AFL 2024: Follow live updates and SuperCoach scores on round 1 super Sunday
Fremantle has upset Brisbane in the final game of round 1 on the back of some monster SuperCoach scores – and three serious injuries. Catch up on all the action, stars and flops.
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Caleb Serong has set a new club record with 46 disposals as the Dockers upset Brisbane in the last game of round 1.
But the win came at a cost with the Dockers losing three players to significant injuries.
The Lions, narrowly defeated in last year's grand final, are now 0-2.
Recap all the action and SuperCoach news from a massive day of footy below.
See live scores, stats + SuperCoach points in the match centre above
9:40pm: FULL-TIME SUPERCOACH LEADERS
Some huge scores from a pair of Fremantle PODs – Caleb Serong is in 9.6 per cent of teams and Luke Ryan is in just 3 per cent. Those coaches will be very happy tonight!
Nat Fyfe craked the ton, finishing with 101 points, but it was a disappointing result for Hayden Young (70).
170 – Caleb Serong
165 – Luke Ryan
120 – Harris Andrews
115 – Josh Dunkley
113 – Luke Jackson
111 – Jordan Clark
108 – Alex Pearce
104 – Joe Daniher
9:09pm: ‘ABSOLUTE CARNAGE’: ANOTHER DOCKER DOWN
Fremantle has lost another player to what looks like a serious injury as Brisbane mounts a comeback in Perth.
Brennan Cox grabbed his hamstring after stretching for a mark and lay on the ground for several minutes before being helped from the field by trainers.
“This is just so brutal,” Will schofield said on Fox Footy, while Dockers legend Matthew Pavlich described the scenes as “absolute carnage”.
In some more positive news, Karl Worner has returned to the interchange bench after signigicant time in the Fremantle rooms following a sickening head knock.
The defender is out of the game but received an ovation from Dockers fans as he walked around the boundary line.
Oscar McDonald is also done for the day after hyper-extending his left knee.
The Dockers are now two men down on the bench after activating sub Neil Erasmus.
Brisbane has closed the gap to 16 points with 15 minutes left on the clock.
The Lions have also activated their sub, with Kai Lohmann replacing Connor McKenna (hamstring tightness).
9:00pm: THREE-QUARTER TIME SUPERCOACH LEADERS
Two significant injuries has cast a sombre mood over the ground but Fremantle has been super impressive since quarter-time, outscoring the Lions 9.7 to 1.2.
126 – Luke Ryan
118 – Caleb Serong
91 – Alex Pearce
90 – Harris Andrews
85 – Nat Fyfe
82 – Jordan Clark
80 – Luke Jackson
78 – Josh Dunkley
8:40pm: DOCKER OUT COLD
Play has stopped for several minutes after Fremantle defender Karl Worner was KO’d in what appeared to be a clash of heads with Lion Lincoln McCarthy.
Minutes later Oscar McDonald grabbed his knee after landing awkwardly following a spoil. He has been helped from the field by trainers.
Karl Worner has been taken from the field after a heavy hit.
— Fremantle Dockers (@freodockers) March 17, 2024
We'll have more updates when we can, but for now, we're wishing Karl the best and hope he's okay 💜
#foreverfreo#AFLFreoLionspic.twitter.com/H0FZmeKUn1
8:30pm: SUPERCOACH STARS
Luke Ryan and Caleb Serong have both cracked the SuperCoach ton early in the third quarter. Serong has an immense 29 disposals, four tackles and seven clearances.
Popular picks Nat Fyfe and Luke Jackson are both on 71 points.
8:01pm: HALFTIME SUPERCOACH LEADERS
After Brisbane got the jump early the second quarter was all Fremantle, with the Dockers kicking the last six goals of the match including a post-siren shot from Jye Amiss after he took a screamer with seconds left in the second quarter.
Freo is also dominating in SuperCoach.
80 – Caleb Serong, Luke Ryan
72 – Alex Pearce
60 – Jordan Clark, Harris Andrews
55 – Joe Daniher
54 – Luke Jackson
53 – Brandon Starcevich
52 – Nat Fyfe
7:40pm: ACTION JACKSON
Luke Jackson had a reasonably subdued start but he has wrestled the game back in Fremantle’s favour in a huge second quarter.
Filling in for injured ruckman Sean Darcy, Jackson has got busy around the ground with a couple of huge marks and drifted forward to kick a goal.
In the blink of an eye he has jumped from 18 to 40 SuperCoach points, and the Dockers are back within a goal.
Caleb Serong is having a day out. He has 21 disposals, nine more than anyone else on the ground, and 74 SuperCoach points.
7:23pm: QUARTER-TIME SUPERCOACH LEADERS
Key defenders top the leaderboard for both teams at the first change.
