The trouble with the last day of the AFL’s regular season is that it’s like the end of a 400m race where the judges forgot to implement a stagger. It’s time for the competition to have even fixtures.
Braden Quartermaine
The management of three injury-affected forwards in Rory Lobb, Nat Fyfe and Matt Taberner is looming as the defining issue of Fremantle’s finals campaign, writes Braden Quartermaine.
The bizarre scenes that led to Friday night’s draw at Marvel Stadium included one rule that got enforced to the letter and another rule that is treated as if it doesn’t exist.
Sydney coach John Longmire has the right to answer questions however he likes. But the media equally has the right to decide whether it’s worth showing up.
In one of the world’s most beloved movies, Andy Dufresne crawled through a river of s..t and came out clean on the other side. Some at Fremantle might know the feeling.
All rule changes should come with a stated aim and a two-year sunset clause. If they haven’t achieved what was set out, they automatically get dumped.
Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe might wield his Captain Docker shield on the field, but deep down he shares the doubts, flaws and insecurities we all do.
West Coast recruiting and list boss Rohan O’Brien says the club is not in denial about the need to rebuild, but ‘an unbelievable set of circumstances’ had made assessing their position more difficult.
Fremantle have boosted their attacking arsenal with exciting East Perth key forward Sebit Kuek, who has booted 16 goals in five games in a hot start to the WAFL season.
Fremantle were coming off a six-day break, consecutive wet-weather slogs, travelled, had Nat Fyfe watching from home and would soon lose Matt Taberner. Then they played maybe their best quarter ever.
The Eagles’ injury and COVID crises have flowed on to the reserves team, meaning they are fielding a side in the WAFL made up largely of amateur standard top-up players. And it needs to change.
In the twilight of his fabulous career with his iconic beard starting to grey, here was a living legend proudly paying homage to his love for the club in one of their darkest hours.
Patched up with bits and pieces in front of a patchy crowd, West Coast were powered by resilience until their tremendous heart was ultimately left broken with a 27-point loss to Gold Coast.
If West Coast have endured the summer from hell, there’s an equally simple but strong argument that Fremantle have quietly completed the best pre-season of the 18 AFL clubs.
West Coast coach Adam Simpson says the club is just ‘having a bad run’ with injury as three more players go down in the pre-season clash against Fremantle.
WA Cricket confident COVID has not spread through the squad beyond Jayden Goodwin’s diagnosis.
There’s good news and bad news for West Coast members this season, Eagles CEO Trevor Nisbett revealed in an email.
New West Coast midfield coach Matthew Knights has outlined an exciting and ambitious blueprint for a revamped engine room he believes can match it with the AFL’s best this season.
It’s the last thing West Coast fans wanted to see after a drama-filled summer – the sight of young gun Oscar Allen stuck in a moon boot on the eve of the season. SEE THE EXCLUSIVE PICTURES HERE
Sydney Sixers are set to plead for Steve Smith to be allowed to face Perth Scorchers in Friday’s blockbuster BBL grand final, after limping into the decider ravaged by injury and COVID.
Cricket star Cam Green is back in Perth, after getting his G2G application approved with a special exemption.
If Inglis and Patterson set the tone for the batting effort, then paceman Jhye Richardson did the same in the opening over of the Sixers’ hapless pursuit.
It’s becoming obvious the Eagles are enduring their most tumultuous summer since the dramatic aftermath of the 2007 season, when Chris Judd departed for Carlton and Ben Cousins was sacked.
The deaths of former Fremantle forwards Harley Balic and Shane Yarran mean Peel Thunder have lost two players from their inaugural 2016 premiership team.
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