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DOCKERS SETTLE ON SSP CALL<\/p>\n
Fremantle has signed small forward Chris Scerri as a rookie via the SSP, reports AFL Media\u2019s Cal Twomey<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Dockers had already signed premiership Magpie Mason Cox at the start of the SSP, but had also invited Scerri and Murray Bushrangers ruck Zac Harding to train over the summer with another list spot available.<\/p>\n Scerri quickly became the favourite to land the gig after Harding returned to Victoria.<\/p>\n Twomey reported on X on Wednesday that Scerri would be on Fremantle\u2019s list in 2026.<\/p>\n Scerri had only just signed with Richmond\u2019s VFL side before his train-on invite to Cockburn.<\/p>\n A small forward notable speed and dash with ball in hand. Scerri played 18 VFL games for the Northern Bullants in 2025.<\/p>\n Ex-Bullants forward Christopher Scerri has landed at Fremantle. Picture: Rob Lawson\/AFL PhotosSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n SUNS CALL ON FORMER PLAYERS<\/p>\n Gold Coast has been given approval to call upon two former player, should they be needed to play minutes against St Kilda in Thursday night\u2019s match sim.<\/p>\n The Suns on Wednesday named a 34-man squad on the club\u2019s website to face the Saints at People First Stadium.<\/p>\n But AFL Media\u2019s Riley Beveridge reported<\/a> both David Swallow and Alex Sexton had also been included after the Suns asked for approval to name them.<\/p>\n Swallow (retired) and Sexton (delisted) aren\u2019t on the Suns\u2019 AFL list for 2025, but have remained with the club in a coaching capacity, while they\u2019re also set to play for the club\u2019s VFL side in 2026.<\/p>\n But with five players playing in last weekend\u2019s AFL Origin clash \u2014 Noah Anderson (Victoria) and Wil Powell (WA) will play, but all of Sam Collins (Victoria), Ben King (Victoria) and Matthew Rowell (Victoria) will miss \u2014 and a determination from the Suns to manage player minutes over the coming weeks, Swallow and Sexton could feature against St Kilda.<\/p>\n Charlie Ballard (knee), Jy Farrar (knee), Jai Murray (fibula), Beau Addinsall (hamstring), Elliott Himmelberg (knee), Jake Rogers (hamstring), Max Knobel (ankle), Caleb Lewis (back) all won\u2019t play.<\/p>\n RANKINE RETURN DELAYED<\/p>\n Adelaide star Izak Rankine has been ruled out of the Crows\u2019 two pre-season practice matches after a fresh injury setback.<\/p>\n The Crows on Thursday confirmed Rankine had sufferied a low-grade hamstring strain at training on Wednesday, which will sideline him for this week\u2019s match simulation against Port Adelaide and next week\u2019s AAMI Community Series clash against Fremantle.<\/p>\n \u201cThankfully Izak\u2019s strain is only minor, but we won\u2019t risk playing him in our upcoming pre-season matches,\u201d Crows high performance boss Ian McKeown said.<\/p>\n With Rankine suspended for the Crows\u2019 Round 1 clash against Collingwood, it means Rankine is set to be available for Round 2 selection without playing a competitive match since August last year.<\/p>\n Defender Mitch Hinge (back) and midfielder Isaac Cumming (hamstring) won\u2019t face Port Adelaide in match simulation, but will be assessed ahead of the clash against the Dockers. There\u2019s optimism, though, that first-round draftee Sid Draper will be fit to face the Dockers after an injury-interrupted season due to groin soreness.<\/p>\n The Crows will be without Mark Keane (broken leg) and Daniel Curtin (dislocated kneecap) for months.<\/p>\n BIG PORT ROOKIE CALLS LOOM AMID THIRD VACANCY<\/p>\n Port Adelaide has opened up a third player vacancy after moving ruck Ivan Soldo to the inactive list.<\/p>\n Soldo earlier this month was ruled out for the entire 2026 season after suffering an ACL rupture during a training drill.<\/p>\n Port on Thursday confirmed Soldo had been moved to the inactive list for 2026 after undergoing successful surgery to repair his ACL.<\/p>\n It leaves four players with less than a fortnight to convince key Power officials to hand them AFL rookie lifelines before the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) closes on Monday March 2.<\/p>\n Ivan Soldo. Picture: Dean MartinSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n The Power are being tipped to fill two spots before the deadline and keep one open for the mid-season draft.<\/p>\n Ex-Collingwood and North Melbourne player Jaidyn Stephenson has been training at the club since last year. The 27-year-old\u2019s potential lifeline comes after retiring at the end of 2024 with a year remaining on his Kangaroos contract, before a year playing local football for Ferntree Gully.<\/p>\n Former Geelong rookie Ted Clohesy joined Port Adelaide as a train-on in late March. Clohesy, who played 12 AFL games in his three seasons at Geelong, had initially signed with Woodville-West Torrens for the 2026 SANFL season.<\/p>\n The two other train-on players are mature-age East Fremantle forward Mitch Zadow and Norwood product Balyn O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n North Adelaide 203cm ruck Alex Van Wyk has also been training at Alberton, but could only be picked up by an AFL club via the mid-season draft as he\u2019s not eligible for this year\u2019s SSP.<\/p>\n Soldo, who\u2019s played nine of his 66 AFL games for Port since crossing from Richmond at the end of 2023, is out of contract at the end of the season.<\/p>\n BLUES BACK GUN MID FOR PROMPT RECOVERY AFTER LATEST SETBACK<\/p>\n Carlton is backing midfielder Adam Cerra to make a swift recovery, no matter the severity of his latest hamstring setback.<\/p>\n