2017 Fremantle Football Club season

Fremantle Football Club

2017 season
Coach	Ross Lyon (6th season)
Captain(s)	Nat Fyfe (1st season)
Home ground	Domain Stadium (Capacity: 43,500)
AFL season	14th
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The 2017 Fremantle Football Club season is the 23rd season in the Australian Football League contested by the Fremantle Football Club.

List changes

Main article: 2016 AFL draft

Retirements and delistings

Player	Date	Reason	Career games	Career goals	Ref.
Matthew Pavlich	26 July 2016	Retired [a]	353	700	[1]
Sean Hurley	30 August 2016	Delisted	0	0	[2]
Tanner Smith	2 September 2016	Delisted	4	2	[3]
Anthony Morabito	6 September 2016	Delisted	26	14	[4]
Matt de Boer	4 October 2016	Delisted	138	48	[5]
Josh Deluca	4 October 2016	Delisted	4	2	[5]
Brady Grey	4 October 2016	Delisted	17	10	[5]
Jack Hannath	4 October 2016	Delisted	20	8	[5]
Tendai Mzungu	4 October 2016	Delisted	102	54	[5]
Clancee Pearce	4 October 2016	Delisted	100	36	[5]
Michael Barlow	24 October 2016	Delisted	126	81	[6]
Alex Silvagni	26 October 2016	Delisted	53	10	[7]

1. Effective at the end of the season

Free agency

Player	Date	Free agent type	New club	Compensation	Ref.
Chris Mayne	12 October 2016	Unrestricted	Collingwood	2nd round	[8]

Trades

Date	Gained	From	Lost	Ref.
11 October 2016	Cam McCarthy Pick 7 Pick 34 Pick 72	Greater Western Sydney	Pick 3	[9]
13 October 2016	Bradley Hill	Hawthorn	Pick 23	[10]
18 October 2016	Joel Hamling Pick 40 Pick 63	Western Bulldogs	Pick 35 Pick 43 Pick 61	[11]
20 October 2016	Shane Kersten	Geelong	Pick 63	[12]
20 October 2016	Pick 35 Pick 71 2017 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	Gold Coast	Pick 73 2017 second round pick (Fremantle)

National draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League
1	8	Griffin Logue	Swan Districts	WAFL
2	38	Sean Darcy	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
2	41	Brennan Cox	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
4	66	Luke Ryan	Coburg	VFL

Rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League
1	3	Taylin Duman	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
2	21	Luke Strnadica	East Fremantle	WAFL
3	38	Brady Grey	Fremantle	AFL
4	50	Josh Deluca	Fremantle	AFL

Squad

Fremantle Football Club

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching Staff
1 Hayden Ballantyne  2 Griffin Logue  3 Zac Dawson  4 Sean Darcy  5 Garrick Ibbotson  6 Danyle Pearce  7 Nat Fyfe (c)  8 Nick Suban  9 Bradley Hill 10 Michael Walters 11 Tom Sheridan 12 Jonathon Griffin 13 Harley Bennell 14 Lachie Weller 15 Ethan Hughes 16 David Mundy 17 Hayden Crozier 18 Darcy Tucker 19 Connor Blakely		20 Matt Taberner 21 Joel Hamling 22 Shane Kersten 23 Cam McCarthy 24 Harley Balic 25 Alex Pearce 26 Ed Langdon 27 Lachie Neale 30 Zac Clarke 31 Aaron Sandilands 32 Stephen Hill 33 Cameron Sutcliffe 34 Lee Spurr 35 Michael Apeness 36 Brennan Cox 37 Michael Johnson 38 Luke Ryan 40 Sam Collins 41 Shane Yarran (ret)				28 Brady Grey 39 Josh Deluca 42 Matt Uebergang 43 Ryan Nyhuis 44 Taylin Duman 45 Luke Strnadica		Head coach Ross Lyon Assistant coaches Michael Prior (defensive coach) Mark Stone (stoppages and training coordinator) Anthony Rock (midfield coach) Simon Eastaugh (midfield coach) David Hale (forwards coach) Marc Webb (senior development coach) Roger Hayden (development coach) Brent Guerra (development coach) Tom Morris (high performance manager) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie (ret) Retired Updated: 22 June 2017 Source(s): Playing list, , 2016 coaching structure

Season summary

Main article: 2017 AFL season

Pre-season

Main article: 2017 JLT Community Series

Game	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Fremantle's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 25 February (3:40 pm)	West Coast	0.16.11 (107)	0.8.4 (52)	Lost by 55 points	Wonthella Oval, Geraldton (A)	8,800	[13]
2	Saturday, 4 March (1:40 pm)	Collingwood	1.11.12 (87)	1.12.4 (85)	Won by 2 points	Rushton Park (H)	5,500	[14]
3	Friday, 10 March (5:40 pm)	Carlton	2.12.14 (104)	0.12.11 (83)	Won by 21 points	Domain Stadium (H)	5,337	[15]

