Richmond swingman Noah Balta will play his 100th game when the Tigers face Collingwood and wants to take the club back to the top.
Anna Harrington
Sydney utility Robbie Fox says a growing injury list, which includes star Tom Papley, won't impact the Swans' chances against the surging Western Bulldogs.
Joanna Guelas
Red-hot Hawthorn face a tough assignment away to Adelaide in another test of their AFL finals credentials as the top-eight race heats up.
Shayne Hope
While this may seem like a derby with nothing at stake for Fremantle and West Coast, that couldn’t be further from the truth, writes Ryan Daniels.
Ryan Daniels
Fremantle have suffered three injuries in the last week and with finals on the horizon, that has well and truly opened the door for fringe players to stake a claim to be part of the team in September.
Craig O'Donoghue
Jye Amiss and Josh Treacy have formed a potent combination for Fremantle all season and they’ve set their sights on become successful twin towers like some of the AFL’s great forward combinations
The prospect of facing Fremantle’s array of small forwards does not phase West Coast defender Brady Hough, with the 21-year-old ready to do whatever it takes to claim back-to-back western derbies.
Ben Smith
From the unsung hero of the Dockers’ first derby victory to the day Scott Cummings handed out a derby drubbing, here are 30 of the greatest-ever western derby performances.
Aaron Kirby
Carlton's midfield have not been at their dynamic best in recent weeks but coach Michael Voss says that he isn't concerned.
Port Adelaide are third on the AFL ladder after their hard-fought win over Carlton and coach Ken Hinkley wants them to embrace a tough run home.
Port Adelaide have ground their way to a hard-fought 14-point win over Carlton to keep themselves well and truly in the top four race.
Ben Cousins is backing Fremantle to navigate a tricky final month of the home-and-away season and says it is a “bloody exciting” time for the club he shared bruising western derby battles with.
Jackson Barrett
The AFL has fined the Brisbane Lions $40,000, with $10,000 suspended, for breaching the concussion guidelines regarding their handling of Harris Andrews.
As West Coast search for a full-time replacement for Adam Simpson, Eagles co-captain Oscar Allen says he’s loving his time under caretaker coach Jarrad Schofield.
Jake Santa Maria
Optus Stadium has allayed fears over its playing surface and is confident its turf will hold up in the back-end of the AFL season, after Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir said it had been an issue all year.
Samantha Rogers
Hayden Young says Fremantle will be out to right their western derby wrongs after a shock loss to West Coast earlier this season as the Dockers look to cement their spot in the top four.
Star defender Tom Barrass will head into game 150 the centre of plenty of speculation around his future as Victorian clubs circle.
Mitchell Woodcock
AFL premiership star Cyril Rioli is the lead applicant in Federal Court documents lodged as part of the ongoing Hawthorn racism saga.
Shayne Hope and Oliver Caffrey
Star GWS defender Sam Taylor will return after five weeks on the sidelines due to a ruptured testicle.
Oliver Caffrey
West Coast will start as rank underdogs in Saturday's derby, but their shock win over Fremantle earlier this season has given them hope of another boilover.
Justin Chadwick
Fremantle will head into the western derby sitting in the AFL’s top four but coach Justin Longmuir is looking at one key area that he knows will be decide whether his team can go deep into September
One of the AFL’s best defenders is ready to put a horror ordeal behind him when he returns to play on Saturday night.
Ed Bourke
The clock is ticking on Fremantle stars Alex Pearce and Michael Walters as finals approach and they watch from the sidelines with injury, but the Dockers have set a date on when they expect them to play again.
West Coast interim coach Jarrad Schofield is weighing up the option of playing Jack Darling in defence after Jeremy McGovern was ruled out of the western derby.