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Pre Game
00:00
Tyson Stengle is right in the frame for All-Australian honours as a dangerous small forward off the back of his energy at ground level. He has recorded 58 groundball-gets inside 50 in 2024, 14 more than any other player in the AFL this year.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:55
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
03:21
Jeremy Cameron opens the scoring in his 250th career game. That is his 46th goal of the season which puts him in outright fifth place in the Coleman Medal race after he entered the round tied with Harry McKay.
04:14
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Oliver Dempsey)
04:42
Patrick Dangerfield has just recorded his second clearance of the match, making it his 1811st clearance of his career. This takes him past Sydney Swans legend Josh Kennedy into second place in VFL/AFL history for total clearances. He is now 33 clearances behind all-time leader and former teammate Joel Selwood.
07:00
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
07:16
Three goals from 20 disposals in a hot start to the match for Geelong. They have recorded the first six marks and the first seven tackles of the game.
11:33
Hayden Young finds Nat Fyfe for the Dockers first score and Young's first score assist of the match from a forward 50 clearance. The Dockers average 12.5 points from forward 50 clearance chains over the last four weeks, ranked fifth in the AFL.
12:24
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
15:20
Fremantle lead the groundball-get tally 12-5 in the early stages of this match. However seven of those have occurred in their defensive half which illustrates the momentum that the Cats possess at present.
17:53
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
18:32
Caleb Serong kicks truly from the Dockers first mark inside 50 of the match. The Dockers average 13 marks inside 50 per game in 2024, the fourth-highest average of any side in this metric.
22:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
26:37
Rhys Stanley has been able to knock eight hitouts to the direct advantage of his teammates from his 19 ruck contests in the first term, giving him a hitout-to-advantage rate of 42 per cent. Only Luke Jackson has recorded a higher advantage rate in a game this year when he went at 47 per cent in Round 19 against Melbourne.
27:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
29:02
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jordan Clark)
29:22
Jordan Clark joins Jeremy Cameron with a goal in his milestone 100th AFL match. Both teams have now kicked two goals from set shots in today's match.
32:28
Jack Bowes didn't record a disposal in the first quarter, but he laid six tackles, just two less than the Dockers combined tally for the term. No Fremantle player recorded multiple tackles in the first term.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
04:11
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
04:19
Caleb Serong has been everywhere in the opening passages of this quarter. Six disposals, twice that of any other player on the ground, three inside 50's, two score involvements and the only two clearances recorded by any player in the term so far.
06:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
08:05
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
09:13
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Young)
10:32
After providing the assist for two teammates to kick a behind, Hayden Young does it himself and kicks his first goal of the match, and the first goal sourced from a centre clearance. The Dockers have averaged 11.5 points per game from this source in the last four weeks, the equal-fifth best figure of any side.
14:00
Geelong kicked the ball at 76 per cent efficiency in their defensive half in the first quarter. In the second term however this efficiency rate has dropped to just 33 per cent which has let Fremantle get back into the contest.
14:46
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Sam Sturt)
14:49
All three goals Fremantle have kicked in this term have come from beyond 30 metres out from goal. The Dockers have kicked 158 goals from 30 metres out or more, the fifth most of any side in 2024.
16:41
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Shannon Neale)
19:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
20:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Oliver Dempsey)
22:28
The pressure battle has flipped from the first term to the second. The Cats won the pressure rating 199-150 in the first quarter, whereas the Dockers are ahead 184-167 in the second term.
28:43
Eight out of Fremantle's 12 kicks into their forward 50 have found a teammate in the second term. This is a much improved result after just five of their 16 kicks into their attacking 50 found a Dockers teammate.
28:45
Fremantle took five intercept marks in the second term while not allowing the Cats to take one. The Dockers average 13.1 intercept marks per game in 2024. Only North Melbourne average less than the Dockers (13 per game).
Quarter 3
00:00
Tanner Bruhn (concussion) has been replaced by Geelong's medical substitute Oisin Mullin.
