Patrick Voss embraces villain tag as Freo's cult hero
Fremantle player Patrick Voss says his aggressive play is his role for the team.
Patrick Voss has become Fremantle's cult hero and everyone else's villain. The Dockers enforcer has built a reputation for on-field scuffles, sledges, and physical challenges that wind up opposing players and fans.
Voss is unfazed by the attention. Patrick Voss says his aggressive play is his role in the team, and if supporters hate the way he plays footy, he is fine with that.
Voss was delisted by Essendon without playing a senior game before joining Fremantle in 2024. The move proved Essendon wrong.
His physicality and toughness fit perfectly with Justin Longmuir's system.
- Essendon
- Previous club
- Fremantle
- Current club
- 2024
- Joined Fremantle
- Justin Longmuir
- Coach
Why it mattersVoss shows how a delisted player can turn rejection into fuel and become essential to a team.
AustraliaHe is central to Fremantle's Grand Final hopes and represents the kind of player-rebuild gamble that can change a club's fortune.
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