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Round: 9 Venue: Subiaco Oval Date: Sun, 26-05-2013 2:40 pm Crowd: 32,950 | |||||
Fremantle | 7.5.47 | 13.7.85 | 15.11.101 | 19.16.130 | C: Ross Lyon |
Melbourne | 1.1.7 | 2.2.14 | 5.3.33 | 6.4.40 | C: Mark Neeld |
FREO by 40 | FREO by 71 | FREO by 68 | FREO by 90 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 David Mundy (FREO) | 2 Garrick Ibbotson (FREO) | 1 Nat Fyfe (FREO) |
Fremantle has moved into the top four with a 90-point win over Melbourne at Subiaco on the Sunday afternoon. In a match that went largely to script, the Dockers strangled the life out of the Demon attack, restricting them to just a goal in each of the first two quarters, while kicking seven and six of their own respectively.
Melbourne recovered to an extent in the third quarter, restricting the Dockers to only two goals while kicking three of their own. But normal service resumed in the last quarter, the Demons once again being restricted to a solitary goal while Fremantle kicked another four.
The winning margin was enough to tip the Dockers into the top four at the expense of Sydney, who'd had a big win of their own against Collingwood on Friday night, by 47 points.
David Munday was a fine player for the Dockers, gathering 34 touches and kicking a goal, and he received great support from Nat Fyfe, Michael Barlow and Danyle Pearce, each of whom also collected 30 possessions or more. The standout player for Melbourne was Jeremy Howe, who kicked two goals and had 27 touches. Jack Trengove (two goals, 20 possessions) and Nathan Jones (20 disposals, one goal) also flew the flag for Melbourne.
Meanwhile, the rumours abounding about Demon coach Mark Neeld's hold on his tenure at the club. With Melbourne 17th on the ladder with a dismal 1-8 record, many believe that a decision by the Melbourne board to terminate his services is imminent. Things will not get any easier for Neeld, with the Demons to face Hawthorn and Collingwood over the next two rounds ahead of their mid-year bye.
Fremantle on the other hand will have a chance to consolidate their top-four spot over the next month, with games against Adelaide, Brisbane and North Melbourne on either side of their bye.
GOALS
Fremantle: Mzungu, Ballantyne 3; Mayne, Crozier, D. Pearce 2; Hannath, Crowley, Silvagni, Fyfe, Barlow, Mundy, Ibbotson
Melbourne: Trengove, Howe 2; Watts, M. Jones
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Fremantle: Mundy, Ibbotson, Spurr, D Pearce, Fyfe, Barlow, Mzungu
Melbourne: Howe, Trengove, N. Jones, McKenzie
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Fremantle: Mundy, Fyfe, Barlow, Ibbotson, D Pearce, Mzungu
Melbourne: Howe, Trengove, N. Jones, Magner, McKenzie, N Jones
COACHES' COMMENTS:
Ross Lyon (Frem): We spoke at half time about keeping the standards really high and doing the basics really well but human nature is, once you get a bit comfortable you tend to back off. To Melbourne's credit, I thought they lifted their intensity [in the third quarter], ran harder and threw some challenges at us. I thought our last quarter, despite some sloppiness, was quite a dominant quarter again.
Mark Neeld (Melb): We came up against a well-oiled, well-drilled side and we were overwhelmed with their pressure in the first half. We're not sitting around having a look at our player list going 'oh, we've got to cull this many players'. This is the group that will take the football club through.
INJURIES
Fremantle: Nil
Melbourne: Terlich (ribs)
SUBSTITUTES
Fremantle: Nick Suban replaced Luke McPharlin in the third term
Melbourne: Rohan Bail replaced Neville Jetta in the third term
REPORTS
Fremantle: Alex Silvagni (rough conduct) on Nathan Jones in the second term
Melbourne: Nil
UMPIRES: Farmer, Hay, Fisher
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Fremantle | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
1 | Ballantyne, Hayden | 13 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25y 314d | 73 | 110 |
21 | Barlow, Michael | 13 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25y 159d | 55 | 30 |
30 | Clarke, Zac | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23y 59d | 38 | 20 |
15 | Crowley, Ryan | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29y 82d | 148 | 102 |
17 | Crozier, Hayden | 11 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19y 153d | 7 | 7 |
3 | Dawson, Zac | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27y 93d | 104 | 6 |
9 | de Boer, Matt | 12 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23y 77d | 85 | 32 |
41 | Duffield, Paul | 19 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28y 110d | 119 | 25 |
7 | Fyfe, Nat | 14 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21y 250d | 57 | 42 |
38 | Hannath, Jack | 9 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21y 321d | 5 | 3 |
5 | Ibbotson, Garrick | 18 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25y 72d | 107 | 21 |
37 | Johnson, Michael | 19 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 218d | 158 | 55 |
23 | Mayne, Chris | 11 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 205d | 90 | 117 |
18 | McPharlin, Luke | 15 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31y 176d | 217 | 114 |
16 | Mundy, David | 23 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 27y 310d | 173 | 67 |
13 | Mzungu, Tendai | 14 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27y 87d | 47 | 29 |
46 | Pearce, Clancee | 18 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 215d | 59 | 31 |
6 | Pearce, Danyle | 15 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27y 49d | 163 | 80 |
36 | Silvagni, Alex | 9 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25y 239d | 33 | 8 |
34 | Spurr, Lee | 18 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 303d | 22 | 0 |
8 | Suban, Nick | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 17d | 71 | 24 |
33 | Sutcliffe, Cam | 14 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21y 3d | 12 | 5 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 286 | 167 | 185 | 471 | 19 | 16 | 33 | 68 | 13 | 13 | 25y 93d | 1843 | 928 |
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
44 | Bail, Rohan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24y 334d | 43 | 17 |
10 | Byrnes, Shannon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29y 49d | 116 | 105 |
36 | Davey, Aaron | 12 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 29y 350d | 165 | 167 |
6 | Dawes, Chris | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25y 10d | 74 | 85 |
14 | Dunn, Lynden | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26y 12d | 104 | 90 |
32 | Evans, Michael | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20y 317d | 11 | 5 |
8 | Frawley, James | 11 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 248d | 110 | 3 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25y 28d | 89 | 13 |
37 | Gawn, Max | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 147d | 10 | 7 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 19 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 331d | 44 | 52 |
40 | Jamar, Mark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29y 290d | 131 | 47 |
39 | Jetta, Neville | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23y 103d | 40 | 19 |
45 | Jones, Matt | 13 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y 220d | 9 | 2 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 8 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25y 126d | 144 | 71 |
22 | Magner, James | 12 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25y 287d | 19 | 4 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 6 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22y 339d | 63 | 9 |
26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 205d | 26 | 3 |
30 | Sellar, James | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24y 63d | 43 | 13 |
35 | Tapscott, Luke | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 332d | 37 | 8 |
46 | Terlich, Dean | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 164d | 8 | 0 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 13 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21y 266d | 66 | 34 |
4 | Watts, Jack | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 61d | 60 | 41 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 165 | 83 | 141 | 306 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 74 | 13 | 12 | 24y 178d | 1412 | 795 |