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Freo thrashed Melbourne twice last year and if the players have any pride in their standing in the game, they will do everything in their power to turn those results around. This is how they went in Round 19 last year in the absence of Max Gawn who was nursing an ankle injury and Christian Petracca who was out long term with his injured spleen.

MELBOURNE 0.2.2 3.3.21 6.5.41 10.6.66

FREMANTLE 3.5.23 7.9.51 11.11.77 17.14.116

GOALS

MELBOURNE Chandler van Rooyen 2 Billings Langdon Melksham Petty Turner Windsor

FREMANTLE Amiss Walters 4 Sturt Treacy 3 Clark Jackson Serong

BEST

MELBOURNE van Rooyen May McVee Rivers Billings Petty

FREMANTLE Brayshaw Treacy Serong Darcy Young Walters Clark

THE TEAMS

MELBOURNE

B T. McDonald, S. May, J. McVee


HB C. Salem, J. Lever, A. Moniz-Wakefield


C E. Langdon, C. Oliver, T. Sparrow


HF K. Pickett, J van Rooyen, K. Chandler


F A. Neal-Bullen, B. Fritsch, J. Melksham


FOLL H. Petty, J. Viney, T. Rivers


I/C J. Billings, J. Bowey, K. Tholstrup, D. Turner, C. Windsor


EMG T. Fullarton, B. Laurie, A. Tomlinson

IN J. Billings

OUT T. Woewodin (managed)

FREMANTLE

B H. Chapman, A. Pearce, B. Cox


HB C. Wagner, L. Ryan, J. Clarke


C J. Sharp, N. Fyfe, H. Young


HF B. Banfield, S. Switkowski, M. Frederick


F J. Treacy, J. Amiss, L. Jackson


FOLL S. Darcy, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw


I/C J. Aish, J. O'Meara, S. Sturt, M. Walters SUB B. Walker

EMG W. Brodie, P. Voss, K. Worner

IN S. Darcy, A. Pearce, B. Walker

OUT J. Draper (omitted), M. Johnson (injured), P. Voss (omitted)

 

The entire football world believes that most of our players aren’t even trying to win these days. This is the perfect opportunity for them to have a red hot go and put in the effort and surprise them.

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