Bloody Tasmania. Once again Fremantle have been forced to touch down in their crappy little town, Launceston or some such, head off to the local shanty town come football oval and wallow around in the mud with Hawthorn, with umpiring that gives the impression that the whole event is not much more than a demonstration game designed to distract the handful of locals who bother to turn up from propositioning their cousins for a few hours. Fremantle showed their disinterest for the whole concept by not showing up until quarter time, giving the Hawks a 5 goal lead and then pacing along side them for the rest of the match to finish 42 points behind.
It wasn’t a polished effort from either side, with one of the teams missing three absolute champions of the game and the other consoling their performance by winning by 42 points. Fremantle struggled to every really worry the Hawks, getting the margin as close as 3 goals in the last quarter but a quick burst of energy from the hawks midfielders and Freo were toast.
