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CibbuanoDogs overrun Dockers
May 18th 2008 10:06
THE Western Bulldogs have continued their unbeaten start to the season with a gutsy three-point win over Fremantle at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
The Dogs trailed by three goals heading into the final change, but wrested back the ascendancy in the final term, piling on six goals to three to hold on for a 17.12 (114) to 17.9 (111) win.
Jason Akermanis was influential for the Bulldogs with 19 possessions and three goals. The former Lion inspired the Dogs' comeback with nine disposals and a vital goal in the final term.
Daniel Cross was prolific for the Dogs with a team-high 26 possessions while Adam Cooney was dangerous with 24 disposals and two goals.
For Fremantle, twin spearheads Matthew Pavlich and Chris Tarrant booted four goals each while Peter Bell finished with a game-high 29 possessions.
The first quarter was a close high-scoring affair, with six goals apiece and the margin never exceeding eight points.
Despite entering inside their forward 50 seven fewer times than the Dockers during the first-term, the Bulldogs went into the first change one point in front after Akermanis kicked truly after the siren.
Akermanis added another and Will Minson made it three straight to give the Bulldogs a 13-point lead.
Fremantle hit back with goals to David Mundy and Tarrant before Pavlich slotted one home to give the Dockers a one-point advantage at the main break.
The Dockers maintained their three-goal lead until the 14-minute mark, when Cooney sparked into action, booting two goals in the space of a minute to get the Bulldogs back to within six points.
Former Adelaide forward Scott Welsh then kicked the match-winner at the 22-minute mark to consign the embattled Dockers to a 1-7 start to the season.
FREMANTLE: 6.2, 9.5, 14.8, 17.9 (111)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 6.3, 9.4, 11.8, 17.12 (114)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 4, Tarrant 4, Peake 2, Bradley, Palmer, Ibbotson, Solomon, Mundy, Crowley, Farmer
Western Bulldogs: Murphy 3, Akermanis 3, Giansiracusa 2, Welsh 2, Cooney 2, Johnson, Minson, Eagleton, Hahn, , Hudson,
BEST: Fremantle: Pavlich, Johnson, Sandilands, Tarrant, Peake, Hayden,
Western Bulldogs: Akermanis, Murphy, Cooney, Cross, Eagleton, Griffen
INJURIES: Fremantle: TBC
Bulldogs: TBC
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Foster (Frem) replaced in selected side by Peake, Callan (Bull) replaced in selected side by Williams
UMPIRES: James, Jeffery, Keating
CROWD: 35,624 at Subiaco Oval
The Dogs trailed by three goals heading into the final change, but wrested back the ascendancy in the final term, piling on six goals to three to hold on for a 17.12 (114) to 17.9 (111) win.
Jason Akermanis was influential for the Bulldogs with 19 possessions and three goals. The former Lion inspired the Dogs' comeback with nine disposals and a vital goal in the final term.
Daniel Cross was prolific for the Dogs with a team-high 26 possessions while Adam Cooney was dangerous with 24 disposals and two goals.
For Fremantle, twin spearheads Matthew Pavlich and Chris Tarrant booted four goals each while Peter Bell finished with a game-high 29 possessions.
The first quarter was a close high-scoring affair, with six goals apiece and the margin never exceeding eight points.
Despite entering inside their forward 50 seven fewer times than the Dockers during the first-term, the Bulldogs went into the first change one point in front after Akermanis kicked truly after the siren.
Akermanis added another and Will Minson made it three straight to give the Bulldogs a 13-point lead.
Fremantle hit back with goals to David Mundy and Tarrant before Pavlich slotted one home to give the Dockers a one-point advantage at the main break.
The Dockers maintained their three-goal lead until the 14-minute mark, when Cooney sparked into action, booting two goals in the space of a minute to get the Bulldogs back to within six points.
Former Adelaide forward Scott Welsh then kicked the match-winner at the 22-minute mark to consign the embattled Dockers to a 1-7 start to the season.
FREMANTLE: 6.2, 9.5, 14.8, 17.9 (111)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 6.3, 9.4, 11.8, 17.12 (114)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 4, Tarrant 4, Peake 2, Bradley, Palmer, Ibbotson, Solomon, Mundy, Crowley, Farmer
Western Bulldogs: Murphy 3, Akermanis 3, Giansiracusa 2, Welsh 2, Cooney 2, Johnson, Minson, Eagleton, Hahn, , Hudson,
BEST: Fremantle: Pavlich, Johnson, Sandilands, Tarrant, Peake, Hayden,
Western Bulldogs: Akermanis, Murphy, Cooney, Cross, Eagleton, Griffen
INJURIES: Fremantle: TBC
Bulldogs: TBC
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Foster (Frem) replaced in selected side by Peake, Callan (Bull) replaced in selected side by Williams
UMPIRES: James, Jeffery, Keating
CROWD: 35,624 at Subiaco Oval
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