The Dogs surge slowly but gradually through half forward after the opening siren, Richards receives from Jones and snaps the first goal off the left from 30m! (Q1 0:51)
Richards scrubs a kick to half forward where Vandermeer marks in front of Ryan, he kicks quickly to the top of the square where Lewis contests, crumbs and goals! (Q1 3:46)
Naughton’s spoil on Pearce in the centre starts a counter attack, West has Vandermeer running in front of him but chooses to shoot from 40m but fluffs it for no score. (Q1 7:53)
Pearce catches Gallagher high 30m out on the flank, who tugs the set shot narrow to the left. (Q1 8:42)
Cox sends a high speculator to a pack in the pocket, crumb falls to the front where Switkowski roves and goals off the right. (Q1 11:12)
Erasmus kicks to open grass on rebound, Dogs everywhere on the counter, Davidson kicks to the top of the square for Naughton to mark and goal. (Q1 15:17)
Khamis is in the hole in the pocket but Jackson leaps over him to mark 20m out and goal. (Q1 17:33)
Richards drives long after the next centre contest, West drops the mark over Ryan but gets a fortunate free on Clark for a high tackle, he converts from 20m. (Q1 19:02)
Voss is in position over Busslinger for a long Jackson kick to the square but lets it go… bad choice as it bounces to the right for a point. (Q1 20:35)
Naughton roves near the hotspot and feeds Jones flashing past, his left-foot snap falls in the square for Chapman to rush. (Q1 24:02)
Young’s blind clearance kick from defence is straight to Dale 60m out, he goes quick to the opposite side for Naughton to mark in front of Pearce 30m out and goal again. (Q1 27:02)
Wagner’s dump kick lands with Bontempelli 60m out, his long kick to the pocket clears the pack to be marked on his chest by McNeil for another one for the Dogs! (Q1 29:00)
Dudley is caught high by McNeil as they both go for a loose ball, he converts from 40m on a slight angle. (Q2 1:32)
Bolton’s snap from a stoppage 30m out lands 10m out, no mark but Frederick receives from Dudley to snap the goal off the right. (Q2 3:28)
Dudley is somehow on Bontempelli for a Dale pass inside 50 to 30m, the Bont wins that one easily to mark and goal. (Q2 5:02)
Treacy leaps majestically in front of Coffield to mark 30m out on a slight angle, but shoots to the right. (Q2 6:47)
English taps to the corridor from a throw-in to the pocket for West to zoom onto and screw his second goal across the body off the right, with a Bontempelli shepherd. (Q2 10:02)
Dudley centres from the HFF to Switkowski 40m out on a slight angle for his second goal. (Q2 12:47)
Jones misses from the pocket 20m out after some repeat stoppages deep in attack for the Dogs. (Q2 19:01)
Voss bounces off two tacklers at a stoppage deep in attack, reefs out a handball to Mason Cox who tumbles a snap across the face to the right. (Q2 20:50)
The Dogs manage to handball all their way from the HFF to the square with Freijah feeding Vandermeer a Joe the Goose special! (Q2 21:21)
Freijah tries to jink onto his left away from pressure after roving Naughton’s contest at the hotspot but shanks to the left. (Q2 23:01)
Young roves at half forward and gives wide to Amiss who has Erasmus on his own in the square to mark and goal. (Q2 25:07)
Lewis drops the knees to draw high contact by Johnson in the pocket, Freo players have chirped at him for staging and that won’t help… he misses, they chirp harder. (Q2 29:48)
Bontempelli is in the Freo square as goalkeeper but Murphy Reid lobs a running snap over his head for a perfect red time goal from 50m on a slight angle! (Half Time)
Naughton marks 40m out on the flank on a lead from Brambles pass from members wing, on the end of a switch from outer side. Naughton hits the far right post. (Q3 4:50)
English prevents Treacy marking at the hotspot but goes to ground, Treacy keeps his feet to rove and scrub a snap to the left. (Q3 6:10)
The Dogs almost go coast to coast but the Dockers scramble back to prevent a Joe the Goose special by Jones to West to rush a point. (Q3 6:56)
Sanders receives from Jones after some frontal pressure by the Dogs, he baulks clear and goals from 25m on a slight angle. (Q3 8:38)
