You could be forgiven for thinking Fremantle are deliberately giving teams head starts, with yet another one sided start to the game, where Fremantle find themselves three goals down before you've even had time to spill meat pie on your shirt. But the fightback is always a good show, and Freo didn't disappoint there. They let Carlton get out to a four goal lead before gradually grinding them down, before briefly taking the lead. But after a sudden trip to Melbourne and a lot of work chasing, they were over run in the final ten minutes, and went down by 16 points.