Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir won’t be celebrating the club breaking their record for the most wins in a row, saying it doesn’t mean a thing unless the club has success later in the season.

The Dockers, who adopted the name Walyalup for Sir Doug Nicholls Round, beat St Kilda 16.8 (104) to 11.8 (74) at Optus Stadium to record their 10th consecutive win and break the record which was set in both 2006 and 2015.

But Longmuir said there is only one result that he’s really interested in.

“It doesn’t mean anything. Realistically, it doesn’t mean anything, does it?” he asked.

“When you boil it down and the whips are cracking at the end of the year, 10 in a row doesn’t mean anything. What matters is how many games you win at the end of the season, and how highly you qualify. We haven’t qualified finals, so really it doesn’t mean a lot.

“Records are made to be broken. We see that in all sports. But there’s only one thing that really matters in our game.”

Dockers fans will have a close eye on Saturday’s game between Geelong and Sydney because Fremantle will move to top spot on the ladder if the Cats win. Their next game is against reigning premier Brisbane at the Gabba as they attempt to keep their winning streak going.

Fremantle’s win came despite being without captain Alex Pearce, vice-captain Caleb Serong and experienced midfielders Hayden Young and Jaeger O’Meara. All four men are in the Dockers’ Leadership Group.

St Kilda, who adopted the name Euro-Yroke for Indigenous Round, led for more than half of the match, including during the final quarter. Longmuir said it was a victory that truly showed how good the team has become and proved they don’t rely on star power to win games.

“I was a little bit worried coming into the game,” he said.

“We had four of our eight leaders out. It was probably a less experienced team than we’ve had in the past and we were playing a team that were pretty experienced, I think they’re the fourth most experienced team of the round in terms of age.

“So there was a little bit of a worry there, but I thought we had a lot of players step up and share the load, and eventually we got the job done.

“We get talked about a lot - our players. I think it frank’s that our system stands up as well. We can just plug players in. Clearly talent plays a part in that, but think our system needs a little bit of credit as well. Everyone talks about talent when it comes to us and us winning games, but think system plays a little part in that as well.”