Tough season opener for Bulldogs against Lions

It only took eight minutes for Subiaco to get the game’s first two goals through Brad Stevenson and Rhys Waters who had combined for 12 goals on Good Friday against East Perth.

Jarrod Parry marked his first league game since Round 23, 2015 by kicking South Fremantle’s first goal of 2018 in response but the Lions were still 12 points up by quarter-time.

That became 19 points when Stevenson added his second goal to start the second quarter. But then South Fremantle found its best patch of form for the contest with goals to Cook, Schloithe and Johnson is a six-minute stretch to see them up by a point.

Subiaco had steadied by half-time, though, to lead by 12 points.

South Fremantle got back within five points early in the third term with a goal Tom Vandeleur, but Subiaco would kick the next six goals.

That lead had grown to the final margin of 58 points by the final siren with Ben Sokol having kicked four of his five goals in the last quarter.

The day started with the colts clash at Fremantle Community Bank Oval with Subiaco taking out the 14.10 (94) to 7.8 (50) victory.

Luke Moore kicked three goals for South Fremantle while Kyle Hamersley gathered 27 possessions, Tom Blechynden 23, Jack Musika 21, Michael Redman 21 and James Russell 19.