They bucked the odds to beat Geelong and now Fremantle are keen to pull off another surprise - making the AFL finals.
West Coast utility Oscar Allen has given an insight into his AFL grand final near miss,saying he only found out at the team breakfast on the day of the match that he wasn't going to play.
The line between finals and failure is very thin in the AFL these days,and a verdict on Fremantle's season can't be handed down until the end of the round 23 clash with Port Adelaide.
India is one of the fastest growing inbound tourism markets for WA,so $5 million to lure visitors from the sub-continent was music to the ears of our local tourism authorities.
Ross Lyon has found an unlikely ally as a disgruntled Docker prepares to walk from the club after a reported falling out with the Fremantle coach.
The oldest rivalry in Australian sport reignites this Thursday. It's the first time Steve Smith,David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will don the baggy green after the sandpaper scandal in South Africa.
Just weeks after departing Fremantle,Harley Bennell has had more surgery to his troublesome right calf and the prognosis is not negative.
Cameron Bancroft has further perfected his stoic short-leg fielding at Australia's main training session before the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston,where the opener is within touching distance of a recall.
Nic Naitanui's ground-ball contested work and linkage with West Coast's elite midfielders is the best seen since Stephen Michael,the South Fremantle legend,was running around the paddock in the 70s and 80s.
Recent AFL Hall of Fame inductee and Brownlow medallist Brad Hardie made an impassioned plea for Fremantle to return to its roots when the Ross Lyon era ends after yet another listless loss alienated the club's fledgling fanbase even further.
A football game in Perth’s northern suburbs has descended into an all-in brawl involving officials,coaches and spectators after an on-field scuffle escalated on Saturday.