The 2018 Fremantle Football Club season was the 24th season contested by the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. It was also the 2nd season in the AFL Women's league.
AFL
List changes
Before the 2017 season had begun, Shane Yarran retired due to dramas outside of football. Though he did not play in the 2017 season, he still took up a spot on their list throughout 2017. At the season's end veterans Zac Dawson and Garrick Ibbotson decided to retire from professional football. Neither was consistently playing in the senior team and both finished their careers playing for Peel Thunder in the WAFL. After the season had finished Fremantle announced that they would be delisting five players, including 100-gamer Zac Clarke and former player Jonathon Griffin. Nick Suban who had been awarded life membership at the 2017 Doig Medal event, was also delisted after nine years at the club.
During the 2017 trade period, Fremantle were active in a number of trades, but gaining and losing players and major draft picks. Both Hayden Crozier and Harley Balic were traded, to and respectively, in exchange for draft picks which improved Fremantle's position in the 2017 draft. Fremantle made an effort to bring defender Nathan Wilson to the club from . Initially the Giants wanted a top-20 draft pick for him, but on the last day of the draft period Fremantle were able to secure him by exchanging lower draft picks and giving the Giants one of their future draft picks. Fremantle also pulled off one of the biggest trades of the off-season when they were able to gain pick 2 in the 2017 draft from in exchange for Lachie Weller, while also making another trade with the Suns to bring Brandon Matera to the club.
Retirements and delistings
Player Date Reason Career games Career goals Ref. Shane Yarran 19 December 2016 Retired 6 10 Zac Dawson 17 August 2017 Retired 166 7 Garrick Ibbotson 22 August 2017 Retired 177 22 Zac Clarke 6 October 2017 Delisted 101 46 Jonathon Griffin 6 October 2017 Delisted 97 36 Sam Collins 6 October 2017 Delisted 14 0 Josh Deluca 6 October 2017 Delisted 4 2 Matthew Uebergang 6 October 2017 Delisted 0 0 Nick Suban 27 October 2017 Delisted 156 60
Trades
Date Gained From Lost Ref. 13 October 2017 Pick 40Pick 82 Hayden Crozier2018 fourth round pick (Fremantle) 18 October 2017 Pick 66 Harley Balic 19 October 2017 Nathan WilsonPick 71 Pick 572018 second round pick (Fremantle) 19 October 2017 Pick 2 Lachie WellerPick 41 19 October 2017 Brandon Matera 2018 third round pick (Fremantle)
National draft
Round Pick Player Recruited from League 1 2 Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup 1 5 Eastern Ranges TAC Cup 3 44 Tigers TSL 4 59 SANFL 4 65 Eastern Ranges TAC Cup 4 69 Greater Western Victoria Rebels TAC Cup 5 73 VFL 5 75 WAFL
Rookie elevation
Rookie draft
Round Pick Player Recruited from League 1 5 WAFL 2 21 SANFL Squad
Ladder
AFL Women's
References