Round 3 Preview - Richmond vs FremantleThe second match of Fremantle’s month-long road trip sees them face Richmond at Punt Road Oval, where they will start hot favourites to make it a 3-0 start to the season.
After a scrappy first quarter against the Giants, the Dockers unleashed in the second quarter, scoring 4.4 (28) to nothing to all but have the match won by halftime, with only inaccuracy preventing them from winning by a bigger margin.
Playing just her second game, Dana East was among Freo’s best, while Kiara Bowers backed up her best-on-ground effort in the previous week’s Western Derby with another serviceable display in the middle, and Gemma Houghton booted two majors.
Richmond, on the other hand, were brought back down to earth after losing to Melbourne by 16 points in a high-scoring affair at Punt Road.
Monique Conti, however, backed up her best-on-ground performance against the Saints with another 25 touches and kicked her first goal for the club, as she did her best to lift the Tigers back into the game after they’d trailed by 26 points at halftime.
While the Tigers may be playing at their spiritual home for a second consecutive week, the Dockers’ class should prove too strong.
Prediction: Fremantle by 14 points.
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