Match

GWS Giants vs Fremantle

Commentary / 17 May 2025

Pre Game

00:00
In the last four rounds, Walyalup have lost 42.9% of its defensive one-on-ones - ranked last in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:46
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Darcy Jones)
01:57
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Isaiah Dudley)
03:10
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
05:47
The Giants have recorded 60% time in forward half with 3-2 inside 50s and 2-2 clearances early in this matchup.
06:02
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Patrick Voss)
07:36
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
09:24
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
10:12
The Dockers scored their first goal of the match from a defensive midfield chain. 26.1% of their score launches this season have been from this source - the highest percentage in the competition.
11:02
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
16:11
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
17:35
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Rushed)
17:42
Michael Frederick has recorded four score involvements, two score assists, and 1.1 from his four disposals early in this match.
19:28
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
21:47
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Kieren Briggs)
21:58
The Dockers have recorded 3.1 to 1.1 from intercepts, including 3.0 to 1.1 from 7-9 defensive midfield chains.
25:03
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
26:20
Both teams are using the ball well early, with the Giants recording 71% kicking efficiency to the Dockers' 68%. The competition average is 66% this season.
26:35
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Rushed)
30:20
The Giants recorded 7-6 clearances in the first term, but the Dockers recorded 4-2 centre bounce clearances and played on from 24% of their marks, compared to 17% by the Giants. The Dockers recorded 5-1 broken tackles.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:36
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jordan Clark)
03:18
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Luke Jackson)
03:36
Shai Bolton has recorded a team-high 11 disposals, five score involvements, five contested possessions, four inside 50s, and 1.1.
03:43
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Patrick Voss)
05:11
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Rushed)
05:57
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Isaiah Dudley)
08:52
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
09:03
The Dockers have recorded 6-3 inside 50s in the second term, converting 100% to score while the Giants have converted just 33% into score.
12:00
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callum M. Brown)
13:25
The Giants have recorded a pressure rating of 206 to 152 in the second term. The competition average is 178.
15:36
GIANTS Interchange - Darcy Jones off due to an injury.
18:16
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
18:45
Michael Frederick has recorded a game-high four marks inside forward 50 with no other player except Kieren Briggs (2) recording more than one, and the Giants recording four as a team. He has scored 2.2.
22:06
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
23:09
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
24:26
The Dockers have recorded 66% time in forward half and 14-5 inside 50s in the second term, including 5-1 from attacking midfield intercept chains.
25:53
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
28:15
Since Round 3, Andrew Brayshaw has averaged 30.3 disposals, ranked 5th in the competition, and 5.2 clearances. Toby Bedford has restricted him to just 12 disposals and one clearance so far today.
29:15
The Giants recorded 7-3 kicks backward and 35-15 defensive-half uncontested marks in the first half. However, they have shown glimpses of their rebounding game style, scoring 2.1 to 1.2 from 13-8 defensive 50 intercept chains.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:10
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Callum M. Brown)
04:12
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
05:49
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Finn Callaghan)
06:33
The Giants have recorded 19-9 disposals, 5-1 inside 50s, 8-5 contested possessions, and 5-3 clearances early in the second half.
07:41
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
08:56
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
10:56
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Xavier O'Halloran)
12:38
The Dockers have recorded a kick-to-handball ratio of 2.38 to 0.79 in the third term, and have scored 2.0 to 0.1 from 2-1 defensive 50 intercept chains.
13:07
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Murphy Reid)
16:29
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Cody Angove)
18:07
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
18:27
Josh Treacy averages 2.4 goals per game in 2025 as Walyalup's top goal scorer, but has been restricted to no score so far tonight by Sam Taylor. Taylor has recorded a contested one-on-one loss percentage of 4.2% this season.
19:12
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Sam Switkowski)
20:57
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
24:39
The Dockers have scored the last three goals of the match - all in the third term and all from set shots. In this period, the Giants have scored 0.5, including 0.2 from set shots.
28:16
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
29:41
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matthew Johnson)
30:54
Andrew Brayshaw has recorded an equal game-high 10 disposals, six contested possessions, and three score involvements including two score assists in the third term.
32:01
The Dockers scored 2.0 to 0.2 from 4-4 defensive 50 intercept chains in the third term. In this period, Corey Wagner recorded a game-high four score involvements, while Cooper Simpson recorded an equal game-high four inside 50s.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:00
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
04:20
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Patrick Voss)
06:10
The Dockers have recorded a pressure rating of 199 to 171 in the second half, after recording 161 to 180 in the first half.
07:28
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
11:04
The Dockers have recorded 11-0 marks and 2-0 contested marks in the final term.
12:14
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callum M. Brown)
13:39
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Bailey Banfield)
15:16
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Darcy Jones)
16:02
The Dockers have scored 3.0 to 0.0 from stoppages in the final term, including 2.0 to 0.0 from centre bounce clearances. They have recorded 8-3 clearances and 4-2 centre bounce clearances in this period.
17:43
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
19:48
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Cooper Simpson)
21:23
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
21:51
Luke Jackson has recorded a game-high 13 contested possessions, 19 disposals, three score assists, and six clearances as the primary ruckman for Walyalup today.
22:32
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Darcy Jones)
24:56
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Tom Green)
26:35
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Xavier O'Halloran)
26:55
The Giants have recorded four of the last five inside 50s and 82% time in forward half in this period, converting 75% into scores.
28:40
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
31:29
The Dockers have recorded 53-29 first possessions today, with Luke Jackson recording a game-high 10 hitouts to advantage.
34:27
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
35:47
The Giants recorded a goal accuracy of 36% today, well below the competition average of 58% and also their second-lowest percentage of the season. They recorded 3.4 to 5.5 from marks, despite recording 12-11 marks inside forward 50.