Pre Game
59:30
Welcome to Domain Stadium for the Fremantle v Gold Coast Suns Round 20 clash.
59:33
Outs for Dockers: S.Darcy, C.Blakely
59:34
Ins for Dockers: J.Griffin, D.Pearce
59:35
Outs for Suns: M.Rischitelli, B.Fiorini, C.Ah Chee, B.Ainsworth, J.Witts, D.Swallow, J.Lonergan
59:36
Ins for Suns: J.Schoenfeld, G.Ablett, T.McKenzie, S.May, D.Currie, M.Hallahan, J.Grant
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:10
Daniel Currie has large shoes to fill in replacing Jarrod Witts. No player in the AFL has launched more points from the attacking midfield zone than Witts (86) and he is also ranked fifth for points launched from centre bounces (52).
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:48
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
03:31
Fremantle have already recorded 13 marks to the Suns one, controlling the ball with plenty of short kicks in their defensive half.
05:01
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
05:11
Sexton kicks inside 50 and finds Wright for the Suns second goal. Gold Coast has retained 44 per cent of Sexton's kicks into the forward 50 this season, the lowest percentage of the top 10 players to have kicked inside 50 at the club.
07:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
08:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Shane Kersten)
11:44
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
12:56
After intercepting the ball in their defensive 50, the Dockers go the length of the field to get their first goal through McCarthy. They average 7.6 points per game launched from Intercepts in their defensive 50, ranked 17th in the AFL in 2017.
13:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Brennan Cox)
14:19
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Crozier)
14:56
Nick Suban has provided the assist on both of the Dockers goals in the first term.
15:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Darcy Tucker)
19:11
The Suns have dominated the ruck contests so far in the first term, winning 11 of 14 possible hitouts, however they are yet to turn this dominance into scoreboard pressure, outscoring the Dockers by two points from this source.
21:17
Lynch gets his first goal of the match to retake the lead for the Suns. The last time he played the Dockers in Perth, he notched up a game-high five goals to lead the Suns to a 26 point win in Round 2, 2016.
24:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Bradley Hill)
24:36
Nat Fyfe has already taken two contested marks in the first term of this match. This is his sixth game in a row with at least two contested marks. Only Ben Brown has a longer active streak in this category (seven matches).
26:00
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
29:16
Gary Ablett has been important for the Suns in the first term. He has a team-high eight disposals, five contested possessions and two clearances.
29:27
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
30:24
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
30:34
Lachie Neale gave the assist on the final goal for the Dockers to get them back within a point and he was critical for Fremantle in the first term. He lead all players with nine disposals, six contested possessions, five clearances and three tackles.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Stephen Hill)
01:46
Fremantle open the scoring in the second term with the first chain for either team to be launched inside their forward 50. They have launched their last three goals from forward half clearances.
05:51
Aaron Hall has bolted out of the gates in the second term with five kicks, 132 metres gained, three groundball-gets, three contested possessions, two clearances and one Intercept Possession, leading all players this term in these categories.
06:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
08:59
Suns Interchange - Alex Sexton off due to an injury.
09:07
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Shane Kersten)
10:27
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
11:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
11:45
It's all Fremantle in the second term, primarily as a result of their 79 per cent kicking efficiency compared to the Suns 58 per cent efficiency by foot. They have also recorded 25 more uncontested possessions than the Gold Coast this term.
12:33
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
15:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Mitch Hallahan)
16:00
Hallahan gets a behind after five inside 50's for the Suns. Gold Coast average a score from 46 per cent of inside 50's this season, the sixth-worst conversion rate in the competition. Fremantle have the second-worst conversion rate in 2017 (43 per cent).
21:01
Dockers Interchange - Brady Grey and is possibly out for the game.
21:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (David Mundy)
22:16
Suns Interchange - Aaron Hall and is possibly out for the game.
22:48
Jarrod Harbrow is the only player on the ground yet to record a stat of any kind this quarter.
23:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
27:25
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Darcy MacPherson)
28:42
Brad Hill has 167 metres gained this term, leading the Dockers and third in this category for all players. However his 70 per cent possession retention is leading all 17 players on the ground with 50 metres gained or more.
29:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Josh Schoenfeld)
29:48
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
29:58
Cam McCarthy has had a strong first half in this afternoon's match, leading all players with 3.1 (19). He has marked all four of his inside 50 targets and has seven score involvements. Only Lachie Neale has more (eight).
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:03
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Neale)
03:06
Lachie Neale seems determined to get the three Brownlow votes for this match and you'd find it difficult to find another player more deserving. He wins the free kick and converts the set shot for a goal with his 20th disposal of the match (game-high)
05:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
06:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Brennan Cox)
07:29
Dockers Interchange - Ethan Hughes off due to an injury.
09:04
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
09:34
Tom Lynch gets his second goal of the game to reduce the margin to three goals. Gold Coast have scored four goals from set shots in this match. They average 6.5 goals per game from this shot type, ranked 10th in the AFL in 2017.
10:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
12:25
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
14:18
Nat Fyfe has been very important to the Dockers performance this quarter. He leads all players with five disposals, four contested possessions, two clearances, two intercept possessions and five pressure acts in this term.
15:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Jarrad Grant)
16:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Pearce Hanley)
17:03
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Ballantyne)
19:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
21:39
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jonathon Griffin)
22:10
Griffin gets a goal for the Dockers to take the lead out past 20 points again. He has performed well in his first game back in the side since Round 12. He has 18 hitouts, including two to-advantage, as well as five score involvements and that goal.
25:06
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
27:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Brennan Cox)
28:09
Gold Coast recorded a superior kicking efficiency in their forward half this term, outperforming the Dockers with five per cent more efficiency by foot. However in their defensive half they were exposed, going at 14 per cent less kick efficiency.
29:24
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
29:30
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
29:40
Tom Lynch had Gold Coast's only one-on-one offensive contest win of the quarter from four attempts. They average a 27 per cent win rate of these contests over this season, ranked ninth in the AFL. He also kicked 2.1 (13) from four inside 50 targets.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
05:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Hayden Ballantyne)
07:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Bradley Hill)
09:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
11:12
The Dockers are yet to manage a goal from six inside 50's this term. They average a goal from 22.5 per cent of inside 50's this season, the fourth worst rate in the competition.
12:22
Fremantle have recorded 19 tackles to four, including six to one pre-clearance tackles in this term alone. They average four less pre-clearance tackles per game than their opponents this season, the worst average of any side in the competition.
15:22
Mitch Hallahan has stood up for the Suns in the final term of his first game for them this season. He has six disposals, 101 metres gained, four contested possessions and is the only Suns player with multiple clearances this term, all team-high's.
15:27
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Pearce Hanley)
16:56
Pearce Hanley breaks the deadlock and gets the first goal of the final term, and their seventh goal launched from an Intercept Possession in their midfield zone. The Suns average 30 points per game from this source, the third-worst average in the league.
17:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Hayden Ballantyne)
21:46
Luke Ryan has as many Intercept Marks as the entire Gold Coast team (nine), and three times as many as both his previous career-high in this category that he set against the Eagles in Round 17, and the Suns best Intercept marker tonight, Steven May.
22:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Hayden Ballantyne)
25:16
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Shane Kersten)
25:26
Nat Fyfe has put in a challenge to Lachie Neale's claim for best on ground with a great showing tonight. He has 29 disposals, 15 contested possessions including 10 post-clearance, six tackles and inside 50's, four score assists and 10 score involvements.
27:26
Fremantle have outscored the Suns by 30 points from stoppage clearances tonight despite recording only four extra clearances, lead by Lachie Neale's game-high 11 clearances and Nat Fyfe's game-high three centre bounce clearances.
27:40
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
28:48
The siren has sounded to end Q4.