Ash Brazill is the engine room of the Fremantle defence – and the heart of Pride Round.

There will be 120 hearts on her Dockers’ jumper over the next two rounds - each hand-drawn by Fremantle players and staff to create rainbow chevrons - beginning with Sunday’s clash against second-placed Melbourne at Fremantle Oval.

Pride Round means “everything” to Brazill, an openly gay cross-code athlete who began her elite journey as a netballer and has carved out a celebrated AFLW career at Collingwood and now the Dockers.

“Coming from a different sport where it didn’t have a pride round and being an open gay athlete, I wish as a young kid there were games like this so I could feel comfortable in my own skin,” Brazill said.

“I remember coming through as a little kid knowing I wanted to play for

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