{"id":165772,"date":"2025-09-24T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165772\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:21:17","slug":"aflw-2025-fremantle-coach-lisa-webb-and-ruck-mim-strom-embracing-two-game-away-stretch-in-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165772\/","title":{"rendered":"AFLW 2025: Fremantle coach Lisa Webb and ruck Mim Strom embracing two-game away stretch in Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Fremantle will lean on the experience of last year\u2019s sterling away form as coach Lisa Webb declared two wins was the target from their 10-day stint in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">After back-to-back wins, the Dockers will bounce across the country for a pair of clashes against in-form top-eight contenders in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Fremantle will face sixth-placed Carlton on Friday at Ikon Park, before staying in Melbourne to face Hawthorn the following Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">After winning all of their away games last season up until their semifinal loss to Adelaide, Fremantle are looking forward to time on the road, and while both teams will be a stiff test, Webb said they wanted two wins from two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cIt\u2019s a business trip for us. We really want to focus on taking four points from each game,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cEveryone will fly across. We\u2019ve got girls coming back from injury. They get (access to) our full medical team when we\u2019re away, and we recruited a lot of Victorians as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cIt\u2019s really nice for them to be able to get home to their family as well and understand what it\u2019s like to play elite football for 10 days on the road. It\u2019s something that we get an opportunity to present to those players that may not have travelled yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/579a68bec1b07ca27ef3c098d3595bd30338f310.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Webb with son Leo at the airport on Wednesday. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconLisa Webb with son Leo at the airport on Wednesday.  Credit: Unknown\/X<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Star ruck Mim Strom said the tight-knit Dockers group loved spending time together, but the coming away stint would also allow them to properly immerse themselves in being elite athletes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe love to get away, play a few card games, that always brings up the competitive spirit \u2014 and then the bonding, going out and coffee, spending time with each other,\u201d Strom said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cGetting time to be almost a full-time athlete, not having to worry about work, we can put more time into our team meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cI get to be around the midfield, talk about strategy and the things we\u2019re going to do each week, and that really helps. Having that time with your team, and also the access to coaches, is awesome when we get away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/997708f391ac3b722f95281aacb223e01733addc.jpg\" alt=\"The Dockers had one of the league\u2019s best away records last season. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe Dockers had one of the league\u2019s best away records last season.  Credit: Unknown\/X<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The Dockers won five regular-season interstate games last season and will be joined on this trip by the full complement of their squad, plus a few additional tag-alongs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe\u2019re a really connected group, we love getting away,\u201d Webb said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThere\u2019s a few kids hanging around as well so it balances out the business side of wanting to perform with the family side as well. We have six kids traveling with us, which is really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle will lean on the experience of last year\u2019s sterling away form as coach Lisa Webb declared two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,25912,64,63,55,639,10124,588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-165772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-aflw","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-australian-football-league","13":"tag-australianfootballleague","14":"tag-fremantle-dockers","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}