The third game on Saturday for AFL Round 15 is between Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles. The opening bounce is set to commence at 2:40 PM with the game to be played at Patersons Stadium. The favourite for the match is home team Fremantle Dockers. View our preview and teams for the game between Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles.
Round:Round 15 , June 28, 2014 , 2:40 PM
Stadium:Patersons Stadium
Weather:18° Partly cloudy.
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Preview: BOTH sides enter the 40th Western Derby in winning form. The Dockers have won five straight and are motoring towards another significant September campaign. The Eagles have won their last two after losing seven of their previous eight. Fremantle has had the wood on West Coast recently. The Dockers have won the last four clashes between the two sides by an average of 35 points, and 11 of the past 14 derbies overall. Although West Coast sits 10th on the ladder the Eagles do possess some potency up forward. The Eagles are the sixth best attacking team in the competition, two places higher than Fremantle, but the Dockers have easily the best defence in the AFL and kept the Lions to just three goals last Saturday.
LAST FIVE TIMES
R7, 2014, Fremantle 11.7 (73) d West Coast 7.12 (54) at Patersons Stadium
R16, 2013, Fremantle 19.7 (121) d West Coast 14.9 (93) at Patersons Stadium
R1, 2013, Fremantle 16.12 (108) d West Coast 11.14 (80) at Patersons Stadium
R19, 2012, Fremantle 17.11 (113) d West Coast 6.12 (48) at Patersons Stadium
R9, 2012, West Coast 11.18 (84) d Fremantle 5.6 (36) at Patersons Stadium
THE SIX POINTS
1. Lachie Neale won the Ross Glendinning Medal in Fremantle’s round seven win over West Coast with 32 possessions and a goal. Zac Clarke kicked three goals for the Dockers while Matt Priddis finished with 24 touches for the Eagles.
2. These two sides feature some of the best tap ruckmen in the game. The Dockers are ranked first in the AFL for hit-outs, averaging 54.1 per game. The Eagles are third with 46.8 per game.
3. No team has taken more contested marks in 2014 than the Dockers, with a total of 154. The Eagles are ranked fourth in the AFL with 145.
4. Matthew Pavlich holds the record for the most Western Derby appearances. The Dockers skipper has played in 29 derbies and has kicked the most goals with 53. Dean Cox has the most appearances for West Coast with 26. Mark LeCras has kicked 27 goals against Fremantle.
5. So far in 2014 the Eagles have defeated just one top-eight side, Gold Coast in round 13. Their other wins have come against sides in the bottom six on the ladder.
6. Aaron Sandilands has had a fantastic year and his influence on Fremantle’s matches has been profound as the leading ruckman in hit-outs and hit-outs to advantage in the AFL. But he is the eighth-ranked ruckman on the Official AFL Player Ratings, ranked 126th overall, 100 places behind the number one ruckman Nic Naitanui (26th overall)
Teams:
FREMANTLE
B Lee Spurr, Zac Dawson, Paul Duffield
HB Tendai Mzungu, Garrick Ibbotson, Stephen Hill
C David Mundy, Ryan Crowley, Danyle Pearce
HF Lachie Neale, Chris Mayne, Colin Sylvia
F Hayden Ballantyne, Matthew Pavlich, Zac Clarke
FOLL Aaron Sandilands, Nat Fyfe, Nick Suban
I/C Michael Barlow, Clancee Pearce, Matt Taberner,Cameron Sutcliffe
EMG Tommy Sheridan, Kepler Bradley, Anthony Morabito
IN Matt Taberner
OUT Alex Silvagni (Ribs)
WEST COAST
B Will Schofield, Eric Mackenzie, Sam Butler
HB Brad Sheppard, Mitchell Brown, Shannon Hurn
C Matt Rosa, Matt Priddis, Chris Masten
HF Sharrod Wellingham, Josh Kennedy, Jack Darling
F Dean Cox, Jeremy McGovern, Mark LeCras
FOLL Nic Naitanui, Luke Shuey, Mark Hutchings
I/C Xavier Ellis, Jamie Bennell, Patrick McGinnity, Andrew Gaff
EMG Jacob Brennan, Jamie Cripps, Scott Lycett
IN Dean Cox, Patrick McGinnity
OUT Jamie Cripps (Omitted), Scott Lycett (Omitted)
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