2017 Fremantle Football Club season

Fremantle Football Club
2017 season
CoachRoss Lyon
(6th season)
Captain(s)Nat Fyfe
(1st season)
Home groundDomain Stadium
(Capacity: 43,500)
AFL season14th
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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

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Main article: 2016 AFL draft

Retirements and delistings

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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

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

Trades

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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

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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

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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

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Fremantle Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching Staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Long-term injury list
  • Upgraded rookie
  • (ret) Retired

Updated: 22 June 2017
Source(s): Playing list,
[1], 2016 coaching structure


Season summary

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Main article: 2017 AFL season

Pre-season

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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

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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

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Pos Team
 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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