FREMANTLE’S premiership bid continued to gain momentum after the Dockers surged into fourth spot with a ruthless 83-point win over the Brisbane Lions in Saturday night's clash at Patersons Stadium.

In wet and windy conditions, the Dockers put Brisbane to the sword with a nine-goals-to-zip opening half, before cruising to the 15.15 (105) to 3.4 (22) victory.

The Lions halftime score of 0.1 (1) was the lowest in VFL/AFL history since 1953, when the then Fitzroy Lions went scoreless in their round-three clash with Footscray.

Embarrassingly, the Lions’ single point for the half was a rushed behind.

Their first goal of the match didn't come until six minutes into the third quarter, when Dockers defender Zac Dawson had the ball slapped out of his hands after failing to realise his mark hadn't been paid.

The Lions scored three goals in the second half, but it wasn't enough to avoid their lowest score against Fremantle (previously 35) and their biggest loss against the Dockers (formerly 71).

Fremantle's only concern out of the match was Dawson's clumsy late hit on Lewis Taylor, which could attract the attention of the match review panel.

Brisbane's Tom Rockliff (44 disposals) battled manfully, but he was a lone ranger.

The Lions could barely get the ball inside their own forward-50m in the opening half, let alone score.

They finished the match with just 17 inside-50s - a record low since stats were recorded.

Lions coach Justin Leppitsch conceded his players were smashed by Fremantle's bigger, harder bodies.

"That second quarter was probably the real downer," Leppitsch said.

"The big difference was the contested (possessions) and the bodies and the contest work and the stuff we really have to do around our clearance work."

FREMANTLE              2.2   9.3     12.7   15.15   (105)                 

BRISBANE LIONS       0.1   0.1     2.3     3.4        (22)         

GOALS

Fremantle: Ballantyne 5, Pavlich 3, Barlow 2, Mayne, Suban, D. Pearce, Sandilands, Crowley

Brisbane Lions: Green, Bewick, Merrett

BEST

Fremantle: Barlow, Fyfe, Neale, Sandilands, Crowley, Ballantyne

Brisbane Lions: Rockliff, Patfull, Taylor, Mayes

INJURIES

Fremantle: Nil

Brisbane Lions: Nil

SUBSTITUTES

Fremantle: Clancee Pearce replaced Lee Spurr in the third quarter

Brisbane Lions: Tom Cutler replaced Darcy Gardiner in the third quarter

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Farmer, Burgess, Armstrong

Official crowd: 25,152 at Patersons Stadium