Match

Fremantle vs Geelong Cats

Commentary / 17 Jul 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Andrew Brayshaw reached 30 disposals for the sixth time this season last round. He also had 22 uncontested possessions and nine score involvements.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:59
Fremantle was the only side in the competition to score over 100 points in Round 17. Its match tally of 108 points against the Hawks was a season-high.
01:57
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
04:57
Geelong controlling 64% of possession to the Dockers 20% early in this match. Geelong are ranked 1st in the competition this season for time in possession, averaging 45.2%.
06:06
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
09:43
Fremantle with the last five inside 50s for the match, however they have been wasteful with their forward 50 entries, kicking at 25% from forward half kicks.
10:19
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Higgins)
17:04
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
17:16
Both teams struggling to transfer the ball from defence to attack. From seven defensive 50 chains Geelong is yet go inside 50. From nine defensive 50 chains, Fremantle has gone inside 50 once.
18:49
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
19:33
Geelong's first goal of the game comes from an attacking midfield intercept. Geelong are ranked 12th in the AFL for attacking midfield points, averaging 24.1 per game.
21:38
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (David Mundy)
23:47
Sean Darcy has a game-high three clearances and five hit outs to advantage but Geelong are winning clearances 12-10.
24:02
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
26:10
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
27:04
Geelong has taken 11 forward half marks to Fremantle's zero. Geelong is also kicking at 70% from forward half kicks compared to Fremantle, kicking at only 29%.
28:02
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Sam Menegola)
29:41
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
30:52
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
31:47
Fremantle struggling to move the ball from their defence. From 21 defensive half chains, the Dockers have only gone inside 50 twice. Fremantle is yet to score from these two inside 50s.
32:08
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
32:43
Geelong were damaging on the turnover in the first term. 21 of their 23 points were scored from intercepts. Fremantle turned the ball over nine times from their defensive half.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:00
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Higgins)
02:56
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
04:12
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
04:37
Geelong's first goal of the second term comes from a stoppage clearance. The Dockers have outscored their opponents from clearances in six of their seven games at Optus Stadium – averaging 12.7 more points from that source.
06:43
Geelong winning the battle at the contest so far. The Cats lead contested possessions 52-41 and ground ball gets 39-25.
09:12
Geelong conceded 38 inside 50s last round against Carlton – its equal-fewest conceded this year. Fremantle already has 16 inside 50s but are only scoring from 31% of inside 50s.
10:28
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
11:24
Geelong score their 3rd goal from a defensive midfield intercept. Geelong is ranked 1st in the AFL for scores from the defensive midfield, averaging 23.5 points per game this season.
12:54
Tom Hawkins kicks his 3rd goal for the match. Hawkins has been the target inside 50 on four occasions and has taken three marks inside 50. Tom Hawkins finished goalless last round for the first time since Round 19 last season against the Power.
14:46
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
15:47
The Dockers are getting their hands on the ball first from stoppages, winning first possessions 23-17 but is losing clearances 16-21.
20:20
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
20:35
Fremantle's first inside 50 since the seven minute mark of the 2nd term. This inside 50 came from an attacking midfield intercept. Fremantle has only scored three points from forward half intercepts.
22:10
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Quinton Narkle)
23:56
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
24:56
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
27:04
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Esava Ratugolea)
27:13
That's Geelong's 2nd goal from a kick in this quarter, both coming from Issac Smith.
30:25
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
31:16
Geelong, however has scored 31 points from 33 defensive half chains and are going at an inside 50 conversion rate of 30.3%.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:00
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
04:33
Geelong has recorded a score from 14.2% of its defensive half intercept possessions this season – ranked No.1. The Cats are going at 25% from this source tonight.
05:19
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Travis Colyer)
05:48
Since 2018, the Cats have conceded 45.3 points per game against the Dockers – ranked No.1 defensively.
07:35
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
08:03
After struggling to score in the first half from defensive half chains, Fremantle has scored both goals from defensive half intercept chains.
09:05
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
11:39
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
13:50
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Adam Cerra)
14:35
Fremantle's ball use going forward continues to be a problem. The Dockers are kicking at only 24% from forward half kicks and have only taken one mark inside 50 compared to Geelong who are kicking at 71% from forward half kicks and has 16 marks inside 50.
17:16
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
19:14
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
22:00
Geelong winning marks 30-7 this 3rd term. The Cats also winning the marks inside 50 8-0.
24:36
Tom Stewart leads the match with nine marks (seven recorded from his defensive half), but Stewart has zero intercept marks and only two intercept possessions.
26:15
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
27:04
Sean Darcy winning hit outs 26-12 when rucking against Rhys Stanley, but clearances are in favour of Stanley (20-22).
27:21
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
29:05
Fremantle are winning hit outs to advantage 12-2 from ball ups and throw ins but are down 0-5 from centre clearances.
29:45
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
29:48
Fremantle were once again beaten on the turnover in the third term. Geelong scored all 22 points from turnovers.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:51
Since Round 14, the Dockers have won the inside 50 count by 11.3 per game – ranked No.1. This match, the Cats lead inside 50s 45-30.
04:32
Fremmantle has scored two points from centre bounce clearances. The Cats have conceded 7.2 points per game from their opposition’s centre bounce clearances – ranked second defensively.
06:37
Sean Darcy was on track to beat his previous best of 16 contested possessions. Darcy had 14 contested possessions and eight clearances - both game highs.
06:56
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
09:02
Dockers Interchange - Blake Acres off due to an injury.
09:44
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Travis Colyer)
11:53
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
12:23
Geelong's ball movement proving to be the difference. Geelong leads handball receives 17-6, uncontested possessions 26-13 and are going at 70% disposal efficiency compared to Fremantle going at 44%.
14:42
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Joel Selwood)
14:48
Geelong has won the contested possession count in 87.5% of games this season – the highest percentage of any side. Tonight, they lead this stat 134-112.
15:31
Fremantle has given away eight holding the ball free kicks tonight. Geelong has only given away three.
15:48
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
16:30
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
16:43
All three fourth quarter goals coming from Geelong's forward half zone.
19:29
Geelong lead clearances 11-1 and effective clearances 8-0 with seven points scored from stoppage chains to the Dockers zero.
20:19
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
21:55
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jed Bews)
22:43
Cam Guthrie up to a game-high 33 disposals. Guthrie has a team-high seven clearances, 12 contested possessions and 10 ground ball gets. Cameron Guthrie is averaging a career-high 29.7 disposals in the 10 wins he has featured in this year.
26:45
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
26:59
Fremantle has only gone at an inside 50 conversion rate of 9% from defensive 50 chains, compared to Geelong who have gone at a conversion rate of 24% from defensive 50 chains.
28:17
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
28:52
The damage was done on the turnover. Fremantle went at a kicking efficiency of 54%. Geelong scored 70 points from intercept chains to Fremantle's 19 points, 44 of Geelong's points came from their forward half.