Fremantle senior coach Justin Longmuir has confirmed the return of experienced pair Stephen Hill and James Aish ahead of Freo’s team being finalised to take on Hawthorn on Monday night.

Hill is expected to return to his rebounding role off half-back, while Aish will line-up on the wing.

The final team will be announced at 4.20pm on Sunday 9 August on fremantlefc.com.au. 

“Hilly will come back into the side, he has rehabbed his adductor and has been flying the last couple of training sessions,” Longmuir said. 

“James Aish is the other one who will come back in…he has operated at full steam ahead this week so it’s good to have him back.

“(The pair offer) a bit of experience and they have been really strong executors of their roles.

“It’s been great to see ‘Hilly’ back in some really good form…he just adds some class to our backline and Aish will return to the wing, where he has probably played his best footy this year.” 

In addition to the inclusions of Hill and Aish, Longmuir said he also expected Jesse Hogan to play his fourth game of the season.

Hogan has missed Freo’s previous four matches with a calf injury, sustained in Freo’s round five win over Adelaide.

It leaves Longmuir with a small selection headache as Freo look to shape up their best 22 to take on Hawthorn. 

“It is a good problem to have, I think pretty much every player ticked off their role last week and executed accordingly,” Longmuir said. 

“It’s been a good week…we’ve had to make some tough calls and there is going to be some disappointed guys after training today if all the players that we expect to play get through.

“(Hogan) has got to get through training today, but we expect him to be ready.”

Longmuir confirmed that Fremantle midfielder Andy Brayshaw had scans on his adductor earlier in the week.

After training separately from the main group on Thursday, Longmuir said he expected Brayshaw to play against the Hawks.

“He should be right, he’s got to get through training,” Longmuir said. 

“He had a scan on his adductor and there’s nothing on the scan, so we think it’s just a little bit of general soreness.

“He’s had a large workload, but he should be right to get up.” 

Fremantle and Hawthorn are coming off wins against Collingwood and Carlton respectively, while the Monday night clash at Optus Stadium will give Freo a chance to secure their first win against the Hawks since 2014. 

Hawthorn came back from behind to defeat Carlton in round nine by 31 points, after being down by the same margin halfway through the first quarter.

“Their good and their bad has probably been a little too far apart for their liking,” Longmuir said.

“I thought last week they really got back to playing some strong contested footy…we’re going to have to be on our game this week.”

Longmuir also said his players, coaches and staff would welcome a potential second relocation into another Queensland hub to finish off the season with open arms.

“If it’s our turn to put our hand up and go away again then we’re willing to do that,” Longmuir said.

“I thought the way we approached it last time we saw it as an opportunity and got a lot of benefits out of it…we’ll do the same again.”