2026 AFL Season Round 22: Fremantle v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 2026 between Fremantle and the Western Bulldogs during round twenty-two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Fremantle (11.12.78) defeated the Western Bulldogs (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fremantle v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 31 July 2026
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 53,524

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.12.78 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 1 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Western Bulldogs 1 . 2 4 . 5 4 . 8 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin FREM by 1 level FREM by 14 FREM by 37 FREM by 37
Duration 29:20 29:31 28:03 29:50 1:56:44

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: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Murphy Reid FREM 16 3
Luke Jackson FREM 9 2
Josh Treacy FREM 35 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 FF 85% 0 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Bolton, Shai CHF 77% 1 0 17 6 11 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 78% 0 1 23 11 12 6 0 4 2 3 1 2 1 3
5 Chapman, Heath BPR 88% 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
6 Clark, Jordan HBFL 85% 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 1 1 4 1 2 4 3
18 Cox, Mason INT 62% 0 0 7 4 3 1 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
43 Dudley, Isaiah INT 63% 1 1 11 8 3 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
28 Erasmus, Neil INT 69% 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 3
32 Frederick, Michael WR 75% 0 2 18 12 6 5 0 6 0 5 3 0 1 2
9 Jackson, Luke RU 84% 2 0 16 6 10 4 26 4 5 6 2 2 0 2
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 78% 1 0 18 10 8 8 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 4
21 McDonald, Oscar BPL 91% 0 0 22 19 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2
17 McVee, Judd INT 77% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 2
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan INT 75% 0 2 16 10 6 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 76% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
16 Reid, Murphy HFFL 79% 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 6
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 76% 0 0 20 17 3 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 1
3 Serong, Caleb RR 76% 2 0 17 10 7 6 0 5 7 2 1 0 0 3
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 80% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 5
35 Treacy, Josh FPR 86% 3 2 13 12 1 8 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2
20 Voss, Patrick FPL 85% 1 0 8 4 4 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 0
23 Worner, Karl HBFR 82% 0 1 28 21 7 13 0 3 0 4 0 1 6 2
26 Young, Hayden RO 70% 0 1 18 10 8 6 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 12 370 241 129 136 41 51 29 47 19 15 32 54

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 83% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 3 3
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 79% 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 1
5 Busslinger, Jedd INT 65% 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
17 Coffield, Nick CHB 92% 0 0 13 11 2 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0
16 Croft, Jordan FF 76% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2
42 Davidson, Sam INT 81% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 1
26 Dolan, Josh INT 61% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 3
25 Emmett, Louis FPL 58% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
44 English, Tim RU 83% 0 0 15 10 5 5 27 4 1 4 2 2 0 2
27 Freijah, Joel WL 73% 0 1 19 9 10 4 0 7 5 2 1 2 2 0
6 Hynes, Cooper WR 77% 2 0 22 10 12 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 1
32 Jones, Arthur HFFR 82% 0 2 10 7 3 2 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 1
8 Kennedy, Matthew FPR 67% 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 4
24 Khamis, Buku BPR 90% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 1
21 Liberatore, Tom RR 81% 0 0 28 11 17 3 0 3 6 4 0 0 2 1
7 Lobb, Rory CHF 87% 1 0 11 6 5 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
18 O'Donnell, James FB 96% 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0
20 Richards, Ed RO 82% 0 2 26 20 6 2 0 2 9 3 1 1 5 9
9 Sanders, Ryley INT 81% 1 0 24 6 18 3 0 5 3 4 1 2 1 0
37 Sellwood, Michael BPL 82% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 2 0 5 1 2 2 1
23 Vandermeer, Laitham INT 60% 0 2 12 5 7 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 2
14 West, Rhylee HFFL 77% 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0
34 Williams, Bailey HBFR 85% 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 4 0 4 0 1 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 5 11 353 199 154 78 27 50 37 60 15 19 43 38

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
37 M. Sellwood 18 J. O'Donnell 24 B. Khamis 9 L. Jackson 18 M. Cox
35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss 20 P. Voss 3 C. Serong 43 I. Dudley
FORWARD 26 H. Young 28 N. Erasmus
HALF-BACK

17 J. McVee
29 L. Bramble 17 N. Coffield 34 B. Williams

30 N. O'Driscoll
39 S. Switkowski 10 S. Bolton 16 M. Reid



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. Freijah 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 6 C. Hynes



32 M. Frederick 8 A. Brayshaw 44 M. Johnson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 5 J. Busslinger
HALF-FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore 42 S. Davidson
14 R. West 7 R. Lobb 32 A. Jones 20 E. Richards 26 J. Dolan
23 K. Worner 13 L. Ryan 6 J. Clark

9 R. Sanders
HALF-BACK

23 L. Vandermeer
FORWARD



25 L. Emmett 16 J. Croft 8 M. Kennedy



5 H. Chapman 25 A. Pearce (c) 21 O. McDonald



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Karl Worner behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:10
WBUL Ed Richards behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 06:01
FREM Hayden Young behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 09:17
FREM Josh Treacy behind 0.3.3 - 0.1.1 16:33
FREM Luke Jackson goal 1.3.9 - 0.1.1 22:55
WBUL Cooper Hynes goal 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 27:07
WBUL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 29:01
Q2 WBUL Joel Freijah behind 1.3.9 - 1.3.9 03:19
FREM Josh Treacy behind 1.4.10 - 1.3.9 06:10
FREM Josh Treacy goal 2.4.16 - 1.3.9 08:54
WBUL Cooper Hynes goal 2.4.16 - 2.3.15 12:19
FREM Matthew Johnson goal 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 13:35
WBUL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.4.16 15:00
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 3.4.22 - 2.5.17 16:44
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 3.5.23 - 2.5.17 20:16
FREM Caleb Serong goal 4.5.29 - 2.5.17 23:31
WBUL Rhylee West goal 4.5.29 - 3.5.23 25:34
WBUL Rory Lobb goal 4.5.29 - 4.5.29 27:30
Q3 WBUL Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 4.6.30 00:40
FREM Jye Amiss behind 4.6.30 - 4.6.30 02:02
FREM Isaiah Dudley behind 4.7.31 - 4.6.30 04:19
FREM Josh Treacy goal 5.7.37 - 4.6.30 09:24
FREM Michael Frederick behind 5.8.38 - 4.6.30 12:24
FREM Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 4.6.30 14:19
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll behind 5.10.40 - 4.6.30 18:45
WBUL Ed Richards behind 5.10.40 - 4.7.31 20:04
FREM Caleb Serong goal 6.10.46 - 4.7.31 24:58
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 6.10.46 - 4.8.32 27:37
Q4 WBUL Arthur Jones behind 6.10.46 - 4.9.33 01:06
FREM Josh Treacy goal 7.10.52 - 4.9.33 07:16
FREM Patrick Voss goal 8.10.58 - 4.9.33 12:15
WBUL Matthew Kennedy behind 8.10.58 - 4.10.34 14:44
FREM Michael Frederick behind 8.11.59 - 4.10.34 17:15
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 9.11.65 - 4.10.34 18:38
FREM Shai Bolton goal 10.11.71 - 4.10.34 19:55
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll behind 10.12.72 - 4.10.34 22:01
WBUL Ryley Sanders goal 10.12.72 - 5.10.40 22:39
FREM Luke Jackson goal 11.12.78 - 5.10.40 25:08
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 11.12.78 - 5.11.41 27:00