Fremantle vs Port Adelaide

Fremantle held off a surging Port Adelaide to secure a crucial eight-point win in the west to keep top-four hopes alive.

Swooping on Finlayson's stray hit-out into space, the Freo midfielder gathered the ball as he was running towards the boundary in the pocket and expertly converted on his left to cap a dominant quarter from his team. The spectacular grab will take some beating for Mark of the Year, but Georgiades let himself down with the kick afterwards, spraying his set shot after the siren and continuing a frustrating season in front of goal. Late in the third quarter, however, Power forward Mitch Georgiades outdid them both when he soared high over Brennan Cox to take a classic mark. The winner of Goal of the Year last season, Caleb Serong, lodged his entry for this year's award with four seconds to play in the second term. With a 40-point lead late in the term, the result seemed all but settled, until Dixon sparked a late charged in the final term that had the Dockers rattled and relieved on the final siren. Lobb took over in the third term, kicking three of his five goals in a powerful display of contested marking and accurate kicking that will have the Dockers desperate to retain the valuable tall in 2023.

Round 16 concludes with Port Adelaide heading to Perth desperate to keep their fading finals hopes alive against a powerful Fremantle that can move…

Ollie Wines impressed with 26 disposals and seven clearances last week and Todd Marshall continued to impress in front of goal with four goals. These two will provide some extra flexibility in the forward line and defensive lines, respectively. Join The Roar for live scores and rolling coverage from 5:20pm (AEST). 4.2 (26) 4.2 (26) R. Lobb 6.3 (39) 11.4 (70) R. Lobb R. Lobb 9.4 (58) 14.8 (92)

It started and ended unconvincingly, but what came in between was excellent from Fremantle and ultimately enough to get them over the line in a classic.

Defender Hayden Young lodged a strong nomination to make it a third in 2022, after he soared onto and above the shoulders of Port Adelaide’s Lachie Jones in the second quarter. In his third game back following long-term shoulder and back issues, Fyfe was not used at a single centre bounce as he returned to the half-forward role where he began his career. The tussle featured outstanding Mark of the Year contenders from Fremantle defender Hayden Young and Port Adelaide forward Mitch Georgiades, as well as jaw-dropping goals from the boundary line from Caleb Serong and Dixon. The Dockers returned to their on-ball formula from earlier in the season as Fyfe played as a full-time forward, not required at a single centre bounce. While Fremantle would have preferred a more assured final term after Port Adelaide had eight scoring shots to two, it was ultimately a case of centre-square submission to domination for the Dockers after they rebounded from their mauling at the hands of Carlton last weekend. It started and ended unconvincingly, but what came in between was excellent from Fremantle and ultimately enough to get them over the line in a classic.

Freo moved back into the top four, but it was not without a big scare from Port Adelaide. here are the Big Questions.

That said, a good, strong mid-sized half-forward, capable of competing in the air would be a fantastic addition to the mix. There is plenty of mongrel about him, and that goal from the boundary… He is just not strong enough in the air against Cox, Pearce or Ryan and needs opportunities to be created by Dixon drawing the majority of the defence. strikes me as the type of bloke who would put his feet up on the chair opposite him as he ate dinner at a restaurant, simply because he feels good doing it. I mean, Cerra is a star in the making – nurtured at Fremantle and given the chance to grow. That is not an indication that people were out there trying to hurt each other or doing anything untoward – it is more in relation to the way Freo continually scrapped for the footy and came out on top through the first three quarters. There were small flashes from Fyfe, and not the sort that would get him arrested or anything – a strong mark at half-forward, a pair of clean hands and a quick dish at another… As for Lobb… how good was it to see him playing with confidence and attacking the contest with a bit of mongrel? He didn’t do much of that in this one, consistently worried about the positioning of Lobb and playing reactive footy as a result. I mean, they started to get their hands on the footy more and their pressure levels elevated. You’ll notice late in the game that Port were sharing the responsibility of Lobb around a little. This game didn’t feel like a close contest as the teams headed to the huddle at three-quarter time.

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Young sent the crowd delirious when he used Lachie Jones as a step ladder during the second term, planting his left knee on the Port Adelaide defender's upper back and hauling down the Sherrin. The Dockers' Hayden Young and Power's Mitch Georgiades lodged mark of the year contenders in a Perth contest Fremantle won by eight points, 15.9 (99) to 14.7 (91). The astonishing aerial prowess of two AFL young guns was on display as Fremantle edged Port Adelaide in a gripping encounter on Sunday night.

