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Fremantle Dockers

Opinion

Paddy Sweeney Nine Sports Presenter September 15, 2025 — 2.34pm

Success or failure? We want a definitive answer when evaluating how our teams fared.

However, put bluntly, the Fremantle Dockers’ 2025 season was a failure.

Ultimately, along with the 16 other sides who don’t lift the premiership cup, they’ve fallen short of what they set out to achieve.

But it’s very rarely that black-and-white.

The Dockers’ return to finals – their first September campaign since 2022 – was a huge tick. Crucial road victories and their record against fellow finalists was another.

Sixteen wins, Fremantle’s equal second-best return in a home and away season, points to further development.

This all while week-in, week-out fielding a side regularly in the botto

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