2025 AFL Season Round 5: Fremantle v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 2025 between Fremantle and the Western Bulldogs during round five of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. In the absence of Marcus Bontempelli, vice-captain Tom Liberatore captained the visitors with Aaron Naughton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Fremantle (15.7.97) defeated the Western Bulldogs (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fremantle v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 6 April 2025
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 41,491

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 15.7.97 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fremantle	4	.	2	11	.	5	14	.	6	15	.	7	15	.	7	(97)
Western Bulldogs	4	.	0	6	.	3	10	.	6	12	.	9	12	.	9	(81)
Margin	FREM by 2			FREM by 32			FREM by 24			FREM by 16			FREM by 16
Duration	32:29			32:54			32:34			33:44			2:11:41

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Tom Liberatore (acting)
Vice-Captain: Aaron Naughton (acting)
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Brayshaw	FREM	8	3
Caleb Serong	FREM	3	2
Sam Darcy	WBUL	10	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	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	87%	1	0	7	4	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
41	Banfield, Bailey	INT	83%	1	0	13	6	7	1	0	3	2	2	0	1	1	3
15	Bolton, Shai	HFFR	76%	2	1	14	10	4	4	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	4
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	RO	84%	1	0	29	12	17	2	0	9	4	3	1	0	1	3
5	Chapman, Heath	HBFL	80%	0	0	15	8	7	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	5	0
6	Clark, Jordan	HBFR	85%	0	0	26	18	8	5	0	3	0	5	1	2	10	2
36	Cox, Brennan	BPR	83%	0	0	16	10	6	7	0	2	0	4	0	2	3	0
37	Draper, Josh	INT	87%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	2	0	2	1	2	3	0
43	Dudley, Isaiah	INT	71%	1	0	12	5	7	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2
32	Frederick, Michael	CHF	78%	3	1	13	11	2	5	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	4
9	Jackson, Luke	RU	59%	1	0	16	5	11	2	30	0	3	2	1	2	2	1
44	Johnson, Matthew	INT	68%	0	0	13	5	8	1	0	3	1	3	1	1	1	3
30	O'Driscoll, Nathan	WR	55%	0	1	12	8	4	3	0	7	2	4	1	2	2	1
2	O'Meara, Jaeger	C	76%	0	0	15	4	11	1	0	4	2	6	1	4	0	2
25	Pearce, Alex (c)	FB	91%	0	0	13	4	9	5	0	3	0	5	0	3	2	0
16	Reid, Murphy	HFFL	91%	1	0	16	7	9	3	0	1	1	4	1	2	0	2
13	Ryan, Luke	CHB	97%	0	0	26	23	3	6	0	4	2	1	0	0	10	2
3	Serong, Caleb	RR	85%	0	0	38	15	23	0	0	7	15	5	2	0	1	8
14	Sharp, Jeremy	WL	97%	1	0	21	10	11	4	0	0	2	4	0	1	3	2
35	Treacy, Josh	FF	97%	3	2	15	12	3	8	4	3	0	2	1	1	1	2
20	Voss, Patrick	FPL	83%	0	1	9	3	6	0	6	5	3	2	2	1	2	1
34	Wagner, Corey	BPL↓	54%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
23	Worner, Karl	SUB↑	31%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	7	361	191	170	74	40	67	39	67	15	27	50	44

K. Worner replaced C. Wagner.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Baker, Oskar	HBFL	78%	0	0	20	17	3	8	0	1	1	5	2	1	7	2
29	Bramble, Lachie	INT	76%	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	3	1	2	2	0	3	1
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	85%	0	0	26	18	8	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	6
10	Darcy, Sam	FF	82%	5	0	21	15	6	11	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	3
42	Davidson, Sam	WR	85%	0	1	18	9	9	5	0	3	0	5	1	3	0	1
26	Dolan, Josh	INT	71%	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
44	English, Tim	RU	80%	0	0	19	12	7	3	40	4	6	1	2	1	2	4
27	Freijah, Joel	WL	79%	0	0	15	6	9	1	0	2	5	3	0	1	0	2
12	Gallagher, Harvey	SUB↑	45%	0	0	9	5	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
22	Harmes, James	FPR	74%	1	0	24	11	13	4	0	7	2	4	1	1	0	4
19	Jones, Liam	FB	85%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
8	Kennedy, Matthew	RR	73%	0	0	26	15	11	4	0	4	9	6	0	0	2	8
24	Khamis, Buku	BPL	96%	0	0	11	3	8	4	0	4	0	4	0	2	3	0
21	Liberatore, Tom (ac)	C	81%	0	0	30	17	13	4	0	2	6	2	2	1	2	5
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	0	0	12	9	3	7	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	4
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT	82%	1	0	10	5	5	1	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	3
33	Naughton, Aaron (avc)	CHF	83%	1	1	9	7	2	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	4
18	O'Donnell, James	INT	84%	1	1	10	7	3	1	4	0	0	2	4	0	1	3
20	Richards, Ed	RO	81%	0	0	23	11	12	3	0	4	4	3	1	0	0	6
9	Sanders, Ryley	HFFR	78%	2	0	20	11	9	5	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	FPL↓	38%	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
14	West, Rhylee	HFFL	82%	1	1	15	7	8	3	0	4	0	2	1	2	0	1
34	Williams, Bailey	BPR	81%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	3	2	4	1	2	2	1
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				12	9	375	221	154	85	46	57	42	54	27	15	29	63

