THE ever growing injury list at the Fremantle Dockers has claimed another big name with news today that star forward Michael Walters will miss the next three to four weeks with an ankle injury. The gun forward injured his ankle during the third quarter of Fremantle’s draw with Sydney at the SCG on Saturday night.

SYDNEY SWANS
vs
FREMANTLE
Saturday May 18, 7:40pm, SCG

GAME OVER: SYDNEY 11.4.70 drew with FREMANTLE

MICHAEL Walters lit up Patersons Stadium with four goals on Saturday night as Fremantle defeated Collingwood by 27 points.

The Dockers got off to the best possible start- kicking the first five goals of the game overwhelming the Magpies early

FREMANTLE managed their first win over Collingwood since the 2008 but have paid the price with yet another injury after ruckman Jon Griffin suffered what is feared to be a ruptured ACL. Griffen, 27, injured his knee mid-way through the first quarter of the game against the Magpies at Patersons Stadium last night during a

FREMANTLE DOCKERS
vs
COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES
Saturday 11th May, 5:40pm, Patersons Stadium

GAME OVER: FREMANTLE 15.10.100 def COLLINGWOOD

A DEPLETED Fremantle Dockers team came away with the four points after a 45 point win over the Gold Coast Suns at Metricon Stadium on Saturday night.

Led by Michael Waters four goals and Jon Griffins 31 hit outs and three goals, the Dockers took control of the match early a despite commendable efforts by the Suns were able to win comfortably

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Fremante Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 7:40pm AEST
WHERE: Metricon Stadium (QLD)
GAME OVER: FREMANTLE 15.9 (99) def GOLD COAST 7.12 (54)

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Fremante Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 7:40pm AEST
WHERE: Metricon Stadium (QLD)

SOMETIMES you win, sometimes you lose. And tonight the Fremantle Dockers and midfielder Nat Fyfe lost. And really, you have to ask why they tried. In hindsight appealing a one match suspension that would have been served when the Dockers would be playing the Gold Coast Suns is not that bad a penalty. But by

RICHMOND has been left heartbroken following Thursday night’s one-point loss to Fremantle at Paterson’s Stadium overnight.

Hayden Ballantyne was the hero, snapping his fourth goal in the dying stages to pinch victory for the Dockers

FREMANTLE held on for a thrilling one-point victory over Richmond but is now likely to be without Kepler Bradley for the rest of the season after he injured his knee in the second quarter of the game. The club now fears that Bradley has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after an

Fremantle Dockers
vs
Richmond Tigers

WHEN: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6:45pm AWST
WHERE: Patersons Stadium (WA)
Final Score: FREMANTLE 12.9 (81) def RICHMOND 12.8 (80)

Fremantle Dockers
vs
Richmond Tigers

WHEN: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6:45pm AWST
WHERE: Patersons Stadium (WA)

FREMANTLE has secured the services of defender Michael Johnson for a further two years. Johnson, a life member at the Dockers, is an integral part of the sides backline. The defender was a top 10 draft pick in 2003 and made his debut for Fremantle in 2005. “Michael has grown into a terrific defender,” said

IT is as if the Hawks round one loss to Geelong has added a hard edge to the brown and gold – and rather than become dispirited after that close result – they have instead become unified.

The 42-point win against Fremantle was its third in a row on Saturday in Launceston. Arguably they have the toughest draw out of any team in the first seven rounds, playing most finallists from last season.

HAWTHORN fears that Ryan Schoenmakers has torn the ACL in his right knee after a going down in the second quarter of the club’s 42 point victory over Fremantle in Tasmania earlier today. Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson confirmed the news after the game and while Schoenmakers will have scans on his knee, they believe that

Hawthorn Hawks
vs
Fremantle Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 1:45pm EST
WHERE: Aurora Stadium (TAS)
Final Score: HAWTHORN 18.10 (118) def FREMANTLE 11.10 (76)

Hawthorn Hawks
vs
Fremantle Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 1:45pm EST
WHERE: Aurora Stadium (TAS)

UPDATE:  In what is a huge blow to Fremantle ahead of their clash with Hawthorn this Saturday, skipper Matthew Pavlich has now been ruled out for four to six weeks with an Achilles injury. Fremantle announced a short time ago that surgery was the best course of action for Pavlich. The injury flared up after last

THE Essendon Football Club has announced that Paddy Ryder and Nick Kommer have accepted the sanctions passed down by the Match Review Panel yesterday. As a result Ryder will be out for three weeks for his hit on Fremantle’s Luke McPharlin and Kommer will miss two weeks for his rough conduct against Fremantle’s Kepler Bradley. “It is disappointing to

