Danyle Pearce will join Fremantle on a four-year deal believed to be worth $1.5 million as the Dockers' move to bolster their pace and midfield stocks paid off yesterday.
With Pearce secured, the Dockers will continue to monitor tall forwards under trade and free agency arrangements in the coming weeks, but are not actively pursuing Adelaide's Kurt Tippett or disgruntled Collingwood forward Chris Dawes.
The departure of Pearce, a 26-year-old, 154-game player with Port who played in their last grand final, in 2007, continued a year of haemorrhaging for the Power, who have shed coach Matthew Primus and missed out on preferred replacement Leon Cameron yesterday.
Cameron is expected to be appointed to Greater Western Sydney's coaching panel today and is expected to succeed Kevin Sheedy at the helm, possibly as early as 2014.
Dockers football manager Chris Bond said Pearce strengthened the
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