Foot race ... Matt de Boer leads Harley Bennell to the ball at Metricon Stadium. Source: DAVE HUNT / AAP
A dominant first-half display has ensured a comfortable 45-point win for Fremantle over Gold Coast on Saturday.
| 0.2 (2) | Q1 | 3.3 (21) |
| 2.5 (17) | Q2 | 6.5 (41) |
| 5.8 (38) | Q3 | 10.6 (66) |
| 7.12 (54) | Q4 | 15.9 (99) |
| Jaeger O'Meara 2 | Michael Walters 4 |
| Gary Ablett 1 | Jonathon Griffin 3 |
| Harley Bennell 1 | Hayden Crozier 2 |
| Jarrod Harbrow 1 | Jack Hannath 1 |
| Karmichael Hunt 1 | Chris Mayne 1 |
| Dion Prestia 1 | Clancee Pearce 1 |
| Alex Silvagni 1 | |
| Nick Suban 1 | |
| Cameron Sutcliffe 1 |
The Dockers restricted the home team to just two goals in the first half to set up the 15.9 (99) to 7.12 (54) victory, which lifts Fremantle to a 4-2 record.
Michael Walters booted four goals for the undermanned Dockers, including three in the third quarter, as they made light of the absences of stars Matthew Pavlich, Aaron Sandilands and Nathan Fyfe.
A disappointing Gold Coast, coming off the back of their biggest win as a club last weekend against Greater Western Sydney, at least fought hard in the second half but couldn't close the margin enough to worry the Dockers.
"Really pleasing performance from start to finish,'' Freo coach Ross Lyon said.
"Obviously some big challenges coming up here, the dilution of our midfield, but players really stood up.
"Strong leadership start to finish and we've banked four points.''
Suns coach Guy McKenna said his men had failed to keep their poise against the "boa constrictors of the AFL'' despite matching them in several key areas.
"Clearly our execution, going forward, wasn't good enough,'' McKenna said.
"They've got a couple of players who like to get under the opposition's skins and that's fine ... but five free-kicks for off-ball incidents when we had the footy, we're not at that level where we can absorb that right now.''
The hosts kicked three goals in the third quarter but every time they threatened to come back the Dockers hit back.
Young gun Jaeger O'Meara's second of the match early in the fourth quarter sparked some hope but a dreadful error from defender Tom Murphy ended that surge as Hayden Crozier strolled in.
From there the Dockers weren't headed, Chris Mayne booting a final goal after the siren to seal the win with ruckman Jonathon Griffin (3) and Crozier (2) the other multiple goal-kickers for the visitors.
Ryan Crowley played a big role in the first half by restricting Suns captain Gary Ablett to just 12 disposals for the term.
Ablett vented his frustrations by wrestling Crowley to the ground off the ball early in the second term, the subsequent free-kick sparking an attack which ended in the Dockers' fourth goal of the game.
Jarrod Harbrow was one Sun to emerge from the game with credit, racking up a game-high 32 disposals but several Suns, including Aaron Hall and debutant Jesse Lonergan, failed to fire.
Last weekend's six-goal hero against the Giants, tall Charlie Dixon, was also subbed off in the third term with an ankle injury to add to Gold Coast's woes.
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