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Should dejected Eagles fans back in Fremantle this weekend?

Brendan Foster Contributor September 5, 2025 — 3.00am

As a West Coast tragic, I have three words for long-suffering Fremantle fans whose club is making a rare appearance in September: go the Suns.

Before those pietistic purple army supporters choke on their overpriced acai bowls, it was Freo’s favourite son, Nat Fyfe, who amusingly announced he couldn’t bring himself to back the Eagles in the 2018 grand final.

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That’s because Fyfe understood the unwritten rule of any sporting rivalry: you don’t soften your animosity towards the bitter enemy under any circumstances.

But hordes of Eagles nuffies have recentl

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