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Perth Now
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
The Wiz to toss the coin for Sir Doug Nicholls clash
Walyalup (Fremantle) legend Jeff Farmer will make his return to the field later tonight with the Dockers inviting him to toss the coin ahead of their Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide) clash. The small forward, who played 269 games and kicked 537 goals across stints at Melbourne and Walyalup has been heavily involved in this year's clash, having designed the jumpers for Sir Doug Nicholls round along with his Father Jeff Farmer Snr, Mother Iris and in collaboration with Roger Hayden. 'To put something out there that, year to year, generation to generation, our family can see and hear - this story that ties my life, my footy life and then obviously the combination of being able to play at Fremantle,' Farmer told the club's website last week. He even signed some of the jumpers after visiting the club earlier this week to give them a rev up ahead of the crucial clash, which could see the Dockers re-enter the top eight. Indigenous star Michael Walters was on hand to present the coin to Farmer. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. 'Obviously it's a big game on the weekend, so I want to know if you'll do the honours of tossing the coming on the weekend,' he said. 'The jumpers yours, but you played a big part in the AFL and a big part here at the Fremantle footy club and we want to know if you'll do the honours of tossing the coin?' Farmer said he was honoured to be asked and said he was optimistic this season could be something special for the Dockers despite an up and down start to the year. 'I would love to, I absolutely love the football club. The great thing about this football club is the way they continually reach out to me and make me feel a part of it even though I left a long time ago,' he said. 'Thank you very much, hopefully I get the opportunity to see the Premiership come home later this year.'
West Australian
24-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Walyalup (Fremantle) call on favourite son to toss the coin for Sir Doug Nicholls Round clash with Yartapuulti
Walyalup (Fremantle) legend Jeff Farmer will make his return to the field later tonight with the Dockers inviting him to toss the coin ahead of their Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide) clash. The small forward, who played 269 games and kicked 537 goals across stints at Melbourne and Walyalup has been heavily involved in this year's clash, having designed the jumpers for Sir Doug Nicholls round along with his Father Jeff Farmer Snr, Mother Iris and in collaboration with Roger Hayden. 'To put something out there that, year to year, generation to generation, our family can see and hear - this story that ties my life, my footy life and then obviously the combination of being able to play at Fremantle,' Farmer told the club's website last week. He even signed some of the jumpers after visiting the club earlier this week to give them a rev up ahead of the crucial clash, which could see the Dockers re-enter the top eight. Indigenous star Michael Walters was on hand to present the coin to Farmer. 'Obviously it's a big game on the weekend, so I want to know if you'll do the honours of tossing the coming on the weekend,' he said. 'The jumpers yours, but you played a big part in the AFL and a big part here at the Fremantle footy club and we want to know if you'll do the honours of tossing the coin?' Farmer said he was honoured to be asked and said he was optimistic this season could be something special for the Dockers despite an up and down start to the year. 'I would love to, I absolutely love the football club. The great thing about this football club is the way they continually reach out to me and make me feel a part of it even though I left a long time ago,' he said. 'Thank you very much, hopefully I get the opportunity to see the Premiership come home later this year.'
West Australian
13-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Walyalup (Fremantle) great Jeff Farmer's journey through football on display as Indigenous jumper unvieled
He was one of the AFL's and Walyalup's (Fremantle) most exciting small forwards of all time, and he's back in the spotlight with Jeff Farmer's football journey behind the Dockers' latest Indigenous jumper. Affectionally known as the wizard, Farmer played 131 games for Walyalup after returning home from Melbourne, kicking 224 goals and now with the help of his family in Father Jeff Farmer Snr, Mother Iris and in collaboration with Roger Hayden wants to tell his story through this design. His journey his referenced with the three meeting places across the bottom of the jumper, starting in his hometown, Tambellup, before branching out to Naarm (Melbourne) and Walyalup (Fremantle). 'The main idea was to keep it really simple and tie everything into where I'm from - Tambellup, the Great Southern - and then tell a bit of a story about my journey, both personally and through football,' Farmer said. 'To put something out there that, year to year, generation to generation, our family can see and hear - this story that ties my life, my footy life and then obviously the combination of being able to play at Fremantle.' The jumper features the red, green and white colours of the original jumper Farmer wore on debut while also referencing the Palinup, Kalgan and Gordon-Frankland Rivers, which run through Goreng, Menang and Kaniyang Noongar Country in the Great Southern region. 'The 3 rivers run through the tribal lands of Kaniyang, Menang and Goreng… so being able to link that up felt really important,' Farmer said. 'The water system is a major player, especially for fresh water for our tribes back in the day, and our tribes pretty much followed those water systems, rivers and lakes. 'Not only for drinking water but also for the food sources they attracted like fish, turtles, ducks, kangaroos, emus and lizards. That's how our people survived for thousands of years.' However, perhaps the jumper's most striking feature is the addition of two Djiti-Djitis (Willie Wagtails). One represents Farmer's childhood town, Tambellup, which features Djiti-Djitis on its entrance sign, while the second represents Noongar stories and symbolises how he was guided to the AFL. 'The stories we were told - that the Djiti-Djiti is an eavesdropping sort of bird,' Farmer said. 'I tie that in with my own story: dreaming as a little boy in Tambellup about playing in the big league, and these birds overheard those dreams. 'If you ever watch those birds, you're almost mesmerised and put in a bit of a trance by how they move. They seem to be dancing, which draws you in and makes you want to follow. 'I put them in there as birds that heard me over speaking about my dream and then them guiding me over to meeting places.' Like last year's design, the jumper includes the name of every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander player to have ever been listed at the Club, with its newest member, Shai Bolton on hand to show off the design. 'The two big things here are the seven players - or as I call them, the seven brothers -Roger Hayden, Troy Cook, Steven Koops, Antoni Grover, Des Headland, Dion Woods and myself, standing on probably the most iconic landmark of the Great Southern: the Stirling Ranges and Bluff Knoll,' Farmer said. 'We're standing on the peak of Bluff Knoll - proud. It's a landmark in history with the number of Indigenous players we had. 'On the back I really wanted to make sure that that history continued. We were able to make sure that any male or female that represented the Fremantle Football Club, their name was put up here.' Fremantle will be known as Walyalup for Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
