CARLTON 10.13 (73) d FREMANTLE 9.9 (63)
KEY POSTS
DOUBLE-GOAL DRAMA
Carlton wanted one thing particular after they trailed within the low-scoring thriller by eight factors within the dying levels. Charlie Curnow stood up with a strong one-handed mark in opposition to Josh Draper, which he transformed, trimming Fremantle’s result in two factors. Then with 40 seconds remaining, Matthew Cottrell goaled after pouching a mark from a kick from George Hewett, which the Dockers had been adamant was touched off the boot by James Aish. However Fremantle protested an excessive amount of within the view of the umpires and had been penalised for dissent, permitting Matthew Kennedy in addition a second straight aim and seal Carlton’s epic steal.
DOUR DOCKERS
The overwhelming majority of Saturday’s Collect Spherical conflict was performed in unbeaten Fremantle’s picture. Stifling, grinding, defensive, attritional. Spearheaded by the relentless Andrew Brayshaw, the Dockers burrowed away on the contest, curbed Carlton’s run off half-back and saved the competitors’s premier attacking double-threat – Curnow and Harry McKay – in relative examine. However the Dockers’ in-the-trenches, low-scoring method mixed with the undefeated Blues’ gilt-edged ahead threats meant the scoreboard hole by no means received out of hand. Then there was additionally Carlton’s unbelievable latest file in shut video games, which continued in essentially the most dramatic vogue.
FOGARTY FIST FLOORS FYFE
Blues ahead Lachie Fogarty faces scrutiny from the MRO after his proper fist collected Nat Fyfe within the throat deep into the third quarter. Fyfe, who was wreaking havoc on the half-forward line together with his dimension, class and expertise, camped himself beneath Jacob Weitering’s defensive rebound when he was hit by a slipshod tried spoil from Fogarty. The incident triggered a melee on the members’ wing, which Fogarty discovered himself on the backside of, nursing his sore hand. Fyfe began the fourth time period on the bench however returned to play out the match. Carlton’s Elijah Hollands (suspected hip/abductor) and Fremantle’s Michael Frederick (suspected hamstring) completed the sport on their respective benches, each with their proper leg iced.