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Women’s Premiership Round 15 Preview: Minor premiers meet a Bulldogs side chasing a breakthrough

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Women’s Premiership Round 15 Preview: Minor premiers meet a Bulldogs side chasing a breakthrough

Women’s Premiership, Round 15 — Friday, 21 August 2026, 6:40 pm at Hartfield Park.

Ellenbrook will begin the final night of the Women’s Premiership regular season as confirmed minor premiers, facing a Kalamunda side seeking a breakthrough result after a demanding campaign.

The Rabbitohs have secured first place with a 10–1 record and 26 competition points. Their dominance has been built on defence: Ellenbrook have conceded only 58 points in 11 matches, an average of 5.3 per game, while scoring 30.4.

Kalamunda remain winless after 11 matches. The Bulldogs average 3.1 points scored and 56.4 conceded, with their most recent five games all ending in defeat. Their final ladder position cannot change, but the match provides one last opportunity to turn persistence into a positive result.

The head-to-head record is the clearest statistical divide among the attached fixtures. Ellenbrook have won all five Women’s Premiership meetings between the clubs from 2018 to 2026, averaging 64.8 points. Kalamunda have not scored in any of those recorded meetings.

The two encounters this season have produced a combined 136–0 scoreline: Ellenbrook won 62–0 in Round 3 and 74–0 in Round 10. The Rabbitohs also won 30–0 in the most recent meeting before this season.

Ellenbrook’s only 2026 defeat came against Joondalup, 18–12, and they responded by defeating Fremantle 28–8. Their ability to restrict opponents has been remarkably consistent: no other team in either senior premiership competition has conceded so few points per match.

For Kalamunda, improvement is best measured through smaller contests inside the match—completing sets, limiting repeat defensive work and finding a way across a Rabbitohs line that has rarely been breached. An early score would immediately break the historical pattern and give the Bulldogs something tangible to build around.

For Ellenbrook, the challenge is to maintain standards while preparing for finals. The Rabbitohs have already secured every available ladder reward, so execution and squad management are likely to matter more than the final margin.

A simple season-average blend produces an indicative score of Ellenbrook 43, Kalamunda 4. The historical results lean more heavily toward the Rabbitohs, but the Bulldogs have a final opportunity to change the shape of this matchup.

Key stat: Ellenbrook have outscored Kalamunda 136–0 across their two meetings in 2026.