Fremantle's Joel Hamling and Sam Switkowski have both signed deals to remain at the club, with Hamling signing a four-year extension that will keep him in Perth until at least the end of the 2023 season.
The 25-year-old defender was coming out of contract at season's end, but has now secured his future.
โIโm honoured to be a part of the club for the next five years and really getting stuck into my role,โ Hamling told fremantlefc.com.au.
โIโm feeling really good about my footy. Iโve had a full pre-season this year. Itโs season eight for me now so Iโm really comfortable in my body and my ability.
โIโm just looking forward to round one, just getting stuck into it again.
โItโs another exciting year for us, weโre very optimistic as a team and weโre looking to build each year.
โWeโve simplified our game plan, made it a lot easier, weโre going to go forward, attack the ball and try and kick some more goals.โ
Switkowski has put pen to paper on a two-year extension, which will see him remain a Docker until 2021.
The 22-year-old has played two games for the club, but can't wait to return to the side.
โItโs just great to be able to extend and take a little bit of pressure of this year and just focus on my footy. Knowing that Iโll be here for at least a couple more years is really exciting,โ Switkowski told the club's website.
โIโve had a really good pre-season, probably my best pre-season for a long time. I had a little bit of a setback a couple of weeks ago but itโs very minor and the recovery is going really well. Hopefully, I should play a big part in 2019.
โWe have such a young team and itโs super exciting seeing the guys starting to step up with a little bit of experience.
โWe saw in the JLT, Andy Brayshaw, Adam Cerra, Bailey Banfield, those sort of guys stepping up. Itโs great that thereโs a lot of opportunity for us young guys.
โI think thereโs no limit with what we can achieve this year and in the future.โ
