2012 AFL Season Elimination Final 2: Geelong v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 2012 between Geelong and Fremantle in the second elimination final of the 2012 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Fremantle at the MCG. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Matthew Pavlich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Geelong (11.14.80) were defeated by Fremantle (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
Teams: Geelong v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 8 September 2012
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,460

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fremantle
Score: 11.14.80 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 1 3 . 5 6 . 9 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Fremantle 5 . 7 8 . 9 12 . 11 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin FREM by 36 FREM by 34 FREM by 38 FREM by 16 FREM by 16
Duration 28:14 29:19 30:01 29:16 1:56:50

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Joel Selwood
Coach: Chris Scott

Fremantle

Captain: Matthew Pavlich
Coach: Ross Lyon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Bannister (#33)
T. Pannell (#28)
B. Rosebury (#8)
E: C. Kamolins (#19)

Goal Umpires

C. Appleton
C. Roffey
E: D. Mills

Boundary Umpires

M. Foster
N. Liparota
M. Marantelli
A. Zanich

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartel, Jimmy HFFR 92% 0 0 26 13 13 5 0 8 5 8 2 1 2 4
35 Chapman, Paul FPL 91% 0 0 20 14 6 1 0 8 4 2 2 1 0 4
28 Christensen, Allen WL 87% 1 3 18 10 8 2 0 4 1 1 3 1 0 0
11 Corey, Joel RO 82% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 12 4 1 2 1 2 2
22 Duncan, Mitch INT 81% 1 1 19 11 8 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4
44 Enright, Corey HBFR 88% 0 0 26 15 11 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 5
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 90% 0 2 9 4 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
8 Hunt, Josh BPR 86% 2 2 11 8 3 2 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 3
19 Hunt, Taylor WR 78% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
9 Kelly, James RR 71% 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 7 5 3 0 1 1 2
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 86% 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFL 93% 2 1 21 13 8 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 4
32 Motlop, Steven INT 82% 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 1 1
21 Murdoch, Jordan INT↓ 48% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
31 Podsiadly, James CHF 91% 0 0 13 7 6 3 1 3 0 3 2 0 1 4
30 Scarlett, Matthew BPL 94% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 86% 1 0 28 13 15 2 1 5 9 1 3 0 2 6
46 Simpkin, Jonathan SUB↑ 35% 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3
27 Stokes, Mathew HFFL 94% 1 0 14 4 10 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 1
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 93% 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 1
36 Vardy, Nathan FPR 72% 1 0 4 3 1 2 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 West, Trent RU 80% 0 0 13 9 4 3 21 4 2 1 2 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 14 324 185 139 52 31 86 38 39 23 13 25 54

J. Simpkin replaced J. Murdoch.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Ballantyne, Hayden FPL 80% 3 1 14 10 4 5 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 2
21 Barlow, Michael INT 78% 0 1 27 12 15 6 0 11 2 4 1 1 2 2
26 Bradley, Kepler FPR 83% 0 0 11 9 2 5 8 1 0 4 1 1 0 4
15 Crowley, Ryan C 83% 1 0 21 11 10 3 0 6 2 4 1 2 1 2
3 Dawson, Zac FB 93% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2
40 de Boer, Matt WR 88% 1 1 18 7 11 6 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 1
41 Duffield, Paul HBFR 100% 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 5 2 6 0 4 6 2
7 Fyfe, Nat RR 83% 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 0 4 5 1 2 4 4
32 Hill, Stephen HFFL 81% 0 1 21 16 5 5 0 4 7 3 0 0 1 6
5 Ibbotson, Garrick WL 82% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 3
37 Johnson, Michael CHB 87% 0 1 9 7 2 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 0
23 Mayne, Chris CHF 88% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 1
9 McPhee, Adam BPL 100% 0 0 18 14 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1
16 Mundy, David HFFR 76% 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 6 4 2 0 1 1 7
13 Mzungu, Tendai INT 75% 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
29 Pavlich, Matthew (c) FF 93% 6 0 14 12 2 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
46 Pearce, Clancee RO 84% 1 0 17 11 6 5 0 5 2 2 1 2 2 5
31 Sandilands, Aaron RU 78% 0 0 11 3 8 2 35 0 4 0 0 0 3 0
36 Silvagni, Alex BPR 91% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 0
34 Spurr, Lee HBFL↓ 81% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 1
8 Suban, Nick SUB↑ 17% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
38 Walters, Michael INT 80% 2 2 15 11 4 5 0 4 1 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 12 330 216 114 94 44 77 34 53 13 23 35 47

