Pearce gets back to rush a Lloyd snap from the HFF to kick off the scoring. (Q1 0:32)
Pearce drops an intercept at half back, his man McLean roves and feeds Heeney to pass to Papley 20m out for the opening goal. (Q1 1:41)
Voss’ clanger rebound kick to the centre comes straight back in via Heeney to Warner 45m out on a slight angle. Chad misses low and hard to the right. (Q1 5:51)
Grundy snaps to the left after a stoppage from 20m in front. (Q1 7:15)
Roberts kicks long from members wing on a repeat inside 50 for Curnow to mark over Brennan Cox in the pocket 20m out, his curling set shot is narrow left. (Q1 7:56)
Bolton receives from Amiss and snaps across the body from 40m on the flank and misses across the face to the left. (Q1 8:42)
Treacy roves his own contest and tries a checkside off a step from 20m on the boundary… narrow right. (Q1 15:01)
Reid squeezes a low pass from outer wing under Cunningham to 40m out for Bolton, whose set shot flies wide right. (Q1 15:56)
Warner catches Ryan HTB 30m out on the flank, his J-curve is short and rushed but Ryan is penalised for taunting to gift Curnow a downfield free in the square for a charity goal! (Q1 22:57)
Hamling taps a loose ball at the hotspot over his head for Papley who snaps to the left under pressure. (Q1 24:20)
Rowbottom passes from the centre to Hanily 45m out on a slight angle whose set shot is a peach for his team’s third without reply. (Q1 27:56)
Johnson marks an Erasmus pass 50m out on the flank just before the QT siren, but tugs the set shot left and short for no score. (Qtr Time)
Reid spins in a tackle and gives to Bolton whose checkside from the hotspot off a step doesn’t curl, stays left. (Q2 8:06)
Pressure in this game has been as consistently high as in any game so far this season. True finals footy. (Q2 8:30)
Voss wins a wrestle with Mills and marks a Reid pass 50m out on the flank. His set shot is wide and short to be rushed by Grundy. (Q2 9:42)
Hamling is over the back for a classic Sydney slingshot but the long ball eludes him and rolls into the left post. (Q2 13:16)
Heeney roves Hamling’s contest and rolls a behind to the right from the hotspot. (Q2 14:50)
Frederick leaps over Kyle to mark an Erasmus pass 35m out on the flank on the end of a trademark Fremantle slow rebound, but he leaves his set shot narrow left. (Q2 16:28)
Gulden kicks long from members wing to space on the flank for Papley to lead into 40m out. Papley’s set shot is a peach, Sydney in scoreboard control! (Q2 19:16)
Voss roves O’Driscoll’s contest on the HFF and tries a snap from near the boundary 40m out… narrow right. (Q2 20:51)
Quick repeat inside 50 from the kick in goes from Serong to Amiss 40m out on a slight angle. Even Nev misses. Tenth minor score without a major for the Dockers. (Q2 22:03)
Pearce’s intercept on members wing leads to a Reid pass inside 50 to Switkowski 45m out on a slight angle. Can Switta kick straight? No, wide right. (Q2 23:23)
Plenty of repeat inside 50s for Fremantle but a free off the ball against Voss… McVee prevents a slingshot score by Warner just before the HT siren. (Q2 27:16)
Clark receives in the centre, turns and runs towards CHF to slam through the first goal of the night for the home side! (Q3 0:53)
Curnow marks next to the behind post going back with the flight, he curls in his second goal off the right. (Q3 2:57)
Serong hits the lead of Curnow just outside 50m on the flank, his set shot falls on the line for Jackson to rush. (Q3 4:27)
Grundy is penalised under the stand rule to bring Treacy from centre wing to near CHF, the Cyclone roosts a huge set shot for his first goal! (Q3 5:41)
Curnow marks, wheels and bombs long from the flank 50m out, Hamling mills about in the square but the kick clears him and skids through for another one! (Q3 7:27)
Treacy draws a holding free on McCartin contesting a long Bolton kick to the square, suddenly it’s raining goals! (Q3 8:42)
Gulden roves the next centre contest but his handball is broken up, Dudley snaps just to the left from 45m after the surge. (Q3 9:55)
Curnow beats two talls to mark a long Edwards pass near the boundary 45m out, then thumps through his third goal of the quarter! (Q3 11:06)
Johnson tumbles a punt from the centre to the hotspot where Voss marks in front of McCartin. Now the Dockers can’t miss! (Q3 12:27)
Bolton gets a lucky bounce from Erasmus’ clearing kick on members wing, he baulks and rams through another goal on the run from 50m on a slight angle! (Q3 16:32)
Ump pays a push free against Amiss to negate a mark 45m out on the flank, Rampe pats him on the head and gets done for taunting, but the set shot is no good. (Q3 18:11)
Johnston misses a flying snap from the HFF. (Q3 19:26)
McLean marks a Sheldrick pass 40m out on the flank but his set shot slices to the right. (Q3 20:54)
Reid marks strongly in front of Jai Serong just inside true CHF from Clark’s short pass from the centre, but he hooks the kick to the left. (Q3 24:16)
Roberts snaps high and left from deep in the pocket 20m out. Pressure is up again after a lull earlier in the quarter. (Q3 28:58)
A Brayshaw snap goal is nullified by a HTB free on Dudley, who stood up in a tackle and took a long time to dispose. (Q3 29:44)
Amiss beats Rampe to mark a Frederick pass to 30m on a slight angle after a Freo rebound through Reid. Nev don’t miss, a kick in it now! (Q3 31:36)
Switkowski roves Frederick’s contest and snaps high off his left from 30m in the corridor, but it goes left. (Q3 32:58)
Bolton gets caught HTB in the centre but the ump saw Rampe putting Amiss in a hold off the play at the Freo hotspot, crowd cheers as Nev puts their team into the lead! (Q4 3:22)
Replay shows Rampe was definitely holding him and preventing him leading, free was 100% there even though it’s not often identified. (Q4 3:52)
Warner speeds clear after the next centre contest with a releasing give by Heeney, Curnow is paid a mark over Brennan Cox in the square for his fifth goal, Sydney leads again! (Q4 4:58)
That mark was slightly dubious as it spilled from his hands as he fell, but he held it just long enough under the Gary Ablett senior rule. (Q4 5:07)
McVee does enough to prevent Hamling marking in the square, rushed behind results. (Q4 7:05)
Amiss takes a link mark in the centre, wheels and hits Treacy on a hook lead to beat Rampe for a mark 40m out on a slight angle. Treacy just misses to the left. (Q4 7:47)
Sydney gets a trademark forward handball chain going through the centre but Pearce intercepts Rowbottom’s long ball to prevent what looked a certain score. (Q4 12:06)
Warner’s dud kick to CHF turns over, Reid again involved on the counter, Voss’ long kick to the hotspot, Fredrick flies, crumb over the back for Treacy to rove and goal! (Q4 13:17)
Mason Cox marks Brayshaw’s long ball from members wing over Edwards at the top of the square, crowd chants USA and the lanky Yank cranks it through! (Q4 14:47)
Brayshaw is the link man again from a slingshot from a back half stoppage, he releases Frederick to run to CHF and ram through another one! (Q4 17:32)
Fremantle is irresistible in this mood, they have done this to all the best sides in the league this year and they’re doing it to their main premiership rival. (Q4 18:02)
Dudley spins and centres from the pocket to the hotspot for Treacy to leap backwards and mark over Blakey. His set shot is to the right. (Q4 18:42)
Johnson gives to McVee who has a ping from 50m on a slight angle, Dudley is in the square and he bothers two Swan defenders to allow the ball to bounce through! (Q4 20:00)
Mills and Rampe were there but it bounced between them and through. Irresistible. (Q4 20:48)
Frederick picks off Heeney’s rebound kick in the centre and goes quickly to the flank 30m out where Treacy marks over a desperate Heeney, he goals for the fourth time. Freo home. (Q4 22:03)
Johnson kicks to the hotspot after the next centre contest, McCartin lost touch and Treacy clunks the mark over him and shoots for five… hits right post. (Q4 23:57)
Dudley misses from the HFF. (Q4 24:24)
Voss roves and skids through another one from the pocket 20m out, it’s purple pummelling! (Q4 25:46)
Bolton bobs about like a cork in the ocean and floats through another one from 30m on the flank! (Q4 28:15)
Warner passes to Lloyd 45m out on a slight angle, scattered boos from the Fremantle faithful for the party poopers, Lloyd converts to near silence. (Q4 29:53)
Brayshaw bursts away from another midfield stoppage and kicks long to the square, Frederick taps in another one! (Q4 31:52)
Johnson with the clearance on that play, he has been a part of many scoring chains in the second half. (Q4 32:18)
Voss checksides to the right from a stoppage near the hotspot. (Q4 33:02)
Lloyd gets a set shot after the siren from 35m on the boundary, which he converts. (Q4 34:33)
