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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Treacy makes it a two-point game!
Naughton fumbles the ball inside the Dogs 50 and Murphy Reid helps launch the transtion.
Bolton to Wagner, who goes over the back of Khamis as Treacy runs into an open goal square.
Young hits back after Dogs break run
Bailey Dale is gone for all money but stands up in the tackle to handball to Bontempelli who finds Will Lewis.
He converts but from the next centre ball-up Hayden Young wins the ball out the front of stoppage and on the run from 50 pings through a goal.
Fremantle are coming
Desperate defence from the Dogs but Fremantle are just pouring on the presure.
They’ve had nine of the last 10 inside 50s and the Bulldogs cannot work the ball forward of centre square.
Treacy gets a freebie!
Nick Coffield has played so well in defence but his kick out of the square is cut of by Treacy who has a look on goal about 35m out on a tight angle and puts it through.
Margin back to single figures for the first time since early in the first term.
Peace his sore
He bravely puts his body on the line to put a body on Matthew Kennedy who was steaming in to get the loose ball.
He cops a big hit to the shoulder and he doesn’t look comfortable but waves the trainer off.
Switta has three!
An equal career high as Shai Bolton shows great desperation to keep the ball alive on the wing and it gets into the hands of Reid who hits up Switkowski on the lead.
He’s been a dead-eye tonight as he slots it through from a tight-ish angle.
Ryley Sanders finally kicks
Bulldogs have dominated the territory this quarter, and finally Sanders sidesteps to actually kick the thing and get the margin back to 19-points.
Again, it went through several sets of hands. before Sanders put it through.
Bulldogs let a goal go begging
Not for the first time tonight just when they seem like they’re through on goal they over handball and can’t get the kick away as it’s eventually rushed through for a behind.
About three different players could have had a shot on goal.
Scrappy start to the second half
Both sides have missed targets under little pressure as even Bontempelli has a fumble.
The ball is living between the arcs with neither team able to string together clean possession.
We’re back underway
Bontempelli has another touch and finds McNeil on the wing who then miskicks to turn the ball over with a last disposal free kick.
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