Blog log from R21 of 2024: Essendon vs Fremantle

Blog log for Essendon vs Fremantle, R21 of 2024

Jones receives and snaps off a step 40m out from goal, but his kick bounces through for a point (Q1 0:51)
A grubber kick inside 50 finds Young who shakes of a Durham tackle to snap across his body off his left and send through the opening goal! (Q1 6:16)
Jones sis tripped of the ball and Caddy gathers the crumb. He flicks it on to Langford who goes off his left boot and hits the instant reply! (Q1 6:36)
Gresham stays low at the contest and tries to poke through a cheeky goal but it’s easily stopped by Brennan Cox (Q1 7:44)
Durham drills the ball inside 50 to the pocket and Stringer leaps up to mark it. He efficiently snaps it through! (Q1 8:24)
Roberts tumbles a ball towards Jones inside 50 but Cox wraps him up in a big tackle and loses the ball, Stringer rushes past and collects, snapping through his second goal! (Q1 10:46)
Young walks it out the centre bounce, he’s able to stream inside 50 unopposed and he too kicks his second goal! (Q1 11:41)
Young gathers at half forward and scans the inside 50, he finds Sharp loping down off a wing and kicks to him, marking 45m out. Sharp drags his kick right for a point. (Q1 14:03)
Erasmus places a nice kick out in front of Treacy who marks 35m out on a slight angle. Like he’s done all year Treacy pops it through! (Q1 17:41)
Duursma chips the ball down into the pocket and Gresham floats in front of Langford to mark. Gresham coolly snaps it through! (Q1 18:42)
Caddy hoofs the ball down to the goalsquare after his mark was deemed to be touched, Draper can’t mark and the ball rolls over for a behind. (Q1 23:55)
Ryan delivers a penetrating kick inside 50 to Jackson out the back which he marks wearing the Laverde contact. Jackson pops through the goal from 30m out! (Q1 26:02)
Caddy spies Draper lumbering in on a lead and kicks to him, with Draper marking 40m out on a slight angle. Not known for his set shot kicking, Draper guides the ball home! (Q1 28:22)
Laverde encroaches on the mark up on the wing and concedes a 50m penalty. Amiss walks inside 50 and chips through the simple set shot to goal! (Q2 4:06)
Caldwell brushes off Serong at half forward and charges to 45 to take a shot on goal, but blasts his kick out right for a point. (Q2 5:07)
Switkowski spears a bullet pass inside 50 that is gobbled up by Treacy 30m out dead in front of goal. He slots his second goal and puts Freo in front! (Q2 6:17)
Chapman slides through traffic on the wing and puts a kick up inside 50 for Jackson but it’s Frederick who flies for it and marks 30m out from goal. Frederick puts it through! (Q2 10:57)
Draper spanks a ball inside 50 but it’s well guided by Cox over the line for a behind. (Q2 12:31)
Draper taps it down to Stringer at a forward throw-in but he fumbles the ball, luckily for him it goes right to Gresham who swoops and snaps and goals! (Q2 19:12)
Young marks at true CHF and quickly scans his options before finding Sturt out the back in the pocket. Sturt marks and casually goals! (Q2 28:15)
Young breaks free from his opponent and kicks direct to the chest of Jackson in the final seconds. The siren sounds as Jackson puts through a punishing goal for the Dockers! (Half Time)
Langford puts the ball up inside 50 for the pack to run and jump and it’s Draper who rises to take the grab. He gets a good boot on the ball but places it right for a point. (Q3 2:32)
Young kicks a high ball off a step that flies through for a point. (Q3 4:15)
Brayshaw finds Darcy in a mismatch down in the pocket and kicks to him. Darcy tries to slide the set shot home but he misses to the near side. (Q3 7:15)
Amiss leads out of the pocket and marks an Erasmus kick on the lead. Amiss spears the kick straight through the big sticks no problems whatsoever from 45m out! (Q3 10:29)
Erasmus runs too far in the middle of the ground and Essendon jump on the counter through Menzie who bombs it long down to Caddy who can’t mark but Stringer roves the crumb to goal (Q3 11:44)
Jackson is spun in a 360 tackle but manages to get a handball away which is pounced upon by Gresham who snaps quickly, and offline for a point. (Q3 16:14)
A long searching kick from Menzie finds Stringer one-out on Ryan. Stringer takes the mark, and kicks the goal for his fourth! (Q3 17:49)
Switkowski takes advantage of the chaos at half forward to stream inside 50 and get a shot away but he pulls it right for a point. (Q3 19:14)
O’Meara and Serong combine out of a stoppage at half forward with the latter finding Sturt on a lead. Sturt kicks straight as an arrow for his second goal! (Q3 20:29)
Cox and McKay make a meal of a 2 on 1 defensive contest in the pocket which allows Treacy to take a very easy mark out in front. Treacy slots his third with a high bomb! (Q3 22:44)
Sharp kicks a behind for Essendon as he miscues a backwards kick! (Q3 27:18)
Merrett gets his kick smothered by Frederick at half forward and Frederick is off on the counter! He finds Amiss who marks and converts the set shot to start the final term! (Q4 2:45)
Stringer leaps for a mark in the square but can’t bring it down, he gathers and breaks through a tackle to get the ball to Martin who snaps through a goal! (Q4 8:31)
Caddy has a chance to nab a goal but he makes a meal of it for a point. (Q4 11:01)
Caldwell pumps it inside 50 to Langford in a 2 on 1 but no one takes the mark. Langford recovers to snap for goal, but he misses. (Q4 13:51)
Redman finds the isolated 1 on 1 with Caddy and sends the ball down to him which he marks with his wingspan. Caddy kicks true and this game isn’t over just yet! (Q4 14:25)
A Langford contest inside 50 goes to ground and Gresham is onto it, he is stripped of the ball and it gets up to Martin who snaps across his body and goals! 5 points in it now! (Q4 16:31)
Shiel handballs out of the middle to Langford who puts it onto the chest of Gresham who marks 35m out. Gresham kicks from 40 and somehow, some way, Essendon are back in front! (Q4 17:40)
Jones leads up to mark on the flank and he sends it down to the pocket where Langford rises to mark! It’s a massive kick but Langford stays cool to goal! (Q4 19:22)
There’s a free kick in the middle of the ground but it’s for Essendon and Merrett takes advantage to find Jones on a lead! Jones misses the lot from 50m out though. (Q4 21:16)
Emmett collects following a forward stoppage and snaps, but hooks his kick left for a point. 6 point game (Q4 23:13)
A free kick for Sam Draper on the wing, Essendon chip it around a little bit to milk the clock and find the best way forward as the clock ticks down below 3 minutes. (Q4 25:44)
Ball up inside Essendon’s forward 50. 2 and a half minutes left. (Q4 26:27)
Sharp bombs it out on the full inside 50. Essendon ball in the D50. Just under 2 minutes left now. (Q4 27:29)
90 seconds and we have a ball up just outside 50 for Freo. (Q4 28:01)
Umpire picks out a free on Amiss against Laverde. Amiss kicks true from the pocket and scores are level with 40 seconds on the clock! (Q4 29:01)
Merrett streams out of the centre bounce, he flicks it on to Durham who powers inside 50 and blazes away a kick for goal. He kicks a point, is that enough for the win? (Final Siren)
Freo go out of defence, they need to rush it down the other end, they need to get something. Anything! Draper takes a mark on the wing. It’s a game winning mark. Essendon win! (Final Siren)