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2PF Venue: Subiaco Oval Date: Sat, 21-09-2013 5:45 pm Crowd: 43,249 | |||||
Fremantle | 2.9.21 | 7.11.53 | 11.12.78 | 14.15.99 | C: Ross Lyon |
Sydney | 2.1.13 | 2.2.14 | 5.5.35 | 11.8.74 | C: John Longmire |
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After 19 years in the AFL, many of those where the club was seen as the league's laughing stock, Fremantle has made it to its first Grand Final after squeezing the life out of reigning premiers Sydney with a ruthless display at Subiaco on Saturday night.
The match did not have the same tension of the previous night’s Preliminary Final between Hawthorn and Geelong but was characterised by the incredibly intense, almost manic, pressure applied by the Dockers on the Swans in the first half. For much of that period, the ball was locked in Fremantle's forward line, as any attempt by a Swans player to manoeuvre into free space was met with a pack of hungry Dockers eager to get their hands on both player and ball.
Sydney, having struggled to cope with a long injury list in the second half of the season, were unable to counter-punch, and it was only because the Dockers missed a number gettable shots at goal in the first term that the difference was only eight points at the first break, with Fremantle 2.9 to Sydney's 2.1.
Fremantle's relentless pressure continued unabated in the second stanza and the Dockers straightened up their kicking for goal to really turn the heat up on Sydney. Goals to skipper Matthew Pavlich, Ryan Crowley, Nat Fyfe, Nick Suban and Paul Duffield enabled the Dockers to establish what proved to be an unassailable 39-point lead by half time.
To a certain extent, the match opened up in the second half, but the Swans could not make any inroads in the third term. The Dockers eased down in the last term but ran out comfortable 25-point winners to set up what will hopefully be a fascinating Grand Final against Hawthorn, who sneaked home against the Cats.
The Dockers onslaught was led by David Mundy, who had 29 disposals, Ryan Crowley (22 touches and a goal) and Nat Fyfe, who had 27 possessions and kicked two goals. For Sydney, Jarrad McVeigh (30 possessions and a goal) played a great match, as did Luke Parker (25 disposals and a goal) and Josh Kennedy (21 possessions).
While Saturday's Grand Final is the first “Big Dance” for Fremantle, it will be the fourth for their coach, Ross Lyon, who fell agonizingly short of achieving premiership success with St Kilda.
GOALS
Fremantle: Walters 3; Pavlich, Fyfe, Suban 2; Crowley, Duffield, Neale, Barlow, Ballantyne
Sydney: Rohan 2; Jetta, Cunningham, Parker, Bolton, McGlynn, Pyke, McVeigh, Hannebery
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Fremantle: Mundy, Crowley, Fyfe, Duffield, Pavlich, Sandilands, Walters
Sydney: McVeigh, Parker, Everitt, Grundy, White
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Fremantle: Mundy, Fyfe, Crowley, Walters, Duffield, Mzungu
Sydney: McVeigh, Kennedy, Parker, Malceski, McGlynn, Mumford
INJURIES
Fremantle: Spurr (cut head), Johnson (calf), Pearce (shin)
Sydney: McGlynn (cut head)
SUBSTITUTES
Fremantle: Lachie Neale replaced Matt de Boer in the third quarter
Sydney: Gary Rohan replaced Craig Bird in the third quarter
UMPIRES: Stevic, Meredith, McInerney
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Luke Darcy, Matthew Richardson, Cameron Ling
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 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26y 67d | 85 | 131 |
21 | Barlow, Michael | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25y 277d | 69 | 41 |
30 | Clarke, Zac | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23y 177d | 52 | 27 |
15 | Crowley, Ryan | 12 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 29y 200d | 163 | 107 |
3 | Dawson, Zac | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27y 211d | 118 | 6 |
9 | de Boer, Matt | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23y 195d | 100 | 39 |
41 | Duffield, Paul | 26 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 228d | 132 | 27 |
7 | Fyfe, Nat | 13 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 3d | 71 | 54 |
32 | Hill, Stephen | 14 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 143d | 107 | 65 |
37 | Johnson, Michael | 17 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 336d | 171 | 59 |
23 | Mayne, Chris | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 24y 323d | 104 | 136 |
18 | McPharlin, Luke | 11 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31y 294d | 224 | 114 |
16 | Mundy, David | 14 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28y 63d | 185 | 71 |
13 | Mzungu, Tendai | 10 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27y 205d | 62 | 39 |
27 | Neale, Lachie | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 120d | 22 | 12 |
29 | Pavlich, Matthew | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31y 264d | 290 | 580 |
6 | Pearce, Danyle | 13 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27y 167d | 178 | 85 |
31 | Sandilands, Aaron | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30y 289d | 192 | 75 |
34 | Spurr, Lee | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26y 56d | 35 | 2 |
8 | Suban, Nick | 11 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23y 135d | 83 | 34 |
33 | Sutcliffe, Cam | 12 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21y 121d | 22 | 9 |
10 | Walters, Michael | 13 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22y 257d | 41 | 80 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 220 | 95 | 168 | 388 | 14 | 15 | 53 | 71 | 13 | 25 | 26y 55d | 2506 | 1793 |
Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
46 | Biggs, Shane | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 47d | 3 | 0 |
14 | Bird, Craig | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24y 243d | 110 | 47 |
24 | Bolton, Jude | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33y 190d | 325 | 196 |
7 | Cunningham, Harry | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 289d | 6 | 4 |
13 | Everitt, Andrejs | 9 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24y 192d | 79 | 32 |
39 | Grundy, Heath | 12 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27y 111d | 139 | 22 |
4 | Hannebery, Dan | 9 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22y 209d | 101 | 43 |
15 | Jack, Kieren | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26y 85d | 139 | 102 |
32 | Jetta, Lewis | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 140d | 78 | 71 |
12 | Kennedy, Josh | 8 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25y 93d | 111 | 67 |
9 | Malceski, Nick | 14 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29y 37d | 151 | 59 |
21 | McGlynn, Ben | 11 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28y 46d | 125 | 141 |
3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | 16 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28y 167d | 219 | 157 |
41 | Mumford, Shane | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27y 78d | 100 | 39 |
5 | O'Keefe, Ryan | 10 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32y 240d | 282 | 260 |
26 | Parker, Luke | 14 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20y 331d | 57 | 35 |
38 | Pyke, Mike | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29y 181d | 71 | 41 |
43 | Rampe, Dane | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23y 111d | 23 | 1 |
25 | Richards, Ted | 8 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30y 253d | 206 | 32 |
16 | Rohan, Gary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22y 106d | 27 | 23 |
40 | Smith, Nick | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25y 101d | 98 | 9 |
18 | White, Jesse | 12 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25y 255d | 71 | 73 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 181 | 72 | 171 | 352 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 76 | 25 | 13 | 26y 27d | 2521 | 1454 |