Pre Game
00:00
North Melbourne is the only team in the competition to drop below 300 disposals in a game in 2022 - in Round 5 against the Bulldogs when they had 288 disposals and last week against Carlton when they had 291 disposals.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:32
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
03:20
Sam Switkowski kicks the opening goal courtesy of a holding the ball free kick. Switkowski's forward pressure has been excellent this season, ranking second in the AFL for forward half tackles, averaging three per game.
04:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
05:56
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
06:46
Fremantle have been very efficient to start the match. All eleven of its kicks have been effective and they have scored a goal from two of their first three inside 50s of the match.
08:07
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
08:16
All 17 of Fremantle's kicks have now been effective and they have kicked three goals from four inside 50s. Fremantle's last two goals have come via defensive half intercepts.
11:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Josh Walker)
14:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
15:50
The Dockers lead the contested mark count seven to nil. The Kangaroos, however, have an advantage of seven in groundball gets, leaving the contested possession count locked at 19 apiece.
18:20
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
18:52
The Dockers have kicked a goal from 50 per cent of their inside 50s, kicking four goals from eight entries. This season, Fremantle has kicked a goal from 24 per cent of its inside 50s, ranked seventh.
21:02
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
21:32
The Dockers lead the inside 50 count by six and have enjoyed 63 per cent time in forward half to start the match.
23:56
Four of Fremantle's five goals have come via intercept possessions. Three of these four goals have come via defensive half intercepts.
27:32
The Dockers have recorded the last nine inside 50s of the match.
30:04
The Kangaroos will be satisfied with their work around the contest, breaking even in the contested possession count and leading the tackle count by two. The Dockers have been ruthless on the outside though, recording a kicking efficiency of 81 per cent compared to North Melbourne's 56 per cent, allowing them to convert 63 per cent of their defensive half chains into inside 50s, well above the AFL average of 30 per cent.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Liam Henry)
03:04
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
04:30
Dockers Interchange - Luke Ryan off due to an injury.
06:34
North Melbourne have four of the first five inside 50s of the quarter, but are finding it hard to get any easy ball, with 10 of their 11 disposals for the quarter coming via a contested possession.
07:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Jordan Clark)
12:28
The Kangaroos lead the contested possession count by eight this quarter and have kicked both of their goals from intercepts in their attacking midfield zone as they are starting to capitalise on repeat inside 50 entries.
15:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
18:31
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Brennan Cox)
19:16
The Dockers have kicked 2.2.14 from six total forward 50 chains. The Kangaroos have only managed to generate one forward 50 chain for no score. Fremantle averages 23 points per game from forward 50 chains, ranked third in the AFL.
23:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
26:04
North Melbourne has struggled to transition the ball from defensive 50 into attack. Out of 22 chains launched from defensive 50, only one has resulted in an inside 50. Conversely, four out of 13 defensive 50 chains form the Dockers have resulted in an inside 50, with one resulting in a goal.
26:12
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
28:48
Kangaroos Interchange - Paul Curtis off due to an injury.
29:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Nathan O'Driscoll)
31:02
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
31:05
The second quarter was a tale of two halves. In the first 15 minutes, North Melbourne kicked 2.0.12 to 0.2.2 on the back of an advantage of seven in contested possession. From the 15-minute mark onwards, the Dockers kicked 3.2.20 to 0.1.1, enjoying an advantage of 21 in uncontested possession over the time period.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
06:00
Fremantle has the first seven inside 50s of the quarter and the last nine of the match.
07:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
10:43
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Nathan O'Driscoll)
10:59
The Dockers lead the inside 50 count 12 to one in the third quarter, but the Kangaroos had held up well until the Nathan O'Driscoll goal, conceding just the two behinds up until the goal.
12:49
Ben McKay has been a rock down in defence for the Kangaroos this quarter. He has five intercept possessions this term, which includes four intercept marks. For the match he leads all comers with 10 intercept possessions, including eight intercept marks and five contested marks.
16:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Paul Curtis)
17:16
Kangaroos Interchange - Ben McKay off due to an injury.
18:19
Fremantle leads the clearances by three this quarter and by seven for the match, outscoring the Kangaroos 2.2.14 to 0.1.1 from this source. This season the Dockers have scored six fewer points per game than their opposition from stoppages, ranked 14th.
19:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
20:19
The Kangaroos have launched 41 chains from their defensive 50 tonight, registering just two inside 50s from these chains, a strike rate of five per cent. Fremantle are the hardest team to transition the ball against this season, conceding an inside 50 from 16 per cent of their opposition's defensive 50 chains.
22:22
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
24:17
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jordan Clark)
25:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
29:00
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
30:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
30:47
The Dockers won the inside 50 count by 18 in the third quarter, the second-largest differential in any quarter this season, outscoring the Kangaroos 4.4.28 to 0.2.2. Carlton won the inside 50 count by 20 in the final quarter against Richmond in Round 1.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
04:04
Dockers Interchange - Alex Pearce off due to an injury.
06:06
North Melbourne averages 51 fewer disposals than its opposition this season, ranked 18th. Tonight has been no exception to this pattern, with the Kangaroos totalling 80 fewer disposals than the Dockers.
06:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
06:45
Dockers Interchange - Sam Switkowski off due to an injury.
08:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
09:11
The Dockers have outscored the Kangaroos 4.6.30 to nil from forward 50 chains.
09:18
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Young)
14:00
Fremantle leads total clearances by nine, but this advantage has come largely from throw-ins, with the Dockers leading throw-in clearances by 11. All three of Fremantle's stoppage goals have come from throw-ins as well.
16:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
17:35
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
18:01
Fremantle's transition from defence to attack from intercept has been a feature tonight. In total, the Dockers have won 30 intercepts in their defensive half that have resulted in 14 inside 50s and 6.1.37 on the scoreboard.
23:46
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
28:33
The Dockers have trailed narrowly in contested possession for most of the evening, but lead in this area by six in the final term and now two for the match.
30:37
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
30:41
It was another capitulation by North Melbourne tonight, losing the inside 50 count by 35 for the match, the second time this season that the Kangaroos have lost the inside 50 count by 35 or more. The 32 inside 50s that the Kangaroos totalled was the second-fewest of any side in a game this season.