An opening burst from the Western Bulldogs set up a 65-point win over Fremantle at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
The slick Dogs made the Freo Dockers look like they were running in wet sand as they set up the 15.13 (103) to 5.8 (38) win with a stunning opening term.
The Bulldogs had winners across the ground.
Jason Johannisen and Shane Biggs led the way with 35 disposals, Jake Stringer booted five goals and Easton Wood was composed in defence along with Rob Murphy.
Where the Dogs dazzled, Freo looked out of sorts with Matthew Pavlich and Hayden Ballantyne both missing simple set shots in the first quarter as Fremantle went inside the forward 50 just six times.
To make matters worse, Pavlich faces a nervous wait to see how the Match Review Panel assesses a front-on bump on Wood in the second quarter.
Pavlich on report
The margin was 50 points at half-time and Ross Lyon might find some solace in the way his side fought back into the contest.
Lyon gave full credit to the Bulldogs but was unimpressed with his team's mindset leading into the contest.
"They were up for a street fight and we were up for a nice Sunday stroll," Lyon said.
"We got what we deserved."
With Aaron Sandilands missing through suspension and Pavlich, Fyfe and David Mundy not having their usual influence, Freo outscored the Dogs in the third term to trail by 40 points at three-quarter time.
Pavlich pulled the margin back to 34 points with his only goal of the day early in the final term but the Dogs made one final push, kicking the last five goals of the contest to celebrate an impressive win in front of 27,832 fans.
Ross Lyon post-match Q & A
WESTERN BULLDOGS 7.1 9.7 10.11 15.13 (103)
FREMANTLE 0.2 1.5 4.7 5.8 (38)
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Stringer 5, Bontempelli, Liberatore, McLean, Johannisen, Dunkley, Roughead, Suckling, T Boyd, Macrae, Daniel
Fremantle: Walters, Suban, Taberner, Weller, Pavlich
BEST
Western Bulldogs: Johannisen, Biggs, Stringer, Murphy, Macrae, Suckling, Liberatore
Fremantle: Neale, Dawson, Sheridan, C Pearce, Mundy
INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: TBC
Fremantle: TBC
Reports: Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) reported for rough conduct on Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs).
Umpires: O'Gorman, Meredith, Ryan
Official crowd: 27,832 at Etihad Stadium
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