2011年7月2日星期六

Dockers kick clear of Suns

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Updated July 2, 2011 18:31:00

Fremantle's mid-season resurgence continued at the expense of the lowly Suns as Gold Coast squandered a narrow half-time lead to crash by 50 points in their seventh straight defeat.

AFL legend Gary Ablett was again superb individually but he found helping hands in short supply as the Dockers turned up the heat after a slow start to cruise home 17.10 (112) to 9.8 (62).

Fremantle has now consolidated its spot in the top eight with a third win in four, turning around a form slump that had previously seen the club lose four matches in five weeks.

Veteran Matthew Pavlich was in terrific touch in his 250th match with three goals and 25 touches, with Greg Broughton busting his gut to churn out 32 disposals and 11 tackles.

Jonathon Griffin laid four tackles and accumulated 26 possessions, but it was his 30 hit-outs and two goals that rounded out a best-on-ground performance.

By contrast, the Suns had only Ablett (33 touches, 14 tackles, three goals) as an outlet with their next best David Swallow (28 touches) a clearly distant second.

The Suns will be sweating on injuries to Sam Day, who locked up his knee while taking a sliding mark, and ruckman Zac Smith, who was left nursing a sore head following a heavy but fair bump from Alex Silvagni.

Fremantle will enter next week's bye with an 8-6 record, but its finals credentials will go on the line over the next five games when it faces Sydney (away), West Coast, Hawthorn (home), St Kilda (away) and Carlton (home).

"It (the milestone) is a nice moment but more important we're 8-6 heading into the bye," Pavlich said.

Gold Coast made the most of its chances in a scrappy opening term to take a five-point lead into the first change, but an arm injury to no-nonsense defender Nathan Bock early in the second quarter helped swing momentum Fremantle's way.

Pavlich booted three goals within the space of five minutes while Bock was off the field receiving treatment, helping the Dockers establish a handy 13-point advantage.

But Bock's return to the fray halted the damage as Gold Coast booted three of the next four goals to take a three-point lead into half-time.

Ablett had 18 possessions, nine tackles and two goals to his name by half-time, but Griffin was just as prominent for the Dockers with 18 disposals, 16 hit-outs and two goals.

Gold Coast sub Brandon Matera came on just before half-time and took less than a minute to make his presence felt, snapping a goal to give the Suns the lead.

But with the game on the line in the third quarter, Fremantle goalsneak Ballantyne stepped up to the plate, booting two goals for the term and setting up a number of others to help take the game away from the visitors.

Mzungu's move forward also paid dividends with a couple of goals, while Hill's work in the midfield broke the game open as the Dockers headed to the final change with a 27-point lead.

The Dockers were never challenged in the final term, kicking four goals to one in front of a poor crowd of just 28,646.

Fremantle: 17.10 (112) - H Ballantyne 3, M Pavlich 3, T Mzungu 3, J Griffin 2, N Fyfe 2, J Mellington, M De Boer, M Johnson, N Lower

Gold Coast: 9.8 (62) - G Ablett 3, T McKenzie 2, B Matera, D Stanley, J Fraser, J Wilkinson

- ABC/AAP

Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, qld, robina-4226, wa, fremantle-6160

First posted July 2, 2011 18:00:00


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