Fremantle captain Alex Pearce has fought again tears dedicating his last-grasp objective that sealed Friday night time’s draw with Collingwood to his late mate, former Docker Cam McCarthy.
McCarthy was tragically discovered unresponsive earlier this month and couldn’t be revived on the age of simply 29.
His former teammates, together with Pearce, bravely performed out their loss to Sydney solely hours after discovering out the tragic information a fortnight in the past.
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On Friday night time, defender Pearce took a second to honour his late good friend when he slipped ahead in opposition to the Magpies and kicked the ultimate objective of the conflict at Optus Stadium.
“I used to be truly speaking to (teammate) Lukey Ryan, I used to be like, ‘mate my legs are cooked right here. You may need to go ahead as a substitute of me’ and he was like ‘nah mate, you’re doing it’,” he advised 7Sport post-match.
“So I went. Glad I did.
“It’s simply one thing when the sport’s on the road we ship one in every of our backs ahead – what defenders on the market don’t wish to play ahead from time to time.”
After kicking the objective – simply his fifth of his nine-year AFL profession – Pearce was visibly moved as he saluted and pointed to the sky.
“(Breathes deeply) it’s alright. It’s been robust. A few weeks in the past it was a very exhausting sport to get by way of,” he mentioned of McCarthy.
“Yeah I used to be nervous going again after I had it.
“My fingers have been slightly bit shaky. I did assume ‘Cam would kick this’, so yeah I used to be glad. It was for him.
“I’m simply so happy with everybody to be sincere.”
Pearce mentioned it was exhausting to explain the ultimate minutes of the competition with the Magpies, given the Dockers had fought from 25 factors down to come back inside a degree.
Fremantle’s Jeremy Sharp then missed his operating shot on objective to degree the scores earlier than full time.
“That final 5 minutes was one thing!” Pearce mentioned.
“We have been in a good bit of bother there – it regarded unlikely.”
The win retains Fremantle within the high eight on six wins – equal to Collingwood who sit two factors adrift because of an earlier Anzac Day draw.
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