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Blog log from R19 of 2023: Fremantle vs Sydney

Blog log for Fremantle vs Sydney, R19 of 2023

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Treacy leaps in front of McCartin to clunk a Brayshaw kick from the wing to the hotspot for the first goal of the night. (Q1 0:44)
Switkowski passes a sizzler to Walters 40m out on a slight angle, he just misses to the narrow side left. (Q1 3:09)
Heeney skids through the first major for Sydney from half forward on the end of a rebound through midfield with Blakey involved. (Q1 6:10)
McDonald takes a link mark at half forward and hits the lead of Hayward 45m out on a slight angle. Hayward kicks truly. (Q1 15:00)
Ryan roves the cake of soap in the back pocket 20m out in rainy conditions but two Swans pounce, Hayward wins the HTB free and delivers another nice set shot for his second. (Q1 17:08)
McDonald roves an Amartey contest and snaps across the body like he’s Tom Papley, that one screws through from 30m on a slight angle! (Q1 19:48)
Gulden with the centre clearance, Mills marks 40m out on the flank, his kick lands on the line, did Jackson touch it through? Review is line ball… called a goal! (Q1 22:03)
Papley roves a smothered Heeney snap and snaps quick and high from 35m, lands on the line for Hamling to rush. (Q1 24:50)
Serong tries to baulk through a Chad Warner tackle at half back and coughs it up by hand, Franklin sets up Papley to snap the goal from 35m on the flank. (Q1 26:25)
Frederick plays on to advantage from a pack free to Amiss on the HFF, he centres for Switkowski to mark near the hotspot and convert. (Q1 28:50)
Parker roves a lucky bounce near the Swans hotspot and Bounces a handball past Serong outside to Gulden who wobbles through the goal off the left. (Q2 4:04)
McDonald tries a grubber from the pocket 30m out but it doesn’t turn on the wet grass and skids across the face. (Q2 5:56)
Brayshaw is given the easiest of goals after McCartin kicks across the backline to the feet of McLean. (Q2 10:09)
Mills marks a Wicks pass at the hotspot behind Johnson for his second goal. (Q2 13:09)
Schultz sends a high speculator from the HFF to the top of the square, huge pack flies and it’s Amiss who flies over the top for a Disco Roach chest mark speccy! Goal Freo. (Q2 16:50)
Warner snaps on the HFF, ball skids near the square, Franklin throws a boot at it but misses, ball rolls for a behind across the face. (Q2 18:31)
McInerney hits the lead of Franklin near the boundary 40m out. Purple army hoots and hollers, Budwah shuts them up with a quality swinging set shot, left to right and in. (Q2 19:45)
Heeney kicks low and hard after the next bounce, ball clears everyone and sits up for Hayward to gather and goal! (Q2 21:35)
Franklin skids a kick wide from the HFF after a mark. (Q2 25:54)
Walters passes to Frederick running forward to 40m on a slight angle on the end of a fast break, of which there have been many today. Frederick converts in red time just before HT. (Q2 26:50)
Schultz baulks inside and goals from the square after Treacy provides a crumb deep int he pocket. (Q3 0:07)
Walters roves and bounces through another one for Fremantle from the pocket 25m out. The Purple Army has woken up and now are baying for blood! (Q3 3:05)
Pearce is pinged for a jumper hold on Franklin in a pack 45m out on a slight angle, Bud delivers a lovely set shot. (Q3 5:25)
Franklin passes to Papley to mark in front of Clark 40m out in the corridor, Bud showing off both sides of his forward craft in the last minute. Papley kicks his second goal. (Q3 7:05)
Corbett keeps his legs and Cunningham loses his chasing a crumb at the hotspot, free against the Swan and Corbett tugs it left. (Q3 8:45)
Sturt marks on the lead 45m out in the corridor and strokes through a nice set shot. (Q3 10:46)
Franklin juggles a contested grab from a wobbler inside 50 by Parker following the next bounce, falling to ground near the hotspot despite contact from behind by Pierce. He goals. (Q3 12:46)
Frederick roves on the boundary at half forward, jinks clear and passes nicely to Schultz 25m out on the flank. He kicks straight. (Q3 16:26)
Fremantle are breaking even but not making any headway on this five-goal Sydney lead halfway through Q3. (Q3 16:41)
Hamling touches through a low checkside from Amartey from 25m. (Q3 21:30)
Heeney marks uncontested as a reward for hard run up and down the ground, Hughes lost the handle on him in transition. He misses from near the hotspot. (Q3 24:08)
Florent receives from Papley after a ball up in midfield and passes to the lead of Franklin 40m out on a slight angle. Bud for goal number four… shanks OOTF to the left. (Q3 25:26)
Switkowski marks just inside CHF but shoots OOTF. (Q4 1:40)
Frederick marks in the pocket 20m out but doesn’t curl his set shot early enough off the left, drifts across the face. (Q4 4:01)
Amiss roves and misses off the left from near the hotspot running sideways to goal. (Q4 5:20)
Schultz is caught high by McCartin trying to rove at the hotspot, threw his head back but it was there. He kicks straight, purple hearts beat anew. (Q4 6:14)
Erasmus roves a long ball to the Swans hotspot but slips and coughs up the footy under Franklin pressure, McDonald volleys an opportunist goal! (Q4 8:19)
Schultz somehow gets clear over the back for a Sturt pass to 20m in front. This has to go through for the Dockers… it does. (Q4 10:40)
Four kicks in it and 12 minutes to play. Time for another Purple Haze special if this team has it in them. (Q4 11:20)
Franklin forces Wagner to cough up a handball at CHF, Heeney roves and feeds Mills who kicks over Hughes to Warner 40m out on a slight angle, he seals the deal with his first goal. (Q4 13:00)
Gulden with a free at the next bounce, McDonald roves his own contest at the hotspot but snaps just wide right across his body. (Q4 14:38)
Stanley passes to the lead of Walters 40m out on the flank after Blakey is pinged for deliberate OOB. Sonny swerves it through! (Q4 16:10)
Technicaly this game is still on with the margin four kicks and 8:45 to play but the Swans have always had an answer so far. (Q4 16:40)
Swans now playing tempo, clock nearing 5:00 and Freo no closer. (Q4 21:22)
Heeney marks at true CHF and goes short to Gulden five metres on, Sydney doing it easy now. Gulden takes his full thirty seconds to kick a point. (Q4 23:20)
Heeney takes a floating pack mark in front of Pearce 40m out on the flank, final siren sounds and he kicks a garbage time special. (Q4 26:40)

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