2012 AFL Round 1: Fremantle v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 2012 between Fremantle and Geelong during round 1 of the 2012 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Geelong at Patersons Stadium. Matthew Pavlich captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

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

Geelong
Back: M. Scarlett, T. Lonergan, B. Smedts
Half-back: C. Enright, H. Taylor, A. Mackie
Centre: J. Kelly, P. Chapman, T. Hunt
Half-forward: S. Johnson, T. Hawkins, M. Stokes
Forward: S. Motlop, J. Podsiadly, J. Bartel
Follower: O. Stephenson, J. Selwood (capt.), J. Corey
Int.: M. Duncan, C. Guthrie, T. West
Sub.: A. Christensen

Fremantle (16.9.105) defeated Geelong (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: J. Mellington (3), M. Pavlich (3), H. Ballantyne (2), Z. Clarke (2), N. Fyfe (2), M. Barlow, K. Bradley, M. de Boer, T. Mzungu
Geelong: T. Hawkins (4), J. Bartel (3), S. Motlop (2), J. Podsiadly (2), M. Duncan, T. Hunt, S. Johnson, A. Mackie

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 8th on the ladder and Geelong were then 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fremantle v Geelong
Date: Saturday 31 March 2012
Time: 4:45 PM
Venue: Patersons Stadium
Attendance: 34,601

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Geelong
Score: 16.9.105 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 6 . 0 8 . 3 12 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Geelong 4 . 0 9 . 2 12 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin FREM by 12 GEEL by 5 FREM by 1 FREM by 4 FREM by 4
Duration 32:19 32:28 30:49 30:36 2:06:12

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 3
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2
Aaron Sandilands FREM 31 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 8 0 2 0 0 0
Aaron Sandilands FREM 31 6 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 2 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Johnson FREM 37 2 0 0 0 1 0
Hayden Ballantyne FREM 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
James Kelly GEEL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Ballantyne, Hayden WR 81% 2 2 20 15 5 1 0 4 4 2 3 0 0 6
21 Barlow, Michael SUB↑ 33% 1 0 13 4 9 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 1
26 Bradley, Kepler FF 84% 1 0 13 7 6 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 2
6 Broughton, Greg RO 79% 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 2 0
30 Clarke, Zac FPR 85% 2 1 11 7 4 6 6 2 0 2 2 1 1 2
15 Crowley, Ryan C 81% 0 0 22 7 15 5 0 4 3 3 1 3 0 2
3 Dawson, Zac FB 100% 0 0 12 3 9 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
40 de Boer, Matt INT 79% 1 1 20 11 9 7 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2
41 Duffield, Paul HFFL 90% 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 5 1 3 0 1 3 4
7 Fyfe, Nat RR 80% 2 0 30 20 10 6 0 7 1 9 1 5 1 3
32 Hill, Stephen HBFR 81% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 4
5 Ibbotson, Garrick INT 81% 0 2 22 11 11 4 0 4 3 1 2 1 2 1
37 Johnson, Michael HBFL 100% 0 0 25 16 9 6 0 1 1 3 1 2 5 2
23 Mayne, Chris FPL 88% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1
18 McPharlin, Luke CHB 100% 0 0 12 7 5 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 McPhee, Adam BPR 98% 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 1
25 Mellington, Josh WL 79% 3 0 5 4 1 1 0 5 2 1 3 1 0 0
13 Mzungu, Tendai HFFR 82% 1 1 22 15 7 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 2
29 Pavlich, Matthew (c) CHF 88% 3 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 2 5 0 2 0 4
46 Pearce, Clancee INT↓ 42% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Sandilands, Aaron RU 77% 0 0 19 6 13 4 32 1 8 3 4 2 2 2
8 Suban, Nick BPL 94% 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 5 2 3 1 1 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 16 9 366 200 166 76 43 75 39 48 27 23 30 41

