Match

Fremantle vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 24 Apr 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Fremantle has taken 14.8 marks inside 50 per game this season - the equal second-most of any team in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:39
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
03:11
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
03:21
Both Fremantle scores have been sourced from forward half intercepts. The Dockers have scored 23.4 points per game from this source this season - ranked 15th.
04:53
Ben Cunnington has won a team-high three contested possessions. He has won 15 contested possessions per game this season - the second-most of any player in the competition.
05:12
Jack Ziebell has taken two intercept marks early in this game to take his season tally to 10 - ranked No.1 at the club.
07:54
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Travis Colyer)
10:57
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
13:06
The Roos have recorded five of the last six inside 50s but scored just one behind from these (20%). North Melbourne has recorded a score from just 33.8% of its inside 50s this season - the lowest percentage of any side.
14:00
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Will Phillips)
15:46
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
15:56
North Melbourne leads the centre clearance count 3-0, with that goal to Jaidyn Stephenson coming from that source.
16:57
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
18:51
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Kayne Turner)
20:00
The Kangas have won the disposal count by 15 (28-13), contested possession count by eight (14-6) and inside 50 count by five (6-1), and outscored the Dockers by 13 points (14-1) in the last 10 minutes.
22:39
Dockers Interchange - Ethan Hughes off due to an injury.
24:00
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
24:10
David Mundy is up to a game-high 10 disposals as well as kicking that goal. He is averaging a career-high 8.4 score involvements this season - the equal sixth-most of any player in the AFL.
26:09
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
30:24
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
30:27
All three Fremantle goals and six of its seven scores in the opening term were sourced from intercepts.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (James Aish)
01:36
Jack Ziebell has recorded three kicks early in the second quarter and 12 for the game. He has recorded 23.4 kicks per game this season - the most of any player in the competition.
02:25
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Mitch Crowden)
04:20
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
06:31
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
06:41
Freo leads the clearance count 4-0 in the second quarter and launched two scores from this source, including that goal to David Mundy.
08:22
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
08:32
Another goal from a clearance to Fremantle. Both its goals this quarter are from this source.
10:14
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
10:24
Fremantle has generated the last 11 inside 50s for the game, including all 10 this quarter, and scored 4.3 (27) from these entries.
12:57
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Travis Colyer)
13:07
Nat Fyfe is up to a game-high six score involvements, including two goal launches and two goal assists.
14:32
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
16:14
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (James Aish)
21:47
Griffin Logue has won a quarter-high four intercept possessions, including one mark.
22:09
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
24:23
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
26:19
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
26:29
The Dockers have recorded a scoring accuracy of 47.7% this season - the worst percentage of any team in the competition.
28:29
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
29:57
Fremantle dominated the opening 13 minutes of the second term, recording 23 more disposals (50-27), 15 more contested possessions (23-8), six more clearances (7-1) and 10 more inside 50s (11-1), and outscoring the Roos by 27 points (27-0).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:22
Nick Larkey grabs his team's eighth contested mark for the game. The Roos have averaged 7.6 contested marks this season - ranked 18th.
02:40
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
04:45
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
04:55
David Mundy has kicked three goals in a game for the third time in his 338-game career.
07:25
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
08:40
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
08:50
Todd Goldstein has launched both of his team's goals this quarter.
10:07
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
11:53
Kangaroos Interchange - Josh Walker off due to an injury.
14:34
North have grabbed four intercept marks this quarter after recording just three in the first half.
15:04
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
18:10
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
18:20
Fremantle has generated four inside 50s and grabbed four marks in this zone this quarter.
19:22
Andrew Brayshaw has won five contested possessions this quarter, three more than he did in the first half. He won an equal career-high 17 contested possessions last round.
19:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
21:05
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
22:59
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
25:13
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
26:22
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
27:16
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
29:41
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
29:47
From the 17-minute mark of the third term, the Dockers generated eight more inside 50s (11-3) and booted three goals to none. Nat Fyfe led all players with seven disposals, four contested possessions, and three inside 50s during this period.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:38
Cameron Zurhaar just grabbed his third contested mark for the game - a career-high.
02:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tom Campbell)
07:05
Caleb Serong just won his 15th contested possession for the game - a career-high.
07:58
Dockers Interchange - Brennan Cox and is possibly out for the game.
09:19
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
09:29
Matt Taberner has taken 21 marks inside 50 and kicked 16 goals this season - ranked fourth and equal-seventh respectively in the competition.
11:23
Jack Ziebell just grabbed his fourth intercept mark for the game - a career-high.
11:46
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
12:51
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
13:50
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Travis Colyer)
16:48
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
20:04
Dockers Interchange - Reece Conca off due to an injury.
22:15
Nat Fyfe just won his 23rd contested possession for the game - a season-high by any player.
23:25
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Tom Powell)
24:35
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
24:45
Lachie Schultz has kicked four goals in a game for the first time in his career.
26:53
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
28:34
North Melbourne lost the contested possession differential in all four quarters for the second week in a row. It has lost this count by 24.3 per game this season - ranked last.