{"id":617058,"date":"2026-04-19T12:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/617058\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:16:16","slug":"fremantle-dockers-coach-justin-longmuir-last-laugh-west-coast-eagles-banner-no-fun-in-my-life-quote-western-derby-62-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/617058\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Dockers coach Justin Longmuir, last laugh, West Coast Eagles banner, no fun in my life quote, western derby 62, press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Longmuir has laughed off West Coast\u2019s derby banner that mocked the Fremantle coach\u2019s lack of \u201cfun\u201d in his life.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing Longmuir\u2019s \u201cthere\u2019s no fun in my life\u201d joke from his club\u2019s season launch last month, the Eagles sent a pointed message on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDockers are purple, Eagles are gold and blue. We have fun in our lives, how about you?\u201d the banner read.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking after his side\u2019s dominant 56-point win in Western Derby 62, Longmuir had the last laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Laughs) I don\u2019t get too caught up in that,\u201d he said when asked about the banner jab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m having fun now because we won! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope they\u2019re having fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the game gets built up a lot \u2013 that just creates more outside noise so my job as a coach is to keep bringing the players back to what\u2019s important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t start the way we wanted to start \u2026 but we were able to work through the challenge of West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we won pretty comprehensively in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle held the Eagles goalless in the opening term, and were never challenged after half time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came here and did what we have to do,\u201d Longmuir said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, we won every quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a mild-mannered Derby considering the history between the two teams, with little in the way of hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>While admitting \u201cwe\u2019ve got a bit of work to do on our game\u201d, Longmuir was happy to come away with the four-points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got away with a bit of wayward kicking from them in front of goal \u2026 our backline in particular is holding up really well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Dockers have now conceded just 10 combined goals in their past two wins to sit equal top of the table with Sydney and Hawthorn on five wins.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle are the only side in the AFL with five consecutive wins in the space of five weeks in promising signs for the side who experienced finals heartbreak in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Longmuir has laughed off West Coast\u2019s derby banner that mocked the Fremantle coach\u2019s lack of \u201cfun\u201d in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,299327,299324,299323,9203,20956,299322,25529,10124,10400,299326,12105,85,7067,299325],"class_list":{"0":"post-617058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-banner-jab","14":"tag-banner-read","15":"tag-bold-banner-jab","16":"tag-catherine-healey","17":"tag-cheer-squad","18":"tag-derby-banner","19":"tag-finals-heartbreak","20":"tag-fremantle-dockers","21":"tag-justin-longmuir","22":"tag-life-quote","23":"tag-sam-darcy","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-west-coast-eagles","26":"tag-western-derby"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617058","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=617058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}