THERE was no doubt that last night’s game between Fremantle and Essendon was a thrilling contest ending in heartbreak for the home team and elation for the visitors. Also on Football Nation: What we learnt: Fremantle vs Essendon But the game was not without a price with a number of players injured and potentially facing

OUT of the darkness Essendon have lifted themselves from one of the most tumultuous weeks in the club’s history to record an inspiring four-point upset win against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium in Subiaco, Western Australia

Fremantle Dockers
vs
Essendon Bombers

WHEN: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 6:40pm WST
WHERE: Patersons Stadium (WA)
Final Score: ESSENDON 10.12 (72) def FREMANTLE 9.14 (68)

EVEN though many commentators predicted his resignation, it still came as big news when Cameron Schwab announced that he would be stepping down from his position of CEO at the Melbourne Football Club. It ends his 9 year involvement with the club on a sour and glum note, in which he was often praised and

Fremantle Dockers
vs
Essendon Bombers

WHEN: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 6:40pm WST
WHERE: Patersons Stadium (WA)

FREMANTLE’S 28-point win over the Western Bulldogs may have seemed like a canter in the end but it was a meaningful victory for the Dockers at Etihad Stadium. It was another win in Melbourne, a place which they have struggled to win in recent seasons and gives them more confidence on the road

Western Bulldogs
vs
Fremantle Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 1:10pm AEDT
WHERE: Etihad Stadium (VIC)
Final Score: FREMANTLE 16.10 (106) def WESTERN BULLDOGS 11.12 (78)

Western Bulldogs
vs
Fremantle Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 1:10pm AEDT
WHERE: Etihad Stadium (VIC)
LAST TIME: Round 15, 2012, Fremantle 14.11 (95) d Western Bulldogs 8.9 (57) at Patersons Stadium

ALL eyes are on Lance Franklin but more for off-field purposes than on-field this season. His contract negotiations have stalled and while publicly that is a surprise to many, the reality of free agency is amongst the football world with Franklin’s name standing out mainly because he is a bigger name. But there are many

FREMANTLE was able to beat West Coast on Saturday night without Aaron Sandilands. Now it looks like they will have to get used to playing without their star ruckman for an extended period with the club announcing tonight that he will have to undergo surgery on his injured left hamstring. The club has said that

FREMANTLE small forward Hayden Ballantyne has been found guilty of rough conduct on West Coast Eagles midfielder Scott Selwood in the first quarter of last Saturday night’s clash at Patersons Stadium. As a result of his previous poor record the guilty verdict he cannot get a penalty reduction with an early guilty plea and such he

FREMANTLE took care of business yesterday against West Coast, and their skipper did the same after the game when he was admitted to hospital with a hand injury. Matthew Pavlich posted the following picture on Instagram a short time ago saying “Went straight from the oval last night to hospital for my hand & finger

A WEEK after being hailed as premiership favourites by the leagues captain and coaches the West Coast Eagles could not have started 2013 any worse with a 28 point defeat by Fremantle last night at Patterson Stadium

AFTER missing the entire 2012 season because of an ACL injury, the comeback of Mark LeCras lasted less than three quarters after the Eagles forward broke his arm after a collision in yesterday’s game against the Dockers

Fremantle Dockers
vs
West Coast Eagles

WHEN: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 4:40pm AWST
WHERE: Patersons Stadium (WA)
Final Score: FREMANTLE 16.12 (108) def WEST COAST 11.14 (80)

Fremantle Dockers
vs
West Coast Eagles

WHEN: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 4:40pm AWST
WHERE: Patersons Stadium (WA)

AARON Sandilands’ return from a hamstring injury has been hit with a setback after the Fremantle Football Club announced that their star ruckman aggravated the injury at training earlier today. Sandilands sustained a partial tear to his left hamstring tendon last month in the club’s 18-point Round 1 NAB Cup win over Geelong and at that time was ruled

THE Fremantle Dockers have just announced that they have signed contract extensions with Zac Dawson and Chris Mayne. Dawson, 27, joined the Dockers last year and had previously played for Ross Lyon at St Kilda. The 195cm tall defender played in 18 games last year and he has signed a two-year extension that will have

THE Fremantle list is the strongest it’s been since the club made the 2006 Preliminary Final. The Dockers were unlucky against Adelaide in last year’s semi final going down late despite being in the contest for three and half quarters.

