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Mark Harvey singles out Pavlich and Palmer for praise
Tim Clarke | April 05, 2008 07:00pm

KID COURAGE: Fremantle second-gamer Rhys Palmer played a crucial part in his side's Western Derby victory - with a head wound that required 20 staples to stop the bleeding. Picture: Jody D'Arcy
FREMANTLE coach Mark Harvey has hailed the courage of his young guns and the class of his captain after a satisfying Derby defeat of arch-rival West Coast. With Matthew Pavlich's five goals winning him the Ross Glendinning medal for best on ground, rising star Rhys Palmer was almost as impressive - with 24 possession and constant drive from the midfield carrying the Dockers over the line 12.15 (87) to 10.13 (73).

Fremantle enjoy first win of season
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Harvey revealed after the match that Palmer had needed 20 staples to a head wound suffered in the first quarter, but returned to dominate in just his second AFL game.

With mid-level players such as Roger Hayden and Antoni Grover also excelling, Fremantle's 1-2 record was looking a lot better than the Eagles' as the dust settled.

"We remained composed ... I thought the group really did everyone proud in the way they went about the game and continued to fight off West Coast challenges,'' Harvey said.

"The Derby always has a finals-type buildup and puts enormous external pressure on everyone.

"So to see some of our younger players and mid-range players have big influences on the outcome of the game was very satisfying.''

Though controversially left out of the season opener against Collingwood, Palmer has shone since - and did so against the Eagles despite an early knee from Brent Staker.

"Rhys had 20 staples in his head from that knock, and (Ryan) Murphy ripped the webbing in his hand and had 15 stitches,'' Harvey said.

"They are the great courage and attitudes you look for in players, and not once did they waver in that, or show any sign of that.''

In the 27th home-and-away meeting between the two teams, there had seemed little doubt that the Dockers would get up, breaking out to a near five-goal lead before half time after three second-quarter goals from Pavlich.

Eagles coach John Worsfold said poor decision-making and skill errors had cost his side for a second week running.

"In a 15 minute-period in that second quarter, I think they kicked five goals and that was the game well and truly,'' Worsfold said.

"We turned the ball over and they got easy rebound goals on us, at least three of those five were just from our errors.

"And I don't think it is new players making mistakes, it is players that have been around for along time making more errors - and that is what we will address.''

As for Harvey, the Tigers at Subiaco are his next and only concern.

"The competition is so tough and we have got a long way to go. You look no further than Richmond because you have got to be able to put regular wins on the board,'' Harvey said.
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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/1,9191,23491641-19765,00.html

FREMANTLE star forward Matthew Pavlich led from the front to revive his club's season with a stirring 14-point victory over West Coast at a soggy Subiaco Oval yesterday.

Pavlich, who won the Ross Glendinning Medal for best on ground, was a constant scoring avenue with five goals as Fremantle won its fourth derby from the past five encounters.

While the Dockers captain stood out in an often scrappy affair, Fremantle also drew inspiration from rover Rhys Palmer.

Palmer had 20 staples in a head wound suffered in the first quarter but returned to amass 24 possessions in only his second game.

Pavlich blew the contest open with three unanswered goals in the second quarter and then sealed the match with his fifth goal in the last quarter after grabbing a spectacular mark over Adam Hunter.

Fremantle was better served by a tireless midfield and had tireless contributors in Josh Carr, Ryan Crowley, David Mundy and veteran Peter Bell.

The return to form of on-baller Byron Schammer generated cleaner ball control in midfield to consistently feed Pavlich and the dangerous Jeff Farmer.

The Eagles fought their way back in the second half and looked set to overtake Fremantle after promising big forward Ben McKinley kicked two goals late in the third term.

But West Coast's momentum was upset when Daniel Kerr was forced from the ground with heavy cramp early in the final quarter.

The Eagles kept coming, however, and a clever snap from Beau Waters reduced the margin to a goal.

Crucial misses from Quinten Lynch, Brent Staker and Shannon Hurn wasted chances for West Coast to steal a lead early into the final term.

Following a torrential downpour in Perth all morning, the grudge match looked likely to be replaced with a sludge match - until the sun broke through 40 minutes before the start.

However, the dark clouds remained over the Dockers camp with the news key defender and handy forward Luke McPharlin had been ruled out with a bruised hip.

Dockers coach Mark Harvey patched his defensive division with Antoni Grover replacing McPharlin at full-back on Lynch and Michael Johnson taking resting ruckman Mark Seaby.

Roger Hayden was another dominant force down back before he hyper-extended his right knee trying to spoil David Wirrpanda in a marking contest in the third term.

Dean Cox sent a scare through the Eagles camp when he stumbled and appeared to injure his right ankle in a collision with teammate Wirrpanda.

Hunter was the Eagles' best and was called on late in the second term to try to curb the looming match-winning dominance of Pavlich.

Fremantle earlier survived some jitters and turnovers as West Coast slammed on two goals in the opening three minutes.

Des Headland then steadied when he stormed courageously into a contested mark with Waters and then goal from 45m.

Eagles veteran Chad Fletcher, a proven derby performer, started on the bench and came on when some of the early heat had faded.
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http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rf...utshines-eagles/2008/04/05/1207249552476.html

Pavlich polish outshines Eagles
Mark Duffield, Perth | April 6, 2008

WHEN his team needed him most, Fremantle superstar Matthew Pavlich stood tall.

