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2. Jaeger O\u2019Meara<\/p>\n
Rarely sighted on the night in a wing role. 2<\/p>\n
3. Caleb Serong<\/p>\n
Nothing more this man could\u2019ve done. Serong relished the September stage, racking up game-highs in disposals (35), contested possessions (21) and clearances (13), The three-time All-Australian midfielder also had nine tackles and 702 metres gained \u2014 both the second-most of any player \u2014 in a dominant performance. Simply brilliant all night leading Fremantle\u2019s engine room with Andrew Brayshaw. 8<\/p>\n
4. Sean Darcy<\/p>\n
One of the better Dockers in the loss who can hold his head high. Was busy in the clinches throwing his weight around. 6<\/p>\n
5. Heath Chapman<\/p>\n
Solid enough showing from the honest defender who did his job. Consistently makes the right decisions. 5<\/p>\n
6. Jordan Clark<\/p>\n
Not the All-Australian halfback\u2019s usual impact, but still had a good crack, finishing with 20 disposals. A huge spoil running back with the flight in the second term as good a defensive play as you\u2019ll see. 6<\/p>\n
7. Nat Fyfe (sub)<\/p>\n
The retired champ came on early in the fourth quarter and had some good moments in his final hurrah. Loud cheers from the home crowd when Fyfe first ran on and when he got his first disposal. A big mark in the last five minutes too. Unlike David Swallow (at least on Saturday night), didn\u2019t get the fairytale ending. Bravo on a legendary career, \u2018Fyfey\u2019. 3<\/p>\n
8. Andrew Brayshaw<\/p>\n
Like Serong, was enormous as the heartbeat of the Dockers midfield. Notched 32 disposals and a team-high nine score involvements. Set up two important goals to Isaiah Dudley in the third term to get Freo back in the game. Left it all out there. 8<\/p>\n
9. Luke Jackson<\/p>\n
A HUGE mark and goal in the final three minutes to give Freo the lead, which felt like the match winner. But not to be. A good night from Jackson that could\u2019ve been great if he clunked a few more grabs. Always in the cut and thrust of the contest and brought great pressure. A unicorn who thrived under the finals heat. 7<\/p>\n
13. Luke Ryan<\/p>\n
Got the most ball of any Docker in the defensive half with 23 disposals and seven marks. Battled hard all night in a back six that was constantly under pressure. 6<\/p>\n
15. Shai Bolton<\/p>\n
An almost game from the star recruit. Finally kicked his first goal in the fourth quarter after being consistently in dangerous spots throughout the night but unable to capitalise. 5<\/p>\n
16. Murphy Reid<\/p>\n
A promising finals debut from the first-year Docker and Rising Star favourite with some classy moments. Was Fremantle\u2019s most likely forward at times. One goal from 20 touches (11 contested). Going to be a star, if he isn\u2019t already. 7<\/p>\n
20. Patrick Voss<\/p>\n
Fremantle\u2019s leading goalkicker with three and the team\u2019s fire starter. Kicked the first goal of the match and got the crowd serious pumped up. \u201cHe\u2019s an excitement machine,\u201d Jordan Lewis said. 7<\/p>\n
23. Karl Worner<\/p>\n
Solid enough in defence with plenty of ball coming back there. 5<\/p>\n
24. Jye Amiss<\/p>\n
Not his night. Was forced from the ground in the first term for medical treatment with a foot issue. Subbed out early in the fourth term with one goal from two disposals. 1<\/p>\n
25. Alex Pearce<\/p>\n
A defensive juggernaut in the fourth quarter with multiple intercept marks in showing great will to win. The skipper finished with 10 intercepts \u2014 the equal second-most of any player. 6<\/p>\n
26. Hayden Young<\/p>\n
A massive fourth quarter with 11 touches to try and drag Fremantle over the line. While it was a strong enough performance from Young with 28 disposals, the gun on-baller couldn\u2019t quite get his usual run and carry game going. 7<\/p>\n
28. Neil Erasmus<\/p>\n
Stocks rising. Playing in his first final, Erasmus continued his career-best form of recent weeks and looked up to it on the September stage. Recorded 18 disposals and six tackles and kicked a goal. Starting to come on. 6<\/p>\n
30. Nathan O\u2019Driscoll<\/p>\n
Strong start to the game but faded as it went on. 3<\/p>\n
32. Michael Frederick<\/p>\n
A rough night for the forward, who was rarely sighted. A costly missed goal with a skidding kick late in the first quarter from near on point-blank range. Appeared to take on the Sam Switkowski role of moving further up the ground, but just couldn\u2019t impact for the most part. 2<\/p>\n
35. Josh Treacy<\/p>\n
Got better as the game went on, finishing with two goals and an equal game-high four contested marks after being a non-factor in the first half. A huge goal in the fourth quarter to get Fremantle within a point. Did his job. 6<\/p>\n
36. Brennan Cox<\/p>\n
Shut down a goalless Ben King, so a tick for that. 6<\/p>\n
41. Bailey Banfield<\/p>\n
After playing his role for the most part, Banfield had one horror moment in the fourth quarter with a missed spoil that landed right in Jy Farrar\u2019s hands for a critical Suns goal. 4<\/p>\n
43. Isaiah Dudley<\/p>\n
Kicked two important goals to keep Fremantle alive in the third quarter \u2014 both assisted from Andrew Brayshaw \u2014 to save his night after very little impact otherwise. 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle\u2019s star midfield duo left it all out there, while the stocks of two rising star\u2019s continue to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11292,28952,64,63,689,684,11295,36855,86949,39252,86945,12183,11299,73088,10124,2105,2485,9130,86944,86943,34154,36858,19080,10991,23588,15626,28267,7672,86946,25874,7198,86950,25878,39225,18089,677,12156,46,83950,701,28362,71141,1820,31772,86948,85,30383,86947,54617,54602,3439,12142],"class_list":["post-123646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-alex-pearce","tag-andrew-brayshaw","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-cotton","tag-ben-king","tag-brennan-cox","tag-carry-game","tag-david-swallow","tag-defensive-play","tag-dominant-performance","tag-excitement-machine","tag-fire-starter","tag-fremantle-dockers","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-hawks-cause-upset","tag-heath-chapman","tag-horror-moment","tag-jordan-clark","tag-jordan-lewis","tag-josh-treacy","tag-karl-worner","tag-luke-jackson","tag-luke-ryan","tag-match-winner","tag-medico-treatment","tag-michael-frederick","tag-michael-willson","tag-multiple-intercepts-marks","tag-murphy-reid","tag-nat-fyfe","tag-neil-erasmus","tag-oceania","tag-patrick-voss","tag-perth","tag-player-ratings","tag-queensland","tag-rising-star","tag-sam-switkowski","tag-score-involvements","tag-sean-darcy","tag-skidding-kick","tag-sports","tag-star-duo","tag-star-midfield-duo","tag-stocks-rise","tag-stocks-rising","tag-western-australia","tag-worst-players"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}