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Every player ratedPremiumDockers ratings: Who deserved top marks in win?

A tall timber trio fought it out for best-on-ground honours in Fremantle’s win over Gold Coast. See who secured top billing.

John Townsend

First-year DockerPremiumO’Driscoll on his new role and AFL debut hopes

Nathan O’Driscoll can’t help but feel encouraged by fellow Fremantle draftees Brandon Walker and Joel Western getting an AFL debut on Saturday.

Jordan McArdle

Successful returnPearce has ‘plenty of room to grow:’ Longmuir

He’s missed more games through injury than he’s played, but Alex Pearce could prove Fremantle’s defensive ace in the second half of the season with senior coach Justin Longmuir declaring the key defender has “plenty of growth” left in him.

Eliza Reilly

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Finals aliveCommentsPremium
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Pearce’s return, Darcy’s development prove to be worth the wait

If you rank wins in aesthetic value - this one won’t make Fremantle’s top 100. But if you rank it in order of merit, it will sit considerably higher than that.

Mark Duffield

Impressive victoryDockers depth shines bright in second-half surge

Six days after Optus Stadium became a battlefield, a replenished Fremantle discovered the depth to patch over their holes and keep their slim finals hopes alive.

Braden Quartermaine

Studs and dudsPremiumWho impressed and who didn’t as Freo dispel Suns

A Dockers favourite held a Coleman medal favorite goalless. An 18-year-old showed his teammates how it’s done. And a homegrown talent shone on his return to Perth. Here’s who impressed and who didn’t in Fremantle’s win over the Suns.

Eliza Reilly

Crucial victoryPremiumThree-word analysis of every Docker in gritty win

If you could sum up Fremantle’s efforts against Gold Coast in three words, what would you choose? Read our thoughts and register your own.

Mitchell Woodcock

Michael BarlowPremiumLyon the man for job - if he wants it

Ross Lyon is as brilliant a football mind as you will come across. Recently with Lyon stepping into media roles, the wider football public have become privy to more of his idiosyncrasies.

Michael Barlow

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Ryan DanielsCommentsPremium
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Welcome to the dark, Dockery days of the rebuild

No, rebuilds aren’t pretty – in fact they’re usually damn near Shakespearean, in that there’s tragedy, comedy, heartache and half the time you have no idea what’s going on – like how real estate agents no longer put prices on anything.

Ryan Daniels

Double troubleCommentsPremiumWalker, Western cross paths on way to AFL debut

Brandon Walker and Joel Western first lined up together as 14-year-olds in the 2017 Under-15s All Nations Carnival in Sydney. Four years later, they’ll debut for Fremantle against Gold Coast.

Jordan McArdle

Purple and proudVideoCommentsWA’s longest-serving cop’s Freo coin toss honour

With nerves of steel built on decades of policing, WA’s longest-serving cop Jim Migro has promised a steady hand when he tosses the coin to start tomorrow’s match between Fremantle and Gold Coast.

Steve Butler

Flexible Freo PremiumBowers the forward? Dockers to trial different positions

Bowers the forward? Seth and Duffy the midfielders? These could be just some of the positional moves Fremantle trial next AFLW season as the Dockers use the WAFLW season to experiment with their multidimensional playing list.

Eliza Reilly

Purple touchPavlich to have say on Teague’s fate

Fremantle champion Matthew Pavlich has been named as one of three members of the review panel that will likely decide the fate of Carlton coach David Teague.

Mitchell Woodcock

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Stars shining bright: Duff’s mid-season honour roll

Who’s starred so far? Mark Duffield names his pick of the bunch from the first half of the AFL season.

Mark Duffield

Fight night PremiumAFLW Eagles, Dockers rivals to meet in boxing ring

It may prove the only time they can punch an arch-rival and not get reported for it. AFLW rivals Kara Antonio of Fremantle and Courtney Guard of West Coast to go head-to-head in Perth Corporate Rumble main event.

Eliza Reilly

Shouldering load Fyfe confident of pushing through pain: ‘If you live in fear, you never play any footy’

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe said he was in a critical phase of rehabilitation, spending hours in a hyperbaric chamber and undergoing platelet-rich plasma injections to aid his healing.

Eliza Reilly

Locked awayDockers re-sign AFLW power couple

Fremantle have re-signed star couple and key players Kara and Ebony Antonio ahead of the sixth AFLW season which starts in December.

Mitchell Woodcock

Dockers debutantsPremium‘Class act’ Walker will excite Freo fans

Brandon Walker’s former colts coach expects the ‘class act’ to excite Fremantle fans with his run and carry from defence on debut against Gold Coast at Optus Stadium on Saturday.

Jordan McArdle

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Paul HaslebyCommentsPremium
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Dockers are now draft power players

Fremantle have a chequered history when it comes to the draft, but while that past criticism has been warranted, it’s also time to acknowledge the superb job by Dockers recruiters in recent years.

Paul Hasleby

Need for speedDream debut for Dockers duo, Pearce finally returns

Dreams have become a reality for Fremantle draftees Brandon Walker and Joel Western, with the pair confirmed to debut together against Gold Coast on Saturday.

Mitchell Woodcock

Ross the Boss?Ryan backs Lyon to replace Buckley as Pies coach

Fremantle defender Luke Ryan says Ross Lyon is ‘still one of the best coaches’ not in a senior role in footy, as his former coach emerges as the frontrunner to replace Nathan Buckley at Collingwood.

Samantha Rogers

Odds shorteningPremiumI’m open to chat with Magpies, says Lyon

Former Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has had his say on the vacant Magpies role as the experienced mentor shortens to take over from Nathan Buckley.

Chris Robinson

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Kane CornesCommentsPremium
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Freo’s finals dream is over, now it’s Operation: Keep Adam

When you’re knocked out of finals the temptation is to wave the white flag, but Fremantle have one very big and talented reason to do anything but, writes Kane Cornes.

Kane Cornes

Round 13PremiumThe Tipsters: Freo, Eagles games split the pack

Fremantle are depleted and West Coast are taking on the reigning premiers, but it hasn’t stopped some of The West Australian’s tipsters from baking the WA sides, with seven believing both teams can get a win.

Mitchell Woodcock