WHAT’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 Six changes have been confirmed for Thursday night\u2019s First Qualifying Final between Fremantle and Hawthorn, with big-name Dockers locked in for returns. <\/p>\n Murphy Reid and Jye Amiss are back, with Justin Longmuir swinging five changes including four omissions.<\/p>\n Judd McVee, Tobyn Murray, Bailey Banfield and Chris Scerri have all been omitted, while Brennan Cox misses with his moderate calf strain.<\/p>\n McVee, who arrived as a trade recruit from Melbourne last off-season, has played 21 senior games for Fremantle this year but has been left out of Longmuir\u2019s side to face Hawthorn.<\/p>\n He was also dropped for the Dockers\u2019 Round 23 clash with Adelaide. <\/p>\n Dockers dominate All-Australian team | 02:42<\/p>\n The travelling Hawks, meanwhile, have made just one change from the Round 24 side that beat up on West Coast, recalling Jack Ginnivan for Jack Dalton (omitted).<\/p>\n Crafty forward Ginnivan, who was held out against the Eagles due to back soreness, was always anticipated to be healthy for September.<\/p>\n Teams for the remaining three finals fixtures this weekend will be announced at 6:20pm AEST on Thursday evening. <\/p>\n FIRST QUALIFYING FINAL<\/p>\n FREMANTLE DOCKERS v HAWTHORN<\/p>\n Thursday September 3, 8:10pm at Optus Stadium<\/p>\n DOCKERS HB: K.Worner, L.Ryan, H.Chapman<\/p>\n C: M.Johnson, A.Brayshaw, N.Erasmus<\/p>\n HF: M.Frederick, S.Bolton, S.Switkowski<\/p>\n F: J.Amiss, J.Treacy, P.Voss<\/p>\n FOLL: L.Jackson, C.Serong, H.Young<\/p>\n INT: B.Walker, N.O\u2019Driscoll, I.Dudley, M.Reid, M.Cox<\/p>\n EMG: H.Davies, C.Scerri, C.Wagner<\/p>\n In: H.Chapman, S.Switkowski, J.Amiss, B.Walker, M.Reid<\/p>\n Out: B.Cox (Injured), J.McVee (Omitted), T.Murray (Omitted), B.Banfield (Omitted), C.Scerri (Omitted)<\/p>\n HAWKS<\/p>\n B: J.Sicily (c), T.Barrass, B.Hardwick<\/p>\n HB: J.Weddle, B.Macdonald, J.Battle<\/p>\n C: J.Impey, W.Day, M.D\u2019Ambrosio<\/p>\n HF: D.Moore, M.Chol, C.Macdonald<\/p>\n F: N.Watson, M.Lewis, J.Gunston<\/p>\n FOLL: L.Meek, J.Newcombe, C.Mackenzie<\/p>\n INT: K.Amon, H.Morrison, J.Ward, J.Ginnivan, M.Beattie<\/p>\n EMG: M.Ramsden, N.Mraz, J.Dalton<\/p>\n In: J.Ginnivan<\/p>\n Out: J.Dalton (Omitted)<\/p>\n FIRST ELIMINATION FINAL<\/p>\n GEELONG CATS v CARLTON<\/p>\n Friday September 4, 7:40pm at the MCG<\/p>\n Teams released at 6:20pm AEST on Thursday, September 3<\/p>\n SECOND QUALIFYING FINAL<\/p>\n SYDNEY SWANS v BRISBANE LIONS<\/p>\n Saturday September 5, 3:15pm at the SCG<\/p>\n Teams released at 6:20pm AEST on Thursday, September 3<\/p>\n SECOND ELIMINATION FINAL<\/p>\n ADELAIDE CROWS v WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/p>\n Saturday September 5, 7:35pm at Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n Teams released at 6:20pm AEST on Thursday, September 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The minor premiers have rung the changes ahead of the opening match of September, as an integral Hawk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-877702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877702","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=877702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788372613_714_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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B: J.Clark, A.Pearce (c), O.McDonald<\/p>\n