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Marcus Bontempelli must be stopped.

AFLCommentsPremiumMission stop Bont key to Dockers’ win on Friday

Fremantle should walk past the Western Bulldogs with ease and keep their perfect home record intact, writes Xavier Ellis.

Xavier Ellis

Rory Lobb and Marcus Bontempelli will need to spearhead the Dogs charge against Fremantle.

AFL CommentsPremiumGOOD LUCK! Dogs facing toughest task in footy

A Western Bulldogs gun has conceded they face a monumental task when they take on Fremantle at Optus Stadium in a Friday night blockbuster.

James Palumbo

Hayden Young will miss the clash with Western Bulldogs.

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumYoung to face Dogs as Dockers pick up an injury

Fremantle has recalled gun midfielder Hayden Young for Friday night’s home clash with the Western Bulldogs as the team chases a club record 18th successive win in a regular season.

Glen Quartermain

Fremantle forward Josh Treacy will celebrate game 100 this weekend.

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumBest since Pav: Big Cohuna the forward Freo searched for

It has taken a decade, but Fremantle have finally found an heir to the throne that was occupied by arguably their greatest ever player in Matthew Pavlich.

Mitchell Woodcock

Sam Mitchell has shot down reports they’re preparing for Wharfie Time.

AFLComments‘Months ago’: Mitchell addresses Wharfie Time preparation

Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has tried to pour cold water on an exclusive report that they had spent time training to cope with Fremantle’s famed ‘Wharfie Time’ which cost them a victory earlier this year.

Mitchell Woodcock

Fremantle star Hayden Young celebrates a goal against Hawthorn earlier this year.

AFLCommentsPremiumHow Young responded to Hawks’ ‘Wharfie Time’ revelation

After learning Hawthorn have undertaken specialist training to help them deal with the intimidating atmosphere created by ‘Wharfie Time’, Hayden Young has had his say.

Mitchell Woodcock

Matt Johnson being felled by a Harley Reid elbow last weekend.

AFLCommentsPremium‘Getting in his head’: Docker’s response to Harley elbow

Dockers midfielder Matt Johnson has revealed his and Harley Reid’s conversations with umpires in last week’s western derby as debate continues to rage around how the star Eagle is officiated.

Mitchell Woodcock

Fremantle Dockers Wharfie time

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Rattled Hawks practising dealing with Wharfie Time

Hawthorn players are undertaking specialist training to help them deal with Fremantle’s intimidating Wharfie Time, in case they face the Dockers again in a final, it can be revealed. 

Mitch Cleary

Justin Longmuir, Senior Coach of the Dockers celebrates the win.

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Every contingency Fremantle need to be ready for in finals

As the Boy Scouts say: “be prepared”. That’s my message to Justin Longmuir right now. You can never do enough preparation for a finals series, writes Mick Malthouse.

Mick Malthouse

Fremantle’s remarkable run of form has made beating them at Optus Stadium the toughest task in footy. 

AFLCommentsPremiumMission Impossible: Good luck beating Freo in Perth

It was always a difficult place to win, but Fremantle’s remarkable run of form has made beating them at Optus Stadium the toughest task in footy. Here are the numbers that prove it.

Ben Smith and Samantha Rogers

Sean Darcy and Mason Cox on Wednesday.

AFLCommentsPremiumTRAINING NOTES: Important defender a no-show on the track

Fremantle are on the hunt for a club record 18th win in a home-and-away season when they host the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium on Friday night. Here’s what you need to know from main training on Wednesday.

Mitchell Woodcock

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has spoken about the Dockers’ first quarter woes.

AFLCommentsPremiumLongmuir concedes slow starts have become ‘an issue’

They’re the most dominant and feared team in the premiership hunt, but Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir concedes their first-quarter performances have become an issue since the bye.

Mitchell Woodcock

Fremantle star Josh Treacy is set to play game 100 on Friday night.

AFLCommentsCyclone Treacy yet to reach peak gusts ahead of 100th game

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir says superstar spearhead Josh Treacy is yet to hit his ceiling as the forward prepares to celebrate a major milestone against the Western Bulldogs on Friday night.

Mitchell Woodcock

Jake Waterman and the Eagles finish their season with a string of Sunday fixtures.

AFLCommentsFixture finally locked in for rounds 23 and 24

Here’s when the Dockers and Eagles - and everyone else - will play across the final two weekends of the home-and-away season.

Chris Robinson

Aaron Naughton has been ruled out of the Dogs’ clash with Fremantle.

AFLWestern Bulldogs dealt bitter blow ahead of Fremantle clash

Luke Beveridge’s side will go into Friday night’s finals-shaping clash without one of their leading men.

Tom Morris

Brennan Cox will miss another game.

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumDockers make huge call on Brennan Cox’s knee injury

Fremantle rested Brennan Cox from last week’s win over West Coast and now they are facing the call on what to do about his knee injury for Friday night’s game. Justin Longmuir has made up his mind.

Craig O'Donoghue

Luke Jackson will star in the grand final timeslot in round 24.

AFLCommentsPremiumHome before 10pm! Dockers get best possible draw in round 24

Fremantle’s round 24 fixture has given them the ideal finish to the home and away season and they’ll be back in Perth at a decent time instead of having a nightmare return home

Craig O'Donoghue

Sam Sturt.

AFLCommentsPremiumReady, Sturt, go! Luckless Docker closes in on injury return

Luckless Fremantle forward Sam Sturt is set to make his long-awaited return to football this weekend after his last attempt was thwarted by injury. 

Samantha Rogers

Richmond missed out on Murphy Reid in 2024, despite the fact the Yzes were at Reid’s house before the draft.

Fremantle DockersVideoEmbattled Richmond mocked for baffling ‘miss of the century’

‘They had four goes at this.’

Cameron Noakes

Mark McVeigh, Jaymie Graham and James Hird are all through to Essendon’s next stage of interviews for their senior coaching job.

AFLFour in the mix and wildcard for Essendon’s senior coach job

The club has whittled their choices down to just a handful of names including some very familiar faces.

Tom Morris

Can this year's Dockers go further than the 2015 side did?

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SONNY: Comparing this Dockers side to my 2015 mates

What’s similar and what’s different? Michael Walters looks at how the current-day Dockers stand compared to the 2015 version as the club prepares to break its all-time win mark in a season.

Michael Walters

Fremantle star Murphy Reid has declared the sky is the limit for the Dockers and expressed enormous excitement about the club’s future after signing a contract extension until 2032.

AFLCommentsPremiumWhy Freo star Reid wants to stay in purple long term

Fremantle star Murphy Reid has declared the sky is the limit for the Dockers and expressed enormous excitement about the club’s future after signing a contract extension until 2032.

Craig O’Donoghue

Coaches votes from Friday’s western derby have revealed the Dockers player Andrew McQualter and Justin Longmuir thought should have won the Glendinning-Allan Medal.

AFLCommentsPremiumWho the coaches thought should have won derby medal

Coaches votes from Friday’s western derby have revealed the Dockers player Andrew McQualter and Justin Longmuir thought should have won the Glendinning-Allan Medal — and it’s not Murphy Reid.

Ben Smith

Fremantle are premiership favourites

AFLCommentsPremiumAFL admits it can’t stop airlines grand final price gouging

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon has expressed his frustration with the price gouging Fremantle fans are set to face from airlines if the Dockers make the grand final.

Craig O'Donoghue