Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Fremantle

Commentary / 15 May 2022

Pre Game

00:00
The Suns have won the time in forward half differential by eight minutes and 46 seconds per game this season - ranked second. They ranked 17th in that measure last season.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:48
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
06:05
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
06:27
The Suns are absorbing the Dockers' early attack, conceding just two behinds from six Fremantle entries.
07:12
Gold Coast is yet to generate an inside 50 from eight defensive 50 chains.
08:20
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Levi Casboult)
09:33
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jarrod Witts)
09:43
The Suns have gone inside 50 twice and scored from both entries (100%). Fremantle has conceded a score from 36.4% of its opponents inside 50s this season - ranked No.1 defensively.
12:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Neil Erasmus)
13:00
Freo have won five forward half intercepts, with all three of their scores coming from that source. The Dockers have won 27.2 forward half intercepts per game this season - ranked No.1, and scored 34 points per game from that source - ranked third.
16:28
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Neil Erasmus)
18:40
The Dockers continue to win the territory battle, with Freo recording 31 forward half disposals to the Suns' 12.
23:41
Fremantle has already grabbed six intercept marks. It has taken 15.5 per game this season.
24:29
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
24:39
Freo have generated three inside 50s from six defensive 50 chains (50%) and kicked one goal from those entries. The Suns have gone inside 50 twice from 15 defensive 50 chains (13.3%) and scored from neither entry.
27:44
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
27:47
Brennan Cox finished the first quarter with six intercept possessions, four more than any teammate, and a team-high three spoils.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:07
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
04:37
The Suns have generated four of the first five inside 50s this quarter. They generated just six entries in the first term.
06:35
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Mabior Chol)
07:41
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
07:51
Gold Coast has won four forward half intercepts this quarter, scoring from three of these. It won just two forward half intercepts to quarter-time.
10:11
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
10:21
The Suns' ball movement has been better in the second term. They have generated two inside 50s from three defensive 50 chains (66.7%) and kicked one goal from these entries.
18:41
Both teams have gone inside forward 50 nine times this quarter, with the Suns scoring 2.2 (14) to no score. Fremantle has scored just 1.1 (7) from its last 21 entries.
19:51
Sam Collins has grabbed five marks this quarter, including three from opposition kicks. All other players have combined to take just three intercept marks in this period.
20:30
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (David Mundy)
21:47
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
23:16
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
23:26
Mabior Chol wins a crumb in forward 50 and kicks his team's third goal for the term. The Suns have won seven forward 50 groundballs this quarter, four more than the Dockers. From rounds 5-8, Fremantle lost the forward 50 groundball differential by 12.3 per game - ranked last.
25:48
Izak Rankine has won six contested possessions this quarter, second only to David Swallow (seven). Rankine has won 6.2 contested possessions per game across his career.
26:31
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
27:07
Fremantle conceded four goals from defensive half chains in the first half. It conceded just 16 goals from this zone across the first eight rounds - ranked No.1 defensively and six fewer than any other side.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:38
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Noah Anderson)
00:48
Gold Coast is on top at stoppages, winning 17 clearances to the Dockers' 11. That goal to Noah Anderson was the first for either team from that source.
05:20
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
05:30
Freo have scored just two behinds from their last 19 inside 50s. They have retained possession from just four of 18 kicks inside 50 during this goalless streak.
10:16
The Dockers have controlled the ball in the third term taking 10 marks to one, allowing them to play the game in their forward half. They have generated six inside 50s to the Suns' one.
15:02
Gold Coast has struggled to move the ball in the third term, failing to generate an inside 50 from 19 defensive half chains.
16:50
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
20:38
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Lachie Weller)
20:48
Izak Rankine has been involved in all three of the Suns' third-quarter scores, including two score assists.
23:12
Will Brodie is doing his best to lift his team, winning eight contested possessions this quarter - three more than any other player, as well as an equal quarter-high three clearances.
24:22
Fremantle has taken just one mark inside 50 from 46 entries. No team has taken fewer than three marks in this zone in any completed game this season.
25:49
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Mabior Chol)
29:19
Freo managed just one behind in the third term from 16 inside 50s. They have now scored two behinds from their last 30 entries.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:40
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
01:50
The Dockers have recorded a kicking efficiency of 64% across all zones, 42% in their forward half, and just 10% in forward 50.
02:25
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
02:35
Gold Coast has now scored 15 times from just 27 inside 50s (55.6%). It has scored from just 39.4% of its entries this season - the third-lowest percentage in the competition.
07:44
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
07:54
The Suns have won eight more forward 50 groundballs (19-11) from 20 fewer entries (31-51).
09:18
Izak Rankine just won his 12th contested possession for the game - a career-high.
09:21
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Malcolm Rosas)
12:57
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
13:07
Gold Coast has kicked three goals from as many forward half chains this quarter. It had kicked two goals from 20 forward half chains to three-quarter time.
14:36
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Brennan Cox)
16:31
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
16:41
The Suns have scored 20 points from clearances, 18 points more than the Dockers. Gold Coast has been outscored by 4.9 points per game from this source this season.
19:56
Dockers Interchange - Brennan Cox and is possibly out for the game.
20:26
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
20:36
Sean Darcy kicks his team's third goal to end a streak of 36 goalless inside 50s for the Dockers.
23:12
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
24:29
Suns Interchange - Jy Farrar and is possibly out for the game.
24:36
Dockers Interchange - Blake Acres off due to an injury.
25:41
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
26:55
Fremantle leads the tackle count 88-72 - a season-high for both clubs.
31:08
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
33:49
The Suns dominated after quarter-time, outscoring the Dockers by 38 points (56-18) from 15 fewer inside 50s (30-45). The 33 points they conceded is their best defensive effort in any standard length game in club history.