Fremantle’s upset one-point win over a near full-strength West Coast was soured by another potential quad setback for veteran speedster Stephen Hill, who did not finish the game.

Michael Walters kicked the winning score yet again as his late set shot behind, answering a goal from good mate Nic Naitanui, was enough for a scrappy 8.7 (55) to 7.12 (54) pre-season victory in Joondalup.

Hill had been slated to play a full match in his only pre-season outing but went to the rooms at three-quarter time and did not return.

Coach Justin Longmuir confirmed the 29-year-old would require a scan but remained hopeful he would take on Essendon in round one.

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“He’s a little bit sore. He felt some awareness in his quad and the position we’re in we’re just no risks,” Longmuir said.

“We’ll get it scanned, do all the right things. Get the physios to have a look at him and hopefully we get some good news.”

Camera Icon Stephen Hill didn’t feature for long in his return. Credit: Paul Kane / via AFL Photos

Longmuir was also hopeful Andrew Brayshaw would avoid injury after having his foot trod on late in the game.

Longmuir said Sean Darcy would be fit for round one after a scare when the ruckman went down with an ankle injury in the second term. Darcy returned following treatment in the rooms and played out the game.

The rookie coach expected Luke Ryan and James Aish to be available after both were rested due to soreness, and said dumped pair Connor Blakely and Brandon Matera remained in the mix for the season-opener after playing for Peel.

Longmuir said winning the game was not a major focus at three-quarter time, before the Dockers stormed home with five of the last six goals.

“It just happened. We were disappointed with our third quarter and I just thought we weren’t doing the basics well and we weren’t taking the game on,” he said.

“I put it on the midfield group to straighten us up and get some deeper entries and try and put some pressure on.

“The result, (I attach) no significance really because it’s a practice match and there’s no four points on the line. But I thought we learnt some lessons about the way we wanted to play. When we got it right, we looked really good.”

Longmuir said he was yet to settle on his round one team after Fremantle made it two from two in the pre-season series. All teams will have a bye next weekend before the season begins on Thursday week.

“There’s still some decisions we need to make. We feel like, even though we’re missing a lot, that we’ve got some good headaches at selection to have,” he said.

“I thought Blakely and Matera went back to Peel and got some good minutes and executed their roles well. There is a chance when you play an extended bench that game time can be low for a couple of guys.

“Blakely and Matera have missed a lot of pre-season so we needed to get minutes into them and the best way we could get minutes into them was giving them a full game at Peel for their preparation. So they’ll be in consideration for round one.”