Fremantle are preparing to continue their strong form with a big clash against the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Here’s what we saw on the track on Thursday morning...
Mitchell Woodcock
Fremantle are bullish the time is now for them to achieve premiership success, but analysts have questioned whether their game style holds up after alarming numbers were revealed.
Jake Santa Maria
Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy will make his return through the WAFL, but he’s unlikely to be joined by former captain Nat Fyfe who is battling knee soreness.
Andrew Krakouer leaves a legacy as a role model for the Indigenous community, and I was one of the lucky ones who got to learn by playing alongside him, writes Michael Walters.
Michael Walters
Fremantle may turn to young gun Cooper Simpson to add a different dimension to their ball movement out of defence after the sophomore impressed at half-back for Peel on the weekend.
Ben Smith
Under-fire West Coast co-captain Oscar Allen has found an unlikely ally in a cross-town rival as the fallout continues from his meeting with Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell.
Samantha Rogers
Fremantle skipper Alex Pearce has been backed to take on arguably the toughest task in modern football — stopping Western Bulldogs star Sam Darcy.
Ebony Antonio has acknowledged she might have played her last game for Fremantle, with the veteran star to sit out the 2025 AFLW season as she welcomes her first child.
Rory Lobb has unveiled a snappy new look ahead of his latest return to WA to face his former club Fremantle. SEE IT HERE
Chris Robinson
Andrew Brayshaw and Caleb Serong both had exceptional games on the weekend, but the numbers say there is no way Brayshaw shouldn’t have at least been joint winner of the Glendinning-Allan Medal.
Danielle Laidley
Australian of the Year Neale Daniher says Sunday’s third annual Hand in Hand Crossing for Inclusion over Matagarup Bridge will be a stirring example of ‘people power’.
Glen Quartermain
Justin Longmuir was full of praise for Isaiah Dudley following his stunning derby debut as the newest Docker hopes to continue to impress ahead of a looming selection squeeze.
Fremantle are closing in on having their first choice midfield available after Sean Darcy and Hayden Young trained strongly on Tuesday and that is exactly what the team has been craving.
Craig O'Donoghue
With another western derby in the books, it is fair to say that this one is unlikely to be re-watched or spoken of by many again, writes Xavier Ellis.
Xavier Ellis
In A Six-Pack Of IPA (Interesting Points, Allegedly), we reveal the list of players to have booted two goals in their first quarter of AFL footy in the wake of Isaiah Dudley’s derby effort, and more.
West Coast midfielder Jack Graham has avoided suspension for an off-the-ball hit on Fremantle star Caleb Serong, with four players - including Harley Reid - fined following a feisty western derby.
Fremantle forward Isaiah Dudley’s derby debut was made even more special by the arrival of 20 family members and friends who travelled from South Australia to watch his dream come true.
Danielle Laidley runs an eye over every Fremantle Docker and West Coast Eagle after western derby 60. Who starred and who struggled?
The AFL season is well and truly heating up and so are the big issues across the game. The West Australian’s Mitchell Woodcock takes a no-holds-barred look at the week.
Fremantle vice-captain Caleb Serong has described an off-the-ball clash with West Coast’s Jack Graham as ‘derby tax’.
Fremantle have won their first game of the 2025 season and coach Justin Longmuir believes the way they handled the pressure from their poor early rounds is a strong sign for the future.
The Dockers won western derby 60 through weight of numbers – 65 inside 50s to West Coast’s 37 off a 40-25 clearance win.
Fremantle star Caleb Serong has equalled Paul Hasleby’s record for the most Glendinning-Allan Medals after a sparkling performance in the Dockers’ dominant western derby win over West Coast.
Fremantle have won the western derby on a day where their leaders stepped up to the plate and Caleb Serong created his own piece of history with a fourth Glendinning-Allan Medal.