Sydney coach Dean Cox has shown his class after his side’s heartbreaking preliminary final loss to Fremantle, heading into the Dockers’ change rooms to congratulate the winners.
Josh Kempton
Fremantle booked a place in their second-ever grand final with a 12-point victory against Sydney at the SCG on Friday night. Here are the five moments which mattered in the triumph.
Mitchell Woodcock
Fremantle’s stars relied upon familiarity and routine to ease any pre-game nerves that may have been present ahead of their blockbuster preliminary final against Sydney at the SCG.
Preparations are complete, fans have flown across the country and the teams have been selected. All that is left now is for Fremantle and Sydney to battle for a spot in the AFL grand final.
Craig O’Donoghue
The Serong family will be on the edge of their seats at the SCG when brothers Jai and Caleb Serong go head-to-head in the preliminary final. Could the Swan be sent to stop his brother in game 150?
The West Australian has ranked every Fremantle and Sydney player based on their ability to have an impact in tonight’s blockbuster preliminary final.
Luke Jackson and Brodie Grundy will bring wildly contrasting styles but equal influence on their teams’ fortunes in Friday night’s preliminary final at the SCG.
Glen Quartermain
Driving Sydney's push for a grand final spot, veteran Jake Lloyd believes the Swans can't be reduced to a few individuals who "made the wrong choices".
Joanna Guelas
From one of the biggest scandals in AFL history, where even their own chairman admitted their season was done, to stunning the premiership favourites, here’s how Sydney’s tumultuous month has panned out.
James Palumbo
Josh Treacy, Jye Amiss and Pat Voss don’t get coached the same way as other players and it is the unique way they review performances and prepare for games that is the key to their brilliant season.
Craig O'Donoghue
Questions still linger over whether Sydney can once again ride the emotion of a them-against-the-world narrative in the heavyweight preliminary final against Fremantle at the SCG on Friday night.
Fremantle has named an unchanged team for just the fifth time this season as it chases history in Friday night’s AFL preliminary final against Sydney at the SCG.
The outs will catch up with Sydney, and a dream passage to the grand final awaits Fremantle. Here’s how they get it done.
Xavier Ellis
Who comes out on top in Friday night’s most crucial individual battles? Here are four match-ups that will go a long way to determining the result.
Joel Hamling knows better than most the challenge that Fremantle’s multiple key forward threats present in Friday’s preliminary final.
Sydney coach Dean Cox has confirmed which way the Swans will go at the selection table with a pair of big-name players - while another veteran is racing the clock to be passed fit.
The move appears to add to the Sydney Swans fallout as questions remain over the stars centred.
Zach Margolius
Fremantle and Sydney enter tomorrow night’s preliminary final having both come off enormously emotional victories. They can’t afford to dwell on them, writes Mick Malthouse.
Mick Malthouse
Sydney are desperate to avoid the biggest scandal in club history rearing its head during a potential grand final week, and it could have an impact on Fremantle’s grand final plans.
Jake Santa Maria
As Fremantle jetted across the country, Sydney players did their best to relax ahead of a heavyweight preliminary final clash at the SCG on Friday night — although they looked anything but. SEE THE PICS
Qualifying final hero Logan McDonald has declared there’s no excuses for his side to not overcome Fremantle and reach the grand final despite the Swans’ swag of high-profile absentees.
Sydney Swans forward Tom Papley is the type of player who can turn a game in the blink of an eye, so Fremantle must nail their decision on who plays on him during the preliminary final.
Fremantle will attempt to beat Sydney at the SCG in Friday night’s preliminary final and while the bookmakers have the Swans as underdogs, the Dockers are refusing to believe the hype.
Far from being torpedoed, Sydney will be aiming to buck the odds yet again when they take on Fremantle in Friday night's preliminary final at the SCG.
Justin Chadwick
