Forward Jy Amiss has kicked four goals to help Fremantle hold off a fast-finishing Adelaide for a precious two-point away victory.<\/p>\n
Freo (2-1) remained third with their gutsy 11.12 (78) to 11.10 (76) triumph at Adelaide Oval on Friday night.<\/p>\n
After being 34 points up in the third term, the Dockers were given an almighty scare, with Adelaide stealing a seven-point lead midway through the final quarter.<\/p>\n
But late strikes from Shai Bolton and a stunning dribbled goal from Josh Treacy lifted Freo to victory – though Adelaide’s James Borlase, in the last minute, hit a goal post with a kick that would have pinched a win.<\/p>\n
Freo midfielders Caleb Serong (32 disposals, six clearances), Murphy Reid (26 touches) and Angus Brayshaw (25, one goal) were stand-outs.<\/p>\n
Amiss feasted in attack alongside Patrick Voss (two goals) and Treacy (two goals) while Judd McVee (22 touches) and Neil Erasmus (21) were busy.<\/p>\n
Adelaide defenders Wayne Milera (27 possessions) and Josh Worrell (23) were superb and on-baller James Peatling gathered 25 touches, seven clearances and a goal.<\/p>\n
But captain Jordan Dawson was the only multiple goalscorer for the Crows, who slipped to a third loss from four games.<\/p>\n
Two Crows – forward Darcy Fogarty (back) and winger Isaac Cumming (illness) – were late withdrawals, replaced by Finnbar Maley and Chayce Jones.<\/p>\n
Maley kicked the first goal of the game with a checkside effort from the boundary but the Dockers soon gained the ascendancy.<\/p>\n
Freo, with 12 clearances to four and almost 40 more disposals than the Crows, controlled the first quarter but couldn’t quite cash in on the scoreboard, kicking 4.3 to 3.3.<\/p>\n
The Dockers stretched their lead to 26 points with three goals, including Amiss’s third, in a five-minute burst.<\/p>\n
Fremantle held a 25-point advantage at halftime when Adelaide had 14 players with five or less disposals.<\/p>\n
The Dockers jumped 34 points clear – a match-high margin – when Amiss slotted his fourth major 10 minutes into the third quarter.<\/p>\n
But the Crows rallied in dramatic fashion with five consecutive majors to no score. When Peatling goaled on the run, they were only four points down.<\/p>\n
Freo held that slight buffer at three quarter-time, 9.9 to 9.5, before Adelaide veteran Taylor Walker put the hosts in front with a set shot.<\/p>\n
Skipper Dawson soon followed with an accurate snap and the Crows were seven points ahead.<\/p>\n
But they couldn’t close the deal.<\/p>\n
Freo’s Bolton restored the visitors’ lead, before Treacy threaded a dribbling goal from a tight angle.<\/p>\n
Adelaide’s Ben Keays, Maley and Borlase had last-gasp shots at goal – but all missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forward Jy Amiss has kicked four goals to help Fremantle hold off a fast-finishing Adelaide for a precious…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-582924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582924","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=582924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}