Match

Fremantle vs Gold Coast Suns

Commentary / 14 Apr 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Gold Coast has preferred to move the ball quickly when in possession, immediately playing on from 36.2% of their marks this season – the highest percentage in the AFL.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:02
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Mabior Chol)
02:58
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
03:43
Jack Lukosius has scored the opening goal of the match, his seventh goal of the season. His most goals in a single season is eight.
04:48
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
07:48
The breeze is favouring Fremantle's end which has resulted in four of the first six inside 50s going to the Dockers. 62% of the play has been held in Fremantle's forward half.
10:43
Caleb Serong has been influential early, accumulating a game-high seven disposals at 86% efficiency. Serong finished with 28 disposals and a game-high 16 contested possessions, 11 first possessions, and 10 clearances last round.
11:57
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
12:30
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
13:57
Gold Coast’s intercepting game has been prominent early, taking three of these mark types compared to just the one for Fremantle. In last round’s match, the Suns lost this stat by seven to St Kilda.
17:12
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
18:41
Michael Walters has scored his second goal of the match following his second contested mark inside 50. Fremantle only averages 1.8 contested marks in their attacking 50 this season - the second-fewest in the AFL.
19:14
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
22:53
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
23:09
Fremantle has scored their second goal of the match sourced from a stoppage to extend their lead to eight points late in the first quarter. Fremantle is the only team in the AFL not to lead at quarter-time this season.
24:56
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
25:55
Darcy MacPherson's fifth intercept possession of the match results in a goal to the Suns. MacPherson has won a team-high eight disposals at 100% efficiency to continue his strong start to the season. Having played 100% of the season in defence, MacPherson is averaging a career-best 22.3 disposals and four rebound 50s per match.
26:42
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben King)
28:31
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
30:21
Three late goals to the Suns gives them a 10-point advantage in the opening term. The Suns took a season-high 36 marks in the quarter - 20 more than Fremantle. The Suns have recorded the second-lowest mark differential this season, averaging 27 fewer marks to its opposition per game.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:45
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
02:39
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
03:01
Dockers Interchange - Sam Switkowski off due to an injury.
03:23
Fremantle's opening goal of the second quarter is sourced from a forward 50 intercept - their first intercept in this zone tonight. This has been a strength of the Dockers this season, ranking equal-third for scores from forward 50 intercepts.
05:29
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
05:58
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
06:29
64 of Gold Coast's 102 possessions (63%) have been won in an uncontested manner tonight - a significant difference to their playing style in 2023. 55% of the possessions won by Gold Coast this season have been in an uncontested manner – the lowest percentage of any side this season.
08:08
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
11:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
11:54
The Dockers have gone inside 50 on 13 occasions tonight, converting five of these into goals (38.5% conversion). Fremantle has averaged a goal from 18% of their attacking 50 entries this season - the third-lowest conversion in the AFL.
16:10
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Bailey Humphrey)
18:01
Gold Coast has seen an improvement in their pressure from recent weeks, recording a pressure factor of 196 – well above their season average result of 175. Their best pressure factor in any game this season is 184 (Round 1 v Sydney).
18:29
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
19:53
The Suns have taken 10 marks inside 50 tonight - a massive result given that they average eight marks inside 50 per match this season (ranked last). The Suns only took three marks inside 50 last round against St Kilda.
21:29
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Bailey Humphrey)
22:47
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
23:14
Luke Jackson has scored his first goal of the mark following a strong contested mark inside 50 - his second mark of this type tonight. Jackson has recorded a career-high hitout-to-advantage rate of 36.7% this season – ranked fifth in the competition.
24:18
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
25:24
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
26:47
Fremantle has scored an accurate 6.0 (36) from their set shots tonight compared to 7.5 (47) by the Suns. This takes Fremantle's season tally to 31 goals and 12 behinds from set shots this season.
