Zippy Fish’s immediate impact at AFLW level has been rewarded with an early-season honour as the East Fremantle product’s lightning start to her career continues.
Ben Smith
GEORGIE PARKER: Female athletes can be sidelined for one more reason than men, making their comebacks to the field that much more special.
Georgie Parker
A wayward Essendon have broken West Coast hearts, with Sophie Alexander kicking a goal with just 15 seconds left on the clock to deliver the Bombers a five-point victory.
Mitchell Woodcock
Fremantle midfielder Gabby Newton says every positional group will take responsibility for their 70-point thrashing at the hands of Brisbane ahead of the daunting challenge against North Melbourne this weekend.
Fremantle have been dealt a reality check by reigning runner-up Brisbane as the Lions clocked up the third-highest score in AFLW history en route to a 17.3 (105) to 5.5 (35) thumping.
Top West Coast draftee Kayley Kavanagh has ‘no doubt in my mind’ her reconstructed knee is ready for her long-awaited debut against Essendon on Sunday.
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb says her side’s early season chance to run the gauntlet and face half of last season’s top six in their opening three games is the perfect yardstick to measure themselves against.
Fremantle AFLW star Hayley Miller has embraced her move forward as an exciting, fresh challenge and says it has changed the way she watches football.
Inaugural Fremantle ruck and former West Coast Fever star Alicia Janz has inspired Fremantle’s latest design as the club unvield its 2025 AFLW Indigenous jumper.
Jake Santa Maria
Fremantle have sharpened up their “mental game” in a bid to bridge the gap between themselves and the AFLW’s powerhouse sides.
Samantha Rogers
One game is all it took for West Coast to offer rising star Lucia Painter an extension as the Eagles secure a quartet of exciting young midfielders.
Daisy Pearce is on the cusp of breaking yet another club record in just her second season as West Coast coach.
Jake Santa Maria and Samantha Rogers
Fremantle’s AFLW footy boss Claire Heffernan has praised club great Kiara Bowers, saying she lived up to the lofty expectations set for herself in her highly-anticipated return.
West Coast rising star Lucia Painter has described her AFLW Rising Star nomination from a three-goal AFLW debut as ‘crazy’.
Glen Quartermain
West Coast’s AFLW key defensive stocks have suffered an early blow, with an opening-game injury ending the season of a key young piece.
Fremantle kicked off their 2025 AFLW season with a victory on the road over Port Adelaide, with plenty of stars stepping up. EVERY DOCKER RATED.
Danielle Laidley
It hasn’t taken long for West Coast’s latest top AFLW draft pick to live up to the hype, Lucia Painter earning a Rising Star nod in her first game.
Aaron Kirby
Fremantle captain Ange Stannett made a brilliant return on Sunday from a knee reconstruction, overcoming nerves to kick two goals. But those nerves provided a timely lesson for the small forward.
Craig O'Donoghue
West Coast star Ella Roberts has declared she is not chasing more individual accolades this season, saying her only goal is to lead the club to a maiden AFLW finals appearance.
James Palumbo
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb has paid tribute to returning captain Ange Stannett for her inspirational efforts in the club’s 22-point win over Port Adelaide on Sunday.
Fremantle have opened their AFLW season with a win over Port Adelaide in South Australia and it was two returning stars who would have fans extremely excited about what could happen this year.
Fremantle coach Lisa Webb has welcomed the selection headaches she is set to be presented with this year as she hailed the diversity of her squad ahead of their AFLW season opener.
Zippy Fish is the owner of one of the best names in football, but the 19-year-old proved there is more to her game than her name on AFLW debut by starring in Sydney’s first-up win.
Josh Kempton
Just like all of us, Gabby Newton is a big fan of Kiara Bowers - so much so, she is more excited to play alongside the Fremantle star for the first time than her own 50th game.
