Fremantle have overrun Collingwood in dramatic fashion to seal a six-point win and claim their fourth victory on the spin.
In a dour contest frequently marred by teeming rain at Adelaide Oval, the Magpies led by four points at three-quarter time before Fremantle’s Jye Amiss and Matthew Johnson kicked two clutch unanswered goals to snatch victory.
Justin Longmuir’s Dockers move to 4-1 and second on the ladder, while Craig McRae’s Collingwood (2-3) were left to rue chances to put the game away early in the final quarter of the 7.3 (45) to 5.9 (39) defeat.
The Magpies’ effort was led by Nick Daicos (31 disposals), who returned from a corked calf and played brilliantly through discomfort despite coming under plenty of physical attention from Fremantle.
Collingwood’s defence was magnificent, with Billy Frampton keeping Josh Treacy goalless and Brayden Maynard doing the same to Patrick Voss.
Jordan De Goey copped a knee to the head from Fremantle’s Heath Chapman in a second-quarter marking contest, then later smacked the back of his head on the turf when he was pushed over by the defender.
He failed a head injury assessment and will miss next Thursday’s clash with Carlton.
Fremantle ruckman Luke Jackson (38 hitouts, 17 disposals), was excellent, espeically after halftime when he went one-out against Darcy Cameron and Oscar Steen, giving first use to Caleb Serong (24 disposals).
Fellow ruckman Sean Darcy failed a concussion test after he went head-first into Collingwood’s Ned Long in the second term and will miss next Sunday’s derby against West Coast.
Fremantle defenders Jordan Clark (28 disposals) and Luke Ryan (25 disposals) were excellent along with Alex Pearce (10 intercepts).
Collingwood dominated the first term but were wasteful going into attack, scoring just 1.2 from 18 inside-50s to keep the Dockers in the game.
Fremantle were pedestrian in the opening half, struggling to get their ball movement going, and trailed by eight at halftime.
The Dockers came out of the break with vastly improved intensity and Isaiah Dudley brought the crowd to life with the opening goal.
Two more majors to Amiss and Dudley handed Fremantle a nine-point lead in a flash.
Magpies debutant Angus Anderson steadied the ship with his first goal, before Jack Crisp put Collingwood back in front at three-quarter time.
Collingwood blew multiple chances and Amiss’s thumping second goal in the rain cut the margin to a point, before Johnson kicked a goal on the run to put Fremantle in front.
Treacy went behind the ball and took a huge contested mark under pressure to snuff out a late Collingwood attack and Fremantle held on for dear life.
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