29:04
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
32:16
Gold Coast had double the amount of scoring shots than Fremantle in the first half, entering halftime with their highest-scoring first half of the season. 9.7 (61) is also the Suns second-highest-scoring first half against the Dockers in their history.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:37
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
04:01
Gold Coast has scored 3 goals from defensive 50 launches tonight whilst holding the Dockers scoreless from their respective defensive 50. The Suns average 12 points from defensive 50 this season (ranked 11th) after ranking 16th in these scores in 2022.
06:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
07:42
The battle between main ruckmen Sean Darcy and Ned Moyle has been a tight contest. Moyle leads Darcy in hitouts-to-advantage four to three, however, Darcy’s follow-up work after the ruck contest has been prominent, winning a game-high six clearances.
08:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
09:42
Fremantle has scored 4.2 (26) from stoppages tonight, 12 more points than the Suns. The Dockers have outscored its opposition from this source by an average of five points per match this season - the third-best differential.
10:00
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
12:35
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben King)
13:01
Ben King has scored two goals tonight from his four kicks, both coming from set shots. King finished with four goals from six kicks in his last match in South Australia in Round 3, 2021 against the Crows.
14:52
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Malcolm Rosas)
15:46
Gold Coast's eighth groundball won in the forward 50 tonight results in a goal to Malcolm Rosas. The Suns have won three more forward 50 groundballs than the Dockers tonight. The Dockers have lost the forward 50 groundballs by nine per game – ranked 17th in the AFL.
17:11
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
18:54
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Noah Anderson)
20:38
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
21:35
Gold Coast has won nine more intercept possessions than the Dockers tonight which has resulted in the Suns leading points from turnovers by 16 points. The Suns were outscored by 38 points from turnovers last match against St Kilda, their worst result since 2021.
21:54
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
24:56
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (David Swallow)
26:43
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
27:16
Fremantle has scored seven times from their 11 inside 50s this quarter, and they have had 64% of the play in their forward half of the ground this term.
29:02
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
31:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
32:52
Fremantle scored five goals to two in the third quarter, with their work at stoppages continuing to be a telling factor in the match. They led clearances 15 to nine in the quarter, with all three of their stoppage goals coming from boundary throw-ins.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:00
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
02:33
Jack Lukosius has now set personal bests for score involvements (13), inside 50s (11), and has equalled his best for score assists (four). Additionally, he is two marks off his career-best haul of 14 and 200 metres off his best metres gained result (889).
03:23
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Noah Anderson)
06:32
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
07:35
Michael Walters has now scored four goals for the match. The last time he scored more than this was back in Round 13, 2019. This is the third time in Walters' career that he has scored four goals against the Suns.
08:52
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Sam Sturt)
11:47
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
12:12
Fremantle generated one inside 50 from 19 defensive 50 possession chains in the first half (5% conversion). Since halftime, they have been able to move the ball more efficiently, generating four inside 50s from nine defensive 50 possession chains (44% conversion).
13:28
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
14:36
Caleb Serong has won a game-high 30 disposals - the third time this season he has reached 30 disposals in a game. His other two games this season were narrow misses (28 and 29 disposals in Rounds 1 and 4 respectively).
16:54
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matthew Johnson)
17:15
Fremantle has all the momentum this quarter, leading uncontested possessions 43 to 18. This has resulted in a territory advantage of 11 inside 50s to five since three-quarter time.
19:07
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
20:04
Fremantle has scored three unanswered goals from turnovers in this final quarter. They have been cleaner with the ball this term, recording a disposal efficiency of 82% compared to Gold Coast's 67%.
21:01
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Noah Anderson)
23:01
Noah Anderson has scored a much-needed goal for the Suns to reduce the margin to four points. Anderson has now kicked two final quarter goals, just the second time in his career he has achieved this feat.
25:09
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
26:07
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
27:16
A late stoppage goal to Fremantle, their 14th scoring shot from this source, gives the Dockers a 10-point lead. The Dockers have now scored 6.5 (41) from defensive midfield launches - 17 more points than the Suns have scored from their respective zone.
30:15
Fremantle erased a 23-point deficit on the back of a standout performance from Caleb Serong. Serong finished with a career-high 37 disposals and also led the match in contested possessions with 16. Serong won 14 disposals in the final quarter – six more than any other player in an inspired performance.