2023 AFL Round 3: Fremantle v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2023 between Fremantle and West Coast during round 3 of the 2023 AFL season. Fremantle hosted West Coast at Optus Stadium. Luke Shuey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

Fremantle
Back: B. Cox, A. Pearce, H. Young
Half-back: H. Chapman, L. Ryan, J. Aish
Centre: J. Clark, E. Hughes, L. Henry
Half-forward: M. Walters, L. Jackson, M. Frederick
Forward: L. Schultz, M. Taberner, S. Switkowski
Follower: S. Darcy, A. Brayshaw, C. Serong
Int.: J. Amiss, N. O'Driscoll, J. O'Meara, N. Wilson
Sub.: M. Johnson

West Coast
Back: S. Hurn, T. Barrass, L. Duggan
Half-back: A. Witherden, J. McGovern, J. Hunt
Centre: J. Jones, T. Kelly, C. Chesser
Half-forward: S. Petrevski-Seton, J. Darling, J. Cripps
Forward: L. Ryan, O. Allen, J. Waterman
Follower: B. Williams, R. Ginbey, L. Shuey (capt.)
Int.: T. Cole, A. Gaff, N. Long, D. Sheed
Sub.: E. Hewett

Fremantle (16.12.108) defeated West Coast (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: M. Walters (4), J. Amiss (2), M. Frederick (2), L. Jackson (2), S. Switkowski (2), A. Brayshaw, S. Darcy, L. Schultz, H. Young
West Coast: O. Allen (3), J. Darling (3), J. Hunt, D. Sheed, J. Waterman

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 9th on the ladder (up from 13th) and West Coast were then 12th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fremantle v West Coast
Date: Sunday 2 April 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 56,090

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. West Coast
Score: 16.12.108 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 5 . 1 9 . 5 10 . 8 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
West Coast 5 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 12 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin WCST by 1 FREM by 22 FREM by 8 FREM by 41 FREM by 41
Duration 34:29 31:37 34:42 30:38 2:11:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: unknown (Fremantle), Luke Shuey (West Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Caleb Serong FREM 3 3
Tim Kelly WCST 11 2
Sam Switkowski FREM 39 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Caleb Serong FREM 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tim Kelly WCST 11 7 0 1 1 0 0
Sam Switkowski FREM 39 7 0 1 1 0 0
James Aish FREM 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Walters FREM 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Oscar Allen WCST 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Shannon Hurn WCST 25 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
11 Aish, James HBFR 83% 0 0 31 14 17 2 0 7 3 8 2 2 2 9
24 Amiss, Jye INT 80% 2 1 9 4 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RR 75% 1 0 28 14 14 3 0 2 11 5 3 2 3 5
27 Chapman, Heath HBFL↓ 54% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Clark, Jordan WL 90% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 85% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 0
4 Darcy, Sean RU 78% 1 2 20 8 12 5 52 3 5 6 2 3 0 4
32 Frederick, Michael HFFR 85% 2 1 17 8 9 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 5
23 Henry, Liam WR 83% 0 1 11 5 6 4 0 5 0 6 1 3 1 1
15 Hughes, Ethan C 82% 0 0 12 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Jackson, Luke CHF 83% 2 0 12 5 7 3 17 7 1 1 0 0 1 1
44 Johnson, Matthew SUB↑ 28% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan INT 82% 0 2 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3
2 O'Meara, Jaeger INT 80% 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 6 6 3 0 2 1 2
25 Pearce, Alex FB 96% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 80% 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 7 1
5 Schultz, Lachie FPL 81% 1 0 19 10 9 5 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 1
3 Serong, Caleb RO 80% 0 0 35 20 15 2 0 8 8 4 2 1 4 12
39 Switkowski, Sam FPR 72% 2 0 21 12 9 4 0 6 2 1 2 0 2 4
20 Taberner, Matt FF 76% 0 0 11 5 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
10 Walters, Michael HFFL 78% 4 1 8 7 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
14 Wilson, Nathan INT 80% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4
26 Young, Hayden BPR 88% 1 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 16 12 362 193 169 80 69 65 40 54 18 21 44 63

M. Johnson replaced H. Chapman.

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FF 92% 3 3 12 9 3 7 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
37 Barrass, Tom FB 96% 0 0 21 17 4 9 0 0 0 2 3 1 9 0
18 Chesser, Campbell WR 88% 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 3 1 4 0 2 2 3
28 Cole, Tom INT 92% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 4 0 3 1 1 5 4
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 56% 0 1 6 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 Darling, Jack CHF 93% 3 2 9 5 4 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
14 Duggan, Liam BPR 88% 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 5
3 Gaff, Andrew INT 85% 0 0 28 12 16 3 0 5 0 4 3 2 1 4
7 Ginbey, Reuben RR 87% 0 0 20 6 14 1 0 8 6 0 1 0 1 4
8 Hewett, Elijah SUB↑ 58% 0 2 14 9 5 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 2
5 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 91% 1 0 22 14 8 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 3
25 Hurn, Shannon BPL 86% 0 0 27 17 10 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 8 4
31 Jones, Jamaine WL 96% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 2
11 Kelly, Tim C 88% 0 2 33 14 19 5 0 4 5 6 0 3 3 0
44 Long, Noah INT 85% 0 1 18 6 12 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 3
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 37% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
10 Petrevski-Seton, Sam HFFL 84% 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 2
1 Ryan, Liam FPL 76% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
4 Sheed, Dom INT 87% 1 1 22 10 12 3 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 1
13 Shuey, Luke (c) RO↓ 21% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 4 4 2 3 0 3
2 Waterman, Jake FPR 90% 1 0 12 5 7 3 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2
32 Williams, Bailey RU 83% 0 0 13 7 6 2 14 1 4 0 2 0 0 5
23 Witherden, Alex HBFL 44% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 9 13 377 213 164 84 16 56 34 50 21 17 47 54

