2018 Fremantle Football Club season

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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.

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AFL

List changes

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]

Retirements and delistings

PlayerDateReasonCareer gamesCareer goalsRef.
Shane Yarran 19 December 2016Retired [lower-alpha 1] 610 [1]
Zac Dawson 17 August 2017Retired [lower-alpha 2] 1667 [2]
Garrick Ibbotson 22 August 2017Retired [lower-alpha 2] 17722 [3]
Zac Clarke 6 October 2017Delisted10146 [4]
Jonathon Griffin 6 October 2017Delisted9736 [4]
Sam Collins 6 October 2017Delisted140 [4]
Josh Deluca 6 October 2017Delisted42 [4]
Matthew Uebergang 6 October 2017Delisted00 [4]
Nick Suban 27 October 2017Delisted15660 [5]
  1. ↑ Effective immediately
  2. 1 2 Effective at the end of the 2017 season

Trades

DateGainedFromLostRef.
13 October 2017Pick 40
Pick 82		 Western Bulldogs Hayden Crozier
2018 fourth round pick (Fremantle)		 [6]
18 October 2017Pick 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 2017Pick 2 Gold Coast Lachie Weller
Pick 41		 [9]
19 October 2017 Brandon Matera Gold Coast 2018 third round pick (Fremantle) [10]

National draft

RoundPickPlayerRecruited fromLeague
12 Andrew Brayshaw Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup
15 Adam Cerra Eastern Ranges TAC Cup
344 Hugh Dixon Tigers TSL
459 Mitch Crowden Sturt SANFL
465 Tom North Eastern Ranges TAC Cup
469 Lloyd Meek Greater Western Victoria Rebels TAC Cup
573 Sam Switkowski Box Hill Hawks VFL
575 Scott Jones East Perth WAFL

Rookie elevation

Rookie draft

RoundPickPlayerRecruited fromLeague
15 Bailey Banfield Claremont WAFL
221 Stefan Giro Norwood SANFL

Squad

Fremantle Football Club
Senior listRookie listCoaching Staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 6 December 2017
Source(s): Senior list,
Rookie list, Coaching staff

Ladder

PosTeam
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PldWLDPFPA%PtsQualification
1 Richmond 22184021431574136.172 2018 finals
2 West Coast (P)22166020121657121.464
3 Collingwood 22157020461699120.460
4 Hawthorn 22157019721642120.160
5 Melbourne 22148022991749131.456
6 Sydney 22148018221664109.556
7 Greater Western Sydney 22138118981664114.154
8 Geelong 22139020451554131.652
9 North Melbourne 221210019501790108.948
10 Port Adelaide 221210017801654107.648
11 Essendon 221210019321838105.148
12 Adelaide 221210019411865104.148
13 Western Bulldogs 2281401575203777.332
14 Fremantle 2281401556204176.232
15 Brisbane Lions 2251701825204989.120
16 St Kilda 2241711606218273.618
17 Gold Coast 2241801308218259.916
18 Carlton 2222001353228259.38
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

AFL Women's

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References

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  5. 1 2 King, Travis (27 October 2017). "Dockers axe versatile mid after nine years". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 Hope, Shayne (13 October 2017). "AFL trades 2017: Dockers forward Hayden Crozier joins the Bulldogs". The Sunday Times . Seven West Media . Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "AFL trades 2017: Fremantle midfielder Harley Balic traded to Melbourne for a pick". The West Australian . Seven West Media. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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  9. 1 2 "AFL trades 2017: Gold Coast give Fremantle pick two for Lachie Weller". The West Australian. Seven West Media. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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