Nat Fyfe had a strong opening and sits on 20 SuperCoach points, two more than stand-in ruckman Luke Jackson.
45 – Harris Andrews
44 – Alex Pearce
43 – Caleb Serong
40 – Eric Hipwood
37 – Hugh McCluggage
36 – Joe Daniher
34 – Luke Ryan
6:58pm: HAYDEN YOUNG BRAIN FADE
The Lions have kicked three goals to nothing in the opening five minutes in Perth, with the third a gift to Dayne Zorko courtesy of a 50m penalty.
Zorko marked the ball in the centre square only for Hayden Young to waltz right past clearly in the protected area. The penalty took Zorko to within easy goalscoring range and he made no mistake.
It’s not the start Young’s 69,000 SuperCoach owners were after, with a 50m penalty against worth -8 points.
6:55pm: SICILY, REDMAN BANNED
The MRO has released his findings from the early games of round 1 and James Sicily and Mason Redman have been offered one-match suspensions.
Read the full story here.
6:54pm: UNDERWAY IN PERTH
Fremantle’s setup for the opening bounce is Luke Jackson in the ruck with Caleb Serong, Hayden Young and Nat Fyfe.
Jarryd Lyons is off the field being assessed after colliding with Fyfe at the opening bounce and copping a high hit.
6:50pm: HOW DID HARLEY REID HANDLE THE HEAT?
The most talked about teenager in the country has made a strong start to his AFL career.
No.1 draft pick Harley Reid exploded out of the blocks with eight disposals in the first quarter against Port Adelaide.
He finished with 16 plus two marks, nine contested possessions, five clearances, four inside-50s and 78 SuperCoach points.
Aftter wnning a hard ball in the defensive 50 in the third term he crashed into Todd Marshall, drawing the ire of Charlie Dixon who put Reid on his backside.
6:44pm: FULL-TIME SUPERCOACH LEADERS
Port Adelaide’s big guns fired in a 50-point win, but there is a surprise name at the top of the SuperCoach scoresheet.
126 – Ivan Soldo
118 – Zak Butters
115 – Connor Rozee
114 – Dan Houston
112 – Jason Horne-Francis
111 – Charlie Dixon
109 – Jeremy McGovern
6:20pm: FINAL TEAMS, SUBS FOR FREO V LIONS
There are no late changes for the final match of round 1.
Fremantle's sub is Neil Erasmus.
Brisbane’s sub is Kai Lohmann.
6:10pm: THREE-QUARTER TIME LEADERS
Dan Houston is the top scorer on the ground, great news for his 18,000 owners in SuperCoach.
95 – Dan Houston
91 – Zak Butters, Charlie Dixon, Jeremy McGovern
89 – Todd Marshall
88 – Ivan Soldo
86 – Connor Rozee
83 – Kane Farrell, Bailey Williams
5:42pm: WHERE’S GAFF?
While Harley Reid does his best to lift the Eagles in hgis first AFL game, two-time All-Australian Andrew Gaff is nowhere to be seen.
The 275-game veteran has three disposals for the match, of which two hit the target.
All his possessions were uncontested and he has recorded 15 metres gained.
Halfway through the third term Gaff is sitting on 11 SuperCoach points.
Update: Gaff has been subbed out. Campbell Chesser has been injected into the game.
5:15pm: HALFTIME LEADERS
Charlie Dixon leads the way while Ivan Soldo shows West Coast will be a very friendly match-up for rucks again in 2024.
73 – Charlie Dixon
72 – Ivan Soldo
67 – Bailey Williams
65 – Kane Farrell
64 – Dan Houston
59 – Zak Butters
58 – Jason Horne-Francis
54 – Connor Rozee, Jeremy McGovern
5:00pm: THAT WAS OUT OF BOUNDS!
As Port Adelaide kicks away in the second term we can take a closer look at a slightly bizarre West Coast goal just before quarter-time.
Did Jake Waterman keep this ball in play?
"That looked a mile out" 😅
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4:50pm: CHARLIE RUNNING HOT
Charlie Dixon has kicked 3.2 and is threatening to tear the game apart.
He has a game-high 66 SuperCoach points seven minutes into the second quarter.
Great result for the 543 coaches (0.1 per cent) who picked him in their teams!
4:40pm: QUARTER-TIME LEADERS
West Coast has brought the fight to Port Adelaide with No.1 draft pick Harley Reid on fire early with eight disposals and two clearances in the first quarter.
46 – Charlie Dixon
39 – Bailey Williams
37 – Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, Dan Houston
33 – Zak Butters, Travis Boak
32 – Jake Waterman
31 – Tim Kelly
4:36pm: BUTTERS GOES BANG
Jeremy McGovern is in the hands of the trainers after being ironed out by a savage Zak Butters bump on the stroke of quarter-time.
