{"id":942260,"date":"2026-10-27T03:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942260\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T03:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:16:10","slug":"thursday-night-blockbuster-to-start-fremantles-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942260\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night blockbuster to start Fremantle&#8217;s season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Freo will start the 2027 Toyota AFL Premiership season with a blockbuster Round 1 clash against the Western Bulldogs\n            <\/p>\n<p>Fremantle will start the 2027 Toyota AFL Premiership season with a blockbuster Round 1 clash with the Western Bulldogs under lights on Thursday 18 March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beginning at 5.10pm WST, the fixture will be the third time Fremantle has hosted a season-opener at Optus Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last Round 1 clash in front of the Purple Army was a win over Brisbane in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Freo and the Bulldogs last met in Round 21 of 2026, where Fremantle walked away 37-point winners in a commanding performance against a defensive Dogs outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Treacy kicked three goals and took eight marks, while Karl Worner stood out in defence with one of his best performances of 2026 with 28 disposals and 13 marks.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle played in three Thursday night home and away fixtures in 2026 and one final against Hawthorn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated across three in-season games against the Hawks, Geelong and Sydney, the fixtures averaged crowds in excess of 55,000.<\/p>\n<p>Further details about ticket on-sale dates will be communicated to members and supporters soon, while 2027 memberships are now available to be secured via the <a href=\"https:\/\/membership.fremantlefc.com.au\/packages\/afl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fremantle Dockers Membership<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freo will start the 2027 Toyota AFL Premiership season with a blockbuster Round 1 clash against the Western&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-942260","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-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942260","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=942260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}