Home and Away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Fremantle's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 26 March (4:40 pm)	Geelong	10.13 (73)	18.7 (115)	Lost by 42 points	Domain Stadium (H)	34,638	[16]
2	Sunday, 2 April (4:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	22.13 (145)	8.8 (56)	Lost by 89 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	38,388	[17]
3	Saturday, 8 April (5:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	13.11 (89)	10.13 (73)	Won by 16 points	Domain Stadium (H)	28,865	[18]
4	Saturday, 15 April (1:40 pm)	Melbourne	15.14 (104)	16.10 (106)	Won by 2 points	MCG (A)	27,829	[19]
5	Saturday, 22 April (5:40 pm)	North Melbourne	9.13 (67)	9.8 (62)	Won by 5 points	Domain Stadium (H)	33,319	[20]
6	Saturday, 29 April (6:10 pm)	West Coast	16.7 (103)	9.8 (62)	Lost by 41 points	Domain Stadium (A)	40,836	[21]
7	Sunday, 7 May (2:40 pm)	Essendon	17.14 (116)	11.13 (79)	Won by 37 points	Domain Stadium (H)	33,393	[22]
8	Sunday, 14 May (1:10 pm)	Richmond	10.10 (70)	10.12 (72)	Won by 2 points	MCG (A)	31,200	[23]
9	Sunday, 21 May (2:40 pm)	Carlton	13.8 (86)	7.9 (51)	Won by 35 points	Domain Stadium (H)	30,313	[24]
10	Saturday, 27 May (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	20.23 (143)	6.7 (43)	Lost by 100 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	42,415	[25]
11	Sunday, 4 June (2:40 pm)	Collingwood	12.13 (85)	15.15 (105)	Lost by 20 points	Domain Stadium (H)	34,259	[26]
12	Saturday, 10 June (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	18.13 (121)	9.10 (64)	Lost by 57 points	Gabba (A)	11,742	[27]
13	Bye
14	Sunday, 25 June (1:10 pm)	Geelong	10.14 (74)	11.6 (72)	Lost by 2 points	Simonds Stadium (A)	29,928	[28]
15	Sunday, 2 July (2:40 pm)	St Kilda	12.8 (80)	12.17 (89)	Lost by 9 points	Domain Stadium (H)	30,541	[29]
16	Sunday, 9 July (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	12.10 (82)	13.8 (86)	Won by 4 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	19,267	[30]
17	Sunday, 16 July (2:40 pm)	West Coast	5.14 (44)	11.8 (74)	Lost by 30 points	Domain Stadium (H)	38,722	[31]
18	Saturday, 22 July (5:40 pm)	Hawthorn	7.6 (48)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 52 points	Domain Stadium (H)	30,818	[32]
19	Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	13.20 (98)	13.8 (86)	Lost by 12 points	Spotless Stadium (A)	11,233	[33]
20	Saturday, 5 August (5:40 pm)	Gold Coast	12.18 (90)	10.7 (67)	Won by 23 points	Domain Stadium (H)	27,050	[34]
21	Saturday, 12 August (1:45 pm)	Sydney	22.11 (143)	5.9 (39)	Lost by 104 points	SCG (A)	39,281	[35]
22	Sunday, 20 August (2:40 pm)	Richmond	7.9 (51)	25.5 (155)	Lost by 104 points	Domain Stadium (H)	34,204	[36]
23	Sunday, 27 August (1:10 pm)	Essendon	16.11 (107)	14.8 (92)	Lost by 15 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	42,665	[37]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide	22	15	6	1	2415	1776	136.0	62	2017 finals
2	Geelong	22	15	6	1	2134	1818	117.4	62
3	Richmond (P)	22	15	7	0	1992	1684	118.3	60
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	14	6	2	2081	1812	114.8	60
5	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2168	1671	129.7	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2093	1651	126.8	56
7	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2135	2004	106.5	48
8	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1964	1858	105.7	48
9	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2035	1934	105.2	48
10	Western Bulldogs	22	11	11	0	1857	1913	97.1	44
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	1925	1986	96.9	44
12	Hawthorn	22	10	11	1	1864	2055	90.7	42
13	Collingwood	22	9	12	1	1944	1963	99.0	38
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1607	2160	74.4	32
15	North Melbourne	22	6	16	0	1983	2264	87.6	24
16	Carlton	22	6	16	0	1594	2038	78.2	24
17	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	1756	2311	76.0	24
18	Brisbane Lions	22	5	17	0	1877	2526	74.3	20

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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