#30 Cooper making his mark early
After knocking off Melbourne, Brisbane and Collingwood in consecutive weeks, it was clear that the newly appointed Trent Cooper was having an immediate impact in his first season as coach. With three on the trot after round 4, the girls had set themselves up early in the season for success.
#29 A Proud indigenous history
In the lead up to Sir Doug Nicholls round in round 10 of 2019, we had a total of 34 Indigenous AFL players and 10 Indigenous AFLW players who had played a combined 2314 games for Fremantle, the most of any AFL club. At a dawn smoking ceremony, all of our men's indigenous players came together for a photo with Troy Cook, to celebrate our indigenous history wearing our 2019 purple ‘home’ indigenous jumper designed by Troy himself.
#28 Duman’s goal
The unsuspecting Taylin Duman usually feels at home in Freo’s backline. But for a moment against the Cats in round 20, Duman crept forward to find himself in our attacking 50. A floating ball was sent high into our forward 50. It was spoiled, but landed in the lap of Duman who took the ball cleanly and calmly slotted the goal. The score put us 26 points ahead of the Cats with seven minutes to go in the match, and the Optus Stadium crowd knew that we had the game all sealed up. It was Duman’s first ever goal in AFL footy, and what a moment to do it.
#27 A Walters hat-trick
For the third consecutive week in a row, Michael Walters proved the match-winner after kicking an equal career-best six-goals against Port Adelaide in round 13. Walters was in the form of his life and no-one could stop him as he put on a masterclass in front of more than 37,000 fans at Optus stadium.
#26 25 years of Freo
Season 2019 marked 25 years of the Fremantle Football Club. To commemorate the passion and loyalty of our 25-year members, we invited them down to Optus Stadium early before our Retro Round clash against the Bombers to take part in a very special on-ground 25-year member group photograph.
#25 Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round
Bradley Hill and Charlie Cameron exchanged gifts ahead of our game against Brisbane in Sir Doug Nicholls Round at Optus Stadium.
#24 Matera’s moment
This goal celebration came from Matera midway through the final quarter of our round five clash with GWS. Giving us a healthy 13-point margin with just over 11 minutes to go, it was the moment where hope turned into reality for Freo fans as the team surged towards a 24-point victory.
#23 Making peace
Meeting for the first time since the infamous incident in round 20 of 2018, Andrew Gaff and Andrew Brayshaw came together to shake hands, putting the past behind them for good.
#22 Fyfe’s direction
On the brink of three-quarter-time in our round 20 match against Geelong, hope was starting to build as we looked to head into the short break with a slight two-point lead. With under a minute to go, skipper Nat Fyfe took a strong contested mark and slotted a goal to spark a five-goal streak either side of the break which would eventually see one of our more memorable wins of 2019.
#21 A new CEO arrives
In October earlier this year, we confirmed the appointment of new Chief Executive Officer Simon Garlick. This was a significant moment for the club in 2019 as we look towards a new chapter of management for years to come.