Luke Jackson has written himself into Fremantle folklore with a third quarter that will be spoken about for decades to save the club when it was in trouble and lift the Dockers to an incredible 14-point semifinal win over Geelong.

The Dockers looked in all sorts of trouble after giving up a 31-point lead and trailing by eight points.

Then Jackson kicked two goals, set up a third and had a hand in a fourth during an extraordinary blitz. He had eight possessions, four clearances, two goals and 12 hit outs in a third quarter for the ages.

His inspirational efforts lifted Fremantle to a 18.12 (120) to 16.10 (106) victory in front of 59,725 fans.and book their spot in the preliminary final against Sydney.

This was a night of redemption for the Dockers after the disaster of their qualifying final defeat It was a night where the Dockers kicked their highest ever score in final. It was also a night where Wharfie Time got played after a Geelong goal to lift the crowd with 1.15 on the clock and only eight points the difference.

Redemption started early. Shai Bolton had only four possessions the first half last week. He had four touches in the first three minutes and kicked two goals. It was a stunning start.

Pat Voss also had a shocker last week. But he kicked a goal after only four minutes and followed up with a second goal later in the term.

They were only two points shy of their entire score from last week at quarter time.

Murphy Reid was significantly cleaner and some of his magic returned. Michael Frederick put the ghosts of finals past behind him to kick a goal and just keep running. Mason Cox booted a major too.

The Dockers took the game on. They owned the centre corridor. They took risks. They absorbed tackles instead of flinging out panicked handballs.

Hayden Young had seven disposals, Josh Treacy was physical. And they laid a stack of tackle. Jackson was massive early. He had nine disposals, 10 hit outs and two clearances for the term.

Karl Worner summed up Fremantle’s attitude. He won a contest when surrounded by four Cats and that helped to set up Cox’s goal.

Fremantle led by 25 points at the first change. Now it was over to Geelong to respond.

Andrew Brayshaw won the first centre clearance, Voss and Treacy did a great job of keeping the ball alive on the boundary line, then Treacy fired a bullet pass to Isaiah Dudley. Now the Dockers had the first goal of the term.

You know Geelong won’t quit though and they made Fremantle pay for small mistakes.

Heath Chapman over committed to a spoil and Dangerfield used the space to find Ollie Henry alone inside 50 for a goal.

Then Bolton missed a target when streaming inside 50, Fremantle gave away a 50m penalty and the Cats kicked another major from a scrap at ground level.

Those two goals came from nothing. And now it was a shoot out.

Amiss goaled. Mannagh replied. Then Young won the centre clearance, took a bounce and slammed a goal through from 55m. That was the seventh gpal from a centre clearance.

The game was either free flowing and quick or absolutely brutal in the contest.. There were 33 tackles laid in the first term but that ballooned to 42 in the second quarter.

Geelong’s ability to make Fremantle pay for small mistakes was telling. Oscar McDonald didn’t rush a point, and Jeremy Cameron snapped truly. Whenever the Dockers turned the ball over, the Cats took off. They were prepared to take risks to get back in the game.

Fremantle led by 21 points at half time. The Dockers had 16 more inside 50s at that point, they led the clearances by 12 and the tackles by 14.

But this game was still up for grabs, and Geelong decided to take it. The Cats totally dominated for most of the third term. They had eight scoring shots from nine inside 50s, but the problem for them was they kicked 2.6. It should have been 3.5 because a score review inexplicably couldn’t spot Ollie Dempsey’s boot being the reason the ball went through the big sticks after he soccered it out of midair.

It took Fremantle nearly 20 minutes to score their first goal and it was a badly needed settler. But just as they had earlier, Geelong replied instantly. And then they took the lead with a Patrick Dangerfield long range set shot.

The 31-point lead was well and truly gone. Fremantle dreams were turning into nightmares - again. And when Cameron kicked another, it was looking ugly It was 5.6 to 1.1 for the term. Ollie Henry kicked three of those five goals in an amazing term.

Something had to change. And Jackson said leave it to me. He kicked a goal from a free kick, then helped Serong to win a clearance and the midfielder found Treacy. The big Cohuna put Fremantle back in front.

Jackson then set up a goal for Pat Voss and then nailed another set shot from a free kick after the siren to give Fremantle a 16-point lead.

Could they kick the first goal of the last quarter. Their first two shots were rushed through for behinds. But then Frederick seized his chance. Now they were 24 points up.

But guess what? Freo made one error. Judd McVee dropped the mark and Henry kicked his fifth. It felt like Fremantle needed one more goal. Serong provided it. A 24-point lead with 8:40 remaining should have been enough. But Geelong disagreed.

They kicked two quick goals and the final was alive. But the Dockers showed their class.