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Hawthorn Douses Dockers Finals Hopes

by rickb — Thu, 2011-08-04 05:28 — Last Updated: Sun, 2011-08-07 06:10

Fremantle’s hopes of playing Finals may have been washed away after their loss to Hawthorn in a torrential rain-soaked Round 19 game. A crowd of over 30,000 fans braved the weather to watch a one sided contest that, in reality, was decided in the first quarter of the match. There was an air of anticipation before the game as last time the two teams met, Fremantle outplayed the Hawks until a spirited fight back saw the Hawks victorious. Coming into the match, Hawthorn was on Final Four pace, having won nine out of their last 11 games.  read more »

Eagles Win Electrifying Derby

by rickb — Wed, 2011-07-27 04:22 — Last Updated: Sun, 2011-07-31 06:39

South Australia has the Showdown, Queensland the Clash but the Western Derby is considered one of the most exciting games of the entire season. Unlike other games, it doesn’t matter where the West Coast Eagles or the Fremantle Dockers are on the Ladder. The Derby is guaranteed to be a cracking, hard fought match. For the record, this time the teams were fifth and sixth on the Ladder and 41,000 fans were treated to a classic encounter.  read more »

Stirring Tigers Stun Fremantle

by janetl — Tue, 2011-05-10 05:14 — Last Updated: Tue, 2011-05-10 05:31

In a season-defining win, the Richmond Tigers have come of age, defeating one of the most talented and improved sides in the AFL, the Fremantle Dockers, and recording their third victory in a row. After many seasons at the bottom of the Ladder, the young Richmond side has shown that it is heading in the right direction and that it may well upset other stronger and more experienced teams on the road to improvement.  read more »

Sydney Slides Home

by rickb — Wed, 2010-08-18 05:50 — Last Updated: Fri, 2010-08-20 00:32

Late July and early August is when teams either make or break their seasons. Fremantle had been losing consistently over the last few weeks with the loss of top line players to injury proving telling. Sydney hadn’t fared much better and a win in this contest would consolidate their top eight position and put pressure on Fremantle for a home ground Final.  read more »

Round 12 Tribunal

by Lisa Albergo — Wed, 2010-06-16 18:36 — Last Updated: Tue, 2010-06-22 08:48

Charges Laid:

Bradd Dalziell (WCE), tripping Richmond's Daniel Connors: assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point), and body contact (one point), equaling four activation points, a Level One offense, 80 demerits, and a reprimand. He has no record and accepted, reducing the penalty 25% to 60 demerits, still a reprimand with the demerits held over toward his future record.  read more »

Pies Catch Fire

by rickb — Tue, 2010-05-18 07:01 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-05-19 20:08

A clash between the two top teams in any sport is guaranteed to get the fans out and the hype up. The Collingwood Magpies had the sit on top spot while their challengers, the Fremantle Dockers, were looking to take it away from them. In their 16 year history as a club the Dockers have never been on the top of the table, and this round was their best chance to change that statistic in front of 42,000 fans at Subiaco Oval.  read more »

Malthouse Fined for Verbal Stoush

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-04-13 21:41 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-04-14 04:22

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

TRIBUNAL  read more »

Dockers Sing The Blues

by rickb — Wed, 2009-07-08 06:50 — Last Updated: Wed, 2009-07-08 07:29

Rick Browner reporting for AFANA from Subiaco Oval

Big name cuts to both teams for disciplinary breaches and poor form saw the Fremantle Dockers and the Carlton Blues face off with new look sides and plenty of youth on display. Carlton wore a new away strip, a yellow jumper signed by Lance Armstrong, each one to be sold at auction post-match as a fundraiser for cancer research. Both teams had looked brittle in previous matches and Carlton in particular were out to show the football public that they were serious contenders for the Finals. The umpire was keen to get the ball bounced at the start of the game with players already involved in shoving and niggling that could have resulted in an all-in brawl had it gone on any longer.  read more »

Cats Wobbly Again

by rickb — Tue, 2009-06-23 07:07 — Last Updated: Tue, 2009-06-23 10:11

Rick Browner reporting for AFANA from Subiaco Oval

It is hard to believe that this time last year the struggling Fremantle Dockers produced one of the closest matches of the year against the big name Geelong Cats. Had it not been for a wayward shot on goal by Matthew Pavlich in the last seconds of the game (his shot hit the goal post on the siren) Fremantle would have snatched the surprise victory of the 2008 season. One year later the teams matched up again in similar circumstances.  read more »

Dockers Celebrate Pavlich Milestone

by janetl — Sun, 2009-05-03 07:40 — Last Updated: Sun, 2009-05-03 19:34

A bumper crowd of 41,654 watched Matthew Pavlich become one of only three Fremantle Docker players to reach the 200 game milestone, joining former team mates Shane Parker and Shaun McManus in the illustrious 200 club. In a Western Derby played in two starkly contrasting halves, Pavlich started slowly and had minimal influence until after half time. Moving into the center of the ground in the third quarter, the Captain imposed his strength and willingness to go in hard after the football and turned the tide of the game.  read more »

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