A sensational third quarter from Fremantle coupled with a pretty good last quarter and a reverse charged phone call on a mate’s pre-paid mobile for the first half was almost enough for Fremantle to steal the points from Sydney but not quite. Managing just 3 goals to 9 in the first half, Fremantle looked at their on-the-road disorganised worst against Sydney. Micky Barlow came on for the second half though and Fremantle gradually started to find themselves again. Half a dozen unanswered goals ended the third term pegged the margin back to 15 points but they couldn’t find the goals in the last quarter and fell 13 points short.
sydney
4.4
9.7
11.9
14.10
94
fremantle
2.2
3.3
9.4
12.9
81
sydney Goals
S.Reid 3
L.Jetta 3
A.Goodes 2
J.McVeigh 1
R.OKeefe 1
N.Malceski 1
G.Rohan 1
B.McGlynn 1
L.R-Thompson 1
fremantle Goals
C.Mayne 4
R.Crowley 2
T.Mzungu 1
J.Anthony 1
K.Bradley 1
A.Sandilands 1
M.Johnson 1
C.Pearce 1
Clinton Wolf Medal Votes
Tendai Mzungu 3Kepler Bradley 2Michael Barlow 1
InjuriesDuffield (rib), Mellington (corked leg)
Reports
Ballantyne was a brigand. That’s all anyone knew about Fremantle. No one had noticed that they’d just knocked off the greatest team of the past decade. Ruling the air and the ground; kicking with such skill that grown men wept; fearless and brilliant and with Nat Fyfe. They were awesome. A force to be reckoned with.
They should probably have worked bit harder to spread that message around, even if it was only amongst themselves because, when they took to the ground against Sydney, the Swans treated them like chumps...and Fremantle played accordingly.
In Round 1 Fremantle put on the opening 5 goals of the match, each more magnificent than the last. Fast and precise ball movement combined with hard tackling and a mentality of all out attack were their most devastating weapons. Against the Swans they decided to go with the way the media had reported their game against the Cats - with Fremantle players shouting abuse at the opposition from a safe distance. ....Read More