2025 AFL Round 3: Fremantle v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2025 between Fremantle and Sydney during round 3 of the 2025 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Sydney at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

Fremantle
Back: C. Wagner, A. Pearce (capt.), B. Cox
Half-back: H. Chapman, B. Walker, J. Clark
Centre: M. Johnson, J. O'Meara, J. Sharp
Half-forward: P. Voss, M. Frederick, S. Bolton
Forward: M. Reid, J. Treacy, J. Amiss
Follower: L. Jackson, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, N. Erasmus, N. O'Driscoll, L. Ryan
Sub.: J. Draper

Sydney
Back: N. Blakey, D. Rampe, J. Hamling
Half-back: S. Wicks, M. Roberts, O. Florent
Centre: J. Lloyd, I. Heeney, B. Campbell
Half-forward: T. Hanily, W. Hayward, H. McLean
Forward: J. Amartey, T. McCartin, T. Papley
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. Jordon
Int.: R. Bice, P. Ladhams, J. Rowbottom, Corey Warner
Sub.: A. Sheldrick

Fremantle (9.11.65) were defeated by Sydney (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: J. Treacy (4), J. Amiss, B. Banfield, L. Jackson, C. Serong, P. Voss
Sydney: J. Amartey (2), H. McLean (2), R. Bice, T. Hanily, W. Hayward, P. Ladhams, C. Warner

As a result of this match, Fremantle remained 17th on the ladder and Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fremantle v Sydney
Date: Sunday 23 March 2025
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 43,882

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. by Sydney
Score: 9.11.65 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 4 . 3 5 . 5 8 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Sydney 0 . 5 3 . 8 7 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin FREM by 22 FREM by 9 FREM by 2 SYDN by 3 SYDN by 3
Duration 28:46 29:57 29:49 29:22 1:57:54

Honour Roll

Coaches: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: Alex Pearce (Fremantle), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chad Warner SYDN 1 3
Alex Pearce FREM 25 2
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FPR 91% 1 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 79% 1 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2
15 Bolton, Shai HFFR 77% 0 0 15 9 6 0 0 4 4 5 0 3 0 2
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 86% 0 0 19 6 13 2 0 8 3 2 1 2 0 6
5 Chapman, Heath HBFL 75% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 92% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 8 4
36 Cox, Brennan BPR 84% 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
37 Draper, Josh SUB↑ 46% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
28 Erasmus, Neil INT 66% 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 2 1 4 2 2 2 3
32 Frederick, Michael CHF 83% 0 2 12 6 6 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
9 Jackson, Luke RU 85% 1 0 20 6 14 3 28 5 0 5 1 2 0 5
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 70% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 0 7 0 1 2 8
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan INT 71% 0 0 25 15 10 3 0 2 4 3 0 1 3 8
2 O'Meara, Jaeger C 88% 0 0 32 11 21 4 0 2 5 6 1 3 3 1
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 93% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 Reid, Murphy FPL 68% 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
13 Ryan, Luke INT 91% 0 0 23 19 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 1
3 Serong, Caleb RR 87% 1 1 19 9 10 2 0 6 5 2 2 1 2 3
14 Sharp, Jeremy WR 82% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
35 Treacy, Josh FF 92% 4 2 13 8 5 7 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
20 Voss, Patrick HFFL 75% 1 3 13 9 4 6 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 1
34 Wagner, Corey BPL 85% 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 2
31 Walker, Brandon CHB↓ 34% 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 11 363 203 160 83 34 48 25 54 15 18 45 59

J. Draper replaced B. Walker.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FPL 73% 2 0 8 5 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Bice, Riley INT 80% 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 1
22 Blakey, Nick BPL 88% 0 0 20 19 1 7 0 1 0 3 2 0 5 4
16 Campbell, Braeden WR 80% 0 1 16 10 6 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 1
13 Florent, Oliver HBFR 79% 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
4 Grundy, Brodie RU↓ 64% 0 0 11 7 4 6 23 3 0 1 0 0 1 1
29 Hamling, Joel BPR 87% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1
40 Hanily, Tom HFFL 66% 1 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
9 Hayward, Will CHF 79% 1 2 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Heeney, Isaac C 87% 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 5 6 5 2 2 2 5
17 Jordon, James RO 82% 0 0 24 7 17 1 0 2 10 8 0 1 4 4
19 Ladhams, Peter INT 68% 1 0 12 7 5 2 7 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake WL 90% 0 0 25 18 7 10 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 4
30 McCartin, Tom FF 94% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 0 4 1 2 5 0
2 McLean, Hayden HFFR 78% 2 1 9 6 3 1 1 5 0 3 1 1 0 3
11 Papley, Tom FPR 84% 0 2 19 15 4 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 5
24 Rampe, Dane FB 81% 0 0 12 12 0 9 0 4 0 1 0 0 8 0
34 Roberts, Matt CHB 94% 0 0 25 19 6 5 0 2 3 2 3 0 5 5
8 Rowbottom, James INT 76% 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 4 4 4 1 1 2 3
12 Sheldrick, Angus SUB↑ 14% 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 Warner, Chad RR 88% 1 2 26 22 4 9 0 5 4 4 3 1 3 10
37 Warner, Corey INT 85% 0 1 14 10 4 4 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 2
15 Wicks, Sam HBFL 81% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 14 348 226 122 94 31 57 37 54 18 15 49 55

