Fremantle have confirmed their final team of 23 set to take on West Coast in Western Derby 62 on Sunday
Fremantle have confirmed a Club debut for Mason Cox, alongside the returns of forward Michael Frederick and midfielder Hayden Young for Western Derby 62 on Sunday at Optus Stadium.
Chris Scerri has been omitted for the clash, and as announced earlier in the week, Jaeger O’Meara and Sean Darcy are also ruled out with their respective injuries.
Nathan O’Driscoll, Scerri and Brandon Walker have been named as the emergencies for Sunday.
Cox has been named on the bench in his Club debut alongside Neil Erasmus, Frederick, Corey Wagner, Karl Worner.
Cox will share ruck duties with Luke Jackson, who has been named on field in the ruck with Caleb Serong, Andrew Brayshaw and Hayden Young in the middle.
Now confirmed, Frederick will play his first senior game of the 2026 season after suffering an ankle injury late in preseason.
Speaking at his Friday morning media conference, Longmuir emphasised the amount of work the trio have put into play.
“Freddy’s trained really well, had a really good pre-season before he got hurt, and his last couple of weeks have been really strong on the track.
“We feel like his run is important to us.
“Mason’s been in really good form.
“He’s been our best player at Peel in two WAFL games so far this season, he’s really just been waiting for an opportunity, and that opportunity has presented.”
“Youngy is right for a full game. We’ll keep an eye on his minutes, but he plays a little bit less than some of the other mids anyway, so it will be a pretty normal game for him.
“He’s been playing midfield time and forward line time, so he’ll continue that mix.”
Judd McVee will play his first Western Derby, named at half back with Luke Ryan, and Jordan Clark.
Young is the reigning Glendinning-Allan Medallist and returns for the first time since sustaining a hamstring injury in the Round 1 loss to Geelong.
If Serong wins the Glendinning-Allan Medal, it will be his fifth, making him the outright all-time leader and surpassing Fremantle’s Paul Hasleby, with whom he is currently tied on four.
Serong won his fourth Glendinning-Allan Medal in Round 3 last season, equalling Hasleby’s mark.
He first won the medal in 2021 and followed up with best-on-ground performances in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Fremantle have won the last three meetings between the two sides.
The game commences at 3.10pm WST on Sunday 19 April, and will be broadcast live on Channel 7 and Fox Footy, and streamed live on Kayo Sports and 7plus from 3.00pm WST.