00:40
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
03:02
Cats Interchange - Oliver Henry off due to an injury.
04:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
06:11
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
07:05
Fremantle convert the first goal of the second half from their eighth mark inside 50 for the match. The Cats have conceded an average of 11 marks inside 50 defensively in the last six weeks, which is the equal third-best record of any side in this category.
09:37
Geelong recorded the first 10 marks of the quarter, all uncontested. Fremantle then recorded the next 10 marks of the quarter, all uncontested. The Cats have averaged 90 uncontested marks per game over the last four weeks, ranked fourth in the AFL, while the Dockers have averaged 74.5, ranked 13th in the same period.
10:09
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
13:24
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Shaun Mannagh)
13:30
Fremantle's first lead of the match is short-lived as the Cats kick their third goal from a forward half clearance. The Cats scored 28 points from this source last week in their win over Adelaide, the most of any side for the round.
16:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Jaeger O'Meara)
17:38
All five of Geelong's intercept marks in this match have been located in their defensive 50. By comparison, four of the Dockers eight intercept marks have been taken outside of their defensive 50, including two in their forward half.
19:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
21:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Oliver Henry)
21:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Shannon Neale)
22:09
Geelong have recorded 18 groundball-get's to the Dockers six for the third term so far, however have not made this dominance translate to the scoreboard, kicking 1.4 (10). The Cats have won the groundball-get count by an average of six per game in 2024, ranked second in the AFL.
22:40
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Hayden Young)
26:07
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
26:26
Jye Amiss had been held scoreless with just one mark by Jack Henry, but he kicks a goal to help the Dockers regain the lead. Amiss ranks fifth in the AFL for total scoreboard impact over the last six weeks, scoring or assisting 128 points for Fremantle in that period.
28:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
29:02
Six scores from 13 inside 50's in the third term has helped Fremantle to a slim lead at the final break. This is the 16th match in 2024 that the Dockers have led at three quarter time, the equal most of any side in the AFL alongside the ladder-leading Swans.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Oliver Henry)
04:18
Geelong have kicked 1.4 (10) from seven marks inside 50 in today's match, including the opening behind of the final term. Geelong's season average accuracy from shots at goals after a mark of 56 per cent ranks them fifth in the AFL this year.
05:20
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
05:35
Patrick Dangerfield gives the Cats the lead back with his first contested mark of the game, and his sixth in the last six weeks. No midfielder has taken more contested marks in this period than Dangerfield.
08:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
09:49
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
10:01
Caleb Serong gets his third goal of the game to be the only multiple goalkicker on the field whilst also setting a career-high tally, after kicking two goals on two occasions in 2021.
10:41
Matt Taberner has been replaced by Fremantle's tactical substitute Karl Worner.
12:04
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Shannon Neale)
12:40
The seventh lead change of the match sees the Cats go back up by two points. Both teams have recorded eight scores from general play in today's match, but the difference has been accuracy, with the Cats scoring 5.3 (33) to Fremantle's 2.6 (18).
15:12
The last quarter has been a true tug of war. 19 contested possessions and four clearances for each side. The telling difference that could decide the game is kicking efficiency, with the Cats going at 81 per cent by foot compared to Fremantle's 64 per cent kicking efficiency.
20:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
21:56
Since half-time, Luke Ryan has gained 535 metres of territory for Fremantle, almost 200 metres more than any other player on the ground. Ryan ranks seventh in the AFL with 10192 metres gained in 2024.
22:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
22:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
25:57
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Shaun Mannagh)
26:21
After kicking three behinds from their last seven inside 50's of the quarter, Geelong get their third goal of the term from their 16th inside 50 which all but seals the result for Geelong. 12 of the Cats inside 50's have come from intercept possessions in a frantic final term.
29:18
Patrick Dangerfield wound back the clock with a critical performance for the Cats to get them over the line, recording a game-high 11 clearances and eight score involvements from an equal game-high 14 contested possessions.