ROSS Lyon joined the Dockers last season and immediately turned around a team that had under performed the year before under Mark Harvey. The Dockers went from nine wins and an 11th place finish in 2011 to 14 wins and seventh place on the ladder and a finals appearance

FREMANTLE ended their NAB Cup campaign in convincing style with a 109 point thumping of the Western Bulldogs in Mandurah yesterday.

And after a disappointing and listless performance a week ago against Carlton, the Dockers this time fielded a near full strength side with Aaron Sandilands the only key player missing from the side

Fremantle Dockers
vs
Western Bulldogs

WHERE: Rushton Park, Mandurah, WA
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 3.30pm (AWDT)
FINAL SCORE: FREMANTLE 0.23.8 (146) def WESTERN BULLDOGS 0.5.7 (37)

Fremantle Dockers
vs
Western Bulldogs

WHERE: Rushton Park, Mandurah, WA
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 3.30pm (AWDT)

CARLTON kicked into gear last night with a commanding performance that would’ve impressed new coach Mick Malthouse and fans alike against a shocked Fremantle last night

Carlton Blues
vs
Fremantle Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 7.40pm EDT
WHERE: Etihad Stadium, VIC
FINAL SCORE: CARLTON 0.18.16 (124) def FREMANTLE 1.6.9 (54)

Carlton Blues
vs
Fremantle Dockers

WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 7.40pm EDT
WHERE: Etihad Stadium,

Final Score: ADELAIDE 13.11.89 def FREMANTLE

The Adelaide Crows take on the Fremantle Dockers today in an untelevised trial match at AAMI Stadium.

The game will be held in conjunction with Adelaide’s Members Day, with the game commencing at 11:30am

AFTER initial confidence that he had escaped serious injury in the club’s 18-point NAB Cup win over Geelong on Saturday, the Fremantle Dockers today announced that Aaron Sandilands had instead sustained a partial tear to his hamstring tendon and will be out for up to 8 weeks. Sandilands was sidelined during the clash with Geelong

THERE were two significant changes to the Fremantle list that were evident on the weekend in the club’s first NAB Cup games. The first was the arrival of Danyle Pearce who made is debut for the Dockers after beginning his career at Port Adelaide. Pearce was a bright spark for the Dockers in both games and

GAME 1: GEELONG 1.6.4 (49) def WEST COAST 1.6.2 (47)
GAME 2: FREMANTLE 0.7.6 (48) def GEELONG 0.4.6 (30)
GAME 3: WEST COAST 1.4.7 (40) def FREMANTLE 0.2.4 (16)

AFTER bowing out in last year’s semi finals, tonight marks the return to the field for both West Australian teams when Fremantle and West Coast play host to Geelong in the first round of the 2013 NAB Cup at Patersons Stadium. Both the Eagles and Dockers will field considerably strong teams in the first hit

            West Coast Eagles vs Fremantle Dockers vs Geelong Cats   WHEN: Sat 16 Feb 2013, from 4:40pm WDT, 7:40 EDT WHERE: Patersons Stadium, WA GAMES: West Coast v Geelong (4.40pm WST, 7:40pm EDT) Fremantle v Geelong (5.45pm WST, 8:45pm EDT) West Coast v Fremantle (6:40pm WST, 9:40pm EDT)   WEST COAST 1.

HAWTHORN superstar Lance Franklin is expected to speak at a press conference today amidst speculation he will leave the club at the end of the season after his management declared he wanted to hold off contract talks. AFL clubs have already swung into action preparing tactics to snare Buddy with Adelaide and Fremantle at the

FREMANTLE’S Nat Fyfe looks set to return to field this year bigger and better than ever.

The key word here being “bigger”

FREMANTLE’S injury prone forward Anthony Morabito has reportedly walked off the training track in an awkward state after limping with what is feared to be a knee injury today. Morabito, who has already suffered two serious knee injuries in his young career, is understood to be fearing the worst from the incident today. A WA

FREMANTLE’S mature age recruit Jack Hannath believes it his versatility that became crucial for him in the Dockers selecting him with the eighth selection in last month’s AFL rookie draft. Hannath, still only 21 and was the first choice ruckman at Central Districts in the SANFL, is set to play a major back-up role at

FOR new Saint Dylan Roberton, this was living life in the fast lane. Within 24 hours of being picked up by the Saints after moving on from Fremantle, Roberton had his first taste of high altitude training in Boulder, Colorado in the US. “For me, the biggest thing is getting to know my teammates. I

THE offseason injury tally continues to rise with the latest addition being Fremantle defender Ryan Crowley who is set to miss six weeks of training after tearing a pectoral muscle. The Dockers elite tagger tore the muscle during practice earlier this week but will be available to avoid surgery and is expected to recover quickly “We

