Richmond host Fremantle at Docklands as the Tigers try to stay in the top eight, and the Dockers aim to consolidate their hold on the double chance.
Fremantle (12-5, 120.6%) slipped up when hosting Sydney last week and is in the midst of a tough three-game run against the Swans, Richmond and Melbourne.
Fyfe had received treatment on his hamstring in the second term and lasted just minutes in the third before going straight down to the rooms and being subbed out. “Moving the Fremantle defence around and the hole opened up.” Noah Balta got Richmond on the board first in the second term after following up his aerial contest with a snap on the ground. “That’s the Richmond you expect, as soon as you make an effort, they make you pay,” commentator Luke Hodge said. “Fremantle work so hard to spread the ground, to make it big.” “Fremantle are just spreading the ground, the key defender is getting up to get involved in the play,” she said.
The Tigers and Dockers square off at Marvel Stadium as the run to the finals begins.
Tigers 29, Dockers 28 with 16 mins to go in Q2. Tigers 29, Dockers 22 with 16 mins left in Q2. Tigers 37, Dockers 28 with nine mins to go in Q2. Tigers 38, Dockers 35 with two mins to go Q2. Tigers 45, Dockers 37 with 12 mins to go in Q3. Tigers 46, Dockers 39 with two mins to go in Q3.
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Fyfe had spent most of the game stationed forward alongside Griffin Logue to fill the void left by the injured Rory Lobb. He had already kicked a goal from his 10 disposals. He made a fleeting effort to stay in the play before turning for the interchange and heading underneath Marvel Stadium accompanied by a doctor. Fyfe put in a sprint effort to pursue the ball in the forward pocket and was pushed from behind by Richmond captain Dylan Grimes.