Justin Longmuir spoke to the media following Fremantle's 8-point win over Port Adelaide.

They were put under siege a little bit because we lost our ascendancy with our ball movement and we lost our ascendancy around stoppage so we hung them out to dry a little bit. But I think, led by Sean, we got our method a lot better and some of our players were back to their best and I thought they worked well together and gave us a real advantage in the game. I thought he had a few efforts like that in the last quarter and really stood up for us. It’s a vital part of the game, and at times we probably got caught in over handballing backwards which fuelled a bit of their pressure and at times we got our method right and scored, so we will just have to work on that. I think his landing was a bit rougher so sometimes that adds to it. Allowed him to prepare really well and took a little bit of the confusion out of it for us. We’re supposed to be able to go into a game and catch the opposition off but I just get asked 15 questions a week on where Fyfe’s going to start, his mid-forward split. Yes, but I don’t think last week (the loss) was because he was in the midfield. So we will strike the balance because we need to get back to our best, and I think we played some of our best footy today. But we got a little bit of a lesson in that last quarter, if you drop your intensity and you don’t get your method right, the game can swing pretty quick. So we will just need to find the balance for that. And then I thought we dug in pretty well and got lucky with a few missed shots in that last little period.

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Remarkably, the teams ranked at No. 2 (Fremantle) and No. 3 (Port Adelaide) for defence this season, opened with eagerness to hit the scoreboard delivering an eight-goal first term. Finlayson - again - won the first centre tap and followed up with the kick out of the centre square. And while Port Adelaide put a hold on the bleeding, never letting the margin extend beyond 40 points at time-on of the third term, it struggled to answer on the scoreboard. Port Adelaide will leave Perth on Monday morning with the game having claimed Rising Star nominee Lachie Jones for the injury list. The contrast was perfectly summed up by the figures for possessions inside forward 50 during the second term - Port Adelaide 22,Fremantle 77. And now the crunching of the numbers on the AFL premiership ladder tell of how Port Adelaide is living with no chance of finding an overdraft. Dixon was outstanding with his defiance in ruck - and his two goals that started Port Adelaide's last-quarter fightback. And every Port Adelaide player who worked the spill - Miles Bergman, Ollie Wines and Sam Powell-Pepper - was harassed into a hasty and often incomplete disposal. Now it gets even tougher to keep the dream alive - and to have Port Adelaide mentioned with credibility as an AFL finals contender. 3. Fremantle had the game on its terms during the third term when the territory battle was firmly in the home team's hands. Space and time was a luxury beyond Port Adelaide's budget. It stayed at nine with 2:37 to play when Gray missed everything from a set shot from 30 metres.

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Remarkably, the teams ranked at No. 2 (Fremantle) and No. 3 (Port Adelaide) for defence this season, opened with eagerness to hit the scoreboard delivering an eight-goal first term. Finlayson - again - won the first centre tap and followed up with the kick out of the centre square. And while Port Adelaide put a hold on the bleeding, never letting the margin extend beyond 40 points at time-on of the third term, it struggled to answer on the scoreboard. Port Adelaide will leave Perth on Monday morning with the game having claimed Rising Star nominee Lachie Jones for the injury list. The contrast was perfectly summed up by the figures for possessions inside forward 50 during the second term - Port Adelaide 22,Fremantle 77. And now the crunching of the numbers on the AFL premiership ladder tell of how Port Adelaide is living with no chance of finding an overdraft. Dixon was outstanding with his defiance in ruck - and his two goals that started Port Adelaide's last-quarter fightback. And every Port Adelaide player who worked the spill - Miles Bergman, Ollie Wines and Sam Powell-Pepper - was harassed into a hasty and often incomplete disposal. Now it gets even tougher to keep the dream alive - and to have Port Adelaide mentioned with credibility as an AFL finals contender. 3. Fremantle had the game on its terms during the third term when the territory battle was firmly in the home team's hands. Space and time was a luxury beyond Port Adelaide's budget. It stayed at nine with 2:37 to play when Gray missed everything from a set shot from 30 metres.