Fremantle Dockers

Fremantle have made another big statement of claim on this year's premiership beating Brisbane by 14 points in Perth.

The class of Zac Bailey was their most potent threat – his four second-half goals kept the Lions in touch until late. Will Brodie had a purple patch in the centre, and it was Banfield – so often the Dockers’ medical substitute this year – who reaped the spoils with three clever goals. It was a mistake, but one that typified the Dockers’ selfless approach. Andrew Brayshaw was heroic for the Dockers, his two-way running and leadership a model for his teammates. It looked and felt like a taste of September – the intensity was high, the Perth crowd partisan, the feeling between the two clubs more than willing. The Lions and Dockers entered this match second and third on the ladder respectively, midway through the season.

Top-four clash lives up to the hype as Fremantle surges home to record memorable win.

His kick from 40m was on target, but Logue was in a position to do the safe thing and mark in the goalsquare. Neale was also prominent in his first game against his former club since round two, 2020, having missed both clashes last season. They are now the best midfielders on their opposing teams, and the pair went head-to-head on Sunday. Brayshaw was outstanding and didn't take a backwards step around his former landlord, laying several hard tackles on Neale and catching him holding the ball on one significant occasion. It was a blooper on another fine day for Logue, whose aerial competitiveness in attack has been just what the Dockers need with Matt Taberner sidelined. He chose to shepherd the ball through instead and it bounced on its end and back into play, with the Lions cleaning up. In attack, Bailey Banfield came from nowhere to boot a career-best four goals, while Rory Lobb and Michael Frederick kicked three apiece.

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But it didn’t stop him from having an impact elsewhere, with Meek defying his 203cm, 110kg frame to pick the ball up from below his knees before snapping the Dockers’ first goal. Unfortunately, the big man didn’t get there in time to have an impact on the aerial contest. Meek was running to the goalsquare to try to provide a contest after a long kick inside 50.

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"But the game was on the line, and the competitive beast he is he wanted to be out there and wanted to help Peel win. It is what it is. We'll just try and work around a few different things.

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“They should start understanding that we’ve made some really strong progressions with our footy. “It was a bit of a fiasco yesterday. It was great for WA footy I thought.” Exactly how he thought he’d perform, and as coaches how we thought he’d perform. “But to be able to beat the two top teams, they should really believe that our footy is good enough, and that the processes we’ve got in place are good enough.” “But the game was on the line, and the competitive beast he is, he wanted to be out there and wanted to help Peel win.

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe might wield his Captain Docker shield on the field, but deep down he shares the doubts, flaws and insecurities we all do.

Fyfe marked 40m out from goal and the day’s headline act was presented with the chance to write a storybook ending. Fyfe fell short in the 2013 grand final having just turned 22. Fyfe took his time to compose himself, before shanking his set shot off the outside of his right boot at a time any score would have been helpful. And there’s something exciting about that for me.” I don’t think I can live up to that.’ None of those occasions created the type of circus Fyfe did at Leederville Oval on Saturday, when he returned to the local competition for the first time in 12 years.

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It was great for WA footy, I thought. Brisbane have now lost to Hawthorn and Fremantle over the past three weeks, but coach Chris Fagan said forward Joe Daniher was likely to return from a dislocated shoulder in Saturday night’s home clash with St Kilda. “We would have loved to have taken him off with a couple of minutes to go and just ushered him down to the change rooms so he didn’t have to deal with that.

Top-four clash lives up to the hype as Fremantle surges home to record memorable win.

The career-best performance was reward for effort and testament to the growing depth at the Dockers, who won on Sunday without key players on every line, but particularly in attack. His kick from 40m was on target, but Logue was in a position to do the safe thing and mark in the goalsquare. Bailey Banfield has lived on the edge of selection this season, often selected as the substitute and playing as a pressure forward when in the team. It was a blooper on an otherwise fine day for Logue, whose aerial competitiveness in attack has been just what the Dockers need with Matt Taberner sidelined. He chose to shepherd the ball through instead and it bounced on its end and back into play, with the Lions cleaning up. In attack, Bailey Banfield came from nowhere to boot a career-best four goals, while Rory Lobb and Michael Frederick kicked three apiece.