AFL live scores: Fremantle Dockers take on Sydney Swans in blockbuster top-of-the-table clash
Mid-season clashes don’t get bigger than this as ladder-leading Fremantle host second-placed Sydney in front of a sellout Optus Stadium. Who could land a pre-finals blow? Follow all the action live!
Mid-season clashes don’t get bigger than this as ladder-leading Fremantle host second-placed Sydney in front of a sellout Optus Stadium.
The Dockers are hoping to rebound from a shock loss to GWS but will be without Hayden Young and Sean Darcy, who is being managed, with Mason Cox to return.
Sydney are hoping to get back on even keel with Fremantle and potentially take top spot, currently sitting four points and percentage behind them.
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Key events
09 Jul 2026 - 09:07 PM
Match Report
09 Jul 2026 - 09:03 PM
Early analysis
09 Jul 2026 - 08:51 PM
100-point half leads Dockers to huge win
09 Jul 2026 - 08:17 PM
Amiss gives Freo the lead!
09 Jul 2026 - 08:09 PM
End of Q3 SYD 7.12 (54) FRE 6.16 (52)
09 Jul 2026 - 07:50 PM
BOLTON LIGHTS UP OPTUS
09 Jul 2026 - 07:35 PM
CLARK ENDS THE GOAL DROUGHT
09 Jul 2026 - 07:19 PM
Half Time SYD 4.9 (33) FRE 0.11 (11)
09 Jul 2026 - 06:43 PM
End of Q1 SYD 3.6 (24) FRE 0.5 (5)
09 Jul 2026 - 06:34 PM
Umpires gift Swans a goal
09 Jul 2026 - 05:48 PM
Longmuir explains Darcy call
09 Jul 2026 - 05:36 PM
Justin Longmuir wants his midfield to lift
09 Jul 2026 - 05:14 PM
No late changes
09 Jul 2026 - 05:06 PM
Sydney coach Dean Cox speaks
09 Jul 2026 - 04:58 PM
What’s on the line tonight?
09 Jul 2026 - 04:44 PM
The Pavlich Cup
09 Jul 2026 - 04:39 PM
Welcome
Here we go
Are we in for a granstrand finish?
Caleb Serong wins the centre clearance but his kick inside 50 is poor as Sydney go end to end but Luke Ryan comes across to help spoil Charlie Curnow.
End of Q3 SYD 7.12 (54) FRE 6.16 (52)
This is living up to the hype pre-game as Sydney were holding on for their lives in the closing stages of that term.
Reid and Bolton sparked the Dockers to life that quarter after Jordan Clark finally got them on the board.
It sparked a deluge of goals as Curnow kicked four but the Dockers are running over the top of Sydney.
Isaac Heeney has been inneffective and Tom Papley struggled to get involved that term.
Fremantle have lifted and the Swans will need to find another gear if they’re to fight back.
Amiss makes it a one goal game
Murphy Reid is playing the game of his life as he gets the Dockers out of defence and then gets involved in the handball chain to send the Dockers inside 50.
Amiss shows great strength to win his one on one take the mark and convert.
Reid has nine score involvements from 24 touches
BOLTON LIGHTS UP OPTUS
Boy did he need that!
Loose ball in the middle bounces over Blakey and Bolton cleans up runs inside 50 and launches to give the Dockers back-to-back goals.
What a strike and Fremantle are coming.
SYD 7.10 (52) FRE 5.12 (42)
Voss joins the party
Centre clearance win and Voss is too strong on the lead and clunks one out directly in front 30m out.
He makes it seven goals in 13 minutes to keep the Dockers in touch.
SYD 7.10 (52) FRE 4.12 (36)
CURNOW HAS FOUR!
Brennan Cox is being given an absolute bath and not even Luke Ryan coming across to help can do anything about it.
On the boundary from 50 but big Charlie is up and about as he swings it back with a wonderful finish.
SYD 7.10 (52) FRE 3.12 (30)
Treacy hits back
Five goals in six minutes to start the second half as Treacy wins a holding free in the goal square after Bolton sends forward a threatining kick.
Crowd is alive now.
SYD 6.10 (46) FRE 3.11 (29)
Curnow has three!
Goal for goal to start the second half as Curnow marks on the wing and launches from 55 and it just floats through to evade Pearce who is sheparded on the line.
SYD 6.10 (46) FRE 2.11 (23)
Treacy launches from 55!
Takes the get out of jail mark at half back but then no Swans stand the mark and that’s 50.
Sends him to the edge of the arc and drills it from directly in front and after 11 striaght behinds, the Dockers have kicked two straight.
SYD 5.10 (40) FRE 2.11 (23)
Curnow has two
Instant repsonse from the Swans as it looks like Chad Warner’s kick is going eveade everyone but Curnow puts on the jets and reaches out to mark it in the pocket.
Around the corner he gets his second to put him in the lead of the Coleman race.
SYD 5.9 (39) FRE 1.11 (17)
