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Trio stick with Freo

Jessica NicoFremantle Gazette

GOOD news for Fremantle Dockers fans, with three favