{"id":655603,"date":"2026-05-07T13:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655603\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:45:26","slug":"afl-round-nine-2026-scores-results-odds-stats-and-start-time-from-optus-stadium-in-perth-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655603\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL round nine 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from Optus Stadium in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dam wall finally burst for Hawthorn as the Dockers ran rampant to extend their winning streak to eight games with a 15-point victory after trailing by 22 midway through the third term.<\/p>\n<p>They provisionally replace Sydney on top of the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>The third-placed Hawks were hanging on for dear life from the third quarter, but their stout defence, a sixth Jack Gunston goal and a series of missed chances from the Dockers made it look like they may hang on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Frederick slotted two crucial goals late.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/be1686b1796bfa8b2cf74ed0343985a07d313705.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Michael Frederick slotted two crucial goals late.AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>Two Michael Frederick goals put paid to that in the dying stages, but it was thanks to \u201cthe Unicorn\u201d Luke Jackson on both occasions. Jackson held off Josh Weddle to gather at the top of the 50-metre arc to set up the first of them, before his diving smother on Jai Newcombe\u2019s attempted kick on the wing minutes later proved the key moment.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle rushed the ball forward from there for Frederick to snap a second goal that effectively sealed victory.<\/p>\n<p>It was a deserved win for the Dockers, who had 20 more inside 50s and 11 extra inside 50s in the final 40 minutes to storm over the top of a Hawthorn side that lost Tom Barrass (hamstring) in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hayden Young and the Dockers were scintillating late.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cb9ab7c6376bf3b5318806b39ff07262b21f1c57.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Hayden Young and the Dockers were scintillating late.AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was the match-winner, but Caleb Serong was sensational, too, with 28 disposals and eight clearances, and Andrew Brayshaw (24 touches) was also prominent all night.<\/p>\n<p>Just as important was Brennan Cox\u2019s ability to shut Gunston down after his five-goal first half. Newcombe was a strong performer for the Hawks with 27 disposals, 14 contested possessions and eight clearances to continue his stellar season.<\/p>\n<p>Final: Fremantle 12.16 (88) d Hawthorn 11.7 (73)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dam wall finally burst for Hawthorn as the Dockers ran rampant to extend their winning streak to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-655603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655603","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=655603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}