A. Sheldrick replaced B. Grundy.

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
22 N. Blakey 24 D. Rampe 29 J. Hamling 9 L. Jackson 41 B. Banfield
24 J. Amiss 35 J. Treacy 16 M. Reid 3 C. Serong 28 N. Erasmus
FORWARD 8 A. Brayshaw 30 N. O'Driscoll
HALF-BACK

13 L. Ryan
15 S. Wicks 34 M. Roberts 13 O. Florent

37 J. Draper
15 S. Bolton 32 M. Frederick 20 P. Voss



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 J. Lloyd 5 I. Heeney 16 B. Campbell



14 J. Sharp 2 J. O'Meara 44 M. Johnson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 26 R. Bice
HALF-FORWARD 1 C. Warner 19 P. Ladhams
40 T. Hanily 9 W. Hayward 2 H. McLean 17 J. Jordon 8 J. Rowbottom
6 J. Clark 31 B. Walker 5 H. Chapman

37 C. Warner
HALF-BACK

12 A. Sheldrick
FORWARD



36 J. Amartey 30 T. McCartin 11 T. Papley



36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce (c) 34 C. Wagner



BACK



Sydney Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Will Hayward behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:09
FREM Patrick Voss behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:12
SYDN Tom Papley behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 04:09
FREM Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 05:28
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 0.2.2 - 0.3.3 06:08
FREM Josh Treacy goal 1.2.8 - 0.3.3 08:47
FREM Josh Treacy goal 2.2.14 - 0.3.3 12:13
SYDN Will Hayward behind 2.2.14 - 0.4.4 15:39
FREM Luke Jackson goal 3.2.20 - 0.4.4 21:01
FREM Patrick Voss behind 3.3.21 - 0.4.4 25:28
FREM Patrick Voss goal 4.3.27 - 0.4.4 26:40
SYDN Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 0.5.5 28:43
Q2 SYDN Peter Ladhams goal 4.3.27 - 1.5.11 03:25
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 4.3.27 - 2.5.17 07:30
FREM Josh Treacy behind 4.4.28 - 2.5.17 09:06
SYDN Corey Warner behind 4.4.28 - 2.6.18 11:59
SYDN Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 2.7.19 12:37
FREM Michael Frederick behind 4.5.29 - 2.7.19 14:31
SYDN Chad Warner goal 4.5.29 - 3.7.25 20:25
FREM Caleb Serong goal 5.5.35 - 3.7.25 22:09
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 5.5.35 - 3.8.26 24:48
Q3 FREM Caleb Serong behind 5.6.36 - 3.8.26 01:23
FREM Josh Treacy goal 6.6.42 - 3.8.26 02:34
SYDN Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 3.9.27 05:06
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 6.6.42 - 4.9.33 06:59
SYDN Will Hayward goal 6.6.42 - 5.9.39 09:18
FREM Michael Frederick behind 6.7.43 - 5.9.39 10:43
FREM Josh Treacy goal 7.7.49 - 5.9.39 14:23
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 7.7.49 - 6.9.45 18:25
SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.7.49 - 6.10.46 20:09
SYDN Chad Warner behind 7.7.49 - 6.11.47 21:06
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 7.7.49 - 6.12.48 21:38
FREM Josh Treacy behind 7.8.50 - 6.12.48 22:48
SYDN Tom Hanily goal 7.8.50 - 7.12.54 23:50
FREM Bailey Banfield goal 8.8.56 - 7.12.54 26:01
Q4 FREM Neil Erasmus behind 8.9.57 - 7.12.54 03:14
FREM Murphy Reid behind 8.10.58 - 7.12.54 04:35
SYDN Chad Warner behind 8.10.58 - 7.13.55 05:55
FREM Jye Amiss goal 9.10.64 - 7.13.55 14:11
FREM Patrick Voss behind 9.11.65 - 7.13.55 16:58
SYDN Angus Sheldrick behind 9.11.65 - 7.14.56 17:29
SYDN Riley Bice goal 9.11.65 - 8.14.62 18:59
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 9.11.65 - 9.14.68 25:51