Dockers thrash a disappointing Power

Fremantle snapped a disappointing two-game losing streak with a comfortable 52-point demolition of Port Adelaide at Football Park on Saturday afternoon to entrench itself in the top eight.

After defeats to Richmond and rivals West Coast in consecutive games, the Dockers had the game all but won halfway through the second quarter as they stretched out to a 59-point lead.

Port was able to bring the margin back to 35 points after the long break but a continued lack of effort saw the visitors cruise to a 21.16 (142) to 14.6 (90) victory.

Former Port player Nick Lower had an outstanding first half and finished with 28 touches while the ever improving Nathan Fyfe recorded 30 disposals and two goals in a top performance along with the likes of Chris Mayne, Ryan Crowley and Matthew Pavlich.

Kepler Bradley kicked three up front for Fremantle while ruckman Aaron Sandilands sat out most of the last quarter after injuring his ankle, but not before racking up 33 touches and a goal.

Goalsneak Robbie Gray kicked three goals for the Power who, on their way to their eighth loss in nine matches, hit rock bottom during a listless first half.

The Dockers met scant resistance when launching a seven goal to two opening quarter, which sapped the spirit of the lowly Power.

Half-forward Mayne kicked two and set up another while captain Pavlich shook his Matthew Thomas tag to also boot two.

The goal spree continued after the first break as Fremantle basked in a match-defining nine goal to nothing period.

Sandilands ruled supreme, feeding a midfield who in turn supplied a hungry forward line headed by the hard working Mayne and big man Bradley.

Some 12 Dockers kicked goals but as smooth as the visitors were, their opponent was rough.

After their woeful opening, the Power improved in the third when Gray kicked three of his side's six goals for the quarter.

But even then Port could not stymie Fremantle's free scoring as it also notched six goals for the term to take an unassailable 55-point advantage at the last change.

Fremantle hosts St Kilda next Saturday while the battling Power travel to Darwin to meet Richmond.

FINAL SCORE

Fremantle: 21.16 (142) - K Bradley 3, C Mayne 2, C Pearce 2, D Roberton 2, M Pavlich 2, N Fyfe 2, R Palmer 2, A Sandilands, G Broughton, H Ballantyne, N Lower, R Crowley, S Hill.

Port Adelaide: 14.6 (90) - J Schulz 3, R Gray 3, A Moore, B Jacobs, H Hartlett, J McMillan-Pittard, J Westhoff, K Cornes, S Phillips, T Boak.

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