McGovern turned his body as he collected the footy and copped the full force of Butters in his ribs.
That hurt, but Butters shouldn’t have anything to worry about from the match review officer.
4:25pm: BUTTERS ON THE BOARD
After a surprisngly close-fought opening 15 minutes Zak Butters has broken through with a classy goal from a forward-50 stoppage.
Butters starts the season in 20 per cent of SuperCoach teams.
4:02pm: GAME ON IN ADELAIDE
We’re away at Adelaide Oval for Port Adelaide v West Coast – and Zak Butters and Harley Reid are standing next to each other for the first bounce. Pass the popcorn!
4:00pm: OLIVER SPEAKS ABOUT OFF-FIELD DRAMA
Clayton Oliver has spoken of his difficult pre-season after racking up 35 disposals in Melbourne’s win over the Bulldogs.
“It’s been a tough couple of months, but Gawny and the rest of the boys helped me out,” he said on Fox Footy.
Oliver left Melbourne’s pre-season camp in January due to personal issues, while he was hospitalised in December following a medical episode. He took several weeks away from the club before returning on the eve of the season.
Asked if he had repaid the faith of the club with his performance, Oliver said: “Absolutely not. I’ve still got a lot of work to do, little steps along the way.”
He said he was still working on being “a better person, a better teammate”.
“I feel all right, ticking along and hopefully get better every week.”
Oliver received a standing ovation from Demon fans when he went to the bench late in the game.
“It was a little bit emotional, actually,” he said. “We love the Melbourne faithful.”
Melbourne has squared its ledger 1-1 with a 45-point win over the Western Bulldogs.
The Dogs started brightly with the first two goals of the game but could manage only seven more while the Demons added 16 majors.
Max Gawn was absolutely massive.
162 – Max Gawn
126 – Marcus Bontempelli
119 – Christian Petracca, Tim English
118 – Jack Billings
105 – Steven May, Clayton Oliver, Lachie Bramble
3:38pm: JACK IN THE BOX
It wasn’t the ideal start to Jack Billings’ career as a Demon when he started as the sub in opening round.
But he started in the 22 today and is making the most of it. The former Saint just kicked his first goal to go with 22 disposals, 15 marks and 116 SuperCoach points (and counting).
The Dees are running away with this one now.
3:27pm: HAS KOSI SEALED IT FOR DEES?
Kysaiah Pickett makes something out of nothing with a brilliant goal from the forward pocket.
His second for the afternoon extends Melbourne’s lead to 30 points with just under nine minutes left to play.
Hard to see where a big Bulldogs comeback would come from.
3:15pm: FINAL TEAMS, SUBS FOR PORT v EAGLES
The team sheets are in for Port Adelaide’s clash against West Coast and there are no late changes for either team,
Francis Evans will start as the sub for the Power. Campbell Chesser is the Eagles’ sub.
3:05pm: THREE-QUARTER TIME LEADERS
A quieter quarter for Max Gawn with just 28 points but a 75 point final term isn’t beyond him!
Huge game from Jack Billings after he scored just 14 points last week when he started as the sub.
126 – Max Gawn
89 – Clayton Oliver, Tim English, Marcus Bontempelli
84 – Jack Billings
82 – Lachie Bramble, Steven May
80 – Christian Petracca
79 – Tom McDonald
76 – Tom Liberatore
2:55pm: DOGS YOUNG GUN SUBBED
The Bulldogs have made a big call on their sub, taking star draftee Ryley Sanders out of the game five minutes before three quarter-time.
Caleb Daniel is now into the action.
Sanders, the third-most selected player in SuperCoach, has 15 disposals and 39 points to his name.
84% of the 124k coaches with Sanders have him on field #supercoachhttps://t.co/5WHRWjUcRM
— Tim Michell (@tim_michell) March 17, 2024
Subbing out Ryley Sanders is the most Luke Beveridge thing to do, it's almost as unsurprising as it is surprising. #AFLDeesDogs
— Damo (@DamoSC) March 17, 2024
Sub rule proving a nightmare already for #SuperCoach. Caused us all to take Billings out, now Bevo does Bevo things and removes Sanders who looked the goods.
— Brodie (@BJRussell95) March 17, 2024
2:45pm: OUT OF HARMES WAY
More than 15,000 coaches selected Bulldogs recruit James Harmes hoping the experienced former Demon could prove a bargain at $258,300.
It’s not going too well so far.
Harmes has three kicks and five handballs halfway through the third quarter, and is using the footy at just 57 per cent efficiency. He has also given away a free kick.
