Carlton
Carlton
11.15.81
GOLD COAST STADIUM
SATURDAY, 9 MAY 2009
Full Time
Fremantle
13.10.88
Fremantle
 
Carlton
2 J Russell 0.1
3 M Murphy 1.1
4 B Gibbs
5 B Fevola 1.1
5 C Judd 1.2
6 K Simpson 0.1
8 M Kreuzer
10 R Hadley 1.0
13 C Yarran 1.0
18 P Bower
19 E Betts 1.3
21 M Austin
22 S Hampson 0.1
24 N Stevens 0.1
27 D Armfield 0.1
29 H Scotland
30 J Waite 3.0
32 B Thornton
34 S Wiggins
40 M Jamison
45 A Joseph 1.2
47 C Cloke 1.0
Preview: Carlton v Fremantle
By Paul Barbieri, Sportal

VENUE & TIME: Gold Coast Stadium, Saturday 9 May, 7.10 pm (AEST)
HEAD TO HEAD: Played: 20, Fremantle 11, Carlton 9
LAST TIME: Carlton 14.13 (97) def. Fremantle 14.4 (88), Round 9, 2008 at Etihad Stadium.

WALKING WOUNDED: The Blues' main injury concern going into this weekend's trip to the old Carrara stadium is Kade Simpson, who suffered a nasty corked thigh in last weekend's epic against Hawthorn. But coach Brett Ratten believes a quiet week on the track will ensure Simpson is fit to take on the Dockers. Aside from Simpson, Shaun Grigg's ankle will be tested while Adam Bentick (knee) and Sam Jacobs (foot) both have six weeks to go. Carlton big man Robbie Warnock (foot) is also six to eight weeks from resuming, although you'd bet several Dockers would love to get stuck into their ex-team-mate after he publically courted every Melbourne club last year. Fremantle, though, has greater concerns than Warnock as the club faces up to a severe injury shortage. In the past week or so, the Dockers have lost Rhys Palmer (knee) for the season and Ryan Crowley (foot) for the next three months. On top of that, Andrew Browne is out indefinitely for personal reasons. The only piece of good news for Fremantle is that Kepler Bradley has recovered from a knee injury. Other than that, Des Headland (calf) is a week away, Hayden Ballantyne (wrist) a fortnight and Chris Mayne (shin stress fracture) won't play until after the week's break in June. Expect to see Palmer and Crowley placed on the long-term injury list though, their places taken by elevated rookies, possibly as soon as this week for defender Luke Pratt has travelled to Queensland with the squad.

FORM: Carlton was desperately unlucky to lose an absolute belter against Hawthorn last Saturday. In the dying seconds, a heroic Brendan Fevola saw his 25-metre set shot drift at the last moment, nicking the post and ensuring Hawthorn came away with a four-point win in front of 69,000 people.
Although it will go into this clash as underdog, Fremantle is coming off consecutive wins over Sydney and West Coast, albeit at home. The Dockers were as hard as they've been all year in a bruising Anzac Day encounter with the Swans while showing great spirit to kick nine of the final 12 goals in their 13-point come-from-behind win over West Coast.

WHO'S HOT: You can't go past the big Fev this week, despite him missing the winning goal. Fevola's eight goals before that were the only reason the Blues were within touching distance of Hawthorn at the final siren. In a match reminiscent of the classic Essendon v Geelong match in 1993, when Paul Salmon and Gary Ablett senior kicked 10 and 14 respectively, Fev and Jarryd Roughead kicked eight apiece in what could be a defining moment for Hawthorn's premiership defence.
Last weekend's western derby was also a defining moment for Paul Hasleby. The in-and-under midfielder marked his return from a serious knee injury with 35 touches in close for the Dockers and a fourth Ross Glendinning Medal. Hasleby was especially good in the second half, taking advantage of a drop in West Coast's intensity and is sure to be a red-hot early favourite for Fremantle's best and fairest. His emotional dedication to good mate Matthew Pavlich, who was playing his 200th game, represented everything that's good about footy.

