Driven Dockers determined to use momentum of last year’s unbeaten season in 2021 AFLW campaign

Fremantle coach Trent Cooper says the abrupt and disappointing end to the Dockers’ unbeaten AFLW season in 2020 “counts for nothing”, but it does give his side momentum heading into the new season.

The Dockers set the pace in 2020 and were on track to make their maiden grand final appearance after trouncing Gold Coast by 70 points in the semi-finals in late March.

But the AFLW season ground to a sudden halt after the first week of a three-part finals series when domestic travel was effectively banned due…