Pre Game
00:00
Sydney recorded a clanger margin of 74-44 last round against Collingwood. This is the equal-seventh largest margin in this category ever recorded in a single game.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:15
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
05:55
Swans Interchange - Callum Mills and is possibly out for the game.
06:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
06:40
Justin McInerney, with his first disposal of the match, becomes the 1986th player since 1965 to record 1000 career disposals.
08:41
It's all Sydney at ground level, as the Swans have twice as many groundball-gets as their opponents (16-8). Since Round 4, the Swans average of 98 groundball-gets per game ranks them fourth in the AFL.
13:37
Marc Sheather has replaced Callum Mills (lower leg) as a medical substitute.
15:45
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (James Rowbottom)
18:03
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Justin McInerney)
18:24
Two of the Swans three goals have been launched from defensive half in the first term. Sydney have outscored their opponents by a goal per game from their defensive half in 2023, the fifth best margin from this zone of any side.
22:12
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
22:49
Fremantle launch their first goal of the game from a defensive 50 intercept possession. They have outscored their opponents by 6.5 points per game from this source, ranked third in the AFL in 2023.
27:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Hayden McLean)
27:08
Last time these two sides played in Round 18, 2022, Chad Warner set a career-high mark with 35 disposals. He has continued on this form against the Dockers, setting a new single-quarter career record with 13 disposals in the first term today.
29:39
Sydney won the disposal count 111-74 in the first term of today's match, the seventh largest disposal margin in any opening quarter in 2023, and the Swans largest margin since their opening round win against Gold Coast (49 disposal margin).
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:14
Fremantle record their first mark inside 50 for the match, and Luke Jackson converts it for the first goal of the term. The Dockers average 11 marks inside 50 per game in 2023, the equal sixth-lowest average of any side this year.
05:35
Swans Interchange - Logan McDonald off due to an injury.
06:24
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
09:41
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
09:47
A much more efficient start to the second term for Fremantle, scoring three goals from five inside 50 entries. They average a score from 42 per cent of their inside 50's, ranked 14th in this regard in 2023, but kick a goal from 23 per cent of their entries which ranks them seventh in the AFL for goal conversion.
10:28
Dockers Interchange - Michael Frederick off due to the blood rule.
13:14
After losing the contested possession count 37-43 in the first term, the Dockers have flipped this in the second quarter to lead 23-11 for the term, including 15-7 contested possessions outside of the stoppages.
13:49
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
16:35
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
16:48
Three of Sydney's four goals have been scored from shots at goal in general play. The Swans rank sixth in the AFL having outscored their opponents by five points per game from this shot source. By comparison, all five of the Dockers goals have been scored from set shots.
18:49
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Ethan Hughes)
19:43
Back-to-back goals off the back of back-to-back 50 metre penalties has the Dockers out to their biggest lead of the match. The Dockers had kicked six goals from 50 metre penalties over the first eight rounds of the 2023 season, the equal-highest tally of any side.
20:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
22:00
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Robbie Fox)
23:05
Now Sydney gets a goal from a 50 metre penalty to bring the margin back to single digits. Despite recording as many intercept possessions as the Dockers this term (12-12) that was the Swans first goal from this source for the term, as opposed to three goals the Dockers have launched from intercepts in the second term.
26:44
The Dockers have dominated the stoppages in the second term, winning the clearance count 12-4, including 7-1 at the centre bounce this term. Fremantle average 11.6 centre bounce clearances per match in 2023, ranked equal-ninth.
28:02
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
29:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
30:33
James Rowbottom has recorded at least four tackles in each of his last 20 matches, the longest active streak of this kind of any player in the AFL. He has zero tackles in today's match to this point, however he leads his team with four clearances and four score involvements.
30:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
32:24
Sydney did well in the first term in the absence of the McCartin brothers and Dane Rampe to hold the Dockers without a mark inside 50. However they conceded five marks to Dockers forwards in their defensive 50 which they will need to stem in order to try and take back the lead.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:48
Dockers Interchange - Jye Amiss off due to an injury.
04:16
Luke Jackson takes his third contested mark for the match and gets the first goal of the second half as a result. Jackson has only taken three contested marks in a match on two previous occasions in his 60-game career.
05:51
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
07:59
After not recording a tackle in the first half, James Rowbottom has five in the first eight minutes of play in the third term. After recording 30 tackles in the first half, the Swans have already recorded 12 to start the third term, compared to three for the Dockers.
08:56
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Braeden Campbell)
12:23
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
12:41
Back-to-back goals for the first time since the first term for the Swans. Their pressure rating for the third term is through the roof at 232, so it's no surprise both of their goals this term have been launched from intercept possessions.
15:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
17:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
18:00
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
19:03
That goal to Jye Amiss was the fourth goal the Dockers have launched from their defensive midfield zone in today's match. Since Round 4, the Dockers have outscored their opponents by nine points per game from this zone, ranked third in the AFL.
21:41
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
22:46
The Dockers have scored six goals, including that goal to Lachie Schultz, from within 30 metres of the goal line in today's match. Fremantle have scored 47 goals from this zone of their forward 50, ranked fifth in the AFL in 2023.
26:44
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
31:46
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
31:58
Swans Interchange - Hayden McLean off due to an injury.
32:36
Sydney have scored as many goals from intercept possessions in the third term as they did in the first half. The Swans have outscored their opponents by five points per game from this source in 2023, ranked seventh in the AFL.
33:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
33:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
34:34
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
34:41
Isaac Heeney gets a goal right on the siren to give the Swans some momentum into the final quarter. Despite losing the hitout count 6-26 for the quarter, and centre bounce clearances 1-7, the Swans won the secondary clearance count 11-10.
Quarter 4
00:00
Nathan Fyfe has replaced Neil Erasmus as a tactical substitute.
02:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
02:20
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
02:30
Tom Papley gets his first goal of the match and the first of the final term for Sydney to keep the momentum going Sydney's way. That makes it 21 straight games with a goal for Papley now, only second to Charlie Curnow (29 straight games with at least one goal).
04:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
05:55
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
07:40
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
08:15
The Dockers get two goals from set shots to all but snuff out the Swans chances. That makes it 9.2 (56) for the game from set shots, from which the Dockers average an accuracy rate of 63 per cent, which is second only to Melbourne in 2023.
10:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
12:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
13:20
Fremantle have controlled this final term both with the ball (41-29 disposals) and without the ball (9-1 tackles). Sydney have attempted seven tackles for an efficiency rating of 14 per cent in the final term. Sydney has successfully completed 62.5 per cent of their tackle attempts in 2023, ranked third-last in this catgegory.
13:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
15:02
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
18:38
Since coming on at the start of the final term, Nat Fyfe has game-high figures with five contested possessions and four score involvements.
20:46
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Jake Lloyd)
22:41
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
25:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
26:18
Errol Gulden has just notched his 38th disposal of the match, which sets a new career-best record for disposals in a game, which he set last week against Collingwood.
27:31
Fremantle have kicked two goals from their three centre bounce clearances in the final term. They kicked zero goals from their first 17 clearances from centre bounces in the first three terms of today's match.
29:30
Of the 19 one-on-one contests recorded in today's match, Fremantle have won nine, Sydney have won two.
30:15
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
32:04
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
32:09
The Dockers midfield unit set up this win, dominating stoppages throughout (hitouts 55-29, clearances 49-36 including 20-9 at centre bounce and scores from clearance 40-19). The Dockers also won contested possessions 157-143 and post-clearance groundball-gets 68-59 to spur them to victory.