Article on AFL.com.au says Freo are requesting the AFL allow them to rest players next week as it will have no bearing on their position (1st) or their opposition (who will not make the finals).

It will have a bearing on who plays them the following week (at this stage that is us) but may well be Richmond or Bulldogs.

If the AFL gives their permission then (as we all know) there is no integrity involved in the AFL anymore.