.

Fellow midfielders Mark Hutchings, Kane Lucas and Alec Waterman were also ubiquitous in the first three quarters, but could not stem the flow when the Falcons surged irresistibly.

Hutchings was heavily tagged, but still had 26 possessions, while Waterman, in his first season of senior football continues to rack up strong numbers (he had 28 disposals) and Lucas, playing off a wing had 23 touches.

Ruckman-forward Scott Lycett kicked three goals from his 20 possessions, had 34 hit outs and took seven marks, while forward Rowen Powell started reasonably well high up the ground but faded and finished with 10 touches.

In defence, Tom Barrass was again under notice and continues to develop while Paddy Brophy is also doing some good things off half-back. Barrass has 13 possessions and took a couple of marks deep in defence, while Brophy picked up 17 disposals.

Malcolm Karpany, returning after a three-week break, was among East Perth’s best in the reserves with a 20-possession effort in a team that was also well beaten, while Corey Adamson also did some good things through the middle, including six centre clearances in the second half.