{"id":491971,"date":"2026-02-20T08:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491971\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:07:15","slug":"fremantle-dockers-set-to-unleash-recruits-against-west-coast-eagles-in-afl-pre-season-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491971\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Dockers set to unleash recruits against West Coast Eagles in AFL pre-season derby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fremantle recruits Mason Cox and Judd McVee will make their club debuts in Saturday\u2019s scratch match against West Coast at Cockburn.<\/p>\n

Draftee Toby Murray and recent SSP selection Chris Scerri will also play in Dockers colours against an AFL opponent for the first time.<\/p>\n

They were the new names in a 26-player squad.<\/p>\n

But ruckman Sean Darcy will miss with a minor calf injury he suffer in an 18 v 18 on January 30.<\/p>\n

Darcy trained away from the main group on Tuesday, taking part in one-on-one work with fellow ruck Aiden Riddle.<\/p>\n

He is expected to train on Tuesday and play against Adelaide in Mandurah on Saturday week.<\/p>\n

His absence will mean Fremantle will ruck with Cox and Luke Jackson against the Eagles.<\/p>\n

\"SPTCamera IconSPT AFL Fremantle Dockers training at Cockburn. Mason Cox and Luke Jackson. Credit: Iain Gillespie\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

Murray, 20, a small forward from Geelong in the VFL, who kicked 22 goals and averaged 15 disposals across 17 games last season, was taken with pick 40 in the national draft.<\/p>\n

Small forward Scerri, 19, secured the final spot on Fremantle\u2019s 2026 list on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Northern Bullants best first-year player last season arrived at Fremantle in late November, opting for a move west after originally offered a train-on spot with Richmond.<\/p>\n

Collingwood premiership player Cox, 34, signed a two-year deal with the Dockers as an SSP player in November after being delisted by the Magpies.<\/p>\n

\"SPTCamera IconSPT AFL Fremantle Dockers training at Cockburn. Tobyn Murray. Credit: Iain Gillespie\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

The 211cm Texas-born crowd-pleaser played 139 games and kicked 127 goals with the Magpies.<\/p>\n

McVee, 22, joined the Dockers as a free agent after playing 65 games for Melbourne across four seasons.<\/p>\n

Quick and nimble out of the backline, Dockers fans will be salivating over his likely pairing in defence with All-Australian Jordan Clark.<\/p>\n

The match simulation will be closed to the general public.<\/p>\n

Fremantle squad:<\/p>\n

Jye AmissShai BoltonAndy BrayshawHeath ChapmanJordan ClarkBrennan CoxMason CoxNeil ErasmusMichael FrederickLuke JacksonMatt JohnsonOscar McDonaldJudd McVeeTobyn MurrayNathan O\u2019DriscollJaeger O\u2019MearaAlex PearceMurphy ReidCaleb SerongChris ScerriJosh TreacyPat VossCorey WagnerBrandon WalkerKarl WornerHayden Young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle recruits Mason Cox and Judd McVee will make their club debuts in Saturday\u2019s scratch match against West…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,10124,588,85],"class_list":["post-491971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-fremantle-dockers","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491971","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=491971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}