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Fremantle Dockers have no regrets about playing Hayden Young despite his latest injury

The West Australian

July 4, 2026

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Fremantle’s dominant season had plenty of people calling for them to rest stars instead of taking them to Canberra, so now that Hayden Young is injured again, how does Justin Longmuir feel about picking him?

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