Three tackles have helped him to 20 SuperCoach points.
2:20: HALFTMIE SUPERCOACH LEADERS
Max Gawn is owning this one. After scoring 72 points against Sydney last week, he has 98 at halftime. Gawn has two 200-plus point games in his career, does he have a third in his sights?
98 – Max Gawn
74 – Marcus Bontempelli
61 – Tim English
57 – Christian Petracca
54 – Steven May
53 – Adam Treloar
52 – Jason Johannisen
51 – Tom McDonald
2:12pm: ROOKIE WATCH
It’s been a quiet first half for defensive rookies in SuperCoach.
Demon Blake Howes and Dog Nick Coffield have 25 points each as we approach halftime, while mature-age Melbourne recruit Marty Hore has 23.
Ryley Sanders, the third-most selected player in the game, has made a solid start to his AFL career with 11 disposals and 33 points.
Demon Caleb Windsor is the pick of the cheapies so far with 50 points to his name.
1:47pm: CLARRY’S BACK TOO
Melbourne has the first two goals of the second quarter in a hurry to open up a handy buffer against the Bulldogs despite a slow start.
Clayton Oliver has had a hand in both goals and has a game-high 15 disposals.
1:38pm: MAX IS BACK IN TOWN
Max Gawn has had a dominant first quarter, racking up seven disposals, three marks, three score involvements and a game-high 64 SuperCoach points.
Gee whizz Max Gawn is a jet #SuperCoach
— patch (@PatchToTheMax) March 17, 2024
Bitta Gawn vs Goldstein in Tassie about this early
Max Gawn revenge game #supercoach
— Spiller’s SuperCoach (@SpillsSC) March 17, 2024
It’s starting to bring back memories of a famous SuperCoach game in round 3, 2016 when Gawn and Todd Goldstein went head to head in Hobart – and both scored 172 SuperCoach points.
QUARTER-TIME LEADERS
64 – Max Gawn
41 – Marcus Bontempelli
36 – Steven May
33 – Judd McVee
32 – Jack Viney
31 – Christian Salem
30 – Tim English, Jacob van Rooyen, Caleb Windor
1:28pm: MAX CAUGHT OUT BY GOAL REVIEW
A lengthy review has determined Max Gawn marked a wayward shot at goal by Cody Weightman a millimetre before it crossed the behind line.
That’s not great news for Max who had retreated to the wing and now has to jog back to take his kick. But it counts as an intercept mark for SuperCoach!
Gawn has started strongly as he looks to bounce back from a disappointing Round Zero.
1:02pm: WE’RE AWAY
Marcus Bontempelli wins the first clearance of the day and Aaron Naughton gives the Dogs the perfect start in brilliant sunshine at the MCG.
Clayton Oliver is starting the match on the bench. Ryley Sanders lined up at half-forward.
12:34pm: WHO ARE YOU WATCHING IN SUPERCOACH?
There have been some massive scores, and some stinkers, in a rollercoaster first round of SuperCoach. With three games to play, who do you need to stand up?
The most selected players in action today are cheapies Harley Reid (80 per cent of teams), Ryley Sanders (75 per cent) and Nick Coffield (60 per cent), followed by Marcus Bontempelli (52 per cent), Nat Fyfe (50 per cent), Max Gawn (49 per cent) and Demons cheapie Blake Howes (48 per cent).
More than 42 per cent of coaches have taken a punt on Dockers ruckman Luke Jackson, while some big Sunday PODs include Tom Liberatore (7 per cent), Josh Dunkley (4 per cent), and Clayton Oliver (3 per cent). Some left-field picks that appear in fewer than 0.1 per cent of sides include Jason Johannisen, Josh Treacy, Tom McDonald and Jack Petrucelle.
12pm: DOGS’ ALL-AUSTRALIAN SUB SHOCK
All-Australian premiership hero Caleb Daniel will start as the substitute in the Western Bulldogs’ first game of 2024.
The 175-game veteran has been named as the sub against Melbourne. The Demons’ sub is four-gamer Taj Woewodin.
The Herald Sun’s Sam Landsberger reported two weeks ago that Daniel, who has played 85 of the Dogs’ past 90 games – including all 23 last year – was under shock selection pressure entering the season.
In 2020, Daniel won the Charles Sutton Medal as the club’s best-and-fairest in the same year he was named in the All-Australian team. Last year Daniel placed fourth in the best-and-fairest.
The Bulldogs team will feature a host of new faces including former Saint Nick Coffield, ex-Hawk Lachie Bramble, former Demon James Harmes and star draftee Ryley Sanders.
Originally published as AFL 2024: Follow live updates and SuperCoach scores on round 1 super Sunday
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