Match

Melbourne vs Fremantle

Commentary / 02 Jun 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Fremantle has retained possession from 38 per cent of its long down-the-line kicks – the lowest percentage in the league.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:38
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
02:15
Max Gawn kicks the first goal of the match through a mark inside 50. He was awarded eight frees for and had zero frees against last week – the equal-most frees for without having a free against on record.
03:18
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
04:47
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
07:20
Kysaiah Pickett has a had a fast start, already collecting four disposals. Last week he attended a career-high 20 centre bounces – finishing with 17 disposals, three centre bounce clearances, and one goal.
07:25
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
10:50
The Demons are winning the key indicators early, leading clearances 4-1 and inside 50s 8-2.
14:40
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
16:24
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
17:00
Fremantle take the lead with a snap goal from Jye Amiss. His shot at goal accuracy has fallen from 61 to 43 per cent this season – ranked 20th of the top-25 in the AFL for shots at goal this year.
18:33
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
19:02
It has been all Fremantle in the last ten minutes of play, leading both clearances and inside 50s 5-0. Andrew Brayshaw has three clearances in that time.
19:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jordan Clark)
20:15
Jordan Clark makes it four consecutive goals for the Dockers. Last week he reached 30 disposals for just the third time in 90 career games – amassing a career-high 35 disposals, also having 10 intercept possessions.
21:39
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
23:34
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
23:40
Both sides have recorded 10 inside 50s for the match, with Fremantle being more efficient booting four goals to the Demons' two.
26:39
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
27:15
Fremantle has already scored 25 points from forward half turnovers.
28:52
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kade Chandler)
29:58
One of the main differences between the sides that quarter was contested possessions, with the Dockers leading 30-19. Hayden Young led the way recording five of them - two more than any Melbourne player.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:54
Melbourne has regained the ascendancy around stoppages this quarter, leading clearances 3-0.
03:57
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
05:33
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
06:51
Six minutes into this quarter and Luke Ryan already has five disposals for the term. He leads disposals and marks for the match with 12 and seven respectively.
10:09
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Clayton Oliver)
10:46
The Demons kick their first goal since the fifth minute of the match. Fremantle had booted six consecutive goals before that Clayton Oliver major.
13:37
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
14:01
The Dockers kick their first goal from a forward half clearance for the match. Last week they were outscored by 31 points from forward half clearances – ranked last for the round and its third-worst result over the last four years.
16:26
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
17:06
Fremantle continue to get strong returns from its forward entries, booting three goals from seven entries this quarter. In comparison Melbourne has just one goal from its five entries.
18:55
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
20:08
The Dockers lead clearances 8-6 this quarter but more telling is the damage from these, leading scores from stoppages 18-0 for the term.
20:17
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jaeger O'Meara)
22:48
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
23:54
Fremantle has been surprisingly accurate today, booting 10.4. Before today it had recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 43 per cent this season – ranked last.
25:12
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Young)
26:40
Scoring 70 points is the best first-half return for Fremantle since Round 1, 2019.
28:24
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
31:10
Fremantle has dominated the territory battle so far, leading inside 50s 32-19. It has outscored Melbourne 38-6 from forward half turnovers.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:23
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
03:21
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
04:36
The Demons kick the first goal of the second half through Christian Petracca. He leads contested possessions for the Demons with five.
04:37
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
07:36
The Dockers start this quarter as they finished the first half, leading clearances 7-1 and inside 50s 6-2. Sam Darcy already has three clearances for the term.
08:12
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
09:26
Sam Darcy has had a massive start to this quarter, leading contested possessions (5), clearances (4) and booting a goal inside the first ten minutes.
10:47
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
13:06
The Dockers have won nine of the last 10 clearances. They have outscored the Demons 13-0 from this source for the quarter.
14:16
Demons Interchange - Judd McVee off due to an injury.
14:22
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
14:45
Fremantle has now kicked 15 of the last 17 goals of the match.
16:46
Dockers Interchange - Jaeger O'Meara off due to an injury.
17:45
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
18:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
19:05
Caleb Serong kicks his first goal of the season from a throw in stoppage. The Dockers have punished the Demons from stoppages, outscoring them 45-2 from this source.
23:04
Sam Switkowski is having a huge impact this quarter, collecting 10 disposals already. He leads score involvements for the match with nine.
25:28
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
26:01
Tom McDonald has been moved forward and kicks a goal against the run of play, the Demons' first goal since the fourth minute of this quarter.
27:51
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
29:39
The Dockers lead centre bounce clearances 6-2 this quarter, and Caleb Serong has recorded three of them.
30:01
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
33:42
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Daniel Turner)
34:07
The Dockers continued to outwork the Demons in all phases of the game that quarter, outscoring them 19-0 from stoppages and 25-13 from turnovers.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:57
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sam Sturt)
06:02
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
07:01
The Dockers have started strongly yet again this quarter, leading inside 50s 4-1 and clearances 8-4.
07:25
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jeremy Sharp)
09:12
The Dockers have had 18 more clearances and an astonishing 31 more inside 50s than the Demons for the match.
10:30
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
12:19
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
15:05
The Dockers lead contested possessions 126-88. Caleb Serong leads the way with 11 of them.
15:46
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
16:17
Jye Amiss kicks his fourth goal to become the leading goalkicker for the match, to go with 11 disposals and seven contested possessions.
17:18
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
19:12
The Dockers now lead clearances 8-1 for the quarter. Luke Jackson and Nat Fyfe have two apiece.
20:08
140 points is the highest total score recorded under Justin Longmuir. It is also the largest total conceded from a Simon Goodwin-led side.
20:38
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
22:16
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
24:31
The Dockers have been impressive in front of goal, booting 10.2 from set shots today.
25:02
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
26:10
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
27:47
The Dockers have almost doubled Melbourne's clearances from ball up and throw in stoppages 25-13, and have outscored the Demons from these 44-2.
28:36
Max Gawn contributed on a tough day for his side, recording a team-high 11 contested possessions, as well as 23 disposals and one goal.