WE THINK: Carlton will be desperate to keep its top-four chances alive in a match its expected to win. However, Ratten is more than aware his side could be undone by a dip in intensity as it goes from playing a classic in front of a bumper crowd to confronting the Dockers in front of a sparse crowd on the Gold Coast. If Carlton is a serious contender this year, it has to dispatch the Dockers and really should have the midfield to expose Fremantle. Chris Judd showed his class with 33 touches last weekend and Fremantle doesn't have Crowley to tag him this week. Dockers coach Mark Harvey nominated Garrick Ibbotson for Judd earlier in the week, but this could prove a step too far for the youngster and Harvey may play skipper Pavlich on the Carlton superstar. If Fremantle takes its home intensity on the road, then it could give Carlton a scare but the Blues appear to have the edge in the midfield while the Dockers' error-prone defence could be badly shown up by Fevola as he comes into some form. Blues by 18 points.
Q4 30:00 - So it's full time on the Gold Coast and the Fremantle Dockers 13.10.88 defeat the Carlton Blues 11.15.81. A final margin of 7 points.
Q4 29:00 - And hang on they do, the siren sounds and the Dockers have won three in a row. The smile on Mark Harvey's face is a mile wide and so it should be. The Blues will rue another close loss.
Q4 28:00 - The Dockers have given it their all and they are dead on heir feet, they are trying to find a way to hang on.
Q4 27:00 - Another Carlton behind, the kick from Joseph looked good off the boot but sails wide and the Dockers hang on.
Q4 26:00 - The ball is touched off the boot - justice, unless you barrack for the Blues.
Q4 25:00 - Russell is given a very charitable free kick for a late tackle, he is also given a generous 50 metres. So from right in front he will kick to close the gap for the Blues.
Q4 24:00 - Simpson is running onto the ball in the forward pocket, he gathers and then chips a clever kick in-board, the ball finds Joseph who kicks a goal, it is not over yet.
Q4 22:00 - Pavlich looked to have taken a great mark, but it is ruled touched. The ball spills from the contest and is soccered through by DeBoer for a point.
Q4 21:00 - The Dockers lead by 14 points with just under 10 minutes left to play. Can the Blues catch the team from the West?
Q4 19:30 - Bower finds himself in space and with the ball, he screws it over his shoulder and kicks a long...behind.
Q4 16:30 - Duffield kicks a miraculous goal over his head, but the dockers are denied as the umpire had already paid a free kick to the Blues, and they get 50 metres into the bargain.
Q4 14:00 - A poor Stevens' hand pass sees the ball intercepted and then passed off to Sandilands who kicks deep and finds McPharlin. From 50 McPharlin kicks a behind, 1 point Dockers.
Q4 13:30 - The dockers just blow a chance to put this game away as the ball is blasted out of bounds on the full, poor conversion.
Q4 12:00 - Betts snaps the ball and as it goes behind Fevola attempts a desperate diving mark. Good attempt no mark as he carries the ball through for a behind.
Q4 11:06 - Judd must haunt the Dockers' nightmares, as they launch into attack he roves the ball off hands and turns defence into attack.
Q4 08:30 - The blues kick long into the forward line, Fevola climbs high and drags down a mark. He has been woeful tonight but he goes back, steadies and goals, Carlton trail by 15 points.
Q4 07:00 - The ball out of bounds half forward flank for the Dockers.
Q4 05:00 - Schammer and Carlton's Murphy in an altercation, Murphy is awarded the free kick and will try to cut the lead. 45 metres out on the flank, he pushes the ball wide, 1 behind Carlton.
Q4 03:30 - Murphy, the Dockers' one, is tight against the boundary line he twists and turns and kicks a magnificent goal. Dockers lead by 22 points.
Q4 01:30 - The Dockers stream forward and Mundy with a long shot sees the ball fade wide for a behind.
Q4 00:00 - The Dockers are 25 minutes away from a rare away win and the Blues have a quarter to try and cement a top four spot.
Q3 26:30 - The siren sounds and both sides slump in exhaustion, the Dockers lead by 15 points with a quarter to go, it is game on at the Gold Coast, 12.7.79 to 9.10.64.
Q3 25:00 - Thornton with a clever piece of play runs into the dockers' goal and lets the ball run up his hand as he crosses the line, a rushed behind to the Dockers.
Q3 24:00 - Hampson with a hurried snap sends the ball high and wide for another Carlton behind.
Q3 23:00 - Pratt is trapped in the square, he can't pass it through for a behind, suddenly Yarran seems to pluck the ball from his hands dances through the square and goals for the Blues.
Q3 21:00 - The Dockers are looking like a side that believe they can win this game.
Q3 19:00 - Throw in deep in the dockers' forward line - 45 metres around from goal. Fevola is out of sorts and back on the pine.
Q3 18:00 - The Dockers lead by 21 points deep into the third term. They have come to play.
Q3 15:30 - Mundy all alone in the square strolls onto the ball and trickles it through for a goal. Who was Mundy's man? Ratten will want to know.
Q3 15:00 - The dockers are trying to keep possession, suddenly Sandilands taps the ball to ground and then roves his own tap, he kicks over the shoulder and rolls the ball into the goal square.
Q3 14:00 - Just when it looked as if the Blues where about to run away with the game, the Fremantle players have lifted and we have a game on our hands.
Q3 12:00 - Suddenly the ball is back in the Dockers' forward line, the ball comes forward off the pack and fall to Solomon. Yes Solomon, who screws the ball over his shoulder and trickles a goal through.
Q3 10:40 - A great piece of play sees big Sandilands gather the ball on the run and kick deep into the pocket to find McPharlin. McPharlin goes back and kicks - a behind.
Q3 09:00 - The Blues are peppering the goals, Armfield is 5th Blue to kick a minor score of the quarter.
Q3 08:00 - Kade Simpson takes advantage of a loose Dockers' kick in and kicks a running behind.
Q3 07:00 - Judd from 45 metres out just in from the boundary looking to kick another Captain's goal, the ball cannons off the post for a behind.
Q3 06:00 - Another throw in deep in the Blues' forward pocket. Once again they are trying to bottle the ball up in their attacking 50.
Q3 04:00 - Kruezer flies and palms of to Stevens, who drives the ball forward looking for Fevola but finds a leaping Betts. Betts goes back and kicks a behind, it started wide and stayed that way.
Q3 02:00 - The Blues have jumped out of the gates and are looking like they have decided to play. Their tempo is up and their hardness on the ball has increased.
Q3 00:00 - The third term is underway and the Blues quickly open their account as Stevens kicks a long running behind from the forward flank.
