RECAP: Fremantle Dockers claim fifth consecutive win against Essendon at Optus Stadium
Fremantle host Essendon at Optus Stadium on Thursday night, as the club look to claim their fifth consecutive win.
The Dockers have made two changes with Sean Darcy (managed) and Sam Switkowski (hamstring) replaced by Nathan O’Driscoll and James Aish. The pair have been named on an extended bench alongside Neil Erasmus, Nat Fyfe and Murphy Reid.
In Darcy’s absence, Luke Jackson will be the sole ruck against debutant Vigo Visentini.
Visentini replaces veteran Todd Goldstein (managed). Ben Hobbs also comes into the starting side with Archer Day-Wicks omitted.
Bouncedown is at 6:10pm AWST.
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Nate Caddy takes a screamer
He’s playing some game and having been provider launches to give himself a set shot on goal.
He makes no mistake to peg the margin back.
FRE 9.3 (57) ESS 5.5 (35)
Shai Bolton has another
Bolton is getting under the skin of the Bomebrs defence as he wins a free kick for getting legged.
He slots his second and there’s more push and shove as he celebrates in the face of the Bombers defence.
FRE 9.3 (57) ESS 4.5 (29)
Treacy gets a second
The Bombers run themselves in to trouble goimg backwards from a free kick on the wing.
It gives Treacy a set shot from 50m out and he nails it.
Pat Voss is eagre to get stuck into his former teammates with sparking some push and shove behind the goals.
FRE 8.3 (51) ESS 4.4 (28)
Bombers get two in a row
Essendon have evened up the contest in the last five minutes or so.
Nate Caddy is again the man to set it up for the Bombers winning the ball on the wing and sending it insdie 50.
It’s chaos ball but it spills out the back and Lual kicks it off the deck.
FRE 7.3 (45) ESS 4.4 (28)
Archer May gets his first AFL goal
It’s a poor turnover from the Dockers with Heath Chapman’s kick hanging in the air for Lual to spoil.
May takes a mark 10m out on a tight angle and sneaks through the banana to break Freo’s run.
FRE 7.2 (44) ESS 3.4 (22)
This could get ugly
Murphy Reid gets on the board as another kick inside 50 goes to ground and his scooped up by Freo’s attack.
It’s a nice snap but the Bombers look powerless at the moment.
FRE 7.2 (44) ESS 2.3 (15)
Frederick extends the margin
Ben Hobbs coathangers Frederick 20m directly in front of goals as the Dockers make it five straight goals.
Luke Jackson as 14 hitous 11 touches and two goals in what is a tough assignment for Visentini on debut.
FRE 6.2 (38) ESS 2.3 (15)
Caleb Serong with some magic
The star onballer bursts up the wing inside 50 and running on an acute angle sends it through from just inside 50 right on the boundary.
Unreal kick.
FRE 5.2 (32) ESS 2.3 (15)
Jackson has two
Serong bursts out of the middle for Freo.
Essendon can’t clean up the loose ball inside 50 as Treacy dances his way past a couple defenders and offloads to Jackson who runs forward and gets his second.
FRE 4.2 (26) ESS 2.2 (14)
END OF Q1 FRE 3.2 (20) ESS 2.2 (14)
Essendon started well enough with the Dockers perhaps a bit too ambitious with some of their passes early on.
But the home side dominated the second half of that quarter with Luke Jackson monstering the ruck battle, and the defence intercepting the Bombers’ attacks.
Luke Ryan is up to 10 disposals while Treacy will be feeling much better after breaking his goal drought, having put in some hard yards in the past weeks.
