Match

Fremantle vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 25 Mar 2023

Pre Game

00:00
In their last meeting, North Melbourne only scored 24 points, which was the lowest score for the year across the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:23
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
05:28
Fremantle has won three of the first five clearances this game, with two being effective. Last year, the Dockers averaged 5.8 clearances more than their opponent in wins - ranked equal-fourth.
06:29
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
07:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
10:05
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
11:09
Nick Larkey kicks the first goal of the game, coming from a set shot. Last week, he kicked six goals, his equal second most goals in a game in his career.
12:05
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jaeger O'Meara)
14:37
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tom Powell)
15:01
Andrew Brayshaw has already recorded four tackles from four attempts. Last year, he averaged 6.2 tackles, which was the No.12 most in the competition.
17:28
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
17:46
North Melbourne's five defensive 50 chains have led to an inside 50 60% of the time. They have scored 2.0 (12) from this zone in this game.
19:35
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
21:29
The Kangaroos' goals have come from an even spread across the three score sources - one from a kick-in, two from turnovers, and the other from stoppage.
27:17
Sam Switkowski breaks the goal drought for Fremantle, with the goal coming from a turnover. Last season, the Dockers scored eight points more from turnover compared to their opponent on average, ranking sixth in the competition.
27:18
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
30:54
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
32:11
Fremantle had eight of the last 10 clearances for the quarter, although, they have two fewer for the game and have a five-point differential from this source.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:03
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
01:31
Dockers Interchange - Hayden Young off due to an injury.
02:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
03:55
Charlie Comben has been the most targeted player for either team when going inside 50, being targeted four times. He has been involved in two scores, wth one of those being resulted from his inside 50.
05:46
Cameron Zurhaar has settled well into his new role, recording five centre bounce attendances, 11 disposals and four inside 50's so far. He also has two score assists.
12:04
Todd Goldstein has been dominant against his direct opponent Sean Darcy. He has won the hitout-to-advantage count with 3-0 and North Melbourne has had 10 clearances to Fremantle's two when they have been opposing ruckmen.
13:19
The Kangaroos' forward half-game has held them in good stead so far. They have generated an inside 50 from 70% of their forward half intercepts - scoring 3.0 (18). The Dockers are yet to score from any other of their forward half intercepts.
13:42
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Liam Henry)
19:10
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
19:39
James Aish leads all comers for disposals thus far with 18 (78% disposal efficiency). He also has the equal third-most contested possessions of anyone with five, while also having a team-high five marks and game-high 404 metres gained.
20:42
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
22:45
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
26:46
North Melbourne have been accurate from set shots tonight, scoring 4.1 (25) to Fremantle's 1.3 (9).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:29
Both teams’ ball movement has been slow, with North Melbourne’s mark-play-on % being less than 20% than their last year's average. Fremantle’s mark-play-on % is also down by 5%.
01:45
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
02:25
The Kangaroos are winning the clearance battle 21-13 and the effective clearances 13-10, although both teams have only managed 0.2 (2) and 0.3 (3) from stoppages.
03:08
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
06:58
Hugh Greenwood has only had one tackle from six tackle attempts. Last season, he averaged 6.3 tackles per game, which was the highest tackle average of any Kangaroo.
08:37
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
10:17
Over half of Fremantle's points have come from forward 50 chains scoring 3.2 (20) from this zone. In comparison, North Melbourne have only scored 0.1 (1).
11:28
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Will Brodie)
13:21
Bailey Banfield gets the Dockers to within three points. North Melbourne has led on the scoreboard from the start of the match.
17:24
The Dockers pressure has been immense so this quarter, with a pressure factor of 220 to 166, which is the biggest differential of this game.
18:04
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
19:02
North Melbourne score a goal to stop Fremantle's momentum. Since the Kangaroos scored the first four goals of the game, Fremantle had scored five of the last eight.
19:53
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
21:38
With only nine disposals, Michael Frederick has had five score involvements and two score assists, the most and equal-most of any player respectively.
23:11
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
25:15
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
28:33
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
30:43
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
30:54
A dominant third-quarter display from Jy Simpkin, having 11 disposals, five of those won in a contested manner, the second-most metres gained with 224 and a goal.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
03:03
Fremantle’s entries inside forward 50 have been poor, retaining the ball 47% of the time compared to the Kangaroos’ 58%. The Dockers have only had 24% of their inside 50’s result in a score. In contrast, North Melbourne has had 32% of their inside 50’s result in a score.
05:08
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Charlie Comben)
05:37
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
06:25
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
06:44
North Melbourne have had 79% of chains from their attacking midfield result in an inside 50, resulting in a score of 5.2 (32). In comparison to the Dockers, they have only scored 0.2 (2) from this source.
11:29
Luke Jackson has been Fremantle's most targeted player when going inside 50. He has been targeted five times for the game for one mark inside 50 and has been involved in five scoring chains.
11:41
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
13:34
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
15:01
Michael Walters becomes Fremantle's first multiple goalkicker for the match with his second goal. After coming on as the sub, he has had five disposals and one inside 50 from just 28 minutes game time.
15:37
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
16:04
Nick Larkey kicks his fourth goal for the game. He has kicked 10 goals straight for the season thus far.
19:05
North Melbourne have had 16 of the last 20 clearances. Luke Davies-Uniacke has had a game-high eight clearances for the game and has kicked one goal.
20:35
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
22:16
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
23:03
Harry Sheezel has the equal-most disposals in the game with 28. Last week, he had 34 disposals on his AFL debut – the most of any player in the competition in the AFL era.
24:44
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jaeger O'Meara)
26:46
Although Fremantle have had the ball in their forward 50 for 61% of this quarter, they have only scored three points more than the Kangaroos from 13-9 inside 50's.
27:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jaeger O'Meara)
28:41
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Brennan Cox)
29:41
Fremantle's pressure has been a big part of their final quarter surge, having a pressure factor of 2.01 to 1.40 and 10-2 tackles in their forward half.
33:11
Fremantle kicked four of the last six goals and had eight of the last 10 inside 50's, but it wasn't enough to get over the line.