WELL, that was quick. Just a few days after he was given permission to train with the club, the Western Bulldogs have signed former Docker Nick Lower as a delisted free agent. “I’m really over the moon. I couldn’t be happier,” Lower told westernbulldogs.com.au on Monday afternoon. “I really was pretty unsure with what would happen in the

DELISTED Fremantle midfielder/defender Nick Lower could be off to his third AFL club if he impresses the Western Bulldogs enough while training with them this week. Lower, who was originally drafted to Port Adelaide, played 22 matches with Fremantle over the past two seasons. He plays mainly on a half back flank but can play

JACK Anthony’s tumultuous stint with the Fremantle Dockers has come to an end with the out of favour forward and the club mutually agreeing to part ways ahead of the final AFL list lodgement on November 29. As we reported last month, Anthony had been rumoured for much of 2012 to be on his way

ADAM McPhee is set to pull the pin on his AFL career as early as Monday despite signing a one year contract extension with Fremantle last month. The news comes just one day after the club announced that it had delisted Nick Lower, Dylan Roberton and Jesse Crichton. The West Australian reports that McPhee, who is

JACK Anthony has retained a place on Fremantle’s 2013 list for now with the harbour club instead deciding to delist Nick Lower, Dylan Roberton and Jesse Crichton. The trio follow Jay Van Berlo, Gavin Roberts and Jordan Wilson-King who were delisted prior to the first list lodgement. Lower and Crichton have been offered the chance

FREMANTLE has offered utility Dylan Roberton a contract extension however his football career is in limbo with his management still in talks to get him across to a Victorian club in the draft. There was some interest coming from Collingwood during the trade period but nothing of substance eventuated between both parties. The homesick Roberton

                  ROUND   DATE OPPONENT VENUE   TIME 1 Saturday, March 23 West Coast Eagles Patersons Stadium Home 4.40pm 2 Saturday, April 6 Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium Away 2.10pm 3 Friday, April 12 Essendon Patersons Stadium Home 6.40pm 4 Saturday, April 20 Hawthorn Aurora Stadium Away 1.45pm

RUMOURS are circulating out of Fremantle that the Dockers may part with contracted forward Jack Anthony. Anthony, recruited from Collingwood, managed just 4 games for Fremantle in 2012 with the last coming in Round 10 in the loss to Adelaide. The former Magpie singed a three year contract with Fremantle that expires at the end

JUST one day after he met with club officials to discuss his place in Ross Lyon’s side, Fremantle defender Greg Broughton has been traded to the Gold Coast Suns. While Broughton had been linked to Port Adelaide and St. Kilda throughout the trade period it was a strong bid from Gold Coast that got a deal done, with the

FREMANTLE defender Greg Broughton will meet with club officials today to discuss his place in Ross Lyon’s side ahead of a possible trade interstate

FREMANTLE has dived into the free agency market making a bid for out of contract Port Adelaide defender Danyle Pearce making him the first player to take advantage of the new rules managing player movement. The clock is now ticking for the Power who have just 72 hours to match the offer or lose the services of

FRESH from a come-from-behind 10-point win over Fremantle at AAMI Stadium last night, Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson was buoyant about his clubs’ chances of causing an upset against the hot favourites Hawthorn next Saturday night in a preliminary final. The Crows have made it through to the final four and like their prospects next week.

GEELONG premiership players Matthew Scarlett, Joel Corey and David Wojcinski are set to retire as a dominant era in the competition appears all but over. Scarlett has told close friend and former team-mate Cameron Mooney that he will hang up the boots after last night’s 16-point loss to Fremantle which has left Cat fans shell-shocked.

FREMANTLE’S stunning upset of Geelong by 16-points in last night’s epic elimination final has somewhat turned the finals on its head. The Dockers will now meet Adelaide in a semi-final next week with the winner to face Hawthorn at the MCG, the following week in a preliminary final. Coach Ross Lyon was quick to hose

THE 2012 AFL finals series will open with a blockbuster qualifying final clash between Hawthorn and Collingwood at the MCG on Friday night. For the winner, it will head straight through to the preliminary final where it could eventually meet Geelong if it progresses through weeks one and two. For the loser, it will take

AARON Sandilands left Saturday’s game against Richmond  five minutes into the first quarter with what was thought at the time as being an ankle injury. The club has now revealed that a medical report has indicated that the big man has suffered a “turf toe” injury to his right foot and will miss up to 10 weeks.

