The 2018 Fremantle Football Club season was the 24th season contested by the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. It was also the 2nd season in the AFL Women's league.
Before the 2017 season had begun, Shane Yarran retired due to dramas outside of football. Though he did not play in the 2017 season, he still took up a spot on their list throughout 2017. [1] At the season's end veterans Zac Dawson and Garrick Ibbotson decided to retire from professional football. Neither was consistently playing in the senior team and both finished their careers playing for Peel Thunder in the WAFL. [2] [3] After the season had finished Fremantle announced that they would be delisting five players, including 100-gamer Zac Clarke and former Adelaide player Jonathon Griffin. [4] Nick Suban who had been awarded life membership at the 2017 Doig Medal event, was also delisted after nine years at the club. [5]
During the 2017 trade period, Fremantle were active in a number of trades, but gaining and losing players and major draft picks. Both Hayden Crozier and Harley Balic were traded, to Western Bulldogs and Melbourne respectively, in exchange for draft picks which improved Fremantle's position in the 2017 draft. [6] [7] Fremantle made an effort to bring defender Nathan Wilson to the club from Greater Western Sydney. Initially the Giants wanted a top-20 draft pick for him, but on the last day of the draft period Fremantle were able to secure him by exchanging lower draft picks and giving the Giants one of their future draft picks. [8] Fremantle also pulled off one of the biggest trades of the off-season when they were able to gain pick 2 in the 2017 draft from Gold Coast in exchange for Lachie Weller, [9] while also making another trade with the Suns to bring Brandon Matera to the club. [10]
Player | Date | Reason | Career games | Career goals | Ref. |
Shane Yarran | 19 December 2016 | Retired [lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 10 | [1] |
Zac Dawson | 17 August 2017 | Retired [lower-alpha 2] | 166 | 7 | [2] |
Garrick Ibbotson | 22 August 2017 | Retired [lower-alpha 2] | 177 | 22 | [3] |
Zac Clarke | 6 October 2017 | Delisted | 101 | 46 | [4] |
Jonathon Griffin | 6 October 2017 | Delisted | 97 | 36 | [4] |
Sam Collins | 6 October 2017 | Delisted | 14 | 0 | [4] |
Josh Deluca | 6 October 2017 | Delisted | 4 | 2 | [4] |
Matthew Uebergang | 6 October 2017 | Delisted | 0 | 0 | [4] |
Nick Suban | 27 October 2017 | Delisted | 156 | 60 | [5] |
Date | Gained | From | Lost | Ref. |
13 October 2017 | Pick 40 Pick 82 | Western Bulldogs | Hayden Crozier 2018 fourth round pick (Fremantle) | [6] |
18 October 2017 | Pick 66 | Melbourne | Harley Balic | [7] |
19 October 2017 | Nathan Wilson Pick 71 | Greater Western Sydney | Pick 57 2018 second round pick (Fremantle) | [8] |
19 October 2017 | Pick 2 | Gold Coast | Lachie Weller Pick 41 | [9] |
19 October 2017 | Brandon Matera | Gold Coast | 2018 third round pick (Fremantle) | [10] |
Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | League |
1 | 2 | Andrew Brayshaw | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup |
1 | 5 | Adam Cerra | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup |
3 | 44 | Hugh Dixon | Tigers | TSL |
4 | 59 | Mitch Crowden | Sturt | SANFL |
4 | 65 | Tom North | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup |
4 | 69 | Lloyd Meek | Greater Western Victoria Rebels | TAC Cup |
5 | 73 | Sam Switkowski | Box Hill Hawks | VFL |
5 | 75 | Scott Jones | East Perth | WAFL |
Round | Pick | Player | Recruited from | League |
1 | 5 | Bailey Banfield | Claremont | WAFL |
2 | 21 | Stefan Giro | Norwood | SANFL |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Richmond | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2143 | 1574 | 136.1 | 72 | 2018 finals |
2 | West Coast (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2012 | 1657 | 121.4 | 64 | |
3 | Collingwood | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2046 | 1699 | 120.4 | 60 | |
4 | Hawthorn | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1972 | 1642 | 120.1 | 60 | |
5 | Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2299 | 1749 | 131.4 | 56 | |
6 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1822 | 1664 | 109.5 | 56 | |
7 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1898 | 1664 | 114.1 | 54 | |
8 | Geelong | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2045 | 1554 | 131.6 | 52 | |
9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1950 | 1790 | 108.9 | 48 | |
10 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1780 | 1654 | 107.6 | 48 | |
11 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1932 | 1838 | 105.1 | 48 | |
12 | Adelaide | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1941 | 1865 | 104.1 | 48 | |
13 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1575 | 2037 | 77.3 | 32 | |
14 | Fremantle | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1556 | 2041 | 76.2 | 32 | |
15 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1825 | 2049 | 89.1 | 20 | |
16 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1606 | 2182 | 73.6 | 18 | |
17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1308 | 2182 | 59.9 | 16 | |
18 | Carlton | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1353 | 2282 | 59.3 | 8 |
Garrick Ibbotson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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