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.

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

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]
  1. ↑ Effective immediately
  2. 1 2 Effective at the end of the 2017 season

Trades

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]

National draft

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 VFL
5 75 Scott Jones East Perth WAFL

Rookie elevation

Rookie draft

Round Pick Player Recruited from League
1 5 Bailey Banfield Claremont WAFL
2 21 Stefan Giro Norwood SANFL

Squad

Fremantle Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching 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

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP 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
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

AFL Women's

References

  1. 1 2 David, Baker (19 December 2016). "Fremantle Docker Shane Yarran retires from AFL football after off-field dramas". WAtoday. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Chadwick, Justin (17 August 2017). "Zac Dawson not seeking a farewell game or lap around ground, says Fremantle coach Ross Lyon". Fox Sports. News Corp. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 Duffy, Rosie (22 August 2017). "Right time for Ibbotson". fremantlefc.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fremantle list update". fremantlefc.com.au. Telstra Media. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  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.
  8. 1 2 Hope, Shayne (19 October 2017). "AFL trades 2017: Dockers, Giants complete deal for defender Nathan Wilson". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  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.
  10. 1 2 King, Travis (19 October 2017). "Suns' WA-born goalsneak heads to Freo". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Promoted and retained rookies for clubs, ahead of Friday's draft". AFL.com.au. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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