AFL finals: Recap Fremantle Dockers’ preliminary final win over Sydney at SCG
It’s real Fremantle fans, the Dockers are through to the grand final! Recap all the action from our blog.
AFL: It’s real Fremantle fans, the Dockers are through to the grand final!
It took the biggest three-quarter time comeback in the club’s history after the Swans threw everything at them but the last quarter was an avalanche.
Recap all the action below.
Key events
18 Sep 2026 - 08:40 PM
MATCH REPORT
18 Sep 2026 - 08:23 PM
THREE-WORD ANALYSIS
18 Sep 2026 - 08:18 PM
FT: Sydney 71, Fremantle 83
18 Sep 2026 - 08:05 PM
Mason magic
18 Sep 2026 - 08:01 PM
ONE. POINT. GAME!
18 Sep 2026 - 07:53 PM
COP THAT!
18 Sep 2026 - 07:43 PM
3QT: Sydney 70, Fremantle 49
18 Sep 2026 - 07:14 PM
Inspired!
18 Sep 2026 - 06:50 PM
HT: Sydney 48, Fremantle 29
18 Sep 2026 - 06:12 PM
QT: Sydney 29, Fremantle 13
18 Sep 2026 - 05:44 PM
First blood!
18 Sep 2026 - 04:18 PM
DEPTH CHART
18 Sep 2026 - 04:03 PM
Support the boys
Three minutes left
The Dockers lead by six with inder three minutes to play and they have it locked forward.
SYD 70, FRE 76
Total reverse
Everything the Swans have done well is now being dominated by the Dockers.
The purple press is working magic with Swans unable to get out of defence with any method.
They are starting to flood back as well which means they have no outlets.
SYD 70, FRE 76
Mason magic
The Dockers have not led since kicking the first two of the game.
But Mason Cox puts them back in front with half a quarter to play!
He took a strong mark at full stretch and slotted the set shot.
SYD 70, FRE 75
ONE. POINT. GAME!
The Dockers are back within a point!
Bolton had the ball almost fall in his lap and the Dockers now have four in a row.
The Swans looked very tired. A big month is coming to a head.
SYD 70, FRE 69
COP THAT!
The Dockers have two!
And it came after a devastating don’t argue from Voss on Rampe.
It started with a gutsy corridor handball from Serong and Voss finished with a banana on the run!
SYD 70, FRE 61
Lightning Bolts!
Shai Bolton has slotted an important major to start the last.
The Dockers got lucky with a few free kicks but their pressure on the Swans’ exit was elite.
And when the moment came, Bolton never looked like missing kicking from 40 metres out.
SYD 70, FRE 55
3QT: Sydney 70, Fremantle 49
Young keeps the visitors in it with a stunning goal from the boundary after the siren!
The Dockers owned the first half of the quarter and looked to be getting on top but these Swans just play their ground so well.
Freo have been suffocated all night long and don’t have the answers.
Brayshaw went off late with an accidental head knock as well.
Gulden is starting to carve the Dockers up as well.
Oh boy
Voss had a vital set shot with 90 seconds left to the break and misses.
SYD 70, FRE 43
There he is
Curnow has been well held tonight but the Coleman Medal winner is starting to emerge.
He kicked a goal after a very good contested mark and just misses another shot from the boundary.
The Dockers are having a hard time escaping their defensive half.
SYD 70, FRE 42
How are you feeling?
Fremantle fans at the Federation Hotel are holding onto hope that their beloved Dockers can still bring it home.
