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Fremantle will make a call on a potential return for Alex Pearce later in the week, with the captain in the frame to play his first game in more than a month, but the news isn’t as positive for Michael Walters.

SOPHIE GANNON: The Blues need to make some tough calls and offloading their biggest star to the Fremantle Dockers should be on the table as one of them.

No decision has been made on whether Fremantle’s match against Sydney on Sunday will moved but Andrew Brayshaw is making plans to give himself the best chance of staying on his feet if it stays at the SCG.

‘It’s like he can’t start his career properly.’

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has spoken about the under-fire SCG surface, which faces another test this weekend after days of rain.

West Coast premiership hero Dom Sheed has announced his retirement, calling time on his 165-game career.

7NEWS cameras captured the moment the veteran suffered a concussion in a collision with Brayden Maynard.

The premiership champion requires three plates and some screws in his skull.

Star Richmond forward Tom Lynch is facing a four-week sanction for striking Crow Jordan Butts after being sent straight to the AFL Tribunal.

Nat Fyfe’s ‘frustrating’ year continues, with Fremantle confirming the two-time Brownlow medallist will again be sidelined with a fresh injury. Get the latest on the veteran’s status here.

Carlton have backed their under siege coach as president Rob Priestley said the club will ‘make decisions if we need to make them’.

The Blues have sprung a surprise while admitting they are prepared to ‘make decisions if we need to make them’.

GEORGIE PARKER: It’s not even worth getting too fired up about, but yet again a champion of the game has shown just how of touch they really are.

The AFL great was wrestling two rivals when a third came in from behind and things escalated.

There are fears a potential stint on the sidelines could stretch into multiple weeks.