Bontempelli marks behind a pack on the HFF, plays on and bangs through the first goal of the evening! (Q1 2:03)
Bontmpelli marks forward of the wing and plays on for a scrubbing kick towards Naughton at the hotspot, he gives outside to McLean who screws a snap across the face. (Q1 4:40)
Lobb marks a Switkowski pass over Richards 35m out near the boundary, his set shot is wide for no score. (Q1 6:09)
Walters dives in front of Williams to mark a repeat inside 50 tumbler by Clark to 45m on the flank. He shanks it OOTF searching for extra length. (Q1 6:54)
Bailey Smith kicks OOTF under pressure after a stoppage in the Freo FP, Walters takes the free 30m out and misses. (Q1 8:16)
Naughton misses Ugle-Hagan with a long kick to the pocket but Weightman dives behind him to mark 25m out, he misses as the purple mobs bay for his blood. (Q1 10:09)
Bailey Smith runs free to the HFF and sends a long ball off the left to the top of the square where Johannisen marks over Walker for the second goal of the night. (Q1 16:53)
Sam Darcy marks a Weightman snap that lands on the behind line, plays on and hits the post. (Q1 18:39)
Dunkley marks a centring ball by Macrae 40m out on a slight angle, he plays on for a snap that is also short and lands on the behind line… Sam Darcy marks again and goals! (Q1 19:54)
Johannisen sharks a Clark give but misses from 40m on a slight angle. (Q1 21:47)
Serong tries a kick across the centreline but it’s to a contest and turned over, Bontempelli bangs through his second goal from 40m after a feed by Treloar, Dogs away! (Q1 25:45)
Hunter roves in the pocket, shrugs the shoulders to get rid of a tackler and gives to Weightman in the square who has to hurdle the prone umpire to kick the goal! (Q1 29:46)
Lobb draws a holding free on Gardner 40m out on the flank, home fans cheer lustily as they haven’t had much joy yet. Then they go aww as Lobb shanks it OOTF. (Q1 31:45)
Bontempelli puts his head over a loose footy at the hotspot and gets caught high by Chapman, he misses. (Q2 3:15)
Repeat inside 50s piling up for the Bulldogs, big tall representation for a long ball to a pack 20m out but it’s Dunkley who keeps his feet to rove and goal. (Q2 9:15)
After Logue starts a counter attack with a sharked handball on the wing, Amiss beats Cordy to mark at the top of the square but misses a sitter! Not Freo’s night. (Q2 11:35)
Walters marks a Clark pass to the pocket 35m out, plays on and screws the snap narrow. (Q2 14:25)
Walters draws a very soft contact free on Edwards 30m out on a slight angle and converts, much to the relief of the long-suffering Freo faithful in the stands. (Q2 20:37)
Brayshaw bursts from the next centre bounce and bombs long from near CHF, the ball drops on the line where Gardner stretches a hand out… review confirms goal! (Q2 22:40)
Serong chases a ruck tap from the pocket to the hotspot, he gathers and snaps another one for Freo off the left! (Q2 28:16)
Brayshaw kicks to a hole 25m out on a slight angle, Amiss leads out of the square into it to juggle the mark. Crowd going ape droppings, HT siren sounds… goal! (Q2 30:56)
Weightman roves a Ugle-Hagan contest near the hotspot and gives to Johannisen who tumbles through the first goal of Q3. (Q3 0:41)
Treloar roves at full tilt 50m out on a slight angle but shanks OOTF. (Q3 5:32)
Macrae gives wide of a stoppage at CHF but Hunter’s right boot is not good and he kicks OOTF from 45m. (Q3 6:34)
The Dockers go coast to coast from that OOTF free on the switch, Lobb marks an Acres long ball from the wing to the flank 40m out, he kicks truly. (Q3 7:18)
Brodie clears from a stoppage down the flank, Lobb provides a crumb for Walters who does the rest off the right from 30m! (Q3 12:09)
Keath’s second turnover in a minute leads to Switkowski passing to Lobb 40m out on the flank. This to really kickstart wharfie time….. it’s good! (Q3 17:09)
English roves a Macrae speculator towards Sam Darcy at the hotspot but snaps wide right. (Q3 20:16)
Naughton roves his own contest on the boundary 15m out but misses the impossible snap off the left. (Q3 21:04)
Williams spoils a Frederick pass to Amiss deep in attack for Freo, the ball pings for a behind. (Q3 22:09)
Brodie passes to Aish on the boundary 40m out. Aish’s fourth kick of the game is short and rushed. (Q3 25:44)
Ugle-Hagan has a lash from 50m near the boundary, starts straight but fades left. (Q3 27:12)
McLean misses from a stoppage 20m out in the pocket. (Q3 28:23)
Young clears from a stoppage on the wing to the corridor where Amiss chips in front of Logue to mark 45m out. This for his third goal to level the scores… it’s a peach! (Q4 3:12)
Clark roves in midfield, props and finds Brayshaw 45m out on a slight angle. Any score gives Fremantle a long-awaited lead… falls short and rebounded, no score. (Q4 6:22)
Acres beats Richards in a ground contest on the wing to get a repeat inside 50 for Freo, Logue marks just inside 50m and gets a 50 to ensure the go-ahead goal from the line! (Q4 7:47)
Vandermeer was the culprit there, encroaching. (Q4 8:37)
Richards mops up a chaos ball by Mundy to the pocket, starts a switch but dawdles and gets tackled by the speedy Frederick, kick skews to Walters who goals from 20m! (Q4 12:27)
Roarke Smith leaps over Cox to take a speccy at the hotspot, can this be the kickstarter for the Bulldogs? He kicks the goal, margin back under a kick with 10:21 to go. (Q4 14:53)
Lobb clears from the next bounce, Walters tries a soccer kick from the crumb at the hotspot but it skids wide. (Q4 16:02)
O’Driscoll catches Dunkley HTB on the boundary 30m out after a stoppage, bit red hot but he was going for the line… NOD threads it, the purple hordes are in raptures! (Q4 19:51)
Mundy lopes away from the next centre bounce in classic style and passes off the left for Amiss to take a contested grab on the lead 45m out on a slight angle. Amiss doesn’t score. (Q4 21:27)
McComb gives away a contact free at half forward to stop a rare Doggie attack. Freo with all the energy late in this one. (Q4 26:46)
Brodie hits the post with a snap from 45m on the flank to make it three kicks the difference. (Q4 27:08)
2:44 to go, Dogs don’t look like it. (Q4 27:08)
Dockers now playing tempo, they will meet the Pies next week. (Q4 27:42)
Dunkley has three to beat for a Naughton speculator to the hotspot but can’t do it, Freo clears, game officially over. (Q4 28:10)
