Keen supporters and family gathered in the rain to watch another showcase of Fremantle's professionalism, as they kept the Kangaroos to one goal in a half of football and set themselves up for a comfortable four points and a spot in the top 3 .
It was an unusually rainy start to the game, the sort of rain Perth gets a handful of times a year as nature's way of washing the Twistys wrappers down the stormwater drains, and Fremantle seemed unfazed by it all. They had a job to do, stopping the other side from scoring, and that's what they focussed on. That and seeing who could get Brent Harvey to throw a punch first.
They kept the Roos goalless in the first quarter, with Michael Barlow making sure Fremantle didn't suffer the same fate, before going on a 4 goal goal kicking bonanza in the second quarter to take a 25 point lead at halftime.
The rain was subbed off for the second half but Fremantle continued their mantra of anyone, anywhere, anytime, any weather (except Hawthorn in Tasmania, in the cold) and continued to make the afternoon a miserable one for the Kangaroos, cruising in to a 38 point victory.