Craig O'Donoghue is part of The West Australian's sports writing team. He joined The West Australian in 2000 and spent 2013-14 working in the Melbourne bureau. He now focuses on AFL and basketball.
Fremantle star Nat Fyfe missed the loss to Sydney after injuring his calf last week, and the setback followed him spending little time on the field in recent weeks. Did that contribute to the injury?
Craig O'Donoghue
Fremantle midfielder Caleb Serong has been shut out of the club’s last two games and the Dockers have had enough, promising to do more to help him out amid extra attention from the opposition.
New Basketball WA CEO Fabian Ross had a successful career in superannuation and he’ll be using the experience of focusing on the future to ensure basketball continues to grow.
Perth Wildcats have signed French teenager Noa Kouakou-Heugue as a Next Star but expectations will nowhere near as high as previous Next Stars given the money in America has totally changed recruiting.
Fremantle vice-captain Andrew Brayshaw has confessed the midfield has lost its team focus and fallen into the trap of playing as individuals after a disappointing loss to Sydney.
Caleb Serong was held to just 11 touches by Sydney as teams put more and more effort into quelling his influence, and Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir knows he needs to find a way to solve that problem.
Fremantle have paid a massive price for being unable to find answers to recent midfield struggles, and Sydney ended their six-game winning streak to send them plummeting out of the top eight.
Fremantle aren’t getting carried away with their winning streak and believe they still have heaps of room to improve ahead of Sunday’s game against Sydney at the SCG.
The SCG has undergone its biggest test of the week as Fremantle and Sydney trained on the field for the first time after extensive work to fix problems. The West Australian was boundary side watching on.
Fremantle have won six games in a row but will enter Sunday’s game against Sydney as underdogs after just getting over the line against St Kilda. Now they get to answer some really important questions.
Fremantle has confirmed captain Alex Pearce will return to its side for his first match in more than a month.
No decision has been made on whether Fremantle’s match against Sydney on Sunday will moved but Andrew Brayshaw is making plans to give himself the best chance of staying on his feet if it stays at the SCG.