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Friday night football takes us to Patersons Stadium for the traditional Len Hall Tribute Match as Fremantle clash with Richmond We’ll have live scores and commentary from 8:40pm AEST.
Both teams are coming off disappointing losses last week.
Fremantle couldn’t get out of the blocks early in Launceston against Hawthorn, while Richmond was hit by a barrage of goals in the third quarter against Collingwood.
The two teams had a great opening fortnight, but has found themselves on a slight slide due to a couple of errant quarters.
Fremantle has done a great job of late of making Patersons Stadium into a fortress.
Save the last 45 minutes of their loss to Essendon, the Dockers have a strong record with an average margin of 51 points from their last six wins.
Last week they were caught short in defence early with Luke McPharlin being a late withdrawal. He should be making a return this Friday night.
Despite the poor opening quarter, Fremantle did manage to stay with Hawthorn for the rest of the match, with midfielders David Mundy, Nat Fyfe and Michael Barlow once again leading the way.
The match brings up game 100 for Zac Dawson, who lords coach Ross Lyon for his revival, saying he “got me off the scrap heap at St Kilda”.
An interesting stat that weighs heavily for Fremantle is Lyon’s record against Richmond – he’s won eight, drawn once and never lost to the Tigers.
Richmond has had a good start to the season, without being outstanding.
The hype probably got a little too far last week, when you look at who they had beaten to date.
To get beaten by Collingwood was always inevitable, but at least they were able to stay competitive with the Pies most of the way.
What we do know is they are playing a better brand of football compared to last year and deserve to be respected now.
With the midfield talent like Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio and Dustin Martin, this team will be pressing for a finals spot.
But winning games on the road will be crucial if they are to make themselves more than just finals challengers.
Their interstate record is okay, without being ground breaking – winning seven matches out of 16 since 2010.
Steven Morris will miss for this game, along with Troy Chaplin – both have been a solid defenders this season.
But it will likely mean we see the debut of exciting young prospect Nick Vlaustin, picked up at number nine in last year’s AFL Draft.
A monster game for both teams tonight so expect a fair old dog fight. Coverage at Patersons Stadium in Perth coming up from 8.40pm AEST.
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