2012 AFL 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 AFL season. Geelong hosted Fremantle at 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
Back: M. Scarlett, T. Lonergan, J. Hunt
Half-back: A. Mackie, H. Taylor, C. Enright
Centre: A. Christensen, J. Selwood (capt.), T. Hunt
Half-forward: M. Stokes, J. Podsiadly, J. Bartel
Forward: P. Chapman, T. Hawkins, N. Vardy
Follower: T. West, J. Kelly, J. Corey
Int.: M. Duncan, S. Motlop, J. Murdoch
Sub.: J. Simpkin

Fremantle
Back: A. McPhee, Z. Dawson, A. Silvagni
Half-back: L. Spurr, M. Johnson, P. Duffield
Centre: G. Ibbotson, R. Crowley, M. de Boer
Half-forward: S. Hill, C. Mayne, D. Mundy
Forward: H. Ballantyne, M. Pavlich (capt.), K. Bradley
Follower: A. Sandilands, N. Fyfe, C. Pearce
Int.: M. Barlow, T. Mzungu, M. Walters
Sub.: N. Suban

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

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Hunt (2), A. Mackie (2), A. Christensen, M. Duncan, S. Motlop, J. Selwood, M. Stokes, H. Taylor, N. Vardy
Fremantle: M. Pavlich (6), H. Ballantyne (3), M. Walters (2), R. Crowley, M. de Boer, C. Pearce

As a result of this match, Fremantle faced Adelaide in the second semi final and Geelong were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Bannister (#33), T. Pannell (#28), B. Rosebury (#8), E: C. Kamolins (#19)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, C. Roffey, E: D. Mills
Boundary Umpire: 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

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