East Perth captain Hamish Brayshaw has declared the Royals have what it takes to reach a third grand final in a row and finally taste premiership success after a heartbreaking loss to South Fremantle on Sunday.
The Royals were condemned to back-to-back grand final losses by two points at Optus Stadium in a dramatic conclusion to the 2025 decider.
It’s the second time in 15 years East Perth have been beaten in two grand finals in a row. No WAFL club has ever lost two and then won the next.
However, Brayshaw said the club had everything they needed to claim their first flag since the three-peat in 2002.
“I feel like we have every piece for our puzzle to win a grand final,” Brayshaw told The West Australian.
“Unfortunately, it’s two years in a row that we’ve fallen short, but the hard th