Q2 33:00 - The siren sounds on what has been a good first half of football. The dockers are playing good accountable football and find themselves 13 points in front. Fremantle 10.5.65 over Carlton 8.4.52.
Q2 32:00 - Stevens with a long searching kick that drops goal side of Grover and right into Waite's hands. The Blues' forward turns around and from point blank goals, Fremantle by 13 points.
Q2 30:00 - Another Blues' forward thrust is straight at Fevola and his three minders, the Dockers clear too easily and the Blues need to look at other options to goal.
Q2 28:00 - Another free kick against the Blues is hurried into the Dockers' forward line and into the outstretched hands of big Sandilands. The man-mountain goes back and kicks the goal, Freo by 19 points.
Q2 26:00 - Hayden gathers a ball on the boundary line, he wheels in a tight circle and hands off to a running Thornton we unmarked runs into an open goal and trickles the ball through, goal.
Q2 23:25 - Solomon is pinged for holding deep in the Blues' forward line. Waite will go back and try to kick his second. Waite makes no mistake - goal Carlton.
Q2 21:30 - The Dockers win the bounce, Pavlich sweeps the ball forwrd and finds Schammer in space. He marks uncontested goes back and kicks the answering goal, Freo lead by 13 points.
Q2 19:00 - The Blues win the centre clearance and in a perfect piece of football carry the ball by hand into the forward line finding Cloke alone in space and he turns and goals.
Q2 17:00 - A free kick is awarded for a push in the back and Schammer will have a set shot from 30 metres out and on the slightest of angles. Schammer goals and buys the Dockers some breathing space.
Q2 16:00 - Pressure by the Blues' forwards forces a Dockers' turnover. The ball is marked by Murphy 35 metres out and on a slight angle - the kick is behind, for a point.
Q2 15:20 - Fev has a kick...out on the full.
Q2 14:00 - The Blues are very Fevola conscious, but the big man has only had a single touch so far this evening, the insistence on attacking through Fev makes the defender's job easy.
Q2 12:05 - The Blues with back to back goals for the first time this evening as Murphy has a set shot from 40 metres out and kicks the goal.
Q2 10:30 - The Blues force the turn over, they run the ball back into the 50 metre arc, hand pass over to a running Waite who from 40 metres out splits the posts, goal Carlton.
Q2 07:50 - The Blues' runners sweep the ball out of the square, running in a wave they lay off to Judd who kicks a long low point, the ball spears the wrong side of the post.
Q2 07:30 - Another free kick to the Dockers and they quickly sweep the ball into the forward line, a leading Murphy takes the mark at centre half forward. He steadies and goes bang - goal Fremantle.
Q2 05:30 - The Dockers are playing tight football at both ends of the ground, the pressure is causing the Blues to make mistakes and to give away careless free kicks.
Q2 04:00 - A ruck contest on the 50 metre arc for the Dockers, Sandilands palms the ball down into space. Hill runs onto the ball and snaps a long goal from just inside 50, that's back to back goals to Freo.
Q2 02:30 - The Dockers are really working to keep the ball locked up in their forward line. The pressure finally tells as the Blues lose the ball in a tackle, Peake runs onto the loose ball and kicks a goal.
Q2 01:00 - The dockers move the ball quickly into their forward line. The ball falls to McPharlin who is on the lead, he gathers turns and kicks on the run, the ball goes wide for a behind.
Q2 00:00 - The bounce goes up and we are back live at the Gold Coast.
Q1 30:00 - After the siren Fevola's kick falls just short and is rushed through for a point. The Dockers will go in to the quarter time break leading by 2 points. 3.4.22 to 3.2.20
Q1 29:00 - A minute is all the Blues need. Kreuzer gathers in defence, Judd helps it on it's way and finally the ball lands in Fevola's hands, just as the siren sounds.
Q1 28:00 - Fremantle leading by three points with less than a minute left on the clock.
Q1 26:30 - Hadley is awarded a free kick deep in Carlton's forward line. Tucked up on the boundary line he starts his run up and kicks truly - goal Carlton.
Q1 25:00 - The Dockers are applying the pressure in defence and keeping the Blues forwards off balance.
Q1 23:00 - Wiggins takes a stretching mark, still running with the flight of the ball, he lays off to Yarren who snaps from the boundary line. The ball is thumped through for a rushed behind.
Q1 22:00 - McPharlin 20 metres out and directly in front goes back and kicks the goal. Fremantle lead by 9 points.
Q1 21:00 - McPharlin to the jeers of the pro Blues crowd will go back and attempt to add another goal for the Dockers. He was awarded the free after he was pushed out of the competition.
Q1 20:00 - Twenty minutes into the game and Fevola is yet to record a stat and Judd has only one, albeit a goal.
Q1 18:00 - Armfield with a soccer kick is deemed to have sought the boundary line deliberately. From the resulting free kick Suban pushes the ball wide, another minor score to the Dockers.
Q1 16:00 - Tarrant takes a good mark over Wiggins and will relieve the pressure with a long kick up the corridor. Fevola is back on the ground.
Q1 14:00 - Mundy receives the ball from another Dockers' centre clearance. From 35 metres out and on a slight angle Mundy does not miss, goal Fremantle.
Q1 13:00 - One touch for the game and Judd with a touch of class drives through a goal from outside the 50 metre arc.
Q1 11:30 - The Dockers go end to end and the ball winds up in Hayden's hands. He has one bounce, two bounces and lopes into the kick, good distance, but it fades off to the side, 1 behind.
Q1 10:00 - The Dockers kick the ball out of bounds on the full in Carlton's forward pocket. Betts takes the free kick and sends it out of bounds in the other pocket, Dockers' free kick.
Q1 09:00 - For some reason Favola is off and sitting on the bench, he doesn't appear injured and it would seem to early to need a spell.
Q1 06:30 - The Dockers win the centre clearance and the ball falls to Hayden who marks inside 50 on a slight angle. Hayden goes back and kicks Fremantle's first goal.
Q1 05:00 - Sandilands wins the tap deep in Carlton's forward line. Unfortunately it goes straight down Betts' throat and he zigs and zags and slams through the opening goal
Q1 03:00 - Yarran the Carlton first gamer has had a couple of touches early and looks at ease playing with the big boys.
Q1 01:00 - The Dockers are still in attack and a long kick almost makes the distance but the ball is thumped through for a rushed behind. Fremantle 1 point Carlton yet to score.
Q1 00:30 - The Blues with the first clearance but the Dockers resplendent in their white strip steal the ball. A long shot by Haselby is stopped on the line by a speeding Gibbs, almost a dream start.
Q1 00:00 - Welcome to Gold Coast Stadium and on a fine evening with no breeze to speak of it is a perfect evening for football.

