Round 5.

[K]

GWS v. Freo.

Freo are leading late in Q3... but GWS take back the lead through Cameron.
3/4 time. 73-69.

Freo kicked 4 consecutive goals around 1/4 time.

[Donny]

Giants 73-69.

Cameron and Matera have 3 goals each.

[K]

GWS dominating HO 40-21, but again it does not translate to clearance domination.

Freo lead M50 13-5.

[K]

GWS in big trouble. Need to dig themselves out.

Freo 5 of the first 6 clearances of Q4 to open a 13-pt lead about 10 mins in.

[Donny]

Dockers 88-75.

Matera has 4 goals.

[K]

Now a 4th consecutive goal to Freo for the 2nd time in the match.

What an upset this could be.

[K]

And a 5th! Now 100-75. I'm already scrambling to look at how this affects the ladder.

[K]

I think if results go the right way, there'll be 16 clubs at the end of the round on either 3-2 or 2-3.

[K]

FT Freo 106-82 GWS.

Freo are 2nd on the live ladder.
Geelong are likely to stay 1st at the end of the round even if they lose.
St. K could leapfrog teams into 2nd place or even 1st.

WC, Rich, Melb will all be outside the 8.

[thebaldfacts]

Wow, total domination by Freo in the last quarter over GWS, and Port dominated The Eagles last night.

If they were racehorses they would all be swabbed.

[K]

1/4 time. StK 25-21 Melb.

Melb lead I50s 16-6 & HO 13-4.

[K]

Melb lack scoring polish. Now 25-11 I50s.
They are not converting field dominance to the scoreboard.
This is a common theme of theirs this season.

[K]

And StK make them pay. Goals to Lonie and Membrey & now Melb are worse off than at 1/4 time.

Then Billings adds another.

StK could top the ladder this round.

[K]

HT StK 44-29 Melb.

Melb are heading off a cliff if they can't fix things in the 2nd half.

For StK, a win and the top of the ladder would take the heat off the DanHan recruitment saga.

[Pies4shaw]

Now 57 to 31. Melbourne are very slow. They are really struggling to break free on the outside and to rein in St Kilda when they get out.