Frederick kicks off the scoring with a mid-range miss. (Q1 1:50)
Young switches to outer wing for Banfield who hits the lead of Treacy 45m out near the boundary, the set shot is narrow to the left. (Q1 3:56)
Newman spoils a rebound kick back inside 50 for Cerra to run onto, he snaps the first goal from 40m on a slight angle. (Q1 6:00)
Emmett roves after a ball up near the hotspot and snaps a nice goal on the turn off the right boot across the body. (Q1 9:30)
Credit to a goal assist handball from Walters for that score. (Q1 9:50)
Banfield draws a holding free on Oliver Hollands at the hotspot going for an Amiss pass next to the hotspot, he kicks straight. (Q1 15:01)
Saad spoils Walters in the centre to start a fast break, McKay is over the back to mark 20m out but he fumbles after playing on, easy goal butchered! (Q1 19:16)
Fantasia catches Fyfe HTB at half back to start a rebound up the corridor, pass goes to the lead of Cripps in front of Ryan 45m out on a slight angle, he goals! (Q1 25:51)
Amiss runs behind two Blues to mark a long Frederick ball to the square for a goal to break what has been a bit of a stalemate of a game with not many inside 50s. (Q2 6:08)
McKay misses from a throw-in 30m out after causing it with a strip tackle on the wing on Hughes. (Q2 8:35)
Emmett beats Newman to a loose ball 45m out in front and earns a high contact free but his set shot is off Newman towards Acres… Taberner wins the HTB free and goals! (Q2 12:43)
Cottrell plays on after getting a rather soft holding free on Ryan on the HFF and sails through a snap from 40m under not much pressure. (Q2 17:37)
Curnow takes a contested grab on the wing then kicks to McKay who takes another one in a wrestle with Moose Pearce 30m out on the flank. The kick is across the face. (Q2 22:57)
Switkowski is pinged for an arm chop in a marking contest with Cripps 40m out in front of Carlton’s goals, Cripps shoots to give Carlton the lead back… hung right. (Q2 24:47)
De Koning bounces a long snap into the post from a stoppage outside the arc, Pearce scrambled to get back but it rolled away from him into the woodwork. (Q2 25:49)
Both sides are overpossessing the ball and attacking very slowly, obviously conscious of not wanting to concede easy turnover scores, leading to a bit of a stalemate. (Half Time)
Curnow marks a Carroll pass 55m out near the point of the centre square, he wheels and bombs to the square where Ryan touches it through, confirmed on review. (Q3 1:06)
Playing on Adelaide Oval, both sides are kicking like Adelaide with Weitering and Ryan racking up intercepts from long, aimless speculators inside 50. (Q3 4:05)
Durdin roves another Ryan spoil at the hotspot and gives outside to Cottrell who blazes wide off the left. (Q3 5:37)
Aish’s kick in is marked by Fyfe in the centre and Freo gets a fast break on, Amiss is over the back to draw a contact free on an outpositioned McGovern, Switkowski into goal. (Q3 6:36)
Acres tumbles a kick from outside a throw in on the HFF to the hotspot where Curnow sprints from the square in front of Draper to mark on the chest and kick a goal to level it up. (Q3 10:01)
Fantasia sharks an Aish handball on the wing and sprints away, he launches to an empty square from 60m but the ball skids and stops for Ryan to collect. (Q3 15:06)
Quick repeat inside 50 for Carlton, Curnow marks 35m out on the flank and slots his second goal in a row! (Q3 15:31)
Emmett roves but grubbers wide from 15m with the whole goals to aim at, rather panicked on that one. (Q3 17:33)
Newman receives a hospital handball from Acres at defensive hotspot because he turns right into a scything tackle by Emmett, HTB free and another lead-changing goal. (Q3 20:32)
Emmett wins a one-on-one with Weitering on outer wing, sets up a Fyfe mark near the boundary 45m out. Goalkicking never Nat’s go, he sets it up… Treacy catches Acres HTB, goal! (Q3 25:37)
Cerra snaps wide right from a mid-range stoppage. (Q3 27:18)
Fyfe gets smashed late and high by Fogarty after marking on centre wing, melee ensues and a 50m penalty to bring the mark to 45m on a slight angle, kick is wide right. (Q3 30:02)
Young feeds Aish who misses from 50m on a slight angle after some very tough inside footy. (Q3 32:24)
Amiss marks a Brayshaw kick down the flank in front of McGovern 40m out, he stutters in and hooks it right. (Q4 1:39)
Carroll tumbles a rather ugly kick inside 50 from a pack in the centre but it favours Owies to mark in front of Walker 40m out on a slight angle. His kick is good. (Q4 3:17)
Treacy throws a boot at the crumb from a Taberner contest 15m on the turn while being tackled, ball flies wide right. (Q4 5:44)
Acres roves his own contest to a McKay kick to the square but the ball had flown out to the pocket and he misses a rather rushed snap from 15m. (Q4 6:57)
Carroll misses a pressured snap from mid-range. (Q4 13:17)
Curnow bombs long after winning a contest with Pearce on the HFF, Kennedy gets a soft free on young Draper for an arm around the waist 20m out, Plugger kicks the go-ahead goal! (Q4 17:16)
O’Meara hits the top of the square with a set shot from the HFF, big pack forms with plenty of Blue fliers… crumb falls over the back where Sharp goals! (Q4 19:11)
Jackson kicks to the top of the square after contesting in ruck, Kemp drags the ball in and is rightly pinged for HTB. Walters takes the free kick and converts. (Q4 21:55)
Acres passes to the lead of Curnow in front of Draper 40m out near the boundary. Clock ticks under 3:30 as he walks in, pretty much has to go through… across the face. (Q4 24:20)
Owies picks off the Ryan kick in but Pearce comes in to catch him HTB and prevent a likely score! (Q4 24:52)
Williams weaves through traffic on members wing and goes long and quick, Draper has Curnow’s left arm locked up but he marks with the right and kicks goal number three! (Q4 25:36)
2:17 to go now and it’s anyone’s. (Q4 25:57)
Hewett to De Koning for the centre clearance, Fogarty roves at CHF and feeds Cerra for the speculator to the hotspot, pack forms 40m out, ball up, 1:49. (Q4 27:17)
Aish tackles Hewett for a secondary stoppage 50m out on a slight angle, 1:35. (Q4 27:38)
Another ball up same place, 1:31. (Q4 27:55)
Hewett roves Jackson and kicks to the hotspot with a tumbler, Cottrell marks, Freo players all claim it was touched but ump paid the mark! (Q4 28:17)
Cottrell steers it through, Carlton hits the lead with 40 seconds left! (Q4 29:00)
Fremantle players gobbed off too much and there’s a free at the Carlton hotspot for umpire abuse, paid where Clark’s abuse occurred, Kennedy takes it and kicks truly, amazing finish! (Q4 30:32)
Replays show that Hewett kick nicked the bicep of Aish on the way through, so there was justification for the Docker players chuntering but Clark kept spraying too long. (Final Siren)
