Fremantle women’s coach Trent Cooper says a premiership handed to the Dockers by the AFL wouldn’t have felt like the real deal and while disappointed with the premature end to the AFLW season has backed the AFL’s decision to pull the pin on Sunday.

The Dockers were one of four teams left standing – along with North Melbourne, Carlton and Melbourne – when the AFL Commission cancelled the remainder of the AFLW season despite there being only three matches left to finish the finals.

Gemma Houghton of the Dockers rises for a mark in her side's semi-final win over Gold Coast. Credit:Getty Images

The finals had already been expedited with the last two rounds of the season cancelled as the coronavirus crisis escalated.

Undefeated and atop conference B at the end of round six, Fremantle had advocated for the AFL to advance straight to a women’s grand final on the weekend in order to ensure a premiership was awarded.