And on a day when dogged was the norm and class was the exception, it was Pavlich's five-goal haul which brought Fremantle its first win of the season, Mark Harvey his second derby win in as many attempts, Pavlich his first Ross Glendinning medal — but more importantly, four precious premiership points that will keep Fremantle in touch with the top eight.

The Dockers had to overcome the loss of three players pre-match to get the win, including accomplished pinch-hitter Luke McPharlin.

They had to withstand a West Coast second-half rally. The Eagles may lack the class of recent seasons but they still have persistence.

And fittingly, it was teenager Rhys Palmer who ignited the Dockers — his 17-possession first half with Pavlich's three second-quarter goals the reason Fremantle took a lead to the main break.

The Eagles got good service from late replacement Ben McKinley, who kicked three, and they got their usual excellent efforts from ruckman Dean Cox and midfielder Daniel Kerr, but there is simply a lot less class in the Eagles' line-up than there used to be, and for the second week in a row, that added up to many possessions for insufficient result.

It had rained steadily in Perth for 12 hours, but the skies cleared an hour before the game and it started in brilliant sunshine.

But Fremantle would have felt like the storm clouds were still gathering overhead as it had to leave out key position pinch-hitter Luke McPharlin with a hip injury and forward Chris Tarrant (bruised back).

With Heath Black replacing Garrick Ibbotson (infected knee), Fremantle played all three emergencies, with lanky Robert Warnock and Ryan Murphy also coming in.

West Coast were not without late changes either, replacing tall Josh Kennedy with in-form mid-sized forward Ben McKinley.

But without McKinley, who was playing just his second game, they could have been all but out of the match by half-time.

McKinley, who kicked seven goals for East Perth in the WAFL last weekend, kicked the last two goals of the first half to drag a 26-point deficit back to 14 points and give the Eagles hope.

West Coast had also kicked the first two goals of the game, but their game plan disappeared down a black hole for more than a quarter during which time Fremantle steadied, and then unleashed Pavlich early in the second quarter.

Pavlich kicked the first three goals of the second quarter and handballed the fourth to his captaincy predecessor Peter Bell.

The worry for the Eagles at half-time was that their good players couldn't do much better.

Dean Cox had had 14 touches, defying a first quarter injury scare to engage in a monstrous ruck tussle with Aaron Sandilands.

Daniel Kerr had had 19, but as the Dockers gradually worked their way on top he was getting them further and further down the ground.

But the Eagles were alive, and after a dogged third term in which the teams traded goals and turnovers, they had edged a bit closer.

Pavlich kicked his fourth, but McKinley kicked his third and the Eagles got a bonus goal after Black had foolishly thrown West Coast rookie Brad Ebert to the ground after the young Eagle had sprayed a shot at goal.

There was not much blistering pace on display, but there was a lot of dogged football and the Eagles nudged to within 10 points at the last change to give themselves a sniff of a comeback win.

They got within five points in the final quarter but simply didn't have the midfield run to go on with it.

Best-on-ground Pavlich kicked his fifth goal to restore a handy buffer, and when Sandilands got away with a push in the back to take clean possession and kick Fremantle's 12th, the Dockers were home.

FREMANTLE 3.2 8.5 10.8 12.15 (87)
WEST COAST 3.5 5.9 8.10 10.13 (73) Pavlich 5, Farmer 2, Sandilands, Mundy, Headland, Crowley, Bell. West Coast: McKinley 3, Lynch 2, Hurn, Waters, Wirrpanda, Ebert, Priddis.

GOALS Fremantle:

BEST Fremantle: Pavlich, Palmer, Hayden, Johnson, Schammer, Mundy. West Coast: Priddis, Kerr, Cox, McKinley, Staker, Wirrpanda.

INJURIES Fremantle: Tarrant (back) replaced in selected side by Murphy, Ibbotson (infected leg) replaced in selected side by Black, McPharlin (hip) replaced in selected side by Warnock.

West Coast: Cox (foot), Glass (knee).

REPORTS Nil.

UMPIRES McLaren, Schmitt, Jeffery.

CROWD 39,000 at Subiaco Oval.

THE UPSHOT WEST COAST is 1-2 and faces Sydney at Homebush next week. It is crunch time.

HOT AND NOT MATTHEW Pavlich was a towering influence in attack and Rhys Palmer was the match that lit the Dockers' midfield. The Eagles' midfield can possess the ball but can't hurt opponents. It misses Chris Judd and Ben Cousins and has come right back to the field.

TALKING POINT THE West Coast dominance of derbies has disappeared into the ether. It may lead the overall tally 18-9 but the tally is 9-9 since Fremantle won its first in 1999 and the Dockers have now won four of the past five.
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"when Sandilands got away with a push in the back to take clean possession and kick Fremantle's 12th, the Dockers were home."

Gee, I wonder who this journo was going for :rolleyes:
 
Lach72 said:
It was in the side, Duff-man's uncle, you numbnuts!!
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I should have looked, I am hungover. A couple of Eagles supporters had a whinge at the game at that incident. Nothing in it

Anywayz cheers for the links.
 
gravy said:
The umpire was right there anyway.
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Not having a go at you personally Gravy, but I'm sure we'd all agree that just because an umpire did or didn't call something doesn't make it right.:)

Of course I think he got it right this time.
 

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You reckon that is trolling, check out the AFL section of the West website today. Looks like they are still trying to get CC sacked...among other things. Good for a laugh anyway, just like the newspaper itself.

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