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CibbuanoRoos overrun Dockers
May 23rd 2009 07:32
NORTH MELBOURNE has overcome a sluggish start to record a 13-point win over Fremantle at Eithad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Kangaroos trailed by 26 points at quarter-time but worked their way back into the contest in the second term and eventually held on for a 14.14 (98) to 12.13 (85) victory.
The results sees the Roos improve to a 4-5 win-loss record while the Dockers have now lost their past two to slip to 14th place on the ladder with three wins.
Fremantle has now lost their past seven matches at Etihad Stadium.
David Hale returned to form with five goals while Brady Rawlings racked up a team-high 24 possessions.
Former skipper Adam Simpson also won plenty of the football while Gavin Urquhart showed his class with 19 disposals.
For the Dockers, Paul Hasleby continued his brilliant start to the season with 26 touches and two goals while Luke McPharlin and Matthew Pavlich booted four and three goals respectively.
The Kangaroos kicked the first goal of the match but the rest of the term belonged to Fremantle.
The Dockers had 12 more entries into their forward line than the Roos in the opening stanza and translated that into a 26-point lead at quarter-time after booting six of the last seven goals of the term.
Daniel Wells helped get his side back into the match in the second term. The classy North midfielder set up goals for Drew Petrie and Hale before sidestepping two Dockers defenders and slotting a brilliant major of his own.
North’s greater intensity resulted in a further three goals for the term to reduce the deficit to just five points at half-time.
Fremantle led for most of what was a lacklustre third quarter before Dockers defender Steven Dodd committed an error that turned the game on its head.
Dodd pushed the ball through for a behind that was rightly deemed deliberate.
Aaron Edwards converted from an acute angle before quick goals from Sam Wright and Todd Goldstein saw the Roos jump out to a handy 13-point lead at three-quarter time.
North got off to a perfect start in the final stanza with Hale kicking his fourth in the opening minute.
Fremantle refused to be blown away and responded with majors from Pavlich and McPharlin to close to within six points.
The Dockers had their chances to hit the front but they failed to capitalise and were made to pay with Hale sealing a much-needed win for the Kangaroos with his fifth goal.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 2.3, 8.8, 12.11, 14.14 (98)
FREMANTLE: 6.5, 9.7, 10.10, 12.13 (85)
GOALS: North Melbourne: Hale 5, Warren 2, Wells, Petrie, Harding, Rawlings, Wright, Edwards, Goldstein
Fremantle: McPharlin 4, Pavlich 3, Hasleby 2, Hayden, Peake, Headland
BEST: North Melbourne: Rawlings, Hale, Urquhart, Gibson, Swallow, Simpson, Petrie
Fremantle: Pavlich, Hasleby, Ibbotson, McPharlin, Hinkley
INJURIES: North Melbourne: Ziebell (shoulder)
Fremantle: Hayden (calf)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: McBurney, Stewart, M.Nicholls
CROWD: 15,436 at Etihad Stadium
The Kangaroos trailed by 26 points at quarter-time but worked their way back into the contest in the second term and eventually held on for a 14.14 (98) to 12.13 (85) victory.
The results sees the Roos improve to a 4-5 win-loss record while the Dockers have now lost their past two to slip to 14th place on the ladder with three wins.
Fremantle has now lost their past seven matches at Etihad Stadium.
David Hale returned to form with five goals while Brady Rawlings racked up a team-high 24 possessions.
Former skipper Adam Simpson also won plenty of the football while Gavin Urquhart showed his class with 19 disposals.
For the Dockers, Paul Hasleby continued his brilliant start to the season with 26 touches and two goals while Luke McPharlin and Matthew Pavlich booted four and three goals respectively.
The Kangaroos kicked the first goal of the match but the rest of the term belonged to Fremantle.
The Dockers had 12 more entries into their forward line than the Roos in the opening stanza and translated that into a 26-point lead at quarter-time after booting six of the last seven goals of the term.
Daniel Wells helped get his side back into the match in the second term. The classy North midfielder set up goals for Drew Petrie and Hale before sidestepping two Dockers defenders and slotting a brilliant major of his own.
North’s greater intensity resulted in a further three goals for the term to reduce the deficit to just five points at half-time.
Fremantle led for most of what was a lacklustre third quarter before Dockers defender Steven Dodd committed an error that turned the game on its head.
Dodd pushed the ball through for a behind that was rightly deemed deliberate.
Aaron Edwards converted from an acute angle before quick goals from Sam Wright and Todd Goldstein saw the Roos jump out to a handy 13-point lead at three-quarter time.
North got off to a perfect start in the final stanza with Hale kicking his fourth in the opening minute.
Fremantle refused to be blown away and responded with majors from Pavlich and McPharlin to close to within six points.
The Dockers had their chances to hit the front but they failed to capitalise and were made to pay with Hale sealing a much-needed win for the Kangaroos with his fifth goal.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 2.3, 8.8, 12.11, 14.14 (98)
FREMANTLE: 6.5, 9.7, 10.10, 12.13 (85)
GOALS: North Melbourne: Hale 5, Warren 2, Wells, Petrie, Harding, Rawlings, Wright, Edwards, Goldstein
Fremantle: McPharlin 4, Pavlich 3, Hasleby 2, Hayden, Peake, Headland
BEST: North Melbourne: Rawlings, Hale, Urquhart, Gibson, Swallow, Simpson, Petrie
Fremantle: Pavlich, Hasleby, Ibbotson, McPharlin, Hinkley
INJURIES: North Melbourne: Ziebell (shoulder)
Fremantle: Hayden (calf)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: McBurney, Stewart, M.Nicholls
CROWD: 15,436 at Etihad Stadium
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