Swans substitute Gary Rohan was injected soon after half-time for Isaac Heeney who strained a hamstring, and did just what you want your sub to do - made a difference. Rohan the racehorse came on and ran around, sometimes like a chook without a head, but mostly to great effect. He provided the spark that ignited a struggling outfit (eight goals behind at half-time) to kick the next seven goals. Fremantle's sub, Tendai Mzungu, had his own moment of glory late in the final term with the game on the line when he made a desperate spoil on Ben McGlynn to end the Swans' charge home.

 

They smoked the Eagles in the Western Derby but Fremantle conceded nine of the last 10 goals in that game. And they followed a similar pattern against the Swans when, after leading by 48 points at half-time, they allowed John Longmire's men to boot seven unanswered goals before Matthew Pavlich slotted a steadier, 15 minutes into the last quarter. In the end the Dockers only booted two goals after half-time and one of those was in the final minute when the Swans were rolling the dice.

Chris Mayne was a few centimetres away from the Mark of the Year after his nearly mega-grab on the wing. Mayne did it all apart from cling on, as he soared onto Nick Smith's neck, got great hang time and even gave it the Gary Moorcroft back arch. But alas he didn't hold the grab despite getting his fingers to it.

 

The Swans half-time score of 1.3 suggested a miserable, wet night in Perth but it was a superb, clear evening with very little wind. Of the Swans' first-half score, Buddy Franklin had kicked 1.2 and done OK under tough circumstances. It was an unfamiliar feeling for the former Hawk - he hadn't lost to Fremantle since the 2010 elimination final. He has now.