Pre Game
00:00
After conceding just 67.7 points per game in 2022 (ranked second), the Dockers conceded 82.5 points per game in 2023 - ranked 11th overall.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:30
Lions Interchange - Jarryd Lyons off due to the blood rule.
03:10
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
03:19
The Lions get on the board via Eric Hipwood, from an attacking midfield intercept chain. Brisbane scored 22.3 points per game from this source last season - ranked first in the league.
05:30
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
06:45
The Lions have registered the first five inside-50s of the match. Brisbane averaged 56.7 inside-50s in 2023 - ranked third overall.
07:04
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)
08:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
10:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
11:25
Fremantle have registered four clanger kicks so far, with a kicking efficiency of just 43%. Brisbane, meanwhile, has yet to register a single clanger kick, at a kicking efficiency of 80%.
11:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
12:56
Zac Bailey kicks the Lions' fourth goal in 13 minutes. It is the third goal for Brisbane scored from an intercept possession chain so far this match.
17:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
19:39
Fremantle has thus far registered just a single behind from a defensive-50 ball movement chain. The Dockers launched a score from their defensive-50 only 6.6% of the time last season - ranked last overall.
21:46
Backup ruckman Josh Treacy has five hitouts so far - move than both Luke Jackson and Oscar McInerney, who have three apiece.
22:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
24:58
Joe Daniher has registered five inside-50s so far this match - equal to the total number of inside-50s Fremantle has managed for this quarter.
27:34
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
28:05
Fremantle finally gets on the board, through a timely Bailey Banfield goal. In the last five minutes, Fremantle has maintained a kicking efficiency of 82% - a marked increase over the 43% the Dockers went at in the first 12 minutes.
29:54
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
30:56
Sam Switkowski kicks the first forward-50 stoppage goal of the match, to keep Fremantle in touch. The Dockers averaged 4.3 points per match from this statistic in 2023, ranked 10th overall.
31:28
Two late goals kept Fremantle from an inauspicious start to the 2024 season. The Dockers averaged just 15.9 points per game in first quarters in 2023 - ranked only above West Coast (at 15.6). In the last 10 minutes of the quarter, Fremantle led in contested possessions (11-10) and clearances (four to one).
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:12
Caleb Serong led all comers for disposals in the first quarter with 14. It is the highest first-quarter disposal count of Serong's career; he had reached his previous high of 11 disposals five times since 2021.
03:41
Hayden Young leads all players on the ground for tackles with four so far. Only Marcus Bontempelli laid more tackles (37) than Young (32) after Young moved into the midfield in Round 21 last season.
06:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
07:55
Luke Jackson snaps the first goal of the second quarter. Jackson finished with 24 disposals, 15 contested possessions, 44 hitouts and a goal against the Lions in Round 21 last season, playing as Fremantle's lead ruck.
10:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
12:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (James Aish)
13:01
The Lions have now managed just three behinds since the 13-minute mark of the first quarter, despite leading the inside-50 count eight to five this quarter.
17:44
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
18:21
Josh Treacy levels the score with his first goal of the match. The Dockers lead the inside-50 count seven to one in the last ten minutes.
22:09
Caleb Serong has now amassed 23 first-half disposals - the equal most of his career in a first half of a match. Serong also has seven stoppage first possessions - five more than any other player on the ground.
22:59
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
25:06
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
25:12
Fremantle has now kicked 3.2 (20) from stoppage chains in this match. Last season, the Dockers averaged 33.2 points per game from stoppage chains, ranked ninth overall.
26:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
28:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
31:49
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
31:57
Brisbane has not scored a goal since the 13-minute mark of the third term, as much of the sharp ball movement of the first term has fallen away. In the first quarter, they converted six intercept possessions into 3.2 (20); in the second quarter, they were only able to convert two intercept possessions into two single behinds.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:45
Oscar McInerney currently has the ascendancy in the ruck department, leading hitouts 19-14 over Luke Jackson. However, neither has had a major impact at stoppages, with only five hitouts-to-advantage registered between the pair so far.
02:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
04:24
Harris Andrews has taken two intercept marks in the first five minutes of the second quarter. Andrews leads all players on the ground with five intercept marks so far, as well as seven intercept possessions.
06:08
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Brennan Cox)
06:30
Fremantle has now kicked the last eight goals of the match. It is the second match in a row where the Lions have allowed their opposition to kick eight goals in a row.
09:43
Of Brisbane's 17 kicks this quarter, seven have registered as clanger kicks. Meanwhile, Fremantle is yet to register a single clanger kick this quarter.
11:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
14:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Matthew Johnson)
15:18
Joe Daniher finally ends the Lions' nearly-two-quarter-long goal drought. The goal is the Lions' first for the match from a kick-in chain, a source Brisbane averaged only 9.2 points per game from in 2023, ranked second-last in the competition.
21:25
Dockers Interchange - Karl Worner and is possibly out for the game.
21:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
23:42
Both teams have been trepidatious since the break of play, with both teams taking nine uncontested marks each and favouring short kicks during that time.
25:22
The Dockers strike first after a cautious period, kicking their first goal of the match from an end-to-end defensive-50 ball movement chain. Fremantle averaged just 6.7 points per game in 2023 from defensive-50 turnover chains, ranked 17th overall.
26:39
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
28:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
30:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
32:11
Lions Interchange - Oscar McInerney off due to the blood rule.
33:49
Dockers Interchange - Oscar McDonald and is possibly out for the game.
34:20
Luke Ryan has taken his customary role as Fremantle's defensive general tonight, leading all players on the ground for defensive-50 disposals, with 13. He also has eight rebound 50s - more than double the total of any Brisbane player.
35:06
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
37:05
Brisbane has fallen 38 points behind due to two-and-a-half quarters of listless play, during which only one goal has been scored. Since the beginning of the second quarter, the Lions have only had two effective kicks in their forward-50, one of which was their solitary goal of the period.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:31
In his first game for Fremantle, Jeremy Sharp has eight inside-50 entries - the equal-most on the ground with Joe Daniher. It is a career-best total for Sharp, surpassing his previous career-high of six, which he reached twice playing for the Suns.
04:51
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
06:05
Eric Hipwood kicks his third goal of the match to give Brisbane some hope. It is just the Lions' second goal from a stoppage this match, and their first since the seven-minute mark of the first quarter.
06:18
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
10:19
Dockers Interchange - Brennan Cox and is possibly out for the game.
11:28
Brisbane has produced a spirited fight so far this quarter, registering four more contested possessions, four more tackles and two more clearances in the first 12 minutes of this term.
14:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
16:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
17:55
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
18:02
Lions Interchange - Jaspa Fletcher off due to an injury.
18:04
Jye Amiss has now kicked four goals for the match - the most of any player tonight. It is the fourth time Amiss has kicked four goals in his career - all four of which have come in his last 13 games.
19:09
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
21:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
21:42
Fremantle has registered 28 more handball receives than Brisbane so far this match. More tellingly, the Dockers have registered 29 more handball receives than the Lions in their defensive half, highlighting their intent to move the ball with speed and accuracy from their defensive half.
24:46
Brisbane has taken just five marks inside-50 so far this match. They previously registered five inside-50 marks in the 2023 Grand Final, which was their equal-fewest in any game that season.
24:50
Lions Interchange - Jaspa Fletcher and is possibly out for the game.
25:14
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
29:53
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
31:11
Oscar McInerney's 42 hitouts is the fourth time McInerney has passed 40 hitouts since 2023. Despite this, both he and Luke Jackson have amassed eight hitouts-to-advantage each.
32:13
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
34:14
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Zac Bailey)
35:47
Fremantle opens their season with a convincing win over last year's Grand Finalists. They were led from the front for four quarters by midfielder Caleb Serong, who amassed a staggering 46 disposals (a career-high) alongside 21 contested possessions (another career-high). The 46 disposals is a new Fremantle club-record and is an extremely auspicious start to his 2024 season.