Overview
- Optus Stadium is sold out at nearly 60,000 for Saturday night's knockout against Gold Coast, with up to 15mm of rain forecast.
- Sam Switkowski (knee) is out and Corey Wagner is out for the season after pec surgery, with Isaiah Dudley and Nathan O’Driscoll named to replace them.
- Longmuir says Fremantle is 5-0 in wet games this year and backs his Darcy–Jackson ruck pairing to set the tone against Jarrod Witts and the Suns’ midfield.
- Nat Fyfe remains in the 23 despite external calls to drop him, is listed on the bench, with local reports suggesting he could be used as the sub.
- Gold Coast makes one change as veteran David Swallow comes in for Jake Rogers for the club’s first finals campaign.