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CibbuanoLions overcome Dockers
July 18th 2009 13:18
BRISBANE has kept its top four hopes alive with a hard-fought 15-point win over Fremantle in wet conditions at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night.
The Lions booted six goals to three in the second half to record a valuable 9.8 (62) to 7.5 (47) win.
Some of the gloss was taken off the win for Brisbane with forward Daniel Bradshaw suffering a hamstring injury while utility Jared Brennan injured his ankle.
Meanwhile, the Dockers were reduced to 20 men with Chris Tarrant (knee) and midfielder Andrew Foster (ankle) also failed to finish the match.
Brisbane young gun Daniel Rich did his chances of winning the NAB Rising Star award no harm with a game-high 31 possessions and one goal while skipper Jonathan Brown proved to be the difference between the two sides with four goals.
Bradd Dalziell and Simon Black were also instrumental in the win with 22 and 21 touches respectively.
For Fremantle, Garrick Ibbotson worked hard all night and finished with a team-high 27 disposals while Paul Duffield and Paul Hasleby continued their good form with 26 disposals apiece.
The Dockers adapted quicker to the conditions in the opening stanza - they were long and direct with their use of the football as they booted two goals to one for the quarter to go into the first change with an eight-point lead.
Brisbane’s only goal for the term came off the boot of Bradshaw who converted after being given a free kick.
Fremantle dominated the first 20 minutes of the second term but only managed one goal through Adam Campbell during that period.
Mitch Clark’s contested mark and goal kept the Lions within striking distance before Dockers youngster Nic Suban drilled home a brilliant 60m goal.
Brown’s first late in the half reduced the deficit to just seven points heading into the main break.
Quick goals from Justin Sherman and Brown in the first four minutes of the third term saw the Lions open up an eight-point advantage before Kepler Bradley slotted one home from the boundary line.
Brown took advantage of Tarrant’s absence to kick his third while Rich kicked a classy goal from 55m to give Brisbane some breathing space.
Despite having 10 fewer entries inside 50 in the third quarter the Dockers trailed by just eight points at the final change after David Mundy kicked a goal from outside the arc.
Goals were hard to come by in the final stanza with the first major not coming until the 11-minute mark with Dalziell kicking truly before Brown’s fourth sealed the Lions’ 10th win of the season.
FREMANTLE: 2.3, 4.4, 6.6, 7.5 (47)
BRISBANE: 1.1, 3.3, 7.7, 9.8 (62)
GOALS: Fremantle: Bradley 2, Campbell, Thornton, Suban, Mundy
Brisbane: Brown 4, Bradshaw, Clark, Rich, Sherman
BEST: Fremantle: Duffield, Grover, Pearce, Suban, Tarrant, Solomon
Brisbane: Rich, Brown, Black, Patfull,
INJURIES: Fremantle: Foster (ankle), Tarrant (knee)
Brisbane: Bradshaw (hamstring), Brennan (ankle/knee TBC)
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Donlon, Dalgleish, Wenn
CROWD: 22,595 at Subiaco
The Lions booted six goals to three in the second half to record a valuable 9.8 (62) to 7.5 (47) win.
Some of the gloss was taken off the win for Brisbane with forward Daniel Bradshaw suffering a hamstring injury while utility Jared Brennan injured his ankle.
Meanwhile, the Dockers were reduced to 20 men with Chris Tarrant (knee) and midfielder Andrew Foster (ankle) also failed to finish the match.
Brisbane young gun Daniel Rich did his chances of winning the NAB Rising Star award no harm with a game-high 31 possessions and one goal while skipper Jonathan Brown proved to be the difference between the two sides with four goals.
Bradd Dalziell and Simon Black were also instrumental in the win with 22 and 21 touches respectively.
For Fremantle, Garrick Ibbotson worked hard all night and finished with a team-high 27 disposals while Paul Duffield and Paul Hasleby continued their good form with 26 disposals apiece.
The Dockers adapted quicker to the conditions in the opening stanza - they were long and direct with their use of the football as they booted two goals to one for the quarter to go into the first change with an eight-point lead.
Brisbane’s only goal for the term came off the boot of Bradshaw who converted after being given a free kick.
Fremantle dominated the first 20 minutes of the second term but only managed one goal through Adam Campbell during that period.
Mitch Clark’s contested mark and goal kept the Lions within striking distance before Dockers youngster Nic Suban drilled home a brilliant 60m goal.
Brown’s first late in the half reduced the deficit to just seven points heading into the main break.
Quick goals from Justin Sherman and Brown in the first four minutes of the third term saw the Lions open up an eight-point advantage before Kepler Bradley slotted one home from the boundary line.
Brown took advantage of Tarrant’s absence to kick his third while Rich kicked a classy goal from 55m to give Brisbane some breathing space.
Despite having 10 fewer entries inside 50 in the third quarter the Dockers trailed by just eight points at the final change after David Mundy kicked a goal from outside the arc.
Goals were hard to come by in the final stanza with the first major not coming until the 11-minute mark with Dalziell kicking truly before Brown’s fourth sealed the Lions’ 10th win of the season.
FREMANTLE: 2.3, 4.4, 6.6, 7.5 (47)
BRISBANE: 1.1, 3.3, 7.7, 9.8 (62)
GOALS: Fremantle: Bradley 2, Campbell, Thornton, Suban, Mundy
Brisbane: Brown 4, Bradshaw, Clark, Rich, Sherman
BEST: Fremantle: Duffield, Grover, Pearce, Suban, Tarrant, Solomon
Brisbane: Rich, Brown, Black, Patfull,
INJURIES: Fremantle: Foster (ankle), Tarrant (knee)
Brisbane: Bradshaw (hamstring), Brennan (ankle/knee TBC)
REPORTS: TBC
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Donlon, Dalgleish, Wenn
CROWD: 22,595 at Subiaco
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