Fremantle has ended an up and down season on a positive note with a 37-point win over Hawthorn at the MCG.

Tough midfielder Caleb Serong led from the front and emerging talent Tom Emmett shone again as Freo prevailed 14.9 (93) to 8.8 (56) on Saturday.

Justin Longmuir's side have won three of its last five games to finish the year with a 10-13 record, after reaching a semi-final in 2022.

Serong, who lined up against younger brother and Hawks utility Jai for the first time, was outstanding in Freo's midfield with 32 disposals and nine clearances.

Hayden Young (22 touches, five clearances) and Andrew Brayshaw (33, three and a goal) were also influential, while Emmett impressed in his second senior game.

After kicking two goals on his AFL debut last week, 21-year-old Emmett – taken with pick No.41 in the 2022 draft – got another chance against the Hawks on Saturday and impressed with 17 disposals, five marks and kicked two goals to go with two assists.

Jye Amiss (three goals), Michael Walters and Josh Treacy (two each) also hit the scoreboard.

Amiss took his season tally to 41 majors, making the 20-year-old spearhead the youngest Fremantle player in history to boot 40 or more in a single year, a title formerly held by Paul Medhurst at 21 years old.

Hawthorn veteran Luke Breust kicked two goals and James Sicily stood firm in defence for three quarters, but the skipper couldn't drag his side over the line when swung forward for the final term.

Both sides were out of finals contention heading into the final home and away round and it showed in a scrappy opening.

Hawthorn kicked the first two goals but Freo wrested midfield ascendancy through the hard work of Young and Serong.

It helped the visitors boot eight of the next 10 majors, including two to Walters, to take a commanding 29-point lead to the main break.

Lachie Schultz and Jye Amiss added another two for the highlights reel with a pair of dribbling efforts from both forward pockets as the Freo kicked three goals to one in the final term.

HAWTHORN          2.0     4.1      7.4       8.8 (56)
FREMANTLE          3.4     8.6     11.8     14.9 (93)

GOALS 
Hawthorn: Breust 2, Worpel, Scrimshaw, Newcombe, Moore, Koschitzke, Amon
Fremantle: Amiss 3, Walters 2, Treacy 2, Emmett 2, Switkowski, Sturt, Schultz, Johnson, Brayshaw

BEST 
Hawthorn: Moore, Amon, Sicily, Newcombe, Day
Fremantle: Brayshaw, Serong, Emmett, Amiss, Young 

INJURIES 
Hawthorn: Nil
Fremantle: Nil

SUBSTITUTES 
Hawthorn: Lloyd Meek (replaced Brandon Ryan in third quarter)
Fremantle: Neil Erasmus (replaced Michael Walters in fourth quarter)

Crowd: 27,951 at the MCG