Fremantle’s first coach is in Botswana on grand final day. It sums up the quirky Dockers

If scandals and controversy were the season’s underbelly, on field the action was compelling.

The Roosters superstar will bring up a half-century of NRLW appearances in the preliminary final against Canberra on Saturday. A fifth career premiership would provide a fairytale ending.

Other sports have recognised that a one-match ban can be a disproportionately severe punishment depending on the match in which it is served. The problem is easily solved.

Dolphins CEO Terry Reader discusses his club's journey to a maiden preliminary final.

Darren Lockyer analyses how the Dolphins could overcome a red-hot Roosters outfit.

The passionate Dolphins fans show they're no longer the little cousin of the Broncos.

It’s a sell-out at Suncorp Stadium as the Dolphins host their first preliminary final when they take on the Roosters at 7.50pm. Follow all the action.

Tony Popovic’s Socceroos are stepping out for the first time since the World Cup to take on Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil in Townsville. Follow all the action.

A club with deep working-class roots forced to do it the hard way by the league, Fremantle have always done things differently.

Thrown on the scrapheap by Collingwood at the end of last year the 211-centimetre Texan has a way of proving people wrong.

The all-important teams and expert tips – including Norm Smith medallist – for the biggest game of the AFL season.