"We Expect Gold Coast to Come Out Firing" - Joe Brierty | Fremantle Executive GM of Football (24.06.2026)

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The schedule's given us a good opportunity to get some solid loads into the players, but also giving them a refreshing and regeneration, so they've done really well, and it's really good buy-in from the player group. And Sam Sturt is our only player at the moment on the injury list. It's been a long road back for Sam. How is he? Yeah, Sturt, he's done a fantastic job.
He had a lot of milestones back in footy, so he'll be a test.

**Mark Duffield** (1:27)
It was Adam Beard, Adam Beard, head of S&C at the Fremantle Dockers.
Joe Brierty, the Freo Dockers Executive General Manager, joins us on the line. But before we talk to Joe, just a reminder, Fremantle is hosting multicultural and community celebrations to encourage new members of the Perth community to attend, quote, my first Freo game. If you've never been to an AFL game before, you're invited on Sunday when the dockers take on Gold Coast at Optus Stadium. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster. Joe Brierty joins me now. Joe, welcome.

**Joe Brierty** (2:05)
Good day, Duff.

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Thanks for having me, mate.

**Mark Duffield** (2:07)
Hey, Sam Sturt is the one player on your injury list and he's a test for this week. Is Sam gonna play?

**Joe Brierty** (2:16)
Yeah, working through it at the moment. He's gotta get through training today. Obviously he had the ACL injury and that's been tracking really well, but then he had an unfortunate quad tendon injury which set him back. So if he gets through training today, we'll be working towards him playing probably a half a footy and probably in the reserves at Peel. But yeah, just working through what that looks like and making sure he feels good. But it's obviously, it's a pretty impressive story in terms of what Sam's been through over his career and to getting himself back to this position. It's something that, yeah, we talked about at the football department yesterday. We're really proud of the work that he's done.

**Mark Duffield** (2:54)
Pretty impressive story that he's the one player on your injury list. And I think you had five players running around in the Peel reserves last weekend.
And Sam might make that six this weekend if you've got basically no fresh injuries. What do you put this down to, this incredible run? I know some of it is luck with injuries because you have impact injuries, but you must be very pleased with the way the strength and conditioning program is going.

**Joe Brierty** (3:23)
Yeah, I'll look, it's definitely an element of luck and it's a great place to be in in terms of what it allows us to do with training and the volume of training and obviously the competition that that allows for through training and selection. But I think you go back to the preseason and you ultimately, the high performance program and the work that Brierty is doing leading that and obviously our medical staff and what they set out. But the amount of work that the majority of the squad was able to do through preseason and generally what it tells you if your players can kind of complete that. 80% of your preseason program, it generally sets them up with a fairly stable base to navigate the season. So look, we've had some players in and out with bits and pieces across the later part of preseason and through the early part of this year. But to land where we are in the moment is a great platform to set us up from a physical standpoint in the second half of the year.