No change for Eagles as Dockers DROP midfield bull for derby

Fremantle have sensationally dropped Will Brodie for Sunday’s western derby as they hunt their first win of the season, whereas West Coast are set to go unchanged for the primary time since 2020.

The big-bodied midfielder has performed 26 video games in a row since crossing from Gold Coast on the finish of 2021 and is second for clearances and tackles for the Dockers this season.

Brodie has paid the worth for Fremantle’s disappointing begin to the yr the place their midfield hasn’t fairly clicked like final season.

He’s one in all two outs with ahead Bailey Banfield additionally omitted as younger wingman Nathan O’Driscoll returns for his first recreation of the yr after an interrupted pre-season as a result of a foot challenge.

It comes as Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir confirmed second-year midfielder Matthew Johnson would make his long-awaited AFL debut because the substitute.

Veteran Michael Walters earns a spot within the beginning 18 after a two-goal efficiency because the sub final week after recovering from Achilles soreness.

Former captain Nat Fyfe will miss a second straight week with a foot harm.

West Coast might go in with an unchanged line-up for the primary time since early 2020 if draftee Elijah Hewett is known as because the tactical sub.

The Eagles have resisted the urge to make any modifications, with Hewett, Brady Hough, Greg Clark and Harry Edwards named as emergencies.

If Hewett performs, will probably be the primary time since rounds six and 7 of 2020 that the Eagles have named an unchanged line-up.

FINAL DERBY TEAMS

Fremantle

B: B Cox, A Pearce, H Young

HB: H Chapman, L Ryan, N Wilson

C: J Clark, J O’Meara, L Henry

HF: M Walters, L Jackson, M Frederick

F: L Schultz, J Amiss, M Taberner

FOLL: S Darcy, A Brayshaw, C Serong

INT: S Switkowski, E Hughes, J Aish, N O’Driscoll

SUB: M Johnson

EMERG: B Walker, W Brodie, B Banfield

West Coast

B: S Hurn, T Barrass, L Duggan

HB: T Cole, J McGovern, J Hunt

C: D Sheed, T Kelly, A Gaff

HF: N Long, J Darling, J Cripps

F: L Ryan, O Allen, J Waterman

FOLL: B Williams, R Ginbey, L Shuey

INT: S Petrevski-Seton, C Chesser, A Witherden, J Jones

EMERG: E Hewett, B Hough, G Clark, H Edwards