Richmond youngster Noah Cumberland wasted a shot at Friday night glory as a fast-finishing Fremantle salvaged a draw at Marvel Stadium.

Cumberland was paid a mark about 50m out with a couple of seconds left but played on before the final siren sounded with scores tied at 7.10 (52).

Fremantle’s defence held its nerve late with young gun Hayden Young having a couple of big moments and Luke Ryan also standing tall to keep their top-four hopes on track with two valuable points.

Tigers big man Noah Balta also had a shot at goal ruined - smothered by Michael Frederick in the last 90 seconds.

“We probably got away with that one,” Dockers midfielder Andrew Brayshaw said.

It came after Dockers captain Nat Fyfe was subbed out with a hamstring injury in a worrying sign a month out from the finals.

In just his sixth game of the season, Fyfe was ruled out early in the third quarter with a left hamstring issue that appeared to be troubling him throughout the thrilling draw.

The Tigers’ pressure was relentless but their inaccuracy in front of the sticks kept the Dockers in the match for long enough before they made their move in the last.

Fremantle wiped out a seven-point three-quarter time deficit in six-and-a-half minutes with Matt Taberner, who was well held by experienced stopped Robbie Tarrant, booting his first of the match before swingman Griffin Logue missed a set shot to tie the scores.

They had the ball locked in their forward half for a lot of the final quarter but could manage only two goals to one with Bailey Banfield’s late strike cancelling out Shai Bolton’s second.

Wayward kicking stopping triple premiership forward Jack Riewoldt (1.3) getting off the chain against Alex Pearce before the Fremantle defender had some big moments late.

The loss of Fremantle’s leading goal-kicker Rory Lobb to a shoulder injury was massive with no forward able to impose themselves like he has in recent weeks.

Brownlow Medal fancy Andrew Brayshaw (28 disposals and six tackles) worked tirelessly hard in the engine room and around the ground, with some of his defensive efforts as good as his ability to find the footy.

The rebound of 50th gamer Jordan Clark and Hayden Young from defence was brilliant, with the latter tallying a game-high 31 disposals and 14 marks in one of his best games at AFL level.

South Fremantle product Shai Bolton ran amok for the Tigers in the first half especially, while fellow West Aussie Liam Baker also had a big say in the contest despite a nasty third-quarter collision with Caleb Serong.

Richmond defender Ben Miller was subbed out late for speedster Maurice Rioli Jnr, whose pressure was important, with coach Damien Hardwick saying it was “cramping” and a “tight calf”.

Fremantle’s bright start and early lead were extinguished late in the first quarter after back-to-back goals from the Tigers, with Alex Pearce gifting one to Bolton with a turnover straight to him inside 50 before his direct opponent Jack Riewoldt added another.

Brayshaw had a couple of gettable chances on the run to give Freo the lead before quarter-time but missed them both.

The Dockers started to get on top of the clearance battle in the second term with Rising Star winner Caleb Serong providing some silver service to his forward.

But the home side’s pressure game and ability to keep the ball inside attack created plenty of scoring opportunities with Kamdyn McIntosh converting a holding-the-ball free-kick on Michael Walters and Luke Ryan’s errant kick under heat resulting in a Noah Balta major.

Veteran Walters made up for his earlier blunder with a classy finish from a tight angle to cut the margin back to three points at the main break.

Fyfe’s Friday night foray ends in disaster

In his first Friday night appearance since before he won the first of two Brownlow Medals in 2015, Nat Fyfe was subbed out of the game early in the second half.

Fyfe was relatively quite before quarter-time other than a centre clearance but came to life in the second with two contested marks inside 50 and a set shot goal to go with the latter.

He appeared trouble by his left hamstring and got it worked on in the second term.

But he didn’t last much longer after the break, going into the rooms with a hamstring issue as medical substitute Travis Colyer was activated soon after.

He re-appeared with ice on his left hamstring and is likely to at least miss Fremantle’s crunch clash against Melbourne at Optus Stadium next Friday night with a big question mark on his finals availability.

‘Swing King’ turns Mr Fixit

Less than a week after keeping Sydney champion Lance Franklin to a solitary major, Griffin Logue was swung into attack.

With Fremantle’s leading goalkicker Rory Lobb sidelined with a shoulder injury and key back Alex Pearce returning from a calf setback, Logue formed a two-pronged tall-forward combo with Matt Taberner.

It took around 90 seconds for the self-appointed Swing King to kick the first goal of the night, a left-foot snap under pressure.

Logue was then required to pinch hit in the ruck midway through the opening term, firstly a boundary throw-in against Noah Balta before two centre bounces head-to-head with Ivan Soldo while Sean Darcy had a rest.

He even recorded the first hit-out of his 59-game AFL career and finished with six hit-outs to go with the first goal of the game.