Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir is nervously sweating on the physical fitness of Alex Pearce after the skipper re-injured his left arm throughout Sunday’s squashing 50-point win over Melbourne in Perth. Melbourne published a record-low 3 clearances in the very first half as the Dockers powered to the 17.14 (116) to 10.6 (66) victory in front of 42,215 fans at Optus Stadium. The outcome raised Fremantle (11-6-1) into 4th area with 5 rounds staying, while 10th-placed Melbourne (10-8) deal with a significant battle to make the finals. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today But the win came at a huge expense for the Dockers, with Pearce subbed off in the 3rd term after copping a knock to his surgically-repaired left arm. It was his very first match back considering that fracturing his left lower arm versus Gold Coast 4 weeks earlier. Pearce, who used an arm cast throughout the video game as included security, will now go through scans to identify if he has actually suffered any fresh damage. “Yeah (I’m) worried,” Longmuir stated. “We’ll see what the scan states. He ached when he came off. It’s not as aching now by all reports. “We’ll get a scan and get the info to you. “He’s most likely a bit anxious. He’s a bit disappointed. “He would have liked to have actually survived the video game. Being the captain of the club and remained in such great kind all year, he wishes to be out there taking on his siblings. Fingers crossed he’ll be out there next week.” Fremantle’s Luke Jackson likewise stopped working to complete the video game, however Longmuir stated it was just a corked calf and absolutely nothing to be fretted about. Michael Walters and Jye Amiss kicked 4 objectives each for the Dockers, while Josh Treacy was big with 3 objectives, 12 marks and 464m got. Andrew Brayshaw (41 disposals, 4 clearances, Caleb Serong (36 disposals, 6 clearances, one objective) and Hayden Young (28 disposals, 8 clearances) were dominant in the midfield. Sean Darcy (34 hitouts, 8 clearances) feasted in the ruck as Fremantle won the general clearance fight 47-15 and the hitouts 47-9. Melbourne’s choice not to pick an acknowledged ruckman in the lack of Max Gawn (ankle) backfired on them terribly from the beginning as Darcy monstered Harrison Petty and Jacob van Rooyen. Fremantle won the clearance fight an astonishing 14-0 in the very first term, consisting of 4-0 in the centre clearances. The Dockers likewise won the within 50m fight 21-6, hitouts 10-1, and marks inside 50m 7-1, with the supremacy no doubt restoring memories of Melbourne’s 92-point loss to Fremantle in Alice Springs 7 weeks back. Fremantle’s 23-2 lead at quarter time would have been much more harmful if not for the desperate protecting of Steven May and the Dockers’ error. The clearance count checked out 15-0 early in the 2nd term before Melbourne lastly won among their own – resulting in a soccered objective from Caleb Windsor. Fremantle rapidly reasserted their supremacy, and the scoreline was 43-8 and the clearances 20-1 when Walters kicked really midway through the quarter. The Dockers led the clearance count 24-3 at half-time. It marked the very first time a group had actually taped less than 5 clearances in an opening half because Champion Data began tape-recording the stat in 1999. “We weren’t able to neutralise the location,” Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin stated of the clearance mauling. “We certainly established around the ball in such a way that would offer us an opportunity however we weren’t able to perform what we wished to. “We have not got a ruckman that will win the hit outs when Max does not play. And plainly today, Fremantle boggled the mind around the ball.”
Fremantle captain Alex Pearce’s cast gamble backfires in return from damaged arm
