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Fremantle Dockers vs Western Bulldogs highlights: Dockers do it for Pav

Roar Guru
28th August, 2016
First Bounce: 4:40pm (AEST)
TV: 4:30pm (AEST), Live on Fox Footy
Venue: Domain Stadium
Last time they met: Dockers 38 def. by Bulldogs 103, Round 1 2016
Last Five Meetings: Dockers 4-1 Bulldogs
Betting: Dockers $3.40, Bulldogs $1.42
Matt Pavlich could finish his storied career with the wooden spoon. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)
Roar Guru
28th August, 2016
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Match result:

The Fremantle Dockers have capped off Matthew Pavlich’s career with a 20-point win over the Western Bulldogs in the final match of the home-and-away season.

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Final score
Fremantle Dockers 10.9.69
Western Bulldogs 6.13.49

Match preview:

The Fremantle Dockers will be looking for an upset win when they host the Western Bulldogs at Domain Stadium on Sunday Afternoon. To follow all of the action be sure to join us on The Roar from 4:40pm (AEST).

Coming off a minor premiership in 2015, the Fremantle Dockers have had a season to forget in 2016 and they sit in 16th on the ladder heading into Round 23.

A season that promised so much for the Dockers has delivered so little as Ross Lyon’s men have struggled to find their feet in 2016 as a result of injuries and poor form.

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The loss of the reigning Brownlow Medallist would hurt any team and it has been no different for Fremantle after they lost Nat Fyfe to a broken leg earlier in the season.

Admitting they need to rebuild, the Dockers have given plenty of their young players a chance so expect them to be looking to impress this week against one of the top teams.

If anything, the Western Bulldogs have shown in 2016 that they have great depth and a never say die attitude.

Having been smashed by injuries this season it would have been easy to forgive the Bulldogs if they slipped out of the top eight but they have shown their class by qualifying for finals.

Sitting in seventh spot with just one game left, the Bulldogs are only a game behind the top four and they will know that if they can win this game and their opponents slip up, then they will at least be hosting a final.

They will be hoping to welcome back at least some players from their lengthy injury list this week as they look to build some good form heading into the finals.

While Fremantle will go in as underdogs, expect the occasion of Matthew Pavlich’s last game to give the Dockers plenty of motivation as they look to send their former captain out a winner.

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An important area the Bulldogs need to get right heading into the finals is the structure of their forward line with the likes of Tom Boyd, Tory Dickson and Jake Stringer if he comes back into the side.

This game will also be one last audition for a number of Fremantle players as the club will be looking to be proactive over the off season to rebuild for 2017 and beyond.

Prediction
The Bulldogs should win this game, the only question is by how much.

Bulldogs by 40 points.

Can Fremantle cause a huge upset or will the Bulldogs keep building momentum towards the finals? Join us on The Roar from 4:40pm (AEST) to find out.

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