Recent editions of The Stats That Matter have highlighted North’s dominance as a team and accolades of individuals, but this week it’s a different story.

Beaten by 53-points, the Kangaroos had few winners prompting us to look at where the game was lost.

- A feature of its game during its winning run, North’s disposal efficiency (71%) was its lowest since the Round 10 loss to the Hawks, a sign of the Dockers’ immense pressure.

- Fremantle’s ferocious approach was highlighted by its contested possession tally (164). North on the other hand was well down on its season average of 143 (127).

- Todd Goldstein was quite sick going into the match and the Dockers’ dominance in the middle was pivotal. They finished with 62 hit-outs to North’s 15, with Aaron Sandilands amassing 49 to Goldstein’s 8. The ruckman’s illness was clearly felt as he spent 82 per cent of time on the ground, his least since Hamish McIntosh was in the side.

- North’s score of 79 was its lowest since Round 10, and third lowest of the season. While they combined for 8 goals against Collingwood, Drew Petrie, Robbie Tarrant and Lachlan Hansen had just 3 between them this week. Petrie and Tarrant failed to trouble the scorers.

- Normally so dangerous in attack, the Kangaroos managed just 6 marks inside 50, the club’s lowest tally since the Round 6 loss to the Eagles. With only 42 entries to the Dockers’ 60, the North forwards could be excused.

- A clanger count of 67 was the team’s worst of the season and the second-highest of any side this year.

- Perhaps reflective of being second to the ball, North registered 75 tackles, its second-highest figure of the year.

- The loss was the Kangaroos’ first against Fremantle in Melbourne since 2003, when only Brent Harvey and Petrie from Sunday’s side took the field.