Fremantle captain Ange Stannett made a brilliant return on Sunday from a knee reconstruction, overcoming nerves to kick two goals. But those nerves provided a timely lesson for the small forward.
Craig O'Donoghue
All eyes will be on Fremantle training this week to see if Hayden Young and Matt Johnson are available to face the Western Bulldogs, but can the Dockers risk adding more underdone players to their team?
AFL expert Danielle Laidley doesn’t hold back in her assessment of a string of big-name Dockers after their Friday night failure. See how she graded each Fremantle and West Coast player here!
Danielle Laidley
From the star Fremantle must let loose to make the finals to which club West Coast should replicate in its rebuild, The West Australian’s Mitchell Woodcock takes a no-holds-barred look at the weekend.
Mitchell Woodcock
With Justin Longmuir in attendance, Fremantle’s fringe players did their best to impress their coach in Peel Thunder’s 57-point win over Subiaco in Leederville on Saturday. Here’s how all 12 Dockers fared.
Josh Kempton
Fremantle will play finals for the second time since 2015 if they beat the Western Bulldogs, or Gold Coast lose both of their round 24 matches.
Aaron Kirby
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb has paid tribute to returning captain Ange Stannett for her inspirational efforts in the club’s 22-point win over Port Adelaide on Sunday.
Fremantle have opened their AFLW season with a win over Port Adelaide in South Australia and it was two returning stars who would have fans extremely excited about what could happen this year.
Fremantle are under massive pressure to stay in the top eight following Friday’s loss to Brisbane, and one of the game’s best-ever forwards has raised some big questions about the team heading into this week.
Fremantle midfielder Hayden Young says he will be “ready” for Sunday’s likely sudden-death clash with the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium
Glen Quartermain
Fremantle great Paul Hasleby takes a look at what went wrong for the Dockers in their disappointing defeat to Brisbane on Friday night and how they must tackle the must-win game against the Western Bulldogs.
Paul Hasleby
Fresh off his side’s horror 57-point loss to Brisbane on Friday night, Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir made the trip to Leederville to take in Peel Thunder’s clash with Subiaco.
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb has welcomed the selection headaches she is set to be presented with this year as she hailed the diversity of her squad ahead of their AFLW season opener.
Ben Smith
The State’s peak football body has condemned the highly-offensive social media comment made by sacked country coach John Baggetta as vile, while it has been revealed a former Docker will coach the club.
Josh Kempton & Craig Duncan
Fremantle midfielder Andrew Brayshaw has welcomed the challenge of beating the Western Bulldogs under the Marvel Stadium roof next Sunday to qualify for their first finals series in three seasons.
The West Australian looks at the top 30 moments in the State’s proud football history. Today we look at 15-1.
Fremantle’s finals hopes will go on the line next week after a horror loss to Brisbane on Friday night but coach Justin Longmuir had a clear message to anyone thinking lightning is about to strike twice.
‘I’ll always be a Fremantle person’. That was the final message from an emotional Nat Fyfe to a heaving Optus Stadium crowd as the Dockers legend got a guard of honour after what could be his last match in WA.
Chris Robinson & Josh Kempton
The Dockers should have seen it coming. Brisbane off a loss is a scary prospect. Now it all comes down to round 24.
Fremantle fans arrived at Optus Stadium hoping for the best and also fearing the worst. They could never have imagined how badly the night would end up.
Fremantle’s finals equation just got that much tougher after the wayward Dockers suffered a 57-point defeat to Brisbane. See our three-word analysis of every player.
Chris Robinson
Fremantle’s frustrations in their all-important clash with Brisbane threatened to breach boiling point when they started with eight consecutive behinds, but Josh Treacy stepped up to snap their scoring funk.
Nat Fyfe may have again started their clash with Brisbane in his new specialist role as their substitute, but Dockers fans did not miss their chance to show their appreciation for their superstar.
We are in the thick of the most unique, awkward and fascinating race to the finals we’ve seen, writes Ryan Daniels. Who’s ready to step up?
Ryan Daniels
