FOLLOW LIVE: Fremantle Dockers put premiership hopes to the test against Brisbane
Fremantle face perhaps the biggest home and away game in their history as they take on Brisbane with finals and potential top two finish on the line in a Friday night blockbuster.
The Dockers have soared into the top four but a loss tonight could send them to a virtual elimination final next week against Western Bulldogs.
However a win will secure their first finals campaiagn and leave them with a chance for a top two finish.
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Murphy Reid stands up
Fremantle force the turnover and Reid has a ping from 50 with no one in the forward line it bounces through to give the Dockers some hope
Treacy has a Riewoldt moment
Dockers win the centre clearance and it finds Josh Treacy in the goal square but he plays on and is run down!! It’s all going wrong for Fremantle.
Cameron finds a second
Brisbane have had the ball in their forward half for 82 per cent of this quarter and Fremantle are totally stagnant.
Another inside 50 goes to a dagenrous spot and the Dockers can’t clear as Cameron gets the crumb and snaps his second goal.
The Lions have totally turned around the centre clearance battle.
BRI 9.7 (61) FRE 3.11 (29)
Fremantle under the pump
A couple of times this quarter Fremantle have gotten out the back with numbers but at the crucial moment they’ve overused it or fumbled the key pass to leave multiple opportunities begging.
Logan Morris from the goal sqaure
Ah Chee sends in the ball deep and Logan Morris somehow comes down with it from a six-man pack with a juggling effort.
He’s on the boundary line but Banfield doesn’t clear the protected area in time to make it a certainty from the goal sqaure.
BRI 8.5 (53) FRE 3.10 (28)
Raynor with a classy finish
Brisbane with the first two centre clearance wins of the quarter.
Ah Chee just gets the handball away to find Raynor who fends off Brayshaw and gets the kick around the corner as the Lions have another.
BRI 7.4 (46) FRE 3.8 (26)
Darcy Fort gets the first of the second half
Harris Andrews wins a very soft holding call at half back.
He kicks to a pack in the pocket and Fort has the strongest hands to take the contested grab.
He converts on the angle from close range to get the lead back to 14 points.
We’re back underway
Lions get the first centre clearance and there’s a dangerous ball deep inside 50 but Alex Pearce wins a holding free.
HALF TIME Brisbane 5.4 (34) Fremantle 3.8 (26)
Fremantle go into half time with the moment with the last three goals to wrestle back control after a poor start.
Josh Treacy got to work and then the Dockers midfield started to get on top, dominating centre clearances 7-2.
Caleb Serong has 16 touches and five clearances while Jordan Clark has been dangerous off half back.
Both teams inefficient going forward sitting at 40 per cent but the Dockers largely controlled that quarter and looked far more settled once they got a goal.
Brayshaw makes it three in a row!
Lions have the numbers in defence but Ah Chee makes a really poor decision and just jumps into the back of Brayshaw off a dump kick.
It gives Brayshaw the free and the Freo fans are up and about now.
BRI 5.3 (33) FRE 3.8 (26)
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