Darcy dominance
Sean Darcy came up against the AFL’s all-time record holder for hitouts in Todd Goldstein and put in one of his career-best ruck efforts.
Darcy had 20 hitouts to advantage, the second most in his career and the equal-fifth most in Fremantle history.
No surprises for guessing who Darcy is up against in the all-time best Freo rucking performances!

Player

HOTA

Date

Opponent

Venue

A.Sandilands

26

6/5/18

Richmond

M.C.G.

A.Sandilands

23

5/6/15

Richmond

Subiaco

S.Darcy

23

3/7/21

Carlton

M.C.G.

A.Sandilands

22

16/8/15

West Coast

Subiaco

S.Darcy

20

6/5/22

NMFC

Optus Stadium

A.Sandilands

20

29/3/14

Gold Coast

Subiaco

A.Sandilands

20

19/4/14

Sydney

S.C.G.

A.Sandilands

20

2/4/16

Gold Coast

Subiaco

A.Sandilands

20

26/3/17

Geelong

Subiaco

A.Sandilands

20

12/5/18

St Kilda

Optus Stadium

Effective Brodie
Will Brodie again shone with 37 disposals running at 89 per cent efficiency.
Of his 37 disposals, 33 were effective, a number that ranks ninth in Freo history.

Player

Eff D

Date

Opponent

Venue

P.Bell

40

1/9/01

Adelaide

Subiaco

L.Neale

40

19/4/15

West Coast

Subiaco

L.Neale

38

4/6/16

Essendon

Subiaco

P.Bell

35

10/6/07

Richmond

Subiaco

P.Bell

35

31/3/02

West Coast

Subiaco

G.Broughton

34

9/8/09

Port Adelaide

Subiaco

P.Hasleby

34

5/4/03

Sydney

Subiaco

N.Fyfe

34

21/4/18

Bulldogs

Optus Stadium

W.Brodie

33

6/5/22

NMFC

Optus Stadium

P.Bell

33

16/7/06

Collingwood

M.C.G.

D.Mundy

33

31/7/16

Sydney

Subiaco

Shoota’s impact
There was a bit of commentary around Lachie Schultz’s ‘quiet’ game with a goal to go with his seven disposals, but the small forward still had a huge impact up front, forcing eight turnovers.
This is two off the Fremantle record and the equal seventh-highest by a Fremantle player in a game.

Player

TF

Date

Opponent

Venue

S.Switkowski

10

30/6/19

Carlton

Optus Stadium

A.Brayshaw

9

15/8/20

Carlton

Optus Stadium

C.Mayne

9

23/8/15

NMFC

Docklands

S.Hill

9

4/4/14

Hawthorn

M.C.G.

N.Suban

9

11/5/13

Collingwood

Subiaco

T.Mzungu

9

13/5/12

Port Adelaide

Subiaco

L.Schultz

8

6/5/22

NMFC

Optus Stadium

16 other occasions

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Four quarter efforts continue
This game was the 43rd time in Fremantle history that they have won every quarter in a game. Remarkably, Fremantle have not lost a quarter against North Melbourne since 2018, winning the past 16 quarters going back to round one, 2019.

Good defence = good percentage
Fremantle had its second-best game defensively in a full game in Club history, conceding just 24 points against North Melbourne.
The record lowest score conceded is 22 points against Brisbane in 2014, as well as the 19 points conceded against Sydney in shortened quarters in 2020.
The bonus of conceding a low amount of points is the boost it gives to percentage. While the 78-point win was the 14thbiggest in Club history, it was the second highest percentage boost, behind the 2014 win against Brisbane.

Opponent

Date

For

Against

Percentage

Brisbane

21-Jun-14

105

22

477

North Melbourne

6-May-22

102

24

425

GWS

11-Aug-13

157

44

357

GWS

22-Jul-12

132

37

357

Melbourne

18-Aug-13

133

38

350

Melbourne

26-May-13

130

40

325

Youth group in the votes
Seven players earned coaches votes as Freo swept the voting, and all were 24 years or under.

Player

Age

Votes

Andrew Brayshaw

22

10

Will Brodie

23

7

Heath Chapman

20

4

Sean Darcy

23

4

Caleb Serong

21

3

Bailey Banfield

24

1

Jordan Clark

21

1

According to twitter’s stat genius @sirswampthing, Bailey Banfield is the youngest player to be the oldest player when a team sweeps the votes.

Six-game streak
The boys are currently on a six-game run, the fourth-longest in Club history. The challenges keep coming this Sunday against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium, after the Suns just knocked off the highly-rated Swans in an impressive away win.

Winning run

Start

End

Year

9

Round 14

Round 22

2006

9

Round 1

Round 10

2015

8

Round 9

Round 17

2014

Freo have also had four five-game streaks in 2003, 2005, 2012 and 2013.

Uncharted territory
This is the only time Fremantle have had a 7-1 record after eight rounds.

YEAR

WINS AFTER R8

RESULT

2015

8

1st / Prelim

2022

7

?

2010

6

6th / SF

1997

5

12th

2003

5

5th / EF

2004

5

9th

2006

5

3rd / Prelim

2011

5

11th

2012

5

7th / SF

2017

5

14th

Quick singles
Heath Chapman’s 12 intercept possessions was four off Freo’s record of 16 from Garrick Ibbotson and Luke Ryan (twice).
Chapman’s 25 disposals was a career high.
Andrew Brayshaw’s 10 clearances was a career-high.
Caleb Serong’s nine tackles was equal to his career-high.
Brayshaw’s 599 metres gained was the third-highest of his career, the others being his 713 in round one against Adelaide and 628 in round two against St Kilda.
Bailey Banfield and Michael Walters led Freo with eight score involvements each.

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