Murray Newman leaves ground as Swan Districts beat Claremont Murray Newman kicks a first-term goal before leaving the ground. SWAN Districts overcame having a West Coast-listed player walk out and two more players with sore ankles to hand Claremont just its second loss of its season by 39 points at Claremont Oval. Even with Murray Newman absent from quarter-time onwards and Alex Howard and Jarrad Blight fighting through ankle complaints in the second half, Swan Districts won 16.14 (110) to 10.11 (71) to consolidate a spot in the four ahead of a big clash with East Perth. Swans were down to 21 men from quarter-time onwards after the West Coast-listed Newman walked off the ground, grabbed his gear from the change rooms and left the ground. He had played the entire first quarter for just one kick and while the official Swan Districts line originally was that he had left to attend a family emergency, that soon changed to no comment and West Coast officials at Claremont Oval had no idea what happened, and couldn't contact him. It's not the first drama for the talented small forward, with the 19-year-old currently fighting grievous bodily harm charges following an incident in Northbridge last year. He also came back out of shape last year for pre-season and was even beaten in a time trial by coach John Worsfold. Tony Notte continued the best season of his career for Swan Districts with five goals while Tim Geappen booted three, young star Charlie Cameron two and Ryan Davis two. The Swans' midfield might not have got the numbers Claremont's on-ballers did but Tom Roach (19 possessions), Matt Riggio (21), Aaron Elari (23) and Adam Faulkner (20) worked hard. Swans' back-line was also terrific with Kyle Hams keeping Paul Medhurst to one goal and Jamie Bennell gave good run with 23 touches, Wayde Twomey 23 and Graham Jetta 19. Sandover and Simpson Medal winner, and dual premiership star Luke Blackwell played his first game since Round 5 after a knee injury and picked up 30 possessions and 10 clearances for Claremont. Andrew Foster also returned from a fractured cheekbone for 24 disposals and eight tackles with Jake Murphy racking up 33 touches, six inside 50s and a goal. Mark Seaby was a strong contributor again for Claremont with 24 touches, 44 hit outs and 12 clearances, but Swan Districts' 20-year-old Rory Lobb worked hard up against him for 13 touches and 13 hit outs in his fifth league game. Chad Jones found some form up forward for Claremont with four goals opposed to Tallan Ames. Swans got off to a flying start with the first two goals of the game before Claremont hit back with the next three in an even first quarter between the two fierce recent rivals. Notte booted his second goal late in the opening term to put Swans up by two points at the first change and the black-and-whites then dominated the second quarter with the breeze booting six goals to one to open up a 32-point half-time advantage. Claremont came hard in the third quarter with Jones booting three in the first 13 minutes, and late goals to Ian Richardson and Anton Hamp had the Tigers within eight points at the last change. Swans, though, had the breeze in the last quarter and their pressure again went up another level as they held the Tigers' goalless while kicking four themselves to win by 39 points. Adding insult to injury for Claremont, skipper Andrew Browne's horror career run of injuries continued when he strained a quad muscle after being in outstanding form this season. BEST Swans: T Notte, R Davis, J Bennell, A Elari, W Twomey, T Roach, K Hams. Tigers: L Blackwell, J Murphy, A Foster, C Jones, M Seaby. GOALS Swans: T Notte 5, T Geappen 3, R Davis 2, C Cameron 2, T Roach, D Garlett, A Elari, B Robinson. Tigers: C Jones 4, A Hamp, I Richardson, A Foster, J Murphy, L Smith, P Medhurst. CROWD: 2120 at Claremont Oval.