Murphy Reid passes from outer wing to the lead of Switkowski in front of Bramble 40m out near the boundary. Switta dobs his third goal! (Q3 11:29)
CLark thieves the footy off Dolan on the mark on outer wing to start a counter, Frederick kicks long to Amiss who marks over a stumbling Khamis 20m out in the pocket. Nev misses. (Q3 15:49)
Coffield kicks from the last line to the back pocket but his man Treacy intercepts 40m out and draws his kick left to right and in! (Q3 17:56)
Freijah kicks diagonally from half back to grass but it comes off with Dale feeding Bontempelli for the pass to Lewis 40m out, he converts. (Q3 23:59)
Young bursts out the front of the next centre contest to ram through the snap from CHF! (Q3 24:59)
Wagner hits Treacy over the back of Khamis to mark in stride and play on into the open goal, margin back to a couple of points! (Q3 27:03)
Jackson sharks Kennedy after a ball up in the pocket, by hand through Bolton to Young who curls in the go-ahead goal off the left from 25m! (Q3 29:10)
Bontempelli rolls a snap from half forward to the square but it’s rushed just before 3QT. (Q3 30:30)
Fremantle goes coast to coast from the kick in, Bolton passes to the dive of Amiss who marks just before the 3QT siren! Nev shoots from 30m on a slight angle… miss to the right. (Q3 31:25)
Richards receives from Lewis and baulks past Clark on members wing to spot up West 45m out near the boundary. This for the lead back, tough spot… across the face and rushed. (Q4 3:37)
Bolton receives from Treacy on a flowing rebound around outer wing but misses from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 4:52)
Treacy handballs strong and hard from congestion on the HFF towards CHF where Chapman is on his own, he snaps truly from 45m. (Q4 6:02)
Young tries a low-percentage snap off a few steps from the boundary 20m out… his left-foot checkside wows the crowd for a sensational goal! (Q4 7:12)
Treacy marks Erasmus’ high ball after the next centre clearance through Bolton, leaping high 40m out in the corridor in front of Busslinger. He boots his third goal. (Q4 8:27)
The Dockers are bossing centre contests now, off the end of the latest one Sharp passes to Treacy 40m out in the pocket, set shot is narrow to the right. (Q4 10:27)
Brayshaw goals off his left from a stoppage 20m out. (Q4 11:34)
Jones swerves and gets a high contact free on Erasmus 40m out in the corridor after a rare Bulldog centre clearance, he converts. (Q4 13:12)
Reid handballs out on members wing to cough up a lasso free, West sends in long and quick to a pack 40m out which Jones leaps over to take a specky and shoot again… miss right. (Q4 16:12)
Repeat stoppages inside 50 for the Bulldogs, Bramble gets a snap off in traffic 30m out on a slight angle… it falls in! (Q4 18:29)
English feeds Bontempelli to lope to CHF and thrash through another sensational snap just like Young last quarter that sneaks inside the right post! (Q4 19:58)
8:07 and back into single figures. (Q4 20:45)
Bolton clears from a ball up on members wing, Mason Cox is just too tall in front of Khamis to mark 50m out on a slight angle. The Yank cranks it into the left post. (Q4 23:08)
Six minutes to go, still two kicks in it. (Q4 23:32)
Again Khamis is just not tall enough to stop Jackson in front clunking a pack mark at about the same spot as big Maso’s attempt, LJax misses to the right. (Q4 25:43)
Bulldogs go coast to coast at full pelt with Dale, West, Bramble, Jones, Freijah then to McNeil who converts from 35m on a slight angle! (Q4 26:49)
3:16 to go at the next bounce, Kennedy wins it but Worner intercepts to calm things down… (Q4 27:46)
Bontempelli tries to run from half back but Jackson catches him HTB and bombs to the teeth of goal, Bolton roves and goals! (Q4 28:46)
Back out to two kicks now, 1:49, have the Dogs got one last yelp? (Q4 29:28)
Richards from the centre but Ryan beats Dolan to intercept, almost last roll of the dice now for the west… (Q4 30:12)
Kennedy catches Clark HTB on members wing and pumps it long towards the hotspot, no crumb, ball up, 39 seconds. (Q4 31:28)
Bolton clears, out for a lasso free to Reid, game iced. (Q4 31:44)
Amiss marks on the HFF and shoots after the final siren for a cherry on top… narrow left. (Q4 33:19)