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Preview: Carlton v Fremantle
By Paul Barbieri, Sportal

VENUE & TIME: Gold Coast Stadium, Saturday 9 May, 7.10 pm (AEST)
HEAD TO HEAD: Played: 20, Fremantle 11, Carlton 9
LAST TIME: Carlton 14.13 (97) def. Fremantle 14.4 (88), Round 9, 2008 at Etihad Stadium.

WALKING WOUNDED: The Blues' main injury concern going into this weekend's trip to the old Carrara stadium is Kade Simpson, who suffered a nasty corked thigh in last weekend's epic against Hawthorn. But coach Brett Ratten believes a quiet week on the track will ensure Simpson is fit to take on the Dockers. Aside from Simpson, Shaun Grigg's ankle will be tested while Adam Bentick (knee) and Sam Jacobs (foot) both have six weeks to go. Carlton big man Robbie Warnock (foot) is also six to eight weeks from resuming, although you'd bet several Dockers would love to get stuck into their ex-team-mate after he publically courted every Melbourne club last year. Fremantle, though, has greater concerns than Warnock as the club faces up to a severe injury shortage. In the past week or so, the Dockers have lost Rhys Palmer (knee) for the season and Ryan Crowley (foot) for the next three months. On top of that, Andrew Browne is out indefinitely for personal reasons. The only piece of good news for Fremantle is that Kepler Bradley has recovered from a knee injury. Other than that, Des Headland (calf) is a week away, Hayden Ballantyne (wrist) a fortnight and Chris Mayne (shin stress fracture) won't play until after the week's break in June. Expect to see Palmer and Crowley placed on the long-term injury list though, their places taken by elevated rookies, possibly as soon as this week for defender Luke Pratt has travelled to Queensland with the squad.

