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Locked inNon-West Aussie Dockers left devastated by hard border

Fremantle’s large cohort of players from interstate have been left devastated by the cancellation of WA’s planned border opening on February 5.

Braden Quartermaine

Long road home‘We’re f***ked’: WA teams react to border blindside

WA’s professional sports teams were left in shock and limbo on Thursday night after Premier Mark McGowan announced the February 5 border opening date would be delayed indefinitely.

Braden Quartermaine, Nick Taylor, Craig O’Donoghue & Eliza Reilly

‘They’ve cracked in’PremiumSerong full of praise for Freo’s ‘first class’ new recruits

Fremantle midfielder Caleb Serong is impressed by what he’s seen in the club’s new recruits, with Neil Erasmus and Matt Johnson set to bolster an already star-studded Dockers engine room. 

Samantha Rogers

Match simulation PremiumFreo recruit stands up in absence of star midfield trio

The continued injury-related absence of several starting midfielders has allowed Fremantle to experiment with a raft of combinations, as a few uncapped Dockers impressed in match simulation on Monday.

Eliza Reilly

Young gunDana East taking lessons from Dockers’ best

Dana East is taking full advantage of having arguably the AFLW’s best player just a few lockers away.

Mitchell Woodcock

On a rollTurbo 2.0 stars as Dockers topple Giants

Kiara Bowers’ apprentice Dana East has passed her first big test after the draftee inspired Fremantle to a 32-point win over Greater Western Sydney at VU Whitten Oval on Sunday.

Mitchell Woodcock

Health battleFreo encourage fans to support legend’s bid to raise funds

Fremantle will honour former star Aaron Sandilands and his family at the club’s 20th Starlight Purple Haze Game, in celebration of his fundraising efforts after his daughter’s terrifying health battle.

Eliza Reilly

Round Two PremiumFreo midfielder’s AFLW season in doubt

Fremantle midfielder Philipa Seth’s AFLW season is in doubt after she remained in Perth to undergo surgery on her right ankle. FULL TEAMS.

Eliza Reilly

Hub life Eagles push for extra home game as clubs enter COVID bubble

West Coast are pushing to have their round six clash against Collingwood relocated to Mineral Resources as compensation for playing five straight matches interstate. SEE THE PICTURES HERE

Eliza Reilly

Practice makes perfectPremiumNew look, new focus: Are Fyfe’s accuracy woes over?

Nat Fyfe’s new look isn’t the only significant change the captain has made over the off-season, with the Fremantle champion unveiling a substantial accuracy improvement.

Eliza Reilly

Dockers duoPremiumYoung Strom grateful for Turbo boost

Fremantle ruck Mim Strom wants to test herself against the best of the best and that includes feeding the AFLW’s best midfielder.

Eliza Reilly

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Peel Thunder’s tragic premiership team: Cam Shepherd Q&A

The deaths of former Fremantle forwards Harley Balic and Shane Yarran mean Peel Thunder have lost two players from their inaugural 2016 premiership team.

Braden Quartermaine

‘Immense pressure’Shepherd wants draft age rethink amid more heartache

Dual Peel premiership coach Cam Shepherd has called for a re-think of the national draft in the wake of the death of former Fremantle forward Harley Balic, saying most footballers were drafted too young.

Braden Quartermaine

Round one ready PremiumSerong primed for bolter season after strong end to 2022

Fremantle’s Caleb Serong opens up about the method behind the madness in his role as a tagger, what the drought-breaking derby win meant to him and what lit the fire in the belly for the Dockers.

Samantha Rogers

‘No holiday’PremiumShared interests: Eagles, Freo farewell Perth for hub stint

Days after doing battle in a heated derby clash, AFLW rivals Fremantle and West Coast will share a charter flight to Melbourne to kick off their interstate road trips.

Eliza Reilly

Thin ice PremiumEagles, Freo to travel without train-ons despite COVID risk

Fremantle and West Coast will be without their AFLW train-on players for their Victorian hub stint despite the ongoing threat of COVID and injuries decimating playing lists. 

Eliza Reilly

Amazing journey Premium‘Dead or in a wheelchair’: AFLW star’s remarkable recovery

Fremantle’s Ann McMahon had long been considered one of WA’s leading football prospects. But it all changed while on patrol as a police officer on Christmas Day in 2019.

Eliza Reilly

DOCKERS TRAINING NOTESPremiumMundy back but veteran in cotton wool after ankle set-back

In a welcome sight for Fremantle fans, veteran David Mundy returned to the track for the first time in 2022. Find out who else was in rehab group as we race towards round one.

Braden Quartermaine

High hopes‘I still want to avoid it’: Freo star’s plan to dodge COVID

Fremantle leadership group member Alex Pearce says the club is refusing to accept it is inevitable the players will get COVID-19 this season, and labelled management of the virus as the story of the season.

Braden Quartermaine

Training shake up PremiumDockers to return to heart of Fremantle

The Dockers are set to return to the heart of Fremantle more frequently this year, departing their base in Cockburn in favour of regular training sessions at Fremantle Oval.

Eliza Reilly

MOTHER’S HEARTBREAKPremiumFormer teammates, coaches remember late Docker Harley Balic

The emotional tributes to former Fremantle forward Harley Balic – who died alone in a Melbourne hotel aged just 25 following a long battle with depression– poured in from around the AFL world on Tuesday.

Braden Quartermaine Tim Clarke Jordan McArdle

Tragic newsPremiumEx-coach pays tribute to ‘very popular’ Harley Balic

Harley Balic’s former Sandringham Dragons coach Jeremy Barnard has remembered him as a ‘pleasant’ young footballer who ‘always had a smile on his face’.

Jordan McArdle

Harley Balic ‘Taken too soon’: Tributes flow for ex-Docker, Demon

The AFL community is mourning the death of former Fremantle midfielder Harley Balic, who passed away over the weekend just days after his 25th birthday.

Samantha Rogers

Demons coltsPremiumEx-Eagle Perth’s new talent manager, famous names in squad

Former West Coast rookie and East Fremantle player Brodie Riach has been appointed Perth Football Club’s talent manager and will oversee a colts squad full of familiar names including two sons of guns.

Jordan McArdle