Match

Fremantle vs St Kilda

Commentary / 07 Apr 2019

Pre Game

00:00

The Dockers have retained possession from 53 per cent of their kicks into the forward 50 so far this season, which has them ranked second.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:43

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Bradley Hill)

01:52

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Blake Acres)

03:24

St Kilda generate 41.3 per cent of their scores from the attacking midfield, which is the highest in the competition. Their first goal was sourced from an attacking midfield intercept.

05:11

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)

05:58

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Sebastian Ross)

07:32

Fremantle lead the clearances (3 to 2) and inside 50''s (6 - 3) to start the match and have been rewarded with (1.1.7) from forward 50 stoppages.

10:30

The Dockers have sourced 4 inside 50 entries from intercepts in their midfield. On the contrary, the Saints have only created 1 inside 50 from intercepts in this zone.

16:21

Fremantle lead the inside 50''s (10 to 5), but have used the ball poorly in the forward half with a kicking efficiency of 41 per cent and 5 ineffective handballs.

21:33

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Bradley Hill)

23:04

The Dockers have a positive points differential from stoppages this season of 27. Today, they have launched (2.1.13) from just 7 clearances. Whereas, St Kilda have yet to launch a score from 10 clearances.

24:22

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)

25:54

Fremantle have created an inside 50 entry from 40 per cent of defensive midfield chains. On the other hand, St Kilda are yet to create an inside 50 from 8 chains launched in this zone.

28:14

The Dockers were dominate in the opening term with 59 per cent time in possession, 14 more inside 50''s (20 to 6) and 11 more contested possessions.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:49

Luke Ryan, Alex Pearce and Joel Hamling (all members of Fremantle''s back six) have already had 4 intercepts each. The Dockers have created 28 intercepts to the Saints 22.

02:41

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Rory Lobb)

05:21

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Ethan Hughes)

05:26

The Saints have had 17 of the last 20 inside 50''s. In this time, they have won 35 more uncontested possessions and launched 4 goals (2 from clearances and 2 from intercepts).

08:24

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)

08:28

Michael Walters has been heavily involved with 4 score involvements, 202 metres gained and 75 per cent of his possessions retained.

10:58

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)

11:20

The Saints have generated a goal from 2 of the 5 forward half intercepts. But they have not had enough ball in this zone, whereas Fremantle has created 13 forward half intercepts.

14:08

Rowan Marshall is dominating in the ruck with 21 hit-outs compared to the Docker''s 9. He also has 3 clearances.

14:26

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)

14:39

Saints Interchange - Nathan Brown off due to an injury.

19:15

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)

19:36

St Kilda are taking their opportunities this game, converting 36 per cent of inside 50 entries into a goal. Before today, they averaged a goal from every 20.9 per cent of entries.

21:35

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Steele)

25:08

St Kilda have created a mark inside 50 from 4 of their 9 inside 50 entries this quarter, 2 of which have resulted in goals.

28:02

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Billings)

30:05

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Luke Dunstan)

31:06

St Kilda won the contested possessions (44 to 31) and intercepts (20 to 17) in that quarter, which was the catalyst for outscoring the Dockers (3 goals to 2) from intercepts.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:03

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)

01:37

The Dockers trail the clearances around the ground (14 to 19), but have 2 more effective clearances (12 to 10). As a result, they have outscored the Saints (5 goals to 1) from clearances.

02:49

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)

05:42

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)

06:43

Fremantle have started this quarter off well, they leade the centre bounce clearances (4 - 0) and inside 50''s (5-1).

08:02

Michael Walters has been effective in the middle with 4 centre bounce clearances and 11 contested possessions as well as up forward with 6 score involvements.

10:43

Since quarter time, the Saints have generated a score from 50 per cent of attacking midfield chains.

13:52

Dockers Interchange - Bradley Hill off due to an injury.

14:11

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Hunter Clark)

14:32

Fremantle lead the clearances (9 to 1) for the quarter, this is largely due to Rory Lobb winning all 7 ruck contests versus Rowan Marshall.

16:04

Dockers Interchange - Nat Fyfe and is possibly out for the game.

17:10

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Brandon Matera)

18:12

The Dockers have launched a goal from just 23 per cent of inside 50 entries, but have been accurate in front of goal where they have converted 60 per cent of shots.

20:38

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Josh Bruce)

22:04

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)

22:54

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Lonie)

23:13

St Kilda have applied 4 more tackles in their forward half in comparison to the Dockers (27 to 23). As a result, they have scored (5.1.31) to the Docker''s (2.1.13) from forward half intercepts.

26:10

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)

27:31

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Matthew Parker)

28:00

In the last 20 minutes, the Saints lead the contested possessions (32 to 26) and inside 50''s (14 to 6). However, they have only converted 17 per cent of shots in this time.

30:46

In that quarter, St Kilda created 9 inside 50''s from their attacking midfield, but they did not capitalise launching a score from just 22 per cent of these chains.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:54

Luke Ryan has been influential down back for the Dockers with a game-high 619 metres gained at 91 per cent kicking efficiency.

02:11

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)

03:23

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)

03:41

Fremantle have converted just 15 per cent of attacking midfield chains into a score in this match. Whilst, the Saints have converted 40 per cent of chains launched from this zone.

05:20

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Brandon Matera)

07:57

The Dockers had had 5 kicking turnovers to the Saints nil for the quarter, but the Saints have only managed (0.1.1) from these turnovers.

08:01

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)

09:42

Saints Interchange - Daniel McKenzie off due to the blood rule.

10:07

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Brandon Matera)

10:40

The Dockers have launched 6 goals from their defensive half today, compared to the Saints who have generated just 1 goal from this zone.

16:38

Since half time, Sebastian Ross has had a game high 5 score involvements, 5 contested possessions and 3 clearances.

16:48

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Travis Colyer)

19:19

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)

20:48

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)

20:51

The Saints have launched 10 of the last 17 inside 50''''s, which includes 8 from midfield intercepts and resulted in that goal to Jade Gresham.

22:20

SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dean Kent)

23:35

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)

27:05

SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Billings)

28:35

Fremantle''''s dominance around the clearances set up their win today. They won the count (42 to 34) and were effective at converting their chances from this source (6.2.38).