Blog log from P1 of 2026: Fremantle vs Adelaide

Jackson snaps from a throw-in 40m out, the ball swirls in the wind and lands just the right side of the goal line before Butts can reach it! (Q1 0:47)
Toby Murray draws an arm chop free on McDonald 45m out on a slight angle but misses near side left. (Q1 2:20)
Walker beats Chapman with strength to mark a Long Laird speculator at the hotspot, but he also misses to the left. (Q1 5:50)
Pedlar misses the impossible snap from next to the behind post after a feed out by Taylor Walker. (Q1 6:46)
Edwards misses a snap near the hotspot after a stoppage. (Q1 8:03)
Fogarty scrubs a kick from HFF to pocket for Taylor Walker whose inside handball to Pedlar is to a much easier position, goal Crows. (Q1 10:15)
Wagner marks a Reid kick inside 50 to 45m on a slight angle. Tough kick into the teeth of the big breeze, so he passes to the hotspot for Treacy, who converts. (Q1 16:05)
Marsh uses the breeze to kick long from well inside the centre square, so long that it flies through for a goal from fully 65m! (Q1 19:33)
Dawson marks the next kick from the centre by Toby Murray 40m out on a slight angle and swerves in another one on the wind. (Q1 20:30)
Serong passes low and hard from the centre to the lead of Treacy who draws a contact free on Butts 30m out, his kick floats through for goal number two. (Q1 22:29)
Pedlar busts out of a stoppage on members wing to start an attack that ends with Fogarty over McDonald 15m out in the pocket, he goals. (Q1 26:12)
Jackson leads to the pocket for a mark 25m out and kicks into the breeze… shanks it OOTF. (Q1 29:33)
After Bond smothers Bolton at half back, Fogarty takes a link mark on outer wing then passes to the boundary for Toby Murray who misses from 25m. (Q2 2:28)
Clark’s kick in clears the centre circle on the wind, Young marks, turns and passes to Amiss 40m out in front who steers through the goal. (Q2 3:17)
Young roves Cox’s tap on the boundary 20m out and tries a dribbler but it rolls across the face for a behind. (Q2 5:35)
Freo applies frontal pressure and it’s Treacy who wins the HTB free on Laird next to the behind post. He shoots for his third goal… curls it in like shelling peas. (Q2 7:39)
Dowling fumbles after the next jump, Bolton kicks high from 55m and the wind blows it to the right for a point. (Q2 8:50)
Adelaide rebound through the centre by foot with Neal-Bullen passing to Taylor Walker 40m out on the flank, the wind skews his drop punt to the right. (Q2 13:05)
Three Crows converge on the fall of a Brayshaw kick from members wing to 40m on a slight angle but Amiss takes the strong contested grab… then misses narrow to the left. (Q2 14:37)
Amiss goes backwards from the behind line to Frederick 25m out on the flank, who hits the left post. (Q2 18:28)
Jackson just misses to the right from ruck near the hotspot. (Q2 19:55)
Dawson bounces through a behind on the run from the HFF. (Q2 21:51)
The Dockers rebound around outer wing to give Tobyn Murray a chance to mark in the square for a goal. (Q2 22:30)
Keays catches a spinning Clarke HTB 20m out in front, but the wind fools him into missing as well. (Q2 26:16)
Reid feeds Brandon Walker who lets fly from the point of the centre square, wind carries it over the line but it’s only the behind line as the HT siren blows. (Half Time)
Jackson takes a pack mark from a high centring ball by Bolton to 40m, but his set shot drifts to the right into the breeze. (Q3 2:57)
Neal-Bullen tackles Jackson as he snaps from 30m, the ball skews off the boot but Voss is Johnny on the spot to mark and goal next to the behind line. (Q3 4:00)
Banfield has a play on a long ball half forward by Rachele but it comes off his fingertips to allow Keays to rove and run into the open goal. (Q3 9:56)
Dowling roves and rolls a snap to the right from a stoppage 35m out. (Q3 11:40)
Young marks in the pocket 30m out but his kick is blown away from goal, no score. (Q3 13:11)
Rachele is penalised for timewasting after Brayshaw intercepts on outer wing, mark brought to 25m on a slight angle, AB sprays it left. (Q3 18:12)
Adelaide rebounds quickly on the back of the breeze with Pedlar marking Taylor Walker’s pass to 15m for the goal. (Q3 19:12)
Jackson hits the left post with another long-range set shot. (Q3 22:28)
Marsh leaps in front of Clark to clunk a Sholl ball up the flank to 25m, but he shanks wide left and OOTF. (Q3 24:27)
Keays passes very short to Pedlar on the boundary 20m after two Docker defenders spoil each other, Pedlar curls in the goal to level the scores. (Q3 25:23)
Brandon Walker is aghast at giving away a holding free on Rachele 45m out on the flank, his mood not improved when the Rash kicks it over his head for the goal. (Q3 27:42)
Erasmus is Johnny on the spot for an ill-advised soccer from a stoppage deep in defence by Worrell, but his set shot doesn’t have the legs from 40m, eventually rushed. (Q3 29:55)
Pedlar roves Tobyn Murray’s contest near the hotspot and feeds outside to Cook who screws in a quality snap from 25m on the flank. (Q4 1:04)
Tobyn Murray holds onto the next mark inside 50, then goes further to Rachele 40m out in front whose kick fades the left. (Q4 4:26)
Frederick marks a nice long Wagner pass and runs ahead of Sholl to 45m on a slight angle and rides the breeze for a nice finish. (Q4 6:11)
Fogarty taps a loose ball at CHF to Neal-Murray who weaves clear to shoot from 40m but misses to the right. (Q4 7:02)
Fogarty takes a link mark and bombs to the top of the square for Taylor Walker to beat McDonald for the mark… but he shanks to the left from 15m. (Q4 8:26)
Treacy clunks a low, hard pass to 45m on a slight angle by Tobyn Murray from members wing. His set shot is a boomer for goal number four. (Q4 10:02)
Marsh draws a holding free on Chapman 40m out in front but just misses to the right. (Q4 11:55)
Banfield receives from Treacy and misses a flying snap from 45m on a slight angle. (Q4 13:42)
Cox taps down the throat of Bolton at a throw-in to 30m, Bolton is somehow able to skid through an easy snap without an opponent. (Q4 16:01)
Clark marks 45m out on a slight angle, his set shot is a bit of a sack but the wind carries it through. (Q4 18:12)
Treacy marks on the lead 45m out on the flank on the end of a switch play, he boots his fifth goal to cement the win. (Q4 24:57)
Young marks a Frederick pass from outer wing to 40m on a slight angle but he misses. (Q4 26:12)