Assistant coach Jaymie Graham admits Freo can’t take credit for some of the extraordinary things Murphy Reid does during games, saying the Rising Star arrived in WA with party tricks already packed in his bag.
Craig O'Donoghue
Shai Bolton already has two premierships to his name, but as he chases a historic first for Fremantle, an AFL legend says he’s primed to reach new heights.
Jake Santa Maria & Craig O’Donoghue
An enormous game for Fremantle, Friday night footy, primetime footy, away from home. Here’s how the Dockers can defeat the Dogs, writes Xavier Ellis.
Xavier Ellis
Fremantle forward Pat Voss is straight back in to face a revamped Western Bulldogs line-up, with a Dockers recruit missing out due to illness.
Jake Santa Maria
Fremantle are in Melbourne preparing for a Friday night blockbuster at the same time as teammate Nathan O’Driscoll has made his mental health battle public, but they are still doing everything to support him.
Fremantle star Hayden Young has missed two full seasons of footy due to injury throughout his career, but he’s now worked out how to ignore the fear of breaking down again as he mounts another comeback.
Nathan O’Driscoll’s brave and emotional Instagram post detailing his mental health battle is a credit to himself and the environment Fremantle has created, writes The West’s sports editor Jackson Barrett.
Jackson Barrett
For the first time this season, Fremantle will have a chance to plant their premiership ambitions firmly in the heartland of football as they take the prime time Friday night stage in Melbourne.
Fremantle and West Coast could find matching bids for their Next Generation Academy prospects tougher after the AFL unveiled a suite of changes to the draft system.
Josh Kempton
The AFL world has wrapped their collective arms around Fremantle’s Nathan O’Driscoll after his revelation about his mental health battles, which included times where he thought about taking his own life.
Mitchell Woodcock
Fremantle midfielder Nathan O’Driscoll has bravely opened up about his battle with anxiety, revealing he had contemplated taking his own life in the midst of ‘deep depressive states’.
Samantha Rogers
Riding a six-game winning streak, will the Dockers make any changes to their side for this week’s Friday night footy showdown? See the full Freo travelling party here!
Ben Smith
Fremantle have confirmed spearhead Aine Tighe has been placed on the inactive list ahead of the upcoming AFLW season.
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir conceded they will be taking a cautious approach over Sean Darcy’s latest injury as the Dockers prepare to face an unknown Western Bulldogs line-up.
The Dockers trained on Tuesday morning as they prepare to face the Western Bulldogs and all eyes were on Murphy Reid, Josh Treacy, Pat Voss, Brennan Cox and Hayden Young.
Fremantle have three six-day breaks in a row as part of a tough fixture in the coming weeks and must decide whether to stick with the same players or give some guys a rest. Justin Longmuir has made that call.
Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy is recovering from a calf injury, and coach Justin Longmuir says the star big man may need to return to action through the WAFL.
Fremantle legend Michael Walters has made an impassioned defence of Ross Lyon after his former coach became embroiled in a racism furore following comments made to three Indigenous St Kilda players.
Fremantle will head to Victoria for Friday’s game against the Western Bulldogs as the best team in the AFL across the last 12 months, and it all began when they collapsed to St Kilda in this round last year.
Jordan Clark, whose journey has taken him from junior footy at Railways to the Fremantle Dockers’ midfield, was named Wellington and Reeves Albany sportsperson of the year at the awards night on Thursday.
Claire Middleton
Western Bulldogs star forward Aaron Naughton is shaping to be available to face Fremantle on Friday night after surviving Thursday night’s scary tumble virtually unscathed.
Aaron Kirby
In A Six-Pack Of IPA (Interesting Points, Allegedly), we look at how the rate of West Coast's hefty recent losses is unlike anything we’ve seen in the AFL/VFL for more than a century.
Chris Robinson
Danielle Laidley assesses every West Coast and Freo player out of the weekend, with one experienced Eagle in the crosshairs after a Sunday shocker.
Danielle Laidley
Young Fremantle forward Tobyn Murray has paid tribute to a pair of veteran teammates for helping him realise his value and impact extends beyond the stat box.