H. Gallagher replaced L. Vandermeer.

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
	24	B. Khamis	19	L. Jones	34	B. Williams	9	L. Jackson	41	B. Banfield
	24	J. Amiss	35	J. Treacy	20	P. Voss	3	C. Serong	37	J. Draper
FORWARD							8	A. Brayshaw	43	I. Dudley
HALF-BACK									44	M. Johnson
	13	O. Baker	7	R. Lobb	31	B. Dale			23	K. Worner
	15	S. Bolton	32	M. Frederick	16	M. Reid
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	27	J. Freijah	21	T. Liberatore (ac)	42	S. Davidson
	30	N. O'Driscoll	2	J. O'Meara	14	J. Sharp	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	T. English	29	L. Bramble
HALF-FORWARD							8	M. Kennedy	26	J. Dolan
	14	R. West	33	A. Naughton (avc)	9	R. Sanders	20	E. Richards	30	L. McNeil
	6	J. Clark	13	L. Ryan	5	H. Chapman			18	J. O'Donnell
HALF-BACK									12	H. Gallagher
FORWARD
	23	L. Vandermeer	10	S. Darcy	22	J. Harmes
	36	B. Cox	25	A. Pearce (c)	34	C. Wagner
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:51
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	03:04
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	04:17
	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	2.0.12	-	2.0.12	08:31
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	2.0.12	-	3.0.18	10:36
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	3.0.18	-	3.0.18	12:01
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	3.0.18	-	4.0.24	22:08
	FREM	Shai Bolton behind	3.1.19	-	4.0.24	26:57
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	4.1.25	-	4.0.24	29:25
	FREM	Patrick Voss behind	4.2.26	-	4.0.24	30:41
Q2	WBUL	Rushed behind	4.2.26	-	4.1.25	00:36
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	5.2.32	-	4.1.25	03:55
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	5.2.32	-	5.1.31	07:36
	WBUL	James Harmes goal	5.2.32	-	6.1.37	11:34
	WBUL	Rushed behind	5.2.32	-	6.2.38	14:35
	FREM	Josh Treacy behind	5.3.33	-	6.2.38	17:35
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	6.3.39	-	6.2.38	18:39
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley goal	7.3.45	-	6.2.38	19:58
	FREM	Nathan O'Driscoll behind	7.4.46	-	6.2.38	21:52
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.4.46	-	6.3.39	23:14
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	8.4.52	-	6.3.39	23:48
	FREM	Bailey Banfield goal	9.4.58	-	6.3.39	26:19
	FREM	Josh Treacy behind	9.5.59	-	6.3.39	29:53
	FREM	Andrew Brayshaw goal	10.5.65	-	6.3.39	30:28
	FREM	Jeremy Sharp goal	11.5.71	-	6.3.39	31:43
Q3	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	11.5.71	-	7.3.45	00:47
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders goal	11.5.71	-	8.3.51	04:43
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	11.5.71	-	8.4.52	06:17
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	12.5.77	-	8.4.52	06:43
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	12.5.77	-	9.4.58	11:08
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	13.5.83	-	9.4.58	12:39
	FREM	Rushed behind	13.6.84	-	9.4.58	14:40
	WBUL	Sam Davidson behind	13.6.84	-	9.5.59	15:56
	WBUL	James O'Donnell goal	13.6.84	-	10.5.65	21:08
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	14.6.90	-	10.5.65	23:42
	WBUL	James O'Donnell behind	14.6.90	-	10.6.66	29:59
Q4	WBUL	Rushed behind	14.6.90	-	10.7.67	01:08
	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	14.6.90	-	10.8.68	04:51
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	14.6.90	-	11.8.74	09:51
	WBUL	Rushed behind	14.6.90	-	11.9.75	14:31
	FREM	Michael Frederick behind	14.7.91	-	11.9.75	15:34
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	14.7.91	-	12.9.81	26:12
	FREM	Murphy Reid goal	15.7.97	-	12.9.81	31:14

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