After the completion of the 2012 AFL season the league will be revolutionised by the introduction of free agency. For eligible players this will give them the ability to leave their current club, bypassing the draft and trade periods, and essentially pick their next employer themselves. For the AFL, this will be an unprecedented change. In the lead

RICHMOND midfielder Daniel Connors suffered a leg injury playing for the Coburg Tigers in the VFL on Saturday. Connors faces a stint on the sidelines following the second half injury but it is not yet known how severe the injury is. FREMANTLE will miss rising midfielder Nat Fyfe for the next three months with a

FREMANTLE star ruckman Aaron Sandilands will miss this Friday’s clash with Carlton. Sandilands, 29, has been struggling with a knee injury sustained during last week’s thrilling 13-point win over St Kilda at Etihad Stadium.  Described variously by the media as a “tweak”, the big man has had complications with the injury as fluid has leaked from

So after hearing at the start of the week that midfielder Nat Fyfe was out and then later that he would be in, we now learn that he will NOT be playing tonight against St Kilda after all. The surprising late scratching comes 24 hours after the team list was announced and we cannot help

DOCKERS midfielder Nat Fyfe is a chance to play this Friday against St Kilda in spite of  a serious shoulder injury. We think. Fyfe, 20, injured the shoulder after colliding with Brisbane’s Matt Maguire and landing awkwardly last Saturday in what was ultimately a 29 point Fremantle victory over the Lions. It was the same same

FREMANTLE  midfielder Anthony Morabito has suffered another setback as he works towards a return from knee reconstruction surgery that forced him to miss all of the 2011 season. After being ruled out of the team’s opening game of the season with a quadriceps injury in early March, Morabito, 20, has this time tweaked his hamstring while playing for WAFL

STAR Geelong defender Matthew Scarlett has been rubbed out for three weeks for a punch that laid out Fremantle’s Hayden Ballantyne

MATTHEW Scarlett, the 15 year player, veteran of two premiership winning squads and 6-time all Australian, faces a likely suspension after swinging at (and collecting) Fremantle’s Hayden Ballantyne

WE continue our season preview in a pocket series with the team that we predict will finish in seventh position this season. And that is the Fremantle Dockers. Rising stars: Jayden Pitt is one who we have seen enough of to suggest he is going to step up this season. He came to the club

FREMANTLE’S young midfielder Anthony Morabito, 20, has been ruled out for the team’s opening game of the upcoming season with a quadriceps injury that occurred last Friday

FREMANTLE Jayden Pitt is one that has had a good pre-season. Matthew Pavlich will once again score huge points along with Michael Barlow. Tendai Mzungu is excellent value. 1. Hayden Ballantyne – Small forward renowned for his run and bounces. Won Goal of the Year last season. Creative and exciting to watch. 2. Anthony Morabito –

One of the most talked about players in 2010 would have to be Michael Barlow. The Fremantle recruit was one of many players picked up under the new mature age recruit system introduced by the AFL, and has shown that the hill has many years to climb after 24 years of age. In particular he

What is going on in the west?? In the past decade we have seen a remarkable turnaround of two sides. On one hand we had the super successful West Coast Eagles, who dominated the competition for the majority of the past years and had a premierships to show for their efforts. (more…)

Former Fremantle ruckman joins club’s coaching ranks as ruck and development mentor

Adam McPhee’s hopes of returning to Fremantle after quitting Essendon, will hinge on Melbourne

Adam McPhee is set to leave Essendon in a bid to join Fremantle via the pre-season draft

FN EXCLUSIVE: FORMER Fremantle coach Damian Drum believes his nephew Marcus “deserves to be treated better” at another club as he opts to be traded home to Victoria from the Dockers. Geelong and Hawthorn are the front runners for the talented 22-year-old defender, who has struggled for opportunites at the Dockers with just five games

MELBOURNE is one of three Victorian clubs chasing Fremantle speedster Brett Peake who walked out on the Dockers on Friday, telling his manager Colin Young he felt “stale” at the club. Peake, a 26-year-old midfielder from East Fremantle, informed the club on Friday that he wants to be traded and wants a change after the

Fremantle confirms meeting but says no place for former Roos’ coach at the Dockers

Fremantle football operations manager Chris Bond calls for calm as club tries to manage fallout after its worst defeat

Fremantle coach Mark Harvey appears certain to lead the Dockers into

When Ben Cousins ‘flipped the bird’ to a changing room TV camera on Saturday night, most viewers responded quizzically

Richmond hangs on to defeat Fremantle in a cliffhanger at the Subiaco Oval

Fremantle players travelled on the same flight as the man confirmed as WA’s first case of swine flu

Former Hawk stars are divided over whether Hawthorn can make the finals if they lose tonight against Fremantle