AFL: Fremantle make their first trip to Melbourne in red-hot form as they aim for a seventh straight victory against a revamped Western Bulldogs line-up.
The Dockers have not won seven on the trot since 2015, but the Bulldogs will hope Tim English’s comeback can help them out of their tailspin sparked by an injury crisis.
These two sides played out a thriller in the final round of last season, and it should be another cracking prime time clash.
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That’s all for now
A thrilling contest, but Fremantle once again came out the victors.
It sets up a mouthwatering clash against Hawthorn next Thursday, who are also unbeaten in their last seven after their draw with Collingwood last night.
Until then bye for now!
ANALYSIS
Hayden Young speaks
On Mason Cox
“He’s added a lot of experience and brings so much energy to the group and really balances us out really well,” he says.
“He’ll definitely be getting a fine for the early celebration we were having a laugh out there about it.”
“We fell like we’ve got a weapons now through the midfield which is something we’ve really worked on
“Luke Jackson is massive when he’s up and going he provides a lot of energy and he’s absolutely loving it playing a bit more ruck with Sean going down.”
“The vibes are really good, one thing we said at the start of the year was to take each week 1-0 and I feel like that’s allowed us to perform week in and week out.”
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Match Report
Jackson speaks
“I don’t really know how to sum that up but those are the really funs one to win
“JL gave us a spray at quarter time but I thought we responded really well which showed real maturity.
He says Treacy needs to keep away from high fives.
FULL TIME: Fremantle 17.12 (114) Western Bulldogs 15.12 (102)
Fremantle have got out of jail again as their best players came back on rotation to stymie the late Western Bulldogs late comeback.
Hayden Young went nuts with three goals, Luke Jackson had a massive second half as Shai Bolton kicked the match winner to go with his 30 touches and nine clearances.
Marcus Bontempelli had 33 touches and two goals but it just wasn’t enough.
Is that the match winner from Bolton!
Luke Jackson catches Marcus Bontempelli just as he threatened to burst off half back.
Pack forms aroound Freo’s goal square and with not space snaps over his own head to get the margin out to 11 points
Dogs grab another!
Bulldogs go with pace after hitting Arty Jones in the middle.
He goes quickly, and Lachlan McNiel is out the back to take an uncontested mark.
He converts and it’s five points with two minutes to go.
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Maybe this isn’t over!
The Dockers had all their best players on the bench and the Bulldogs have kicked three goals to bring it back to nine points!
Lachlan Bramble produced a crazy snap before Bontempelli wins the ball from the middle and on the run nails the shot from 60m.
Crazy stuff.
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