Fremantle are set to receive a massive boost to their hopes of snapping of a three-game losing slide, with star defender Emma O’Driscoll in line to return for Sunday’s western derby clash against West Coast.

The two-time All-Australian missed the Dockers’ road defeat at the hands of Sydney last weekend after suffering a concussion in Freo’s previous match.

But the WA club expects the 25-year-old to be back in purple for the Fremantle Oval clash against the much-improved Eagles.

“Driz (Emma) is tracking really well, so if she gets through training this week, she’ll be available to play,” Fremantle’s AFLW high performance manager Tom Sutherland said.

O’Driscoll was part of a defensive unit that held West Coast to a solitary goal in last year’s AFLW derby, but the Dockers face a sterner t

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