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Perth batters still stranded in Sydney amid BBL chaos

Perth Scorchers remain on track to launch their BBL campaign at home next Wednesday, despite Premier Mark McGowan’s hard line quarantine stance that has cast further doubt over the Ashes.

Braden Quartermaine and Rob Forsaith

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AFL gain to be summer pain? What road map means for sport

The decision to keep WA locked up until a transition point expected in late January or early February effectively means summer sports’ pain will be the AFL’s gain.

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What’s in storePremiumClarko, Buddy and the jab: The AFL’s biggest stories in 2022

Football writer Braden Quartermaine predicts the AFL’s 10 biggest storylines to follow in 2022.

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NFL modelPremiumFreo chief’s dramatic AFL fixture re-think

Fremantle chief executive Simon Garlick believes it’s time for the AFL to consider a radical fixture shake-up, including a switch to a 17-game regular season.

Braden Quartermaine

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Requests revealed! WA clubs chase Optus blockbusters

Fremantle and West Coast want Optus Stadium to remain at the forefront of AFL scheduling in the wake of Perth’s historic grand final, requesting a series of marquee matches in 2022.

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Trade period just the entree for conservative Eagles

If the mega trade for Tim Kelly two years ago was un-West Coast like, then this trade period was typical Eagles as the club prepares for a crucial national draft.

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Why Freo should think twice about Clark deal

Braden Quarermaine on why the Dockers should think long and hard about whether to give up a top-25 selection for Jordan Clark - or if they should instead attack the draft with picks 6, 8, 19 and 22.

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Friendly negotiationsPremiumFreo close in on ‘ballpark’ figure for Cerra

The Dockers will land Carlton’s pick six as the centrepiece of the Cerra trade, but what follows could be key to Fremantle’s draft future.

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Dockers embrace the ‘P-word’ as part of new identity

In a contrast to Mark Harvey famously refusing to say the ‘F-word’ of finals, this weekend’s Doig Medal function saw a decent run for the ‘P-word’. That’s ‘P’ for ‘premiership’.

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Braden QuartermainePremiumTwilight the answer to competing grand final interests

They say never waste a crisis and this one might just open the AFL’s eyes. The MCG’s grand final contract will take time, money and goodwill to bend. But anything’s possible.

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Brave Bulldogs show Eagles, Dockers how to hit the road

The unavoidable conclusion to draw from the Western Bulldogs’ barnstorming run is that perfect preparation is overrated - and that can only be a good thing for the two WA clubs.

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Semifinal successVideoCats through to another prelim after passing Giant test

A monster second half from All-Australian forward Tom Hawkins ensured Geelong saw off a plucky Greater Western Sydney and purred into yet another preliminary final on Friday night.

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Friday night footyPremiumHogan’s 100 instead of Buddy’s 1000 for semi showdown

Lance Franklin had loomed as the marquee attraction as Friday night finals football comes to Perth, but it will instead be another WA key forward in Jesse Hogan who takes centre stage at Optus Stadium.

Braden Quartermaine

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Freo must play hard ball to avoid Cerra’s name haunting them

Adam Cerra is not the player Chris Judd was when he dropped his 2007 exit bombshell on the Eagles. But the looming departure of Cerra may leave an even sourer taste in Fremantle’s mouth.

Braden Quartermaine

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Such is life: Rioli’s quirky stalled comeback coincidence

Willie Rioli has long had a flair for the dramatic, but the latest twist in this saga is drawn directly from the plot of a soap opera we’ve seen before.

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1-44PremiumDerby depth chart: Every player’s place in pecking order

Who’s No.1 - and where does your favourite player sit? Braden Quartermaine ranks every player in the derby from 1-44 based on their ability to have an impact in today’s big game.

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Derby datePremiumLights, crowd, action: Derby set for Saturday night

Fremantle veteran David Mundy is set to equal Matthew Pavlich’s games record of 353 in the western derby next Saturday night.

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No overhaul neededPremiumStar Eagle: We’ll contend for two more

West Coast premiership midfielder Jack Redden believes the Eagles are capable of contending for two more years and doesn’t see any need for a major list overhaul at the end of the season.

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Premiership pair recalledEagles axe four after Bunga’s 300th debacle

West Coast’s revolving selection door continues to spin, with defender Josh Rotham axed for the second time this season to headline the list of four players dropped for Monday night’s meeting with Melbourne.

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Ton for TabsPremiumTaberner hopes best still to come after patient century

It is a measure of both his struggles to break into the team and his struggles with his own body that Matt Taberner will play his 100th game on Sunday in Fremantle’s 186th match since he made his debut in 2013.

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Braden QuartermainePremiumWhy Hill deserves derby farewell game

It’s a cruel irony for Stephen Hill that his man’s body has been unable to do what his boy’s body could.

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Lucky charmPremiumEagle not ready for dream finals run to end

Liam Duggan hasn’t had a September off since being drafted into the AFL, and it’s a thought he doesn’t want to contemplate as the Eagles get drawn into a dog fight for the bottom spots in the top eight.

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Ghosts of Sirengate finally laid to rest for Dockers

More than 15 years - and 326 games - after Fremantle won for the first time at Launceston, David Mundy finally got to sing the song down there.

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Match wrapVideoFreo bring up rare ton in trouncing of Hawks

It might have been Nat Fyfe’s day, but he wouldn’t have begrudged David Mundy doing the honours as Fremantle brought up a rare and cherished century.

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