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SSW| Brownlow Medal | 3 Nat Fyfe (FREO) | 2 Hayden Ballantyne (FREO) | 1 Michael Barlow (FREO) |
Match Report
Fremantle has recorded its fourth consecutive win and moved up to fifth place on the ladder with a workmanlike win over Richmond at the MCG on Saturday. In front of a small crowd of 22,074, the Dockers took an early lead and were able to keep Richmond at arm's length for the remainder of the match, withstanding a last-quarter surge from the Tigers, who were left to rue a very poor third term for the second week in a row.
The match started brightly for Richmond, with Bachar Houli marking and goaling from 50 after just one minute. But the Dockers put their trademark squeeze on the Tigers after that, not allowing another goal to be kicked for the quarter. In the meantime, they added three of their own, via Lee Spurr, David Mundy and Michael Barlow ti lead by 10 points at the first change.
In a surprisingly free-flowing second quarter, both sides added four goals. The Tigers actually took the lead in time-on after a goal from Jake Batchelor but two goals from Hayden Ballantyne saw the Dockers wrest back the lead and go into the long break eight points ahead.
As it had done in the third term a week earlier against North Melbourne, it all went wrong for the Tigers in the third term as the Dockers came out firing after hard time. Consecutive goals to Matthew Pavlich, followed by further majors to Barlow, Zac Clarke and Ballantyne saw Fremantle out to a 39-point lead and the game had well and truly slipped from Richmond's grasp. The Tigers did manage to kick two of the last three goals of the term but they were still 33 points adrift at the final change of ends.
A Ballantyne goal early in the last term saw the margin extended to 38, but then the Tigers came with a run. Goals to Brett Deledio, Brandon Ellis, Chris Newman and Ricky Petterd saw Richmond close the gap to just 14 points at the 20-minute mark but captain Pavlich and Ballantyne with his sixth ensured a Dockers victory.
In fifth place and rising, Fremantle will now host Brisbane at home on Saturday in its continuing push for a top four spot, while Richmond - languishing in 15th place on the ladder with just three wins - faces another big challenge on Friday night when it takes on Sydney at the MCG.
GOALS
Richmond: Deledio, Petterd 2; Maric, Riewoldt, Miles, Batchelor, Foley, Ellis, Newman, Martin
Fremantle: Ballantyne 6; Pavlich 3; Barlow 2; Spurr, Mundy, Pearce, Clarke, Fyfe
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Richmond: Miles, Ellis, Rance, Petterd, Martin, Chaplin
Fremantle: Ballantyne, Fyfe, Mundy, Hill, Barlow, Crowley, Pavlich
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Richmond: Ellis, Foley, Deledio, Petterd, Rance
Fremantle: Ballantyne, Fyfe, Hill, Barlow, Mundy, Spurr, Pavlich
SUBSTITUTES
Richmond: Ben Lennon replaced Dylan Grimes in the third quarter.
Fremantle: Colin Sylvia replaced Danyle Pearce in the third quarter.
UMPIRES: Fisher, Kamolins, Findlay
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Basil Zempilas, Hamish McLachlan, Tom Harley, Andrew Welsh
Source
Match Report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Match stats
| Richmond | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 11 | Batchelor, Jake | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 121d | 41 | 1 |
| 25 | Chaplin, Troy | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28y 111d | 174 | 11 |
| 9 | Cotchin, Trent | 16 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24y 68d | 120 | 69 |
| 7 | Dea, Matt | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22y 244d | 28 | 1 |
| 3 | Deledio, Brett | 9 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27y 57d | 203 | 131 |
| 27 | Edwards, Aaron | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30y 104d | 93 | 138 |
| 10 | Edwards, Shane | 11 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25y 232d | 141 | 92 |
| 5 | Ellis, Brandon | 15 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 315d | 54 | 22 |
| 41 | Foley, Nathan | 13 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28y 279d | 143 | 42 |
| 2 | Grimes, Dylan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 333d | 34 | 0 |
| 16 | Hampson, Shaun | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26y 85d | 73 | 32 |
| 14 | Houli, Bachar | 13 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26y 33d | 103 | 25 |
| 35 | Lennon, Ben | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18y 344d | 5 | 2 |
| 20 | Maric, Ivan | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28y 161d | 121 | 47 |
| 4 | Martin, Dustin | 11 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22y 353d | 98 | 108 |
| 26 | Miles, Anthony | 15 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 22y 106d | 12 | 2 |
| 38 | Morris, Steven | 9 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 165d | 55 | 7 |
| 1 | Newman, Chris | 12 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32y 27d | 241 | 42 |
| 13 | Petterd, Ricky | 9 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25y 325d | 73 | 65 |
| 18 | Rance, Alex | 13 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24y 248d | 96 | 8 |
| 8 | Riewoldt, Jack | 9 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25y 226d | 146 | 355 |
| 31 | Vlastuin, Nick | 9 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20y 56d | 28 | 10 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 205 | 95 | 202 | 407 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 61 | 20 | 13 | 25y 32d | 2082 | 1210 | |
| Fremantle | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 1 | Ballantyne, Hayden | 11 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26y 333d | 97 | 153 |
| 21 | Barlow, Michael | 14 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26y 178d | 78 | 48 |
| 30 | Clarke, Zac | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24y 78d | 62 | 35 |
| 15 | Crowley, Ryan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30y 101d | 176 | 114 |
| 3 | Dawson, Zac | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28y 112d | 129 | 7 |
| 41 | Duffield, Paul | 9 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29y 129d | 145 | 33 |
| 7 | Fyfe, Nat | 15 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 269d | 82 | 64 |
| 32 | Hill, Stephen | 13 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24y 44d | 119 | 74 |
| 5 | Ibbotson, Garrick | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26y 91d | 119 | 21 |
| 23 | Mayne, Chris | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25y 224d | 116 | 142 |
| 16 | Mundy, David | 12 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28y 329d | 198 | 77 |
| 13 | Mzungu, Tendai | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 106d | 75 | 47 |
| 27 | Neale, Lachie | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21y 21d | 34 | 16 |
| 29 | Pavlich, Matthew | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32y 165d | 303 | 609 |
| 6 | Pearce, Danyle | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28y 68d | 191 | 95 |
| 31 | Sandilands, Aaron | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31y 190d | 205 | 78 |
| 11 | Sheridan, Tommy | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 229d | 19 | 10 |
| 36 | Silvagni, Alex | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26y 258d | 42 | 10 |
| 34 | Spurr, Lee | 13 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26y 322d | 48 | 3 |
| 8 | Suban, Nick | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24y 36d | 95 | 39 |
| 33 | Sutcliffe, Cam | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22y 22d | 35 | 9 |
| 4 | Sylvia, Colin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 218d | 158 | 129 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 165 | 67 | 147 | 312 | 16 | 9 | 58 | 51 | 13 | 19 | 26y 193d | 2526 | 1813 | |
Match highlights
Jack Riewoldt kicked 5 behinds for Richmond against Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R13)Aaron Sandilands had 45 hitouts for Fremantle vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R13)