FORM: Carlton was desperately unlucky to lose an absolute belter against Hawthorn last Saturday. In the dying seconds, a heroic Brendan Fevola saw his 25-metre set shot drift at the last moment, nicking the post and ensuring Hawthorn came away with a four-point win in front of 69,000 people.
Although it will go into this clash as underdog, Fremantle is coming off consecutive wins over Sydney and West Coast, albeit at home. The Dockers were as hard as they've been all year in a bruising Anzac Day encounter with the Swans while showing great spirit to kick nine of the final 12 goals in their 13-point come-from-behind win over West Coast.

WHO'S HOT: You can't go past the big Fev this week, despite him missing the winning goal. Fevola's eight goals before that were the only reason the Blues were within touching distance of Hawthorn at the final siren. In a match reminiscent of the classic Essendon v Geelong match in 1993, when Paul Salmon and Gary Ablett senior kicked 10 and 14 respectively, Fev and Jarryd Roughead kicked eight apiece in what could be a defining moment for Hawthorn's premiership defence.
Last weekend's western derby was also a defining moment for Paul Hasleby. The in-and-under midfielder marked his return from a serious knee injury with 35 touches in close for the Dockers and a fourth Ross Glendinning Medal. Hasleby was especially good in the second half, taking advantage of a drop in West Coast's intensity and is sure to be a red-hot early favourite for Fremantle's best and fairest. His emotional dedication to good mate Matthew Pavlich, who was playing his 200th game, represented everything that's good about footy.

WE THINK: Carlton will be desperate to keep its top-four chances alive in a match its expected to win. However, Ratten is more than aware his side could be undone by a dip in intensity as it goes from playing a classic in front of a bumper crowd to confronting the Dockers in front of a sparse crowd on the Gold Coast. If Carlton is a serious contender this year, it has to dispatch the Dockers and really should have the midfield to expose Fremantle. Chris Judd showed his class with 33 touches last weekend and Fremantle doesn't have Crowley to tag him this week. Dockers coach Mark Harvey nominated Garrick Ibbotson for Judd earlier in the week, but this could prove a step too far for the youngster and Harvey may play skipper Pavlich on the Carlton superstar. If Fremantle takes its home intensity on the road, then it could give Carlton a scare but the Blues appear to have the edge in the midfield while the Dockers' error-prone defence could be badly shown up by Fevola as he comes into some form. Blues by 18 points.
 
