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2017 Fremantle Football Club season

The 2017 Fremantle Football Club season is the 23rd season in the Australian Football League contested by the Fremantle Football Club.

Fremantle Football Club
2017 season
CoachRoss Lyon
(6th season)
Captain(s)Nat Fyfe
(1st season)
Home groundDomain Stadium
(Capacity: 43,500)
AFL season14th
← 2016 2018 →

List changes edit

Main article: 2016 AFL draft

Retirements and delistings edit

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 edit

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

Trades edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Main article: 2017 AFL season

Pre-season edit

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 edit

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 edit

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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