Sport / Fremantle, WA

Fremantle Dockers have spent weeks planning for AFL grand final and coach Justin Longmuir feels ready

The West Australian Craig O'Donoghue

19 Sept 2026 13:41 AEST Summary

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Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has revealed just how much planning has already been done for the AFL grand final, explaining the work they needed to do to avoid being rushed if they won the preliminary final.

Headline as published: Fremantle Dockers have spent weeks planning for AFL grand final and coach Justin Longmuir feels totally ready

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Niral Score 13.7 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 71 unattributednamed sources Mood 55.2 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The West Australian Fremantle Dockers president Chris Sutherland explains how coach Justin Longmuir led club into AFL Grand Final plain
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The West Australian Fremantle Dockers president Chris Sutherland explains how coach Justin Longmuir led club into AFL Grand Final Niral 4.2 political 0