E. Hewett replaced L. Shuey.

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

Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 S. Hurn 37 T. Barrass 14 L. Duggan 4 S. Darcy 24 J. Amiss
39 S. Switkowski 20 M. Taberner 5 L. Schultz 8 A. Brayshaw 30 N. O'Driscoll
FORWARD 3 C. Serong 2 J. O'Meara
HALF-BACK

14 N. Wilson
23 A. Witherden 20 J. McGovern 5 J. Hunt

44 M. Johnson
32 M. Frederick 9 L. Jackson 10 M. Walters



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 J. Jones 11 T. Kelly 18 C. Chesser



23 L. Henry 15 E. Hughes 6 J. Clark FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 B. Williams 28 T. Cole
HALF-FORWARD 7 R. Ginbey 3 A. Gaff
10 S. Petrevski-Seton 27 J. Darling 15 J. Cripps 13 L. Shuey (c) 44 N. Long
11 J. Aish 13 L. Ryan 27 H. Chapman

4 D. Sheed
HALF-BACK

8 E. Hewett
FORWARD



1 L. Ryan 12 O. Allen 2 J. Waterman



26 H. Young 25 A. Pearce 36 B. Cox



BACK



West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Jack Darling goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:50
WCST Jack Darling behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:50
FREM Luke Jackson goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 04:10
FREM Michael Walters goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 07:16
WCST Jack Darling goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 08:52
WCST Oscar Allen behind 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 10:37
FREM Jye Amiss goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 13:56
FREM Jye Amiss goal 4.0.24 - 2.2.14 15:46
WCST Oscar Allen goal 4.0.24 - 3.2.20 17:30
WCST Oscar Allen goal 4.0.24 - 4.2.26 20:44
WCST Oscar Allen goal 4.0.24 - 5.2.32 23:44
FREM Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 5.2.32 25:08
FREM Michael Walters goal 5.1.31 - 5.2.32 28:07
Q2 FREM Sam Switkowski goal 6.1.37 - 5.2.32 03:17
FREM Sean Darcy behind 6.2.38 - 5.2.32 04:32
WCST Dom Sheed behind 6.2.38 - 5.3.33 05:53
WCST Campbell Chesser behind 6.2.38 - 5.4.34 06:19
FREM Michael Walters goal 7.2.44 - 5.4.34 10:37
FREM Michael Frederick goal 8.2.50 - 5.4.34 12:29
WCST Oscar Allen behind 8.2.50 - 5.5.35 15:27
FREM Liam Henry behind 8.3.51 - 5.5.35 16:38
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 8.3.51 - 5.6.36 19:20
FREM Jye Amiss behind 8.4.52 - 5.6.36 20:36
WCST Elijah Hewett behind 8.4.52 - 5.7.37 22:19
FREM Sean Darcy goal 9.4.58 - 5.7.37 25:11
FREM Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 5.7.37 28:24
Q3 WCST Oscar Allen behind 9.5.59 - 5.8.38 06:39
WCST Dom Sheed goal 9.5.59 - 6.8.44 09:03
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 10.5.65 - 6.8.44 11:55
WCST Noah Long behind 10.5.65 - 6.9.45 16:27
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll behind 10.6.66 - 6.9.45 17:25
FREM Michael Walters behind 10.7.67 - 6.9.45 21:45
WCST Tim Kelly behind 10.7.67 - 6.10.46 23:11
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll behind 10.8.68 - 6.10.46 25:40
WCST Jayden Hunt goal 10.8.68 - 7.10.52 28:59
WCST Jake Waterman goal 10.8.68 - 8.10.58 31:05
WCST Elijah Hewett behind 10.8.68 - 8.11.59 32:32
WCST Jack Darling behind 10.8.68 - 8.12.60 34:38
Q4 WCST Jack Darling goal 10.8.68 - 9.12.66 01:24
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 11.8.74 - 9.12.66 02:56
FREM Michael Walters goal 12.8.80 - 9.12.66 06:25
WCST Tim Kelly behind 12.8.80 - 9.13.67 08:14
FREM Michael Frederick behind 12.9.81 - 9.13.67 09:45
FREM Rushed behind 12.10.82 - 9.13.67 10:59
FREM Hayden Young goal 13.10.88 - 9.13.67 14:34
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 14.10.94 - 9.13.67 19:59
FREM Luke Jackson goal 15.10.100 - 9.13.67 21:42
FREM Rushed behind 15.11.101 - 9.13.67 23:07
FREM Sean Darcy behind 15.12.102 - 9.13.67 25:31
FREM Michael Frederick goal 16.12.108 - 9.13.67 27:39