Match

Fremantle vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 25 Apr 2025

Pre Game

00:00

Adelaide’s win by 18 points last round was just their sixth by a margin between 1-20 points over the last three seasons.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

02:53

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)

03:24

Josh Treacy opens the scoring in tonight's match with a long-range goal for Fremantle. Treacy has taken 16 lead marks this season – ranked No.1 in the competition.

08:37

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jake Soligo)

10:25

Jake Soligo is averaging 26.5 disposals, 467 metres gained, and 7.0 score involvements in wins this year. He is on the scoreboard early in this match with Adelaide's first goal.

12:08

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shai Bolton)

13:17

Shai Bolton has been involved in 35.2% of all scoring chains in the games he has played this season – ranked fourth in the AFL.

14:22

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Luke Nankervis)

16:12

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)

19:25

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)

21:05

Play has been relatively even at the contest thus far, with Fremantle leading contested possessions by four. However, it has a significant lead in the territory battle with 12 forward 50 entries to four.

22:51

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)

24:34

Izak Rankine is averaging a career-high 13.2 contested possessions – ranked equal-ninth in the AFL. Rankine is already up to four contested possessions in the first quarter tonight to go along with a goal.

25:22

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)

26:44

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Isaiah Dudley)

27:46

61% of play has been in Fremantle's forward half this quarter.

29:22

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Oscar McDonald)

30:28

After kicking a goal in last week's match against Melbourne, Oscar McDonald has secured another major in tonight's match. McDonald is now up to five career goals.

31:23

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Young)

31:25

Hayden Young secures a late goal in the quarter to give the Dockers a commanding 25-point lead at the first break. It has been an even split for the Dockers thus far, with 19 points sourced from stoppages and 19 points sourced from intercepts.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:47

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)

04:02

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

06:00

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)

06:40

Across the last 10 minutes of the first term and all of the second term thus far, Fremantle lead the inside 50 count 13 to four, contested possessions 21 to 16 and have scored 26 points to seven in this time.

07:52

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)

08:20

Adelaide has scored from 21.9% of its clearance chains – ranked 17th in the AFL. Thus far, Adelaide has two scoring shots from 12 clearances.

12:18

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)

13:02

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)

14:59

Jordan Clark is averaging 22.3 disposals and a career-high 6.0 contested possessions and 507 metres gained in wins this year. Clark is up to nine disposals and 197 metres gained thus far.

17:33

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)

18:50

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

20:45

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)

21:45

The Dockers lost the contested possessions by 18 and uncontested possessions by 48 last round – their worst differential in each stat this season. They currently lead the contested count by six and are losing the uncontested count by five.

24:49

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Daniel Curtin)

25:58

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

27:36

It has been a forward-half game for Fremantle thus far, with 38 of its points generated from the forward-half.

29:18

Dockers Interchange - Karl Worner off due to the blood rule.

30:05

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)

31:52

Heading into the main break, Hayden Young has been a star performer with four clearances and a goal from his 11 disposals. Young has been well-supported by the other stars of Fremantle's lineup, Andrew Brayshaw, Caleb Serong, and Shai Bolton, who have produced 17, 16, and 15 disposals respectively thus far.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

03:21

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Oscar McDonald)

07:31

Since Round 3, the Crows have scored 29.3 points per game from defensive midfield chains – ranked No.1. Tonight, they have just seven points sourced from this part of the field.

08:21

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

12:07

Fremantle has started the third quarter with a strong defensive presence, offering a pressure factor of 222 in comparison to Adelaide's 180.

12:41

Dockers Interchange - Jye Amiss off due to an injury.

13:07

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)

14:49

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Alex Neal-Bullen)

15:48

Crows Interchange - Riley Thilthorpe off due to an injury.

17:19

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Luke Nankervis)

18:56

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)

20:15

It has been a relatively even affair in the third term; Fremantle leads the contested possession count by one, and the tackle count is even.

21:59

The Dockers have retained possession from 72.7% of Michael Frederick’s kicks into the forward 50 this season – ranked equal-second of the top-75 kicks into that zone. Tonight, Frederick has put two goals on the scoreboard.

25:19

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

25:48

Ben Keays has kicked a goal in each of his last 16 matches – having 18 disposals and one goal last round against the Giants. Keays is yet to find a major in the match thus far with just over a quarter left in the match to keep his streak alive.

25:56

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Murphy Reid)

27:09

SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)

28:30

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)

30:11

Since the first quarter, Fremantle has produced 26 points from its defensive half.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

02:28

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

04:18

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Alex Neal-Bullen)

04:52

Fremantle has conceded 17.3 points per game from centre bounce clearances this season – ranked last defensively. In today's match it has conceded just seven points from centre clearances.

05:54

Alex Neal-Bullen has been a strong contributor for the Crows in this match. Leading his side with six score involvements and adding four tackles. He now has a goal for his efforts today.

06:33

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

07:10

Adelaide has kicked three goals and seven behinds from its set shots. Fremantle has kicked six goals and three behinds from set shots.

08:46

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Quinton Narkle)

09:45

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)

11:02

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)

12:18

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)

14:11

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)

14:36

Crows Interchange - Riley Thilthorpe and is possibly out for the game.

15:18

Despite an injury interruption during the match, Riley Thilthorpe regained his scoring impact in today's match. Thilthorpe kicked three or more goals in his first four matches of the season and has kicked three again tonight.

17:38

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Murphy Reid)

19:32

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

21:26

SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)

22:18

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)

23:20

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Alex Neal-Bullen)

24:14

With 10 clearances in this match, Caleb Serong has equalled his sixth-highest clearance count ever in a match.

25:26

Matt Johnson has equalled his career high of 27 disposals in a match. He first achieved the feat in Round 1 this season against Geelong.

25:39

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

26:45

Adelaide was fighting from a significant deficit throughout the match, with Fremantle outscoring Adelaide by 25 in the first quarter and 22 in the third quarter. Going goalless in the third term didn't help Adelaide's chances, however, it responded to win the final quarter 29 to five.