The season is over for young guns Mitch Brown and Chris Masten and there is a long queue of teammates hoping to take their places. That’s the nature of the game.

Having taken an unchanged line-up into last Saturday’s clash against North Melbourne – following on from the victory against the Western Bulldogs – the match committee will be forced to make at least two changes this week.

Brown fractured a metatarsal and Masten strained a posterior cruciate ligament on the weekend, so with only two games remaining the curtain has fallen early on their outstanding seasons. As the match committee begins its search for replacements, it finds a myriad of players in form and looking for an opportunity.

Utility player Ryan Davis has been an emergency for the last few weeks and continued his good form for Swan Districts, while Jamie McNamara also put his hand up strongly for a midfield role. If the match committee decides to replace Brown with a tall option, then Adam Hunter, Matt Spangher, Brent Staker, Will Schofield and Mark Seaby did their chances no harm at the weekend.

Then, of course, there is veteran Chad Fletcher, whose WAFL club, Subiaco, had a bye on the weekend.

And if the selection panel is looking to utilise the option of pushing up another rookie listed player, then Lewis Stevenson and Will Sullivan gave them good reason to consider that decision with glowing performances.

Following is a full wrap of the performances from those players in the WAFL at the weekend:         

South Fremantle v East Fremantle

Jamie McNamara: McNamara played in the midfield with a few short stints at half-forward and produced an outstanding four-quarter, 29-possession effort. His work rate was high, his attack on the ball and contests was fierce and he finished his game off with 10 tackles.

Matt Spangher: Spent most of the game at half-back on smaller opponents. He played with great confidence, backed himself and his attack on contest and his offensive run was impressive. His decision making and ball use was generally good as well and was an important player for his team.

Brent Staker: Played most of the game as a deep forward opposed to Josh Head and had short periods up the ground. He was at his best in the first half when there was a steady supply of opportunities, but they dried up in the second half when South Fremantle controlled the game.

East Perth v West Perth

Mark Seaby: Seaby was opposed to Clarke and Shepheard throughout and while West Perth were beaten by East Perth, he was probably best on ground. He dominated the ruck taps in the middle and around the ground, winning 45 his outs.  He ran hard to space to give his team mates an option, applied great body pressure in the contest and also laid some good tackles.

Peel v Claremont

Ashley Arrowsmith: Played on a wing throughout and showed his intentions with some strong attack in contests and was very involved.  Was prepared to run and found space on numerous occasions.  Picked up 25 possessions and took 10 marks.

Jordan Jones: A steady performance in defence for Peel and provided some good run form half-back. Used the ball well and set up some good passages of play.  Was also used to take a number of kick ins and generally hit his targets.

Will Schofield: Started at half-forward and often pushed into the midfield and had the better of two opponents. He took several strong contested marks and his use of ball was pretty good.  In the third term he showed a great change of pace to accelerate away from opponent and set up a great goal. 

Lewis Stevenson: Played on the wing all game, struggled to get into the game in the first quarter and really had minimal impact in first half.  In the second half he had 15 possessions, backed himself in and was a good payer for his team with 23 telling disposals.

Eric Mackenzie: Started on Chartres at half-back and then moved to centre half-back on Robins after the first quarter.  Was a very solid four-quarter performer, was very good defensively, read the play well and use of the ball was good.

Liam Bedford: Steady performance across half-back where he collected 22 possessions.  He has played with consistency in the last month, ran strongly and used the ball efficiently.

Swan Districts v Perth

Ryan Davis: A good, consistent performer for Swans, Davis was a solid contributor and played with good intensity and aggression. His ball use was generally good and he picked up 27 possessions.

Tony Notte: After a quiet start to the game, Notte attacked the ball strongly, presented well and offered a good option to his teammates further up the ground. He took several good marks and his ability to kick set shot goals in the windy conditions was a highlight.

Adam Hunter: Hunter played across half forward and provided his team with a good target especially in the third quarter when he had nine possessions and took six marks. Finished with 17 possessions, 10 marks and one goal.

Will Sullivan: A very good game by Sullivan, who had an impact around the ground as well in the ruck contests. Will started on a wing – playing as a loose man in defence and was later moved into the ruck.  He also kicked a very good goal into the breeze and had 44 hit outs to Spaanderman’s 21.

Ashley Smith: Ash started well across half back having nine possessions in the first half, but faded out of the contest. He was pushed forward when Swans dominated the third term and he had little impact, before starting the last quarter on the bench.