Fremantle captain Alex Pearce held back tears as he described thinking of his former teammate Cam McCarthy as he lined up for the goal that helped the Dockers pull off a remarkable draw with Collingwood on Friday night.leaving his friends and former teammates shattered. In particular, Pearce and Nat Fyfe were close to tears during a tribute to McCarthy just moments before they had to play a match against Sydney on the night after his death.
The Dockers came from the clouds to haul in a four-goal deficit at Optus Stadium on Friday night, and it was the captain and brave defender Pearce who closed the margin to a point with a late set shot goal, pointing to the sky after he slotted it. “It’s been tough. A couple of weeks ago it was a really hard game to get through,” Pearce told Seven’s Abbey Holmes in an emotional post-match interview.“I was nervous going back. My hands were a little bit shaky. I did think, I was like, Cam would kick this. So I was happy to … Yeah, it was for him. ”McCarthy, who played 49 games and kicked 63 goals over four seasons with the club, was found at a home in Perth and in his death was not treated as suspicious.
It was the third draw of the season, but felt like a win for the Dockers. It was also a special moment for Pearce, an Indigenous man from Tasmania, leading Walyalup in Sir Doug Nicholls Round.Collingwood finished with injuries to key players Brody Mihocek, with a recurring hamstring issue, Mason Cox , and Scott Pendlebury .The Dockers celebrate a goal.“I was just trying to make up the numbers out there. We didn’t have many rotations left.
The Dockers’ comeback was kickstarted by a free against Collingwood in the last quarter for not passing the ball back to the umpire at a ball up, resulting in a goal to the Dockers.The draw leaves the two sides with six wins each inside the top eight, although the Magpies have two draws after their thrilling tie with Essendon on Anzac Day.
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