Smith screws through the opening goal of the evening from the boundary 15m out after O’Driscoll is pinged for running OOB in possession. (Q1 4:51)
Close centres from the pocket to the top of the square where Knevitt beats Aish to mark… but he sprays the easy set shot. (Q1 6:11)
Hawkins misses a snap from a pack near the hotspot. (Q1 7:12)
O’Meara passes to the lead of Banfield 40m out on a slight angle, who misses to the right. (Q1 9:33)
Parfitt passes towards the boundary for Cameron 35m out, who plays on but misses. (Q1 11:26)
O’Driscoll centre from behind a pack on the HFF to Brayshaw 40m out on a slight angle, who converts for the first major for Fremantle. (Q1 14:06)
Frederick bounces his way up members wing and goes long to Amiss who has two defenders on him, the kick is to his advantage to mark 15m out on a slight angle for the goal. (Q1 16:34)
Cameron marks again 30m out on the boundary, this time he hits the near goalpost. (Q1 20:37)
Fyfe passes to the pocket for Amiss 25m out, but his set shot is across the face for no score. (Q1 23:31)
From the resultant throw in next to the behind post, the ball lands a bit short, Darcy catches the ball and dribbles the goal from 15m! (Q1 24:04)
Bruhn marks on the HFF and gets a rather unpopular 50m penalty for late contact by Banfield to ensure the goal from the top of the square. (Q1 26:29)
O’Meara receives from Serong at the next bounce and kicks to Frederick to leap over three Cats and clunk the mark 35m out on a slight angle… then miss, disappointingly. (Q1 28:01)
Hawkins kicks to the hotspot where Walker chops the arms of Stengle for an obvious free, crowd hoots but it was there. Stengle kicks straight for his first goal. (Q1 29:31)
Schultz takes a strong contested grab against Tuohy and O’Connor 30m out in the pocket just before the QT siren. His kick is a shocker, way left OOTF. (Q1 31:30)
Fyfe runs forward to chip in front of Schultz’s lead and mark a Walters kick to the pocket 25m out. He misses the set shot, as he often does. (Q2 1:17)
Brayshaw’s dump kick from a stoppage in the back pocket is straight to Smith 50m out on a slight angle… after a delay for a streaker, he bangs through a fabulous set shot! (Q2 5:24)
Ryan spoils Cameron leading to 35m on the flank but the umpire says it was an arm chop. Jezza wobbles the kick wide left, crowd cheers. (Q2 7:38)
Serong snaps a stoppage goal from near the hotspot to bring the margin back under a kick, after Darcy put the ruck tap into space forward of the pack. (Q2 10:20)
Fyfe roves on the HFF and kicks high to the pack in the square, Treacy contests and the crumb sits up on the line for Schultz to rove and goal. Freo into the lead! (Q2 13:58)
Brayshaw releases Jackson to lope to CHF from the next centre bounce but his driving shot is wide left. (Q2 14:57)
Walters marks a Banfield pass to the hotspot in front of Stewart and punches through the low set shot for the goal. It’s a bit of a grind, this game, but it’s all going one way. (Q2 19:08)
The crumb from a Treacy contest at the hotspot bounces towards the pocket where Switkowski roves his own kick, baulks off the left and then snaps truly. (Q2 21:43)
Cameron handballs from the HFF then runs to receive at half forward for the pass to Hawkins 35m out near the boundary. The Tomahawk delivers a beauty of a set shot. (Q2 24:53)
Fyfe’s second 50m penalty against in a couple of minutes leads to Stengle roving in the pocket for a feed to Smith who blazes wide from 20m. (Q2 29:24)
A 50m penalty against Smith leads to Schultz going long to the square over the back of the Cat defence for Treacy to mark and goal. (Q2 30:35)
The Cats scrub the ball through heavy traffic, Knevitt’s kick inside 50 goes to ground, Hawkins roves and stands up in a tackle to feed Stengle for the goal. (Q2 33:09)
Stengle kicks over Walker to the lead of Hawkins 40m out on the flank after the first bounce of Q3, the set shot is another peach for his second. (Q3 0:53)
After Fyfe toepokes forward, Switkowski sets up Walters to run to the hotspot for the quick replying goal. (Q3 2:53)
Jackson passes to Frederick 40m out on the flank, his set shot is a pearler as well. It’s a shoot out! (Q3 4:19)
Walters gives under a tackle to Banfield who had a bit of a dirty first half, but he snaps a fine finish from the pocket 25m out! (Q3 6:38)
Hawkins is always dangerous in forward 50 stoppages, he manages to tumble through a volley from 15m after halving in ruck with Darcy. (Q3 9:38)
Treacy juggles the ball over the goal line from a long Aish kick for a point. (Q3 10:54)
Fremantle get the loose man overlap going from a scrimmage on the wing, ending with Frederick giving Walters a Joe the Goose special. (Q3 12:48)
Banfield marks a short Clark pass hear CHF and chooses a pass for Switkowski 40m out on the flank. The set shot flies wide right. (Q3 15:38)
Brayshaw vs Atkins is one of the more one-sided matchups you will see this year, almost as bad as Dunkley vs Cripps a few weeks ago. (Q3 18:41)
After Fyfe is caught HTB in the centre by Bruhn, Henry marks a Parfitt high ball at the hotspot and pops through his first goal. (Q3 19:23)
Another speculator to a pack at the Cats hotspot, Henry flies over Ryan and Cox to clunk another one for his second goal. (Q3 22:54)
Djilang are staying just within touching distance despite being smashed in most key stats, forward efficiency the one they are clinging onto for dear life. (Q3 23:34)
Darcy provides a crumb on the HFF for a Young inside 50 kick, Amiss is over the back to baulk inside and screw through the goal off his left from 35m. (Q3 28:39)
Blicavs marks a Miers pass near the hotspot after the next bounce for the quick replying goal. (Q3 30:39)
Jackson marks on the boundary 30m out, his drop punt is across the face. (Q4 0:57)
Smith passes to the pocket for Hawkins who misses from 30m. (Q4 3:37)
Atkins is pinged for high contact on Aish after a stoppage in the pocket 30m out. Aish kicks carefully and straight! (Q4 9:57)
O’Meara sets up Switkowski after the next bounce, Banfield marks at half forward but the set shot is poor and rushed into the post. (Q4 11:50)
Henry marks on the boundary 25m out, he tries a pass that doesn’t work, cut off by Young for no score. (Q4 15:43)
Bruhn has had more footy than any Cat today but his disposal has been terrible, another helicopter clanger kick causes a rebound that ends with Amiss 50m out for the sealer! (Q4 17:07)
That goal was also set up by a 50m penalty for a late swinging arm by Stewart on the wing. Cats severely undermanned today and just couldn’t go with Freo at home. (Q4 18:13)
Long ball to a pack around Jackson 25m out, Frederick roves and kicks off junk time with his second goal. (Q4 19:05)
Schultz roves a crumb created by O’Meara on the HFF and goes inboard to Banfield 35m out, who misses. (Q4 21:18)
Cameron’s fourth behind comes from a stoppage in the pocket. (Q4 26:50)
Blicavs misses from the HFF in the last minute. (Q4 28:41)
