THOUSANDS of Freo Dockers fans have packed into Fremantle Oval to watch their team train ahead of Saturday's Grand Final against Hawthorn.

The club has never played in a grand final, and the town of Fremantle has been awash in a sea of purple in the lead-up to the game.

To kick the morning's proceedings off, the huge crowd was treated to a couple of songs by Eskimo Joe, who are big Freo fans.

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Fans were in loud voice before the players made their way out onto the field, with fans chanting "MCG, MCG, MCG." and "Freo, Freo" in several spurts.

Even a heavy burst of rain failed to dampen their spirits, although hundreds of fans made the dash for undercover areas.

But in a case of perfect timing, the sun peeked out from the clouds just as skipper Matthew Pavlich led the player group out at 9.52am (WST).

Pavlich was donning a jacket, as were David Mundy and Zac Clarke.

Fremantle are set to take an unchanged line-up into the grand final.

Star defenders Luke McPharlin (calf/adductor) and Michael Johnson (calf) appeared sore during Saturday's 25-point preliminary final win over Sydney.

The pair have been declared fit to play in the decider, but they weren't sighted when Freo initially made their way out onto the ground.

Aaron Sandilands and Chris Mayne also failed to show in the club's first main training session of the week.

It should be all hands on deck on Thursday, when the team has a closed session, its last one before flying out to Melbourne for a date with destiny.


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