Q4 30:00 - So it's full time on the Gold Coast and the Fremantle Dockers 13.10.88 defeat the Carlton Blues 11.15.81. A final margin of 7 points.
Q4 29:00 - And hang on they do, the siren sounds and the Dockers have won three in a row. The smile on Mark Harvey's face is a mile wide and so it should be. The Blues will rue another close loss.
Q4 28:00 - The Dockers have given it their all and they are dead on heir feet, they are trying to find a way to hang on.
Q4 27:00 - Another Carlton behind, the kick from Joseph looked good off the boot but sails wide and the Dockers hang on.
Q4 26:00 - The ball is touched off the boot - justice, unless you barrack for the Blues.
Q4 25:00 - Russell is given a very charitable free kick for a late tackle, he is also given a generous 50 metres. So from right in front he will kick to close the gap for the Blues.
Q4 24:00 - Simpson is running onto the ball in the forward pocket, he gathers and then chips a clever kick in-board, the ball finds Joseph who kicks a goal, it is not over yet.
Q4 22:00 - Pavlich looked to have taken a great mark, but it is ruled touched. The ball spills from the contest and is soccered through by DeBoer for a point.
Q4 21:00 - The Dockers lead by 14 points with just under 10 minutes left to play. Can the Blues catch the team from the West?
Q4 19:30 - Bower finds himself in space and with the ball, he screws it over his shoulder and kicks a long...behind.
Q4 16:30 - Duffield kicks a miraculous goal over his head, but the dockers are denied as the umpire had already paid a free kick to the Blues, and they get 50 metres into the bargain.
Q4 14:00 - A poor Stevens' hand pass sees the ball intercepted and then passed off to Sandilands who kicks deep and finds McPharlin. From 50 McPharlin kicks a behind, 1 point Dockers.
Q4 13:30 - The dockers just blow a chance to put this game away as the ball is blasted out of bounds on the full, poor conversion.
Q4 12:00 - Betts snaps the ball and as it goes behind Fevola attempts a desperate diving mark. Good attempt no mark as he carries the ball through for a behind.
Q4 11:06 - Judd must haunt the Dockers' nightmares, as they launch into attack he roves the ball off hands and turns defence into attack.
Q4 08:30 - The blues kick long into the forward line, Fevola climbs high and drags down a mark. He has been woeful tonight but he goes back, steadies and goals, Carlton trail by 15 points.
Q4 07:00 - The ball out of bounds half forward flank for the Dockers.
Q4 05:00 - Schammer and Carlton's Murphy in an altercation, Murphy is awarded the free kick and will try to cut the lead. 45 metres out on the flank, he pushes the ball wide, 1 behind Carlton.
Q4 03:30 - Murphy, the Dockers' one, is tight against the boundary line he twists and turns and kicks a magnificent goal. Dockers lead by 22 points.
Q4 01:30 - The Dockers stream forward and Mundy with a long shot sees the ball fade wide for a behind.
Q4 00:00 - The Dockers are 25 minutes away from a rare away win and the Blues have a quarter to try and cement a top four spot.
Q3 26:30 - The siren sounds and both sides slump in exhaustion, the Dockers lead by 15 points with a quarter to go, it is game on at the Gold Coast, 12.7.79 to 9.10.64.
Q3 25:00 - Thornton with a clever piece of play runs into the dockers' goal and lets the ball run up his hand as he crosses the line, a rushed behind to the Dockers.
Q3 24:00 - Hampson with a hurried snap sends the ball high and wide for another Carlton behind.
Q3 23:00 - Pratt is trapped in the square, he can't pass it through for a behind, suddenly Yarran seems to pluck the ball from his hands dances through the square and goals for the Blues.
Q3 21:00 - The Dockers are looking like a side that believe they can win this game.
Q3 19:00 - Throw in deep in the dockers' forward line - 45 metres around from goal. Fevola is out of sorts and back on the pine.
Q3 18:00 - The Dockers lead by 21 points deep into the third term. They have come to play.
Q3 15:30 - Mundy all alone in the square strolls onto the ball and trickles it through for a goal. Who was Mundy's man? Ratten will want to know.
Q3 15:00 - The dockers are trying to keep possession, suddenly Sandilands taps the ball to ground and then roves his own tap, he kicks over the shoulder and rolls the ball into the goal square.
Q3 14:00 - Just when it looked as if the Blues where about to run away with the game, the Fremantle players have lifted and we have a game on our hands.
Q3 12:00 - Suddenly the ball is back in the Dockers' forward line, the ball comes forward off the pack and fall to Solomon. Yes Solomon, who screws the ball over his shoulder and trickles a goal through.
Q3 10:40 - A great piece of play sees big Sandilands gather the ball on the run and kick deep into the pocket to find McPharlin. McPharlin goes back and kicks - a behind.
Q3 09:00 - The Blues are peppering the goals, Armfield is 5th Blue to kick a minor score of the quarter.
Q3 08:00 - Kade Simpson takes advantage of a loose Dockers' kick in and kicks a running behind.
Q3 07:00 - Judd from 45 metres out just in from the boundary looking to kick another Captain's goal, the ball cannons off the post for a behind.
Q3 06:00 - Another throw in deep in the Blues' forward pocket. Once again they are trying to bottle the ball up in their attacking 50.
Q3 04:00 - Kruezer flies and palms of to Stevens, who drives the ball forward looking for Fevola but finds a leaping Betts. Betts goes back and kicks a behind, it started wide and stayed that way.
Q3 02:00 - The Blues have jumped out of the gates and are looking like they have decided to play. Their tempo is up and their hardness on the ball has increased.
Q3 00:00 - The third term is underway and the Blues quickly open their account as Stevens kicks a long running behind from the forward flank.
Q2 33:00 - The siren sounds on what has been a good first half of football. The dockers are playing good accountable football and find themselves 13 points in front. Fremantle 10.5.65 over Carlton 8.4.52.
Q2 32:00 - Stevens with a long searching kick that drops goal side of Grover and right into Waite's hands. The Blues' forward turns around and from point blank goals, Fremantle by 13 points.
Q2 30:00 - Another Blues' forward thrust is straight at Fevola and his three minders, the Dockers clear too easily and the Blues need to look at other options to goal.
Q2 28:00 - Another free kick against the Blues is hurried into the Dockers' forward line and into the outstretched hands of big Sandilands. The man-mountain goes back and kicks the goal, Freo by 19 points.
Q2 26:00 - Hayden gathers a ball on the boundary line, he wheels in a tight circle and hands off to a running Thornton we unmarked runs into an open goal and trickles the ball through, goal.
Q2 23:25 - Solomon is pinged for holding deep in the Blues' forward line. Waite will go back and try to kick his second. Waite makes no mistake - goal Carlton.
Q2 21:30 - The Dockers win the bounce, Pavlich sweeps the ball forwrd and finds Schammer in space. He marks uncontested goes back and kicks the answering goal, Freo lead by 13 points.
Q2 19:00 - The Blues win the centre clearance and in a perfect piece of football carry the ball by hand into the forward line finding Cloke alone in space and he turns and goals.
Q2 17:00 - A free kick is awarded for a push in the back and Schammer will have a set shot from 30 metres out and on the slightest of angles. Schammer goals and buys the Dockers some breathing space.
Q2 16:00 - Pressure by the Blues' forwards forces a Dockers' turnover. The ball is marked by Murphy 35 metres out and on a slight angle - the kick is behind, for a point.
Q2 15:20 - Fev has a kick...out on the full.
Q2 14:00 - The Blues are very Fevola conscious, but the big man has only had a single touch so far this evening, the insistence on attacking through Fev makes the defender's job easy.
Q2 12:05 - The Blues with back to back goals for the first time this evening as Murphy has a set shot from 40 metres out and kicks the goal.
Q2 10:30 - The Blues force the turn over, they run the ball back into the 50 metre arc, hand pass over to a running Waite who from 40 metres out splits the posts, goal Carlton.
Q2 07:50 - The Blues' runners sweep the ball out of the square, running in a wave they lay off to Judd who kicks a long low point, the ball spears the wrong side of the post.
Q2 07:30 - Another free kick to the Dockers and they quickly sweep the ball into the forward line, a leading Murphy takes the mark at centre half forward. He steadies and goes bang - goal Fremantle.
Q2 05:30 - The Dockers are playing tight football at both ends of the ground, the pressure is causing the Blues to make mistakes and to give away careless free kicks.
Q2 04:00 - A ruck contest on the 50 metre arc for the Dockers, Sandilands palms the ball down into space. Hill runs onto the ball and snaps a long goal from just inside 50, that's back to back goals to Freo.
Q2 02:30 - The Dockers are really working to keep the ball locked up in their forward line. The pressure finally tells as the Blues lose the ball in a tackle, Peake runs onto the loose ball and kicks a goal.
Q2 01:00 - The dockers move the ball quickly into their forward line. The ball falls to McPharlin who is on the lead, he gathers turns and kicks on the run, the ball goes wide for a behind.
Q2 00:00 - The bounce goes up and we are back live at the Gold Coast.
Q1 30:00 - After the siren Fevola's kick falls just short and is rushed through for a point. The Dockers will go in to the quarter time break leading by 2 points. 3.4.22 to 3.2.20
Q1 29:00 - A minute is all the Blues need. Kreuzer gathers in defence, Judd helps it on it's way and finally the ball lands in Fevola's hands, just as the siren sounds.
Q1 28:00 - Fremantle leading by three points with less than a minute left on the clock.
Q1 26:30 - Hadley is awarded a free kick deep in Carlton's forward line. Tucked up on the boundary line he starts his run up and kicks truly - goal Carlton.
Q1 25:00 - The Dockers are applying the pressure in defence and keeping the Blues forwards off balance.
Q1 23:00 - Wiggins takes a stretching mark, still running with the flight of the ball, he lays off to Yarren who snaps from the boundary line. The ball is thumped through for a rushed behind.
Q1 22:00 - McPharlin 20 metres out and directly in front goes back and kicks the goal. Fremantle lead by 9 points.
Q1 21:00 - McPharlin to the jeers of the pro Blues crowd will go back and attempt to add another goal for the Dockers. He was awarded the free after he was pushed out of the competition.
Q1 20:00 - Twenty minutes into the game and Fevola is yet to record a stat and Judd has only one, albeit a goal.
Q1 18:00 - Armfield with a soccer kick is deemed to have sought the boundary line deliberately. From the resulting free kick Suban pushes the ball wide, another minor score to the Dockers.
Q1 16:00 - Tarrant takes a good mark over Wiggins and will relieve the pressure with a long kick up the corridor. Fevola is back on the ground.
Q1 14:00 - Mundy receives the ball from another Dockers' centre clearance. From 35 metres out and on a slight angle Mundy does not miss, goal Fremantle.
Q1 13:00 - One touch for the game and Judd with a touch of class drives through a goal from outside the 50 metre arc.
Q1 11:30 - The Dockers go end to end and the ball winds up in Hayden's hands. He has one bounce, two bounces and lopes into the kick, good distance, but it fades off to the side, 1 behind.
Q1 10:00 - The Dockers kick the ball out of bounds on the full in Carlton's forward pocket. Betts takes the free kick and sends it out of bounds in the other pocket, Dockers' free kick.
Q1 09:00 - For some reason Favola is off and sitting on the bench, he doesn't appear injured and it would seem to early to need a spell.
Q1 06:30 - The Dockers win the centre clearance and the ball falls to Hayden who marks inside 50 on a slight angle. Hayden goes back and kicks Fremantle's first goal.
Q1 05:00 - Sandilands wins the tap deep in Carlton's forward line. Unfortunately it goes straight down Betts' throat and he zigs and zags and slams through the opening goal
Q1 03:00 - Yarran the Carlton first gamer has had a couple of touches early and looks at ease playing with the big boys.
Q1 01:00 - The Dockers are still in attack and a long kick almost makes the distance but the ball is thumped through for a rushed behind. Fremantle 1 point Carlton yet to score.
Q1 00:30 - The Blues with the first clearance but the Dockers resplendent in their white strip steal the ball. A long shot by Haselby is stopped on the line by a speeding Gibbs, almost a dream start.
Q1 00:00 - Welcome to Gold Coast Stadium and on a fine evening with no breeze to speak of it is a perfect evening for football.

