The Sydney Swans crashed the party of Matthew Pavlich's 350-game milestone with a 90-point win over Fremantle in Sunday's wet and windy clash at Domain Stadium.
Swans midfielder Josh Kennedy tallied 45 disposals and three goals in the 21.11 (137) to 7.5 (47) victory, with the result keeping the Swans in the hunt to finish second.
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The Swans' win was their biggest against Fremantle, beating the 77-point margin they posted in round 13, 2002 at the SCG.
Pavlich was cheered by the 32,401 crowd every time he touched the ball, with the 34-year-old finishing with 15 disposals and two late goals in a hard-working effort.
After the game, David Mundy and Chris Mayne chaired Pavlich off through a guard of honour formed by Fremantle and Sydney Swans players.
"Milestone games never get you across the line," Fremantle coach Ross Lyon said.
"They don't guarantee results. But certainly for Matthew and Lee (Spurr's 100th game) we would have liked a better performance."
"We struggled to get it out of our defence, which has been an issue all year, and it reared its ugly head again.
"I thought their midfield, their big bodies, we were doing a lot of tackles and we wore down, we struggled to sort of stop them, clearly."
Lyon post-match Q & A
Scoring chances were few and far between for Fremantle in the first half, but Pavlich was in the thick of the action for most of them.
Pavlich sharked the ball off the back of a pack and handballed to Matt Taberner for Fremantle's only goal of the first quarter.
And Pavlich produced a bizarre highlight early in the second quarter when he balanced the ball on the back of his head while in congestion before feeding it out for a Mundy goal.
The Swans led by 29 points after a wet and windy first half and that was just the entree.
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"We have some genuine concerns out of this," Lyon said.
"Pre-season can't come quick enough at the minute."
The third quarter became a feast for the Swans as the rain finally made way for sunshine, with Tom Mitchell booting three of their eight goals for the term.
FREMANTLE 1.0 3.2 4.3 7.5 (47)
SYDNEY SWANS 3.7 7.7 15.9 21.11 (137)
GOALS
Fremantle: Pavlich 2, Taberner, Mundy, Crozier, Yarran, Weller
Sydney Swans: Heeney 4, Mitchell 3, Kennedy 3, Towers 2, Rohan 2, Richards 2, Franklin 2, Hannebery, Parker, Naismith
BEST
Fremantle: Mundy, Neale, Langdon, Silvagni, Collins
Sydney Swans: Kennedy, Hannebery, Mitchell, Towers, Rampe, Aliir
INJURIES
Fremantle: Nil
Sydney Swans: Jake Lloyd (concussion)
Reports: Zac Dawson reported for rough conduct on Jake Lloyd in the final quarter.
Umpires: Dalgleish, Ryan, Wallace
Official crowd: 32,401 at Domain Stadium
