Match

West Coast Eagles vs Fremantle

Commentary / 30 Mar 2025

Pre Game

00:00
Fremantle has lost its last three games at Optus Stadium – with all three of those losses by less than 20 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:35
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Nathan O'Driscoll)
00:47
Nathan O'Driscoll gets the Dockers on the ball right away with a goal launched from the forward 50 zone. This season, they have only launched two goals per game from this zone - ranked last.
01:29
Dockers Interchange - Josh Treacy off due to an injury.
05:17
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Tyler Brockman)
05:43
Tyler Brockman gets the first for the Eagles with a goal launched from defensive midfield. Only 6.5 points each game have been launched from this zone for West Coast this season - ranked last.
07:15
The Dockers lead the centre clearances 2-1 early. They are averaging two more centre clearances than their opponents this season - ranked fifth.
10:54
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Matthew Owies)
11:33
New recruit Matthew Owies gets on the board with a major. He is averaging 12 forward half pressure acts per game – ranked No.1 at the club.
12:18
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matthew Johnson)
13:17
Fremantle equalise quickly with a goal launched from centre bounce. The Dockers rank fourth this season for points scored from this source.
13:43
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
15:26
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Murphy Reid)
17:05
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Graham)
18:37
West Coast trail the inside 50 count 5-9 early, yet have only failed to score from one of their entries. The Dockers have only score from three of their nine entries and trail by six on the scoreboard.
21:48
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Isaiah Dudley)
23:57
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
25:09
Isaiah Dudley kicks his second goal, making it the third goal Fremantle have scored from a turnover. The Dockers have been outscored by 17 points from possession gains so far this season - ranked inside the bottom four.
27:15
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jeremy Sharp)
28:35
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Patrick Voss)
28:52
Fremantle has found three marks inside 50 in comparison to West Coast's one, although have only scored 1.2 (8) from this source. The Dockers have a scoring accuracy of 46% from marks this season - ranked third-last.
31:31
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
33:01
The Dockers had 21 inside 50s in the first team - the equal fourth-most by any team in any quarter this season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:12
Jeremy McGovern has stood up in defence, collecting an equal team-high eight disposals, two intercept marks and three intercept possessions.
04:22
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Archer Reid)
05:42
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Patrick Voss)
07:51
Josh Treacy capitalises on a mark inside 50 to put the Dockers 21 points up. Fremantle has now taken six marks inside 50 - their most in a first half last season was 13.
09:24
The pressure for the match has been the usual output, with the Dockers and Eagles having pressure factors of 178 and 170 respectively. The AFL average last season was 181.
09:55
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Neil Erasmus)
12:29
The Dockers lead the clearances 14-8, with both Andrew Brayshaw and Caleb Serong collecting four clearances each.
13:02
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
14:05
Jamie Cripps scores a much needed goals for the Eagles, making it the third goal launched from a forward half chain. Only nine of West Coast's scores per game come from such chains - ranked sixteenth.
14:26
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
15:09
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
20:02
The Eagles have restricted the Dockers to 23 uncontested marks thus far. The Dockers averaged the sixth-most uncontested marks in matches last season, taking 85 per game.
20:30
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
28:09
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
28:12
West Coast were able to even up the forward half battle this quarter, having 10 inside 50s to Fremantle's 13, although, were unable to capitalise on these entries as they only scored a goal on 10% of occasions in comparison to the Dockers' 23%

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:53
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Williams)
01:25
The Eagles get on the board quickly with a goal from the first centre bounce of the second half. Centre bounce has not been an avenue to goal for West Coast this season, as they rank seventeenth for centre bounce score launches.
04:32
From defensive 50 chains, the Dockers have generated an inside 50 35% of the time and have scored a goal launched from this zone, whereas the Eagles have only generated an inside 50 8% of the time from eight more chains.
05:41
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
07:22
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
08:45
Luke Jackson has been on top in the ruck battle against Bailey J. Williams, leading the hitouts 16-8, the hitouts-to-advantage 9-2 and Fremantle are leading the clearances by five when these two have been ruck opponents.
10:32
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
12:02
Eagles Interchange - Jeremy McGovern off due to the blood rule.
14:13
The Dockers have been lively in their front half, having 21 intercepts and scoring 4.4 (28) from intercepts in this zone. In comparison, the Eagles have had 10 forward half intercepts and scored 2.1 (13) from those intercepts.
15:11
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jordan Clark)
16:05
Jordan Clark finished with 24 disposals, 12 contested possessions, 540 metres gained, and 10 intercept possessions last week – his second-most in a match.
16:39
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
17:41
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
19:21
Oscar Allen has been unable to get himself in the game, having just one disposals so far. He has played the majority of the game matched-up on Alex Pearce.
21:59
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Harley Reid)
23:44
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
24:21
From 16 repeat inside 50s, Fremantle has scored 4.3 (27). On the flipside, the Eagles have scored 1.0 (6) from four repeat entries.
25:42
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Archer Reid)
28:48
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
29:52
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Patrick Voss)
30:11
Eagles Interchange - Jeremy McGovern and is possibly out for the game.
31:03
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
31:21
Patrick Voss has taken a game-high five marks inside 50, but has only scored 1.2 (8) from five shots at goal.
33:55
In the contest, the Eagles were strong, winning the groundball gets count by five for the quarter, although, were unable to get the ball to the outside as they had 12 fewer uncontested possessions.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:15
Although the Dockers havent been able to move the ball as fluently from marks as they would've liked, they've been able to move the ball through handball receives, gaining 868 more metres from this source in comparison to the Eagles.
02:23
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matthew Johnson)
05:09
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
07:40
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
07:52
Ryan Maric has been a shining light for the Eagles, collecting a team-high 27 disposals (the only player with more than 20 for West Coast), 388 metres gained, three intercept marks and a goal assist.
08:04
Dockers Interchange - Alex Pearce off due to an injury.
08:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
11:04
Fremantle's ball use has been much more effective in comparison to West Coast, having a disposal efficiency of 75% in comparison to 68%. The AFL average this season is 72%.
11:21
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
13:54
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
14:01
Despite there being 10 stoppages in Fremantle's forward 50, they have only scored 0.2 (2) from these stoppages. Before today's match, they were yet to score a point from forward 50 stoppages this season – the only team that hasn’t scored from that source.
17:11
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Archer Reid)
18:16
It has been all the way of the Dockers in the fourth quarter, with 65% of the term being spent in their forward half, as well as them leading the clearances by four and inside 50s by nine.
18:44
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Patrick Voss)
19:14
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
20:52
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Murphy Reid)
21:53
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
22:21
Murphy Reid has been impressive, collecting 19 disposals and 10 score involvements. Only Andrew Brayshaw has been involved in more scores today (11).
25:58
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Archer Reid)
27:00
A virtuoso performance from Caleb Serong in today's match sees him collecting game-highs with 35 disposals, 17 contested possessions and 10 clearances.
27:21
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Harley Reid)
27:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
28:02
The key forwards for the Dockers have been potent, with Jye Amiss kicking four goals and Josh Treacy kicking three goals.
32:04
The Eagles were unable to get any control in the game, having 53 fewer disposals, 15 fewer clearances and 28 fewer inside 50s. They were unable to move the ball out of their defensive half, conceding 24 repeat entries in which Fremantle capitalised with 6.5 (41) on the scoreboard.