AFL finals: Recap Fremantle Dockers’ preliminary final win over Sydney at SCG
It’s real Fremantle fans, the Dockers are through to the grand final! Recap all the action from our blog.

AFL: It’s real Fremantle fans, the Dockers are through to the grand final!
It took the biggest three-quarter time comeback in the club’s history after the Swans threw everything at them but the last quarter was an avalanche.
Recap all the action below.
Key events
18 Sep 2026 - 08:40 PM
MATCH REPORT
18 Sep 2026 - 08:23 PM
THREE-WORD ANALYSIS
18 Sep 2026 - 08:18 PM
FT: Sydney 71, Fremantle 83
18 Sep 2026 - 08:05 PM
Mason magic
18 Sep 2026 - 08:01 PM
ONE. POINT. GAME!
18 Sep 2026 - 07:53 PM
COP THAT!
18 Sep 2026 - 07:43 PM
3QT: Sydney 70, Fremantle 49
18 Sep 2026 - 07:14 PM
Inspired!
18 Sep 2026 - 06:50 PM
HT: Sydney 48, Fremantle 29
18 Sep 2026 - 06:12 PM
QT: Sydney 29, Fremantle 13
18 Sep 2026 - 05:44 PM
First blood!
18 Sep 2026 - 04:18 PM
DEPTH CHART
18 Sep 2026 - 04:03 PM
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Welcome
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of one of the biggest games in Freo history!
The Dockers enter the preliminary final as bookmakers’ favourites - but they’ll be made to earn it by a Sydney side that is always so tough to beat the SCG, regardless of personnel.
Stick with us across the afternoon and evening as we take you through all the build-up and the blow-by-blow action!
