Follow live: West Coast Eagles in tough road clash with GWS before Fremantle Dockers host Western Bulldogs
It’s a big Sunday for our WA clubs, with West Coast facing a monster challenge on the road against GWS before Fremantle host the Western Bulldogs.
Follow all the action below, with the Eagles to begin at 11.10am (WA time) before Freo’s 3.10pm bouncedown.
Dockers 91, Bulldogs 75
The Bulldogs have raised a board with a picture that looks like a bullet.
Do they sniff blood in the water?
10 minutes to play.
Dockers 90, Bulldogs 74
Sam Darcy will be the decider for the Dogs.
He pinches a fifth at a forward 50 ball in with extreme agility for man over 200cm tall.
It appears Jackson and O’Driscoll are out so Fremantle will need to dig deep.
Dockers sub
Jackson looks out of the game with a hamstring but Wagner went off for Worner.
O’Driscoll still doing run throughs.
Injury concerns
Nathan O’Driscoll appears to have an ankle injury while Luke Jackson is also sore for the Dockers.
Worner has not been activated just yet.
THREE-QUARTER TIME: Dockers 90, Bulldogs 66
The Dogs win the quarter by eight points but Fremantle will be happy with their efforts considering a few crucial free kicks went against them.
They look dangerous around the ball and their errors are the only thing keeping them from finishing this game off.
Ed Richards lifted for the Dogs in that quarter but Darcy looks the only real danger for the visitors going forward.
Serong has nearly 30 touches already while Clark provided the rebound in that term.
Dockers 90, Bulldogs 65
Dockers fans are enraged with the free kick count that sits at 18 to 10 in favour of the Bulldogs.
However, the Dockers’ efforts are overcoming the difference and their tackling is making an impact in the third term.
The Dogs can’t quite close the gap.
Dockers 84, Bulldogs 59
Offence is the flavour of the day and the crowd are right behind it.
Both teams are trying to run and gun from defence and it’s only skill errors stopping each team.
The Dogs are just hanging in at the moment.
Dockers 71, Bulldogs 51
Whatever the halftime message was from Beveridge, the Dogs have responded.
They’ve gone in hard at the early contests and with Sam Darcy leading a little bit higher have a path forward.
They get the first two majors of the term through Darcy and Sanders.
HALFTIME: Dockers 71, Bulldogs 39
Andrew Brayshaw grabbed a goal with 30 seconds left in the term and his teammates got around him in his 150th.
The Dockers have gone from the brink of being overrun to threatening to run the Dogs off the park.
The Dockers midfield has had a huge lift through Serong and Brayshaw while O’Driscoll has had a hand in most of the good work.
Bolton adds spark as well and got some important clearances.
Chapman is also doing important linkage work from half back as Fremantle transition with ease as they did last week.
Dogs’ sub
Vandermeer is subbed out for the Dogs with knee soreness.
Gallagher into the match.
