Peel Thunder suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of South Fremantle on Saturday afternoon by 43 points. 

FINAL SCORE: Peel 5.13 (43) South Fremantle 12.14 (86)

Harley Balic finished the game with 29 touches and Sean Darcy with 35 hit-outs.

First-year player Luke Ryan had 17 touches and five tackles in his first match since being drafted by Freo. 

Peel's next match is against Subiaco at Leederville Oval on Saturday 8 April.