It was ‘Competition Day’ for the Fremantle players at training on Monday at Victor George Kailis Oval, with the main group split into two teams for the entirety of the session.

After the warm-ups, the players were given either Yellow or Pink jerseys and were rotated through a number of drills.

The aim was to earn as many points for your team throughout the session to be the overall winner.

Defender Ethan Hughes, who was on the yellow team, said Competition Day always leads to an intense session. 

“It was a really competitive environment. We were always checking in with the other groups within our team to see how they went in their drills,” Hughes said.

“It adds a little bit more intensity to our sessions and adds another element to our drills as it puts everyone under a bit more pressure.”

The intensity was especially high in the handball drill.

After working hard and getting in a great position to score, a brilliant chase down effort from Jarvis Pina was enough to prevent midfielder Michael Walters from scoring.

The tackles came hard, with Hugh Dixon crunching his opponents in back-to-back tackles while Griffin Logue was using his strength to fend off and get through traffic.

It was a drill made for Caleb Serong, whose quick hands were on show, while Sam Sturt worked hard defensively to prevent a number of scores.

A long handball from Adam Cerra to hit Darcy Tucker on the run provided the highlight goal from the end-to-end play. 

In a full-field kicking drill, Rory Lobb dominated with his contested marking while Dylan O’Reilly also impressed with a big mark in the middle of the ground.

As he did in the intraclub game on Friday, Brennan Cox looked composed and worked the ball well out of defence. 

A Tom North smother earned big cheers from his teammates, preventing Brett Bewley from clearing out of the backline and creating the turnover for Lobb to score.

Hughes said there was a big focus on ball movement and creating opportunities for the forwards.

“A few of the drills were really focused on working out on the backline and to get the midfielders in a position to have a clean forward entry,” Hughes said.

“The handball drills were there to keep the intensity up the whole time. You might be able to work it through to the goals but then it’s a quick transition the other way.”

There was some controversy at the end when the coaches deemed the day to be a tie to force a goal kicking competition.

“We thought the Yellow team had come out on top,” Hughes said. 

“But as all things are, the coaches made it close and it came to a goal kick-off for a couple of key forwards and unfortunately, the Pink team came out on top.”