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When Fremantle played ‘Wharfie Time’ with four minutes left, they led Brisbane by 17 points in the AFL Grand Final.

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The unthinkable happened as the Lions streamrolled the Dockets to claim their third consecutive premiership.

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Who stood up for Fremantle and who crumbled in the final minutes?

The Sporting News looks at who starred and struggled.

Fremantle Dockers Grand Final player ratings

Stars

Shai Bolton

Norm Smith Medal winner.

Bolton led the match for score involvements — nine — and gathered 26 possessions.

Caleb Serong

The Dockers midfielder picked up a mammoth 13 clearances as he drove his team on.

Hayden Young

Kicked two incredible goals just before three quarter time, when it looked like the Dockers would be too hard to catch.

Luke Jackson

Dominated the ruck with 47 hitouts, helping the Dockers to a 17-9 clearance victory.

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Patrick Voss

Kicked three goals, including what looked like the sealer with four minutes to play.

But his real impact was shutting down Harris Andrews across the match.

Strugglers

Mason Cox

Had no impact on the match as the Dockers opted to ruck Jackson almost the entire match solo.

Jordan Clark

Had his lowest disposal tally of the season in the Grand Final — 14 possessions.

Wasn’t able to provide the run and carry he usually gives.

Oscar McDonald

Put in an admirable effort to close down Morris in the first three quarters but let his opponent off the leash in the last term.

Morris kicked three goals and hauled in a huge contested mark versus McDonald to put the Lions ahead with a minute to play.

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Would Brennan Cox have made a difference instead of McDonald? We’ll never know.