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Pre Game
00:00
Fremantle won the contested possession count by one against the Bombers in Round 1. Since then it has lost the contested possession count in every game, ranking 16th for contested possession differential from Rounds 2-7.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
01:46
Bradley Close kicks the opening goal with the first kick of his career. He becomes the 23rd Geelong player to kick a goal this season.
03:26
Dockers Interchange - Darcy Tucker and is possibly out for the game.
04:04
Geelong has won the first three clearances of the games and leads the contested possession count 7-1.
07:37
Geelong has taken five intercept marks already in this game. In fact, there have been 10 marks taken from Fremantle kicks, five by each side.
09:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
10:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
13:39
Zach Tuohy leads the Cats with six disposals and 157 metres gained so far across the game.
13:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Sam Menegola)
16:37
It has been hard hitting targets in the wet for both sides. Fremantle has a kicking efficiency of 54% and Geelong is at 52% - the competition average this season is 65%.
17:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Brandon Matera)
21:58
While they haven't dominated the scoreboard, Geelong is locking the ball in their forward half, creating eight forward half stoppages to the Dockers two so far. It leads the inside 50 count 12-10.
23:10
Geelong won the clearance count 12-6 across the opening term. Sam Menegola and Cam Guthrie led the way with three clearances each. The Cats launched two of their three scoring shots from clearances so far.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
01:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
02:48
Andrew Brayshaw has won four of the Dockers' six clearances so far tonight, leading the side with six contested possessions, one ahead of fellow youngster, Adam Cerra.
08:24
Geelong has started with a kicking efficiency of 33% so far here in the second quarter.
10:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
11:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jake Kolodjashnij)
13:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
13:44
The Cats scored the opening goal within 50 seconds the game - since then the teams have combined for nine behinds and seven completely missed shots at goal.
14:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Charlie Constable)
16:37
Geelong leads the inside 50 count 13-3 this quarter. It has had 41 forward half disposals compared to the Dockers' eight.
17:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Brad Close)
17:34
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
20:07
Harry Taylor has won a game-high eight intercept possession so far across the game. He and Luke Ryan have both won five intercept possessions here in the second quarter.
20:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
21:21
After Geelong had 12 inside 50s in a row, the Dockers finally get an entry, scoring a behind from a free-kick.
23:58
Luke Ryan has had 432 metres gained so far - the next most for Fremantle is Andrew Brayshaw who has recorded 182 metres gained.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:40
Patrick Dangerfield has won eight disposals and is yet to win a clearance tonight. He has only had four games in the past four years where he hasn't won a clearance across the first three quarters of a match
05:10
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
05:38
Geelong has had 13 kicks off the ground, compared to the Dockers three so far tonight. Two of the Cats three goals have come from soccer kicks off the ground.
12:38
The game is even scrappier this quarter than the first with both teams recording kicking efficiencies below 30%.
21:41
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
22:59
The Docker score their first goal of the night, with just their sixth disposal inside 50 for the quarter.
27:40
Geelong leads the pre-clearance groundball-get count 34-21, but s only slightly ahead of the count 64-60 in general play away from the stoppages.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
03:36
Despite the wet and slippery conditions, both teams have very low kick-to-handball ratios, as they are both averaging just 1.2 kicks per handball across the game.
07:06
Fremantle leads the disposal count 24-20 so far in the final quarter, but Geelong leads the inside 50 count 5-0, continuing to lock the ball inside its forward half.
08:04
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
08:23
Dockers Interchange - Sean Darcy off due to an injury.
10:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
10:44
The Dockers are trying to avoid the club's lowest ever score which was set against the Crows in Round 15, 2009 when they score 1.7 (13).
11:06
Dockers Interchange - Michael Walters and is possibly out for the game.
12:42
Caleb Serong has won six contested possessions since half-time - the equal second-most of any Fremantle player.
13:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
14:09
The Dockers have struggled to get the ball out of their back half - they have committed 30 defensive half turnovers tonight, compared to the Cats' 14. Geelong has scored 2.7 from the Dockers defensive half turnovers.
17:32
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
17:45
Another kick off the ground for another Tom Hawkins goal. Three of the Cats' five goals have come from ground kicks with two of these coming from Hawkins.
19:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
21:05
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
21:15
Geelong kicks their third goal of the quarter. It leads the inside 50 count 12-3 for the quarter and 47-26 across the game.
23:50
Caleb Serong kicks the Dockers second goal of the night. He has had the best game of his short career with 21 disposals, 10 contested possessions, seven tackles and five intercept possessions across the game.
26:23
Geelong wins by 32 points. Mitch Duncan had a big game in the absence of Joel Selwood and Gary Ablett, finishing with 16 disposals, 16 uncontested possessions, 10 contested possessions, seven tackles and six intercept possessions.
26:28
The siren has sounded to end Q4.