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AFL 2026: Fremantle to Face Depleted Sydney Swans

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Fremantle has advanced to their first preliminary final since 2015 following a 14-point victory over the Geelong Cats at Optus Stadium. Playing before a record crowd of nearly 60,000, the Dockers overcame recent form concerns to end Geelong’s season. Key contributors in the win included Shai Bolton, who provided an early spark with two goals, and Patrick Voss, who scored four goals including a sealer in the final moments. Luke Jackson also delivered a dominant performance in the ruck. This victory follows the club’s previous 32-point qualifying final loss to Hawthorn. Fremantle is now set to face the Sydney Swans in a preliminary final at the SCG. The matchup features a significant disparity in roster availability; the Swans will be without captain Callum Mills, who is out for the season with an ACL injury, as well as five players—Chad Warner, Isaac Heeney, Nick Blakey, Riley Bice, and James Jordon—serving club-imposed suspensions. Despite these absences, Sydney enters the match with momentum following a dominant qualifying final win over the Brisbane Lions. The contest also features a family rivalry between brothers Caleb and Jai Serong, with Jai expected to play a central midfield role for the Swans. Fremantle coach Justin ~~Longmuir~~ Longmuir, who previously played in a preliminary final at the SCG in 2006 before a career-ending knee injury, has urged his players to embrace an “imperfect, high-intensity style of play” to avoid being ambushed by the motivated Sydney side. The ~~contest also features a family rivalry between brothers Caleb and Jai Serong, with Jai expected to play~~ team has adopted a ~~central midfield role for the Swans.~~ ‘1-0 mantra’ during their successful season.

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