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Round: 2 Venue: Subiaco Oval Date: Sat, 29-03-2014 4:40 pm Crowd: 35,583 | |||||
Fremantle | 4.1.25 | 5.5.35 | 8.9.57 | 12.15.87 | C: Ross Lyon |
Gold Coast | 2.1.13 | 3.5.23 | 4.8.32 | 5.9.39 | C: Guy McKenna |
FREO by 12 | FREO by 12 | FREO by 25 | FREO by 48 |
Weather |
19.6°C 24.9°C |
0mm 77% 1007.5mb |
19km/h NW |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Michael Barlow (FREO) | 2 David Mundy (FREO) | 1 Nat Fyfe (FREO) |
Fremantle has overcome a tenacious Gold Coast Suns outfit and a very wet Subiaco oval to record its second win of the season and secure a top-two spot on the ladder along with its stablemate West Coast.
Heavy rain and a fast start from Gold Coast seemed to catch the Dockers off guard in the early stages of this match and the Suns took full advantage to kick the game's first two goals via Sam Day and Brandon Matera within the first four minutes. The game at that stage was being played in a relatively open fashion, something that would not have pleased Dockers' coach Ross Lyon.
A goal from Ryan Crowley, who was Gary Ablett's direct opponent seemed to settle Fremantle and their "strangulation" style of play gradually came to the fore. The Suns did not add to their first-quarter goal tally, while Michael Johnson, Tendai Mzungu and Michael Walters added majors to out the Dockers 12 points to the good at the first change.
The Dockers looked set to run away with the game when Michael Barlow kicked the first of the second term at the three-minute mark but the Suns buckled down in the slippery conditions and reduced there margin to just 11 points with a goal to Day after seven minutes. The remainder of the quarter was a wet-weather slog in which no goals were scored and Fremantle took a two-goal advantage into the long break, small but significant in the conditions.
As they had done in the second term, the Dockers kicked the first goal of the third term to open up a three-goal buffer but the Suns continued to "hang tough" and a goal to Aaron Hall kept them within 14 points at the six-minute mark. Another dour period of play ensued until Mzungu broke the deadlock to give Fremantle a 20-point lead at the 16-minute mark. Barlow added the only other goal of the quarter and the Dockers, leading by 27 points at the last change of ends, appeared to have broken the Suns' resistance.
Danyle Pearce put a virtual seal on the match with the first goal of the last quarter and the Dockers kicked three further goals to one for the term, coasting to a 48-point win. The Suns were by no means disgraced, and will head into their round three home encounter against Brisbane with some confidence.
The Dockers face a tough third-round challenge against their 2013 Grand Final vanquishers Hawthorn on Friday night. They will take the Hawks on without the suspended Nat Fyfe and Zav Dawson, and the injured Michael Barlow.
GOALS
Fremantle: Walters, Mzungu, Barlow 2; Crowley, Johnson, Pearce, Hill, Sheridan, Duffield
Gold Coast: Day 2; Hall, Matera, Lynch
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Fremantle: Sandilands, Barlow, Mundy, Duffield, Fyfe, M Walters
Gold Coast: Swallow, Prestia, May, O'Meara, Ablett, McKenzie
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Fremantle: Barlow, Mundy, Sandilands, Fyfe, Walters, Mzungu
Gold Coast: Swallow, Ablett, Prestia, Rischitelli, McKenzie, Day
SUBSTITUTES
Fremantle: Tom Sheridan replaced Jack Hannath during the third quarter.
Gold Coast: Timmy Sumner replaced Matt Shaw during the third quarter.
UMPIRES: Ryan, Kamolins, Fisher
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Matthew Campbell, Dermott Brereton, Tony Shaw, Ben Dixcon
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 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 26y 256d | 88 | 134 |
21 | Barlow, Michael | 19 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26y 101d | 72 | 44 |
15 | Crowley, Ryan | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 30y 24d | 166 | 110 |
3 | Dawson, Zac | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28y 35d | 121 | 6 |
9 | de Boer, Matt | 9 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24y 19d | 103 | 39 |
41 | Duffield, Paul | 16 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29y 52d | 135 | 28 |
7 | Fyfe, Nat | 12 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22y 192d | 74 | 55 |
38 | Hannath, Jack | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 263d | 14 | 7 |
32 | Hill, Stephen | 13 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 332d | 110 | 67 |
37 | Johnson, Michael | 15 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29y 160d | 174 | 60 |
23 | Mayne, Chris | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25y 147d | 107 | 137 |
18 | McPharlin, Luke | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32y 118d | 227 | 114 |
16 | Mundy, David | 24 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28y 252d | 188 | 73 |
13 | Mzungu, Tendai | 14 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28y 29d | 65 | 43 |
29 | Pavlich, Matthew | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32y 88d | 293 | 584 |
6 | Pearce, Danyle | 10 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27y 356d | 181 | 89 |
31 | Sandilands, Aaron | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 31y 113d | 195 | 75 |
11 | Sheridan, Tommy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20y 152d | 13 | 8 |
34 | Spurr, Lee | 14 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26y 245d | 38 | 2 |
8 | Suban, Nick | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23y 324d | 85 | 34 |
33 | Sutcliffe, Cam | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21y 310d | 25 | 9 |
10 | Walters, Michael | 11 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23y 81d | 44 | 86 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 215 | 63 | 142 | 357 | 12 | 15 | 69 | 75 | 18 | 25 | 26y 216d | 2518 | 1804 |
Gold Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
9 | Ablett, Gary | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29y 319d | 255 | 336 |
36 | Broughton, Greg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 27y 181d | 87 | 17 |
27 | Cameron, Clay | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19y 306d | 2 | 0 |
12 | Day, Sam | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21y 204d | 44 | 28 |
23 | Dixon, Charlie | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 187d | 37 | 29 |
33 | Hall, Aaron | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23y 140d | 32 | 33 |
5 | Harbrow, Jarrod | 13 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25y 254d | 128 | 38 |
28 | Kolodjashnij, Kade | 10 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18y 232d | 1 | 0 |
40 | Lemmens, Sean | 10 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19y 147d | 2 | 0 |
19 | Lynch, Tom | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 149d | 40 | 38 |
32 | Matera, Brandon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22y 18d | 41 | 35 |
17 | May, Steven | 13 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22y 78d | 36 | 15 |
18 | McKenzie, Trent | 16 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21y 360d | 59 | 19 |
22 | Nicholls, Tom | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22y 25d | 11 | 2 |
1 | O'Meara, Jaeger | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20y 34d | 24 | 17 |
10 | Prestia, Dion | 12 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21y 168d | 53 | 13 |
35 | Rischitelli, Michael | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28y 80d | 159 | 69 |
26 | Shaw, Matt | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22y 52d | 54 | 20 |
25 | Stanley, Danny | 7 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26y 39d | 60 | 33 |
3 | Sumner, Timmy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19y 171d | 13 | 6 |
24 | Swallow, David | 15 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21y 130d | 53 | 23 |
16 | Thompson, Rory | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 17d | 35 | 7 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 183 | 45 | 129 | 312 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 92 | 25 | 18 | 22y 282d | 1226 | 778 |