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Q4 30:00 - So it's full time on the Gold Coast and the Fremantle Dockers 13.10.88 defeat the Carlton Blues 11.15.81. A final margin of 7 points.
Q4 29:00 - And hang on they do, the siren sounds and the Dockers have won three in a row. The smile on Mark Harvey's face is a mile wide and so it should be. The Blues will rue another close loss.
Q4 28:00 - The Dockers have given it their all and they are dead on heir feet, they are trying to find a way to hang on.
Q4 27:00 - Another Carlton behind, the kick from Joseph looked good off the boot but sails wide and the Dockers hang on.
Q4 26:00 - The ball is touched off the boot - justice, unless you barrack for the Blues.
Q4 25:00 - Russell is given a very charitable free kick for a late tackle, he is also given a generous 50 metres. So from right in front he will kick to close the gap for the Blues.
Q4 24:00 - Simpson is running onto the ball in the forward pocket, he gathers and then chips a clever kick in-board, the ball finds Joseph who kicks a goal, it is not over yet.
Q4 22:00 - Pavlich looked to have taken a great mark, but it is ruled touched. The ball spills from the contest and is soccered through by DeBoer for a point.
Q4 21:00 - The Dockers lead by 14 points with just under 10 minutes left to play. Can the Blues catch the team from the West?
Q4 19:30 - Bower finds himself in space and with the ball, he screws it over his shoulder and kicks a long...behind.
Q4 16:30 - Duffield kicks a miraculous goal over his head, but the dockers are denied as the umpire had already paid a free kick to the Blues, and they get 50 metres into the bargain.
Q4 14:00 - A poor Stevens' hand pass sees the ball intercepted and then passed off to Sandilands who kicks deep and finds McPharlin. From 50 McPharlin kicks a behind, 1 point Dockers.
Q4 13:30 - The dockers just blow a chance to put this game away as the ball is blasted out of bounds on the full, poor conversion.
Q4 12:00 - Betts snaps the ball and as it goes behind Fevola attempts a desperate diving mark. Good attempt no mark as he carries the ball through for a behind.
Q4 11:06 - Judd must haunt the Dockers' nightmares, as they launch into attack he roves the ball off hands and turns defence into attack.
Q4 08:30 - The blues kick long into the forward line, Fevola climbs high and drags down a mark. He has been woeful tonight but he goes back, steadies and goals, Carlton trail by 15 points.
Q4 07:00 - The ball out of bounds half forward flank for the Dockers.
Q4 05:00 - Schammer and Carlton's Murphy in an altercation, Murphy is awarded the free kick and will try to cut the lead. 45 metres out on the flank, he pushes the ball wide, 1 behind Carlton.
Q4 03:30 - Murphy, the Dockers' one, is tight against the boundary line he twists and turns and kicks a magnificent goal. Dockers lead by 22 points.
Q4 01:30 - The Dockers stream forward and Mundy with a long shot sees the ball fade wide for a behind.
Q4 00:00 - The Dockers are 25 minutes away from a rare away win and the Blues have a quarter to try and cement a top four spot.
Q3 26:30 - The siren sounds and both sides slump in exhaustion, the Dockers lead by 15 points with a quarter to go, it is game on at the Gold Coast, 12.7.79 to 9.10.64.
Q3 25:00 - Thornton with a clever piece of play runs into the dockers' goal and lets the ball run up his hand as he crosses the line, a rushed behind to the Dockers.
Q3 24:00 - Hampson with a hurried snap sends the ball high and wide for another Carlton behind.
Q3 23:00 - Pratt is trapped in the square, he can't pass it through for a behind, suddenly Yarran seems to pluck the ball from his hands dances through the square and goals for the Blues.
Q3 21:00 - The Dockers are looking like a side that believe they can win this game.
Q3 19:00 - Throw in deep in the dockers' forward line - 45 metres around from goal. Fevola is out of sorts and back on the pine.
Q3 18:00 - The Dockers lead by 21 points deep into the third term. They have come to play.
Q3 15:30 - Mundy all alone in the square strolls onto the ball and trickles it through for a goal. Who was Mundy's man? Ratten will want to know.
Q3 15:00 - The dockers are trying to keep possession, suddenly Sandilands taps the ball to ground and then roves his own tap, he kicks over the shoulder and rolls the ball into the goal square.
Q3 14:00 - Just when it looked as if the Blues where about to run away with the game, the Fremantle players have lifted and we have a game on our hands.
Q3 12:00 - Suddenly the ball is back in the Dockers' forward line, the ball comes forward off the pack and fall to Solomon. Yes Solomon, who screws the ball over his shoulder and trickles a goal through.
Q3 10:40 - A great piece of play sees big Sandilands gather the ball on the run and kick deep into the pocket to find McPharlin. McPharlin goes back and kicks - a behind.
Q3 09:00 - The Blues are peppering the goals, Armfield is 5th Blue to kick a minor score of the quarter.
Q3 08:00 - Kade Simpson takes advantage of a loose Dockers' kick in and kicks a running behind.
Q3 07:00 - Judd from 45 metres out just in from the boundary looking to kick another Captain's goal, the ball cannons off the post for a behind.
Q3 06:00 - Another throw in deep in the Blues' forward pocket. Once again they are trying to bottle the ball up in their attacking 50.
Q3 04:00 - Kruezer flies and palms of to Stevens, who drives the ball forward looking for Fevola but finds a leaping Betts. Betts goes back and kicks a behind, it started wide and stayed that way.
Q3 02:00 - The Blues have jumped out of the gates and are looking like they have decided to play. Their tempo is up and their hardness on the ball has increased.
Q3 00:00 - The third term is underway and the Blues quickly open their account as Stevens kicks a long running behind from the forward flank.
Q2 33:00 - The siren sounds on what has been a good first half of football. The dockers are playing good accountable football and find themselves 13 points in front. Fremantle 10.5.65 over Carlton 8.4.52.
Q2 32:00 - Stevens with a long searching kick that drops goal side of Grover and right into Waite's hands. The Blues' forward turns around and from point blank goals, Fremantle by 13 points.
Q2 30:00 - Another Blues' forward thrust is straight at Fevola and his three minders, the Dockers clear too easily and the Blues need to look at other options to goal.
Q2 28:00 - Another free kick against the Blues is hurried into the Dockers' forward line and into the outstretched hands of big Sandilands. The man-mountain goes back and kicks the goal, Freo by 19 points.
Q2 26:00 - Hayden gathers a ball on the boundary line, he wheels in a tight circle and hands off to a running Thornton we unmarked runs into an open goal and trickles the ball through, goal.
Q2 23:25 - Solomon is pinged for holding deep in the Blues' forward line. Waite will go back and try to kick his second. Waite makes no mistake - goal Carlton.
Q2 21:30 - The Dockers win the bounce, Pavlich sweeps the ball forwrd and finds Schammer in space. He marks uncontested goes back and kicks the answering goal, Freo lead by 13 points.
Q2 19:00 - The Blues win the centre clearance and in a perfect piece of football carry the ball by hand into the forward line finding Cloke alone in space and he turns and goals.
Q2 17:00 - A free kick is awarded for a push in the back and Schammer will have a set shot from 30 metres out and on the slightest of angles. Schammer goals and buys the Dockers some breathing space.
Q2 16:00 - Pressure by the Blues' forwards forces a Dockers' turnover. The ball is marked by Murphy 35 metres out and on a slight angle - the kick is behind, for a point.
Q2 15:20 - Fev has a kick...out on the full.
Q2 14:00 - The Blues are very Fevola conscious, but the big man has only had a single touch so far this evening, the insistence on attacking through Fev makes the defender's job easy.
Q2 12:05 - The Blues with back to back goals for the first time this evening as Murphy has a set shot from 40 metres out and kicks the goal.
Q2 10:30 - The Blues force the turn over, they run the ball back into the 50 metre arc, hand pass over to a running Waite who from 40 metres out splits the posts, goal Carlton.
Q2 07:50 - The Blues' runners sweep the ball out of the square, running in a wave they lay off to Judd who kicks a long low point, the ball spears the wrong side of the post.
Q2 07:30 - Another free kick to the Dockers and they quickly sweep the ball into the forward line, a leading Murphy takes the mark at centre half forward. He steadies and goes bang - goal Fremantle.
Q2 05:30 - The Dockers are playing tight football at both ends of the ground, the pressure is causing the Blues to make mistakes and to give away careless free kicks.
Q2 04:00 - A ruck contest on the 50 metre arc for the Dockers, Sandilands palms the ball down into space. Hill runs onto the ball and snaps a long goal from just inside 50, that's back to back goals to Freo.
Q2 02:30 - The Dockers are really working to keep the ball locked up in their forward line. The pressure finally tells as the Blues lose the ball in a tackle, Peake runs onto the loose ball and kicks a goal.
Q2 01:00 - The dockers move the ball quickly into their forward line. The ball falls to McPharlin who is on the lead, he gathers turns and kicks on the run, the ball goes wide for a behind.
Q2 00:00 - The bounce goes up and we are back live at the Gold Coast.
Q1 30:00 - After the siren Fevola's kick falls just short and is rushed through for a point. The Dockers will go in to the quarter time break leading by 2 points. 3.4.22 to 3.2.20
Q1 29:00 - A minute is all the Blues need. Kreuzer gathers in defence, Judd helps it on it's way and finally the ball lands in Fevola's hands, just as the siren sounds.
Q1 28:00 - Fremantle leading by three points with less than a minute left on the clock.
Q1 26:30 - Hadley is awarded a free kick deep in Carlton's forward line. Tucked up on the boundary line he starts his run up and kicks truly - goal Carlton.
Q1 25:00 - The Dockers are applying the pressure in defence and keeping the Blues forwards off balance.
Q1 23:00 - Wiggins takes a stretching mark, still running with the flight of the ball, he lays off to Yarren who snaps from the boundary line. The ball is thumped through for a rushed behind.
Q1 22:00 - McPharlin 20 metres out and directly in front goes back and kicks the goal. Fremantle lead by 9 points.
Q1 21:00 - McPharlin to the jeers of the pro Blues crowd will go back and attempt to add another goal for the Dockers. He was awarded the free after he was pushed out of the competition.
Q1 20:00 - Twenty minutes into the game and Fevola is yet to record a stat and Judd has only one, albeit a goal.
Q1 18:00 - Armfield with a soccer kick is deemed to have sought the boundary line deliberately. From the resulting free kick Suban pushes the ball wide, another minor score to the Dockers.
Q1 16:00 - Tarrant takes a good mark over Wiggins and will relieve the pressure with a long kick up the corridor. Fevola is back on the ground.
Q1 14:00 - Mundy receives the ball from another Dockers' centre clearance. From 35 metres out and on a slight angle Mundy does not miss, goal Fremantle.
Q1 13:00 - One touch for the game and Judd with a touch of class drives through a goal from outside the 50 metre arc.
Q1 11:30 - The Dockers go end to end and the ball winds up in Hayden's hands. He has one bounce, two bounces and lopes into the kick, good distance, but it fades off to the side, 1 behind.
Q1 10:00 - The Dockers kick the ball out of bounds on the full in Carlton's forward pocket. Betts takes the free kick and sends it out of bounds in the other pocket, Dockers' free kick.
Q1 09:00 - For some reason Favola is off and sitting on the bench, he doesn't appear injured and it would seem to early to need a spell.
Q1 06:30 - The Dockers win the centre clearance and the ball falls to Hayden who marks inside 50 on a slight angle. Hayden goes back and kicks Fremantle's first goal.
Q1 05:00 - Sandilands wins the tap deep in Carlton's forward line. Unfortunately it goes straight down Betts' throat and he zigs and zags and slams through the opening goal
Q1 03:00 - Yarran the Carlton first gamer has had a couple of touches early and looks at ease playing with the big boys.
Q1 01:00 - The Dockers are still in attack and a long kick almost makes the distance but the ball is thumped through for a rushed behind. Fremantle 1 point Carlton yet to score.
Q1 00:30 - The Blues with the first clearance but the Dockers resplendent in their white strip steal the ball. A long shot by Haselby is stopped on the line by a speeding Gibbs, almost a dream start.
Q1 00:00 - Welcome to Gold Coast Stadium and on a fine evening with no breeze to speak of it is a perfect evening for football.

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Dockers upset Blues
By Paul Barbieri, Sportal
Fremantle's renaissance in 2009 has continued after it claimed its third consecutive win for the season over Carlton by seven points at Gold Coast Stadium on Saturday night.

In a hard-fought contest, Carlton threw everything at Fremantle during a desperate final quarter after the Dockers established a game-high 22-point lead when Ryan Murphy kicked his second goal three minutes into the term.

Goals to Brendon Fevola and Aaron Joseph gave the Blues the momentum but despite the game being played in Carlton's half for the last 15 minutes, a desperate Fremantle hung on to record a 13.10 (88) to 11.15 (81) win.

The Dockers worked harder throughout the contest and had 10 different goal scorers, Fremantle's defence shutting down Carlton's forward line with ruthless efficiency despite Jarrad Waite scoring three goals during the second quarter.

After kicking eight last week, Fevola was troubled from the outset, appearing to injure his leg as he walked onto the ground before leaving the field 26 seconds later.

Fevola appeared to be moving freely, however, when he returned but was well marshalled by a close-checking Chris Tarrant and only managed the one goal for the game.

Aaron Sandilands, though, was immense for the Dockers, earning 25 possessions to go with his 42 hit-outs, while Paul Hasleby had 32 touches - 20 before half-time.

Fremantle enjoyed a slim two-point advantage at the first break after just shading Carlton during the opening term.

The Dockers should have been slightly more in front, though, as Luke McPharlin was mown down by a desperate Bryce Gibbs in the goal square during the opening seconds without getting his kick away.

Gibbs' effort typified a highly contested opening to this match that burst into life after quarter-time when the Dockers kicked seven goals to five and extended their lead to 13 points at half-time.

Powered by Sandilands' ruck dominance and Hasleby's clearance work, Fremantle used the corridor with purpose and had plenty of goal-scoring options in the forward 50 as eight Dockers scored goals.

Fremantle twice moved out to three-goal-plus leads during the second term but each time they looked like going on with it, Carlton replied, the Blues relying heavily on Waite to give them a target as Fevola was on and off the ground and Eddie Betts well held by Steven Dodd.

Carlton was its own worst enemy in the third quarter as Fremantle extended the lead by two points despite having four less scoring shots.

The Blues dominated the first 10 minutes but couldn't capitalise on the scoreboard as they scored five straight behinds before Fremantle waltzed down the other end and Dean Solomon snapped truly.

Fremantle moved out to a 21-point lead when David Mundy scored his first for the night, but some desperate efforts in defence by the Blues prevented the Dockers moving further ahead and a late goal to Carlton first-gamer Chris Yarran gave his side a sniff at the final break.

Murphy's second looked like it may have sealed the contest, but Carlton pressed forward from then on, the Dockers holding on for a stirring win that puts them level with Carlton on pointsand outside the eight on percentage.

CARLTON: 3.2, 8.4, 9.10, 11.15 (81)
FREMANTLE: 3.4, 10.5, 12.7, 13.10 (88)
GOALS: Carlton: Waite 3, Betts, Judd, Hadley, M. Murphy, Cloke, Yarran, Fevola, Joseph
Fremantle: Schammer 2, R. Murphy 2, Mundy 2, Hayden, McPharlin, Peake, Hill, Thornton, Sandilands, Solomon
BEST: Carlton: Judd, Kreuzer, Murphy, Gibbs
Fremantle: Hasleby, Sandilands, Tarrant, Dodd, Hill, Mundy, Schammer
INJURIES: Carlton: Nil
Fremantle: Nil
REPORTS: Byron Schammer (Fremantle) for striking Marc Murphy in the fourth quarter by umpire McBurney
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Nicholls, McBurney, Mollison
CROWD: 10,294 at Gold Coast Stadium
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