Premiership player Joel Hamling has told the Western Bulldogs that he wants to be traded to Fremantle.

Recruited from Claremont in the WAFL by Geelong in the 2011 National Draft, Hamling moved to the Western Bulldogs as a delisted free-agent in 2014.

He made his AFL debut in 2015 against GWS in round nine and went on to win the Best First Year Player award at the Bulldogs after playing 11 games that year.

Recalled to the side ahead of the Bulldogs’ 2016 Premiership campaign, the 194cm defender played a key role in the club’s finals series.

If Fremantle are able to secure the 23-year-old, he would join fellow West Australians Bradley Hill, 23, and Cameron McCarthy, 21, as players who have returned home to WA to continue their AFL careers at Freo.