Mundy, Barlow share Glendinning medal

Michael Barlow and David Mundy congratulate each other after sharing the Ross Glendinning Medal . Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: News Limited

FREMANTLE'S David Mundy last night joked that derby officials had to forge a second Ross Glendinning Medal out of a Coke can after the best on ground honours were shared for the first time in the rivalry's history.

Mundy was forced to share his first derby medal win with fellow midfielder Michael Barlow, after both put on a superb display to help the Dockers to a 28-point win in front of a home crowd at Patersons Stadium.

It was Barlow's second Ross Glendinning Medal, having claimed the Round 6, 2010 award.

The medal has been handed out 25 times, with last night the 13th win for Fremantle and the first time the medal had ever been shared.

"It's a great honour to win it, but I think mine was made out of a Coke can and Mick got the real one," said Mundy, who clarified that he did receive a genuine medal.

"But obviously it's a great honour and I was just really pleased to get through the game and get the four points.

"Training all summer makes a big difference and hopefully we can stay injury free all year and build on the chemistry in the middle, not just with Mick, but with everyone in there."

Last night's game was the first time since 2010 that Mundy and Barlow had been fully-fit alongside each other at the start of a season, with the former struggling and missing the first two games of 2012 with ankle concerns, and the latter absent for the entirety of 2011 from a broken leg and re-building his game last year.

They proved deadly working alongside each other, racking up 27 touches and six clearances each and combining for 19 tackles, with Barlow kicking a third-quarter goal.

It was also a display of what damage a full-strength Dockers midfield could inflict, with Aaron Sandilands the only major absence for Fremantle, albeit against a depleted Eagles midfield.

Barlow said it was a positive showing from the Dockers over one of the competition's most vaunted midfields, but refused to look too much into the result.

"The first quarter spoke for itself and they came out and hunted the ball more than us," Barlow said.

"They probably caught us - not so much on the back foot, we were prepared - but they executed probably better than us and gave their forwards a really good chance.

"You can't take a lot away from them, because their depth is phenomenal, to be able to lose three or four of their main movers tonight and be in it up to their eyeballs all night.

"We really focus on Fremantle football first and the things we can control, that's the 46 guys on our list.

"Then, come gameday, the 22 guys playing their role and executing their role and we saw some really good examples of that tonight with Ryan Crowley on Luke Shuey, (Matt) de Boer on (Shannon) Hurn.

"A lot has been made out of Aaron's (Sandilands) injury, but Jon Griffin is a fantastic ruckman and a fantastic competitor in his own right.

"That's what's really pleasing from my point of view ... and we're super impressed with what the 22 could deliver on on the night."

ROSS GLENDINNING MEDAL WINNERS:

Michael Barlow and David Mundy

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