M. Barlow replaced C. Pearce.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartel, Jimmy FPR 92% 3 1 22 16 6 5 3 4 3 4 3 1 1 2
35 Chapman, Paul C 88% 0 0 26 21 5 6 0 5 6 2 3 1 1 5
28 Christensen, Allen SUB↑ 29% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
11 Corey, Joel RO 89% 0 0 19 10 9 3 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 2
22 Duncan, Mitch INT 76% 1 0 16 12 4 7 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4
44 Enright, Corey HBFL 90% 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 1
29 Guthrie, Cameron INT 76% 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Tom CHF 91% 4 2 9 7 2 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
19 Hunt, Taylor WR 81% 1 1 11 5 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 89% 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 6 0 6 3 5 2 1
9 Kelly, James WL 86% 0 0 26 13 13 5 0 8 8 8 1 4 2 7
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 89% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFR 92% 1 1 20 15 5 5 0 4 2 3 1 1 2 1
32 Motlop, Steven FPL 88% 2 0 14 8 6 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 6
31 Podsiadly, James FF 92% 2 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 6
30 Scarlett, Matthew BPL 95% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 5 0 7 0 5 1 2
14 Selwood, Joel (c) RR 87% 0 1 34 18 16 3 2 4 8 2 6 1 2 4
2 Smedts, Billie BPR 76% 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 1
23 Stephenson, Orren RU↓ 43% 0 0 3 1 2 1 10 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
27 Stokes, Mathew HFFR 85% 0 1 15 10 5 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 86% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2
12 West, Trent INT 79% 0 1 8 4 4 1 14 3 1 2 1 1 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 11 333 207 126 74 32 82 38 50 23 27 23 54

A. Christensen replaced O. Stephenson.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:34
FREM Zac Clarke goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:52
FREM Zac Clarke goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 06:53
FREM Matt de Boer goal 4.0.24 - 0.0.0 09:35
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 5.0.30 - 0.0.0 13:24
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.0.30 - 1.0.6 18:27
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 5.0.30 - 2.0.12 19:59
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.0.30 - 3.0.18 23:23
FREM Josh Mellington goal 6.0.36 - 3.0.18 28:14
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 6.0.36 - 4.0.24 32:15
Q2 GEEL James Podsiadly goal 6.0.36 - 5.0.30 00:56
GEEL Andrew Mackie goal 6.0.36 - 6.0.36 04:13
FREM Matt de Boer behind 6.1.37 - 6.0.36 06:52
FREM Kepler Bradley goal 7.1.43 - 6.0.36 08:34
GEEL James Podsiadly goal 7.1.43 - 7.0.42 10:04
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 7.1.43 - 7.1.43 11:38
FREM Garrick Ibbotson behind 7.2.44 - 7.1.43 14:24
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 7.2.44 - 8.1.49 17:26
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 8.2.50 - 8.1.49 19:23
GEEL Jimmy Bartel behind 8.2.50 - 8.2.50 25:09
FREM Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 8.2.50 30:05
GEEL Taylor Hunt goal 8.3.51 - 9.2.56 31:18
Q3 FREM Tendai Mzungu behind 8.4.52 - 9.2.56 01:05
FREM Josh Mellington goal 9.4.58 - 9.2.56 02:18
GEEL Trent West behind 9.4.58 - 9.3.57 04:57
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.4.58 - 9.4.58 06:38
GEEL Andrew Mackie behind 9.4.58 - 9.5.59 08:24
FREM Tendai Mzungu goal 10.4.64 - 9.5.59 10:07
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 11.4.70 - 9.5.59 11:23
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 11.4.70 - 10.5.65 13:01
FREM Zac Clarke behind 11.5.71 - 10.5.65 14:18
FREM Michael Barlow goal 12.5.77 - 10.5.65 15:13
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 12.5.77 - 10.6.66 17:13
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 12.5.77 - 11.6.72 20:13
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.5.77 - 12.6.78 22:35
FREM Hayden Ballantyne behind 12.6.78 - 12.6.78 24:57
FREM Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 12.6.78 26:18
FREM Garrick Ibbotson behind 12.8.80 - 12.6.78 27:16
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 12.8.80 - 12.7.79 29:24
Q4 GEEL Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 12.8.80 01:59
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 12.8.80 - 13.8.86 04:32
FREM Josh Mellington goal 13.8.86 - 13.8.86 07:32
GEEL Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 13.9.87 09:10
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 14.8.92 - 13.9.87 10:28
GEEL Taylor Hunt behind 14.8.92 - 13.10.88 14:28
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 14.8.92 - 14.10.94 15:35
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 15.8.98 - 14.10.94 18:19
GEEL Rushed behind 15.8.98 - 14.11.95 21:29
FREM Hayden Ballantyne behind 15.9.99 - 14.11.95 22:50
FREM Matthew Pavlich goal 16.9.105 - 14.11.95 25:36
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 16.9.105 - 15.11.101 28:50