N. Suban replaced L. Spurr during the fourth quarter.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
9 A. McPhee 3 Z. Dawson 36 A. Silvagni 12 T. West 22 M. Duncan
36 N. Vardy 26 T. Hawkins 35 P. Chapman 9 J. Kelly 32 S. Motlop
FORWARD 11 J. Corey 21 J. Murdoch
HALF-BACK

46 J. Simpkin
34 L. Spurr 37 M. Johnson 41 P. Duffield



3 J. Bartel 31 J. Podsiadly 27 M. Stokes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 G. Ibbotson 15 R. Crowley 40 M. de Boer



19 T. Hunt 14 J. Selwood (c) 28 A. Christensen FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 A. Sandilands 21 M. Barlow
HALF-FORWARD 7 N. Fyfe 13 T. Mzungu
32 S. Hill 23 C. Mayne 16 D. Mundy 46 C. Pearce 38 M. Walters
44 C. Enright 7 H. Taylor 4 A. Mackie

8 N. Suban
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 H. Ballantyne 29 M. Pavlich (c) 26 K. Bradley



8 J. Hunt 13 T. Lonergan 30 M. Scarlett



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 04:43
GEEL Josh Hunt behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 07:28
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 09:11
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 11:48
FREM Ryan Crowley goal 0.1.1 - 4.0.24 14:03
FREM Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 4.1.25 15:04
FREM Michael Walters behind 0.1.1 - 4.2.26 16:42
FREM Michael Johnson behind 0.1.1 - 4.3.27 18:24
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 0.1.1 - 5.3.33 19:59
FREM Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 5.4.34 21:39
FREM Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 5.5.35 22:28
FREM Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 5.6.36 22:55
FREM Stephen Hill behind 0.1.1 - 5.7.37 26:55
Q2 FREM Hayden Ballantyne behind 0.1.1 - 5.8.38 03:30
FREM Michael Barlow behind 0.1.1 - 5.9.39 06:54
FREM Matt de Boer goal 0.1.1 - 6.9.45 09:37
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.2.2 - 6.9.45 11:24
GEEL Allen Christensen behind 0.3.3 - 6.9.45 13:36
FREM Clancee Pearce goal 0.3.3 - 7.9.51 15:36
GEEL Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 7.9.51 17:14
GEEL Andrew Mackie goal 1.4.10 - 7.9.51 18:15
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 2.4.16 - 7.9.51 20:45
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 3.4.22 - 7.9.51 22:17
FREM Michael Walters goal 3.4.22 - 8.9.57 25:32
GEEL Andrew Mackie behind 3.5.23 - 8.9.57 29:14
Q3 GEEL Steven Motlop goal 4.5.29 - 8.9.57 01:18
GEEL Allen Christensen behind 4.6.30 - 8.9.57 03:07
GEEL Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 8.9.57 03:42
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 5.7.37 - 8.9.57 04:32
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 5.7.37 - 9.9.63 06:05
FREM Matt de Boer behind 5.7.37 - 9.10.64 09:48
GEEL Nathan Vardy goal 6.7.43 - 9.10.64 11:05
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 6.7.43 - 10.10.70 13:10
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 6.7.43 - 11.10.76 15:48
FREM Michael Walters goal 6.7.43 - 12.10.82 19:34
GEEL Tom Lonergan behind 6.8.44 - 12.10.82 22:41
GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 6.9.45 - 12.10.82 24:33
FREM Tendai Mzungu behind 6.9.45 - 12.11.83 29:45
Q4 GEEL Andrew Mackie goal 7.9.51 - 12.11.83 01:53
GEEL Allen Christensen behind 7.10.52 - 12.11.83 05:31
GEEL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 12.11.83 06:12
GEEL Allen Christensen goal 8.11.59 - 12.11.83 07:38
GEEL Josh Hunt behind 8.12.60 - 12.11.83 09:14
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 8.12.60 - 13.11.89 10:21
GEEL Josh Hunt goal 9.12.66 - 13.11.89 12:29
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.13.67 - 13.11.89 15:21
FREM Michael Walters behind 9.13.67 - 13.12.90 18:12
GEEL Josh Hunt goal 10.13.73 - 13.12.90 21:20
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 10.13.73 - 14.12.96 22:30
GEEL Harry Taylor goal 11.13.79 - 14.12.96 24:17
GEEL Harry Taylor behind 11.14.80 - 14.12.96 28:34