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Fremantle Complete Training Session In something reminiscent of the expression about not being able to organise an event where alcohol will be heavily consumed, inside a venue specifically designed for the manufacture of alcohol; the game to be played in the indoor stadium was delayed due to rain...and it was all down hill from there. Missing most of their players who shave regularly, the Dockers spent the scratch match focussing less on goal kicking and more on getting run and experience into their young players. Morabito and Silvangi were the stand outs of the youngsters, with Barlow again prolific.  
Saints' Captain Abandons Ship St Kilda are running scared. With a Grand Final spot up for grabs, and everything to play for two teams starved on sucess these past 15 to 45 years, the Saints have seen what's coming at them and pulled the old favourite 'our focus is round 1', dropping their captain like the Autum leaf he is, along with Brendon Goddard and their self respect. Freo have gone a different route, brining back well regarded publicans Matthew Pavlich and Paul Hasleby along with a raft of youngsters itching to break their way into next weekend's Premiership side.
 
Eight is Too Much Antoni Grover will be forced to fight his way back into the Fremantle side when he returns to the likely top of the table Dockers in Round 5. An injury to his knee caused by a combination of a surface unfit for football, an umpire scared to give free kicks to Fremantle players and Michael Firrito's desire to climb into some spandex pants and take up wrestling  will see Grover miss the next eight weeks while he recovers - which should see him back in time for the Derby where he can be eased back into defending by playing on one of the West Coast 'forwards'.  

Last Game - Next Game

Last Match

St Kilda 2.15.7 (115)
Fremantle 2.3.9 (44)
Goals
M. Barlow 1
A.Morabito 1
M. Pavlich 1
Best
Alex Silvagni
Paul Duffield
Anthony Morabito

Next Match

NAB-round3

Ladder

The Ladder

  1 St. Kilda 80   9 Hawthorn 36
  2 Geelong 72   10 Port Adelaide 36
  3 Western Bulldogs 60   11 West Coast 32
  4 Collingwood 60   12 Sydney 32
  5 Adelaide 56   13 North Melbourne 30
  6 Brisbane 54   14 Fremantle 24
  7 Carlton 52   15 Richmond 22
  8 Essendon 42   16 Melbourne 16

Injuries

       
Tim Ruffles
knee ACL
Return: Indefinite
Rhys Palmer
knee ACL
Return: Rnd 1
Dean Solomon
knee injury
Return: Retired
       

Statistics

Disposals

Paul Hasleby 533
Paul Duffield 474
Matthew Pavlich 413
David Mundy 411
Garrick Ibbotson 406

Marks

Antoni Grover 117
Garrick Ibbotson 110
David Mundy 110
Luke McPharlin 102
Paul Duffield 98

Goals

Matthew Pavlich 28
Luke McPharlin 20
David Mundy 15
Brett Peake 14
Des Headland 13

Tackles

Dean Solomon 87
Byron Schammer 79
Paul Duffield 76
Matthew Pavlich 72
David Mundy 69

Radio

6PR
3AW
SEN
Triple M
Racing Radio
ABC Perth
ABC Melbourne
ABC Adelaide
5AA