AFL Live Scores: Fremantle Dockers, West Coast Eagles square off in western derby 63

The purple faithful have come out big time on a Friday night with 56,616 packing into Optus Stadium.

FRE 99, WCE 41

Murphy Reid - 1 goal, 26 disposals, four marks, 463 metres gained and two clearances.

Harley Reid - 27 disposals, 10 clearances, 443 metres gained and three tackles

Reid gave Johnson an elbow to the guts in the third term that dropped the Fremantle midfielder to the grass.

And he will draw the ire of the MRO.

This is turning ugly.

The Dockers are still doing it the hard way but they are three or four levels above the Eagles who are almost chasing shadows at stages.

Switkowski gets a very nice crumbing goal and the lead is out to 44 points.

FRE 84, WCE 40

There’s not much life left in this match.

There was never any real derby rivalry heat, even when the game was a good contest in the first half, but this is little more than a training drill for the Dockers.

They are going through the motions for the most part and just locking down the Eagles until they waste their energy and turn the ball over.

Herbert and Reid are the leading possession winners on the ground but they don’t have the team effort around them the Dockers do.

Waterman finally got a major out the back to ensure the Eagles avoided a goalless quarter but he’s had three touches for the entire contest.

The Dockers are winning the clearance battle because it’s a one-man show for the Eagles.

Harley Reid has eight but their next best is Yeo with three.

Meanwhile, Bolton has seven with Serong and Johnson four apeice.

Freamantle have not broken a sweat in this five-goal-to-nothing third term in a sign they are going to own this derby contest for many years to come.

FRE 72, WCE 33

The Dockers have taken over the contest now.

They are first to the ball and laying hard tackles that don’t allow the Eagles to recover from their mistakes.

Murphy Reid has been influential in this patch and gets a goal as a reward.

FRE 60, WCE 32

Fremantle have made the hot start to the second half but they did it the hard way.

They offered the Eagles several looks at the footy before O’Driscoll finally put it through the big sticks.

Dangerous time for the ‘visitors’ here.

FRE 47, WCE 32

West Coast’s rebounding half back Marcus Herbert had 20 touches in the first half.

He has been used coming out of the backline and has spearheaded the Eagles’ extra possession tactic.

Can he get to 40?

The Eagles were hanging on for dear life late in that quarter.

Fremantle have ground them down without much fuss and have broken their tackles comfortably.

Their radar is just woeful.

Johnson has been stand out with 17 touches while Serong’s love of a derby remains strong.

The ruck contest is pretty even but Jackson is winning around the ground.

The Dockers have had 10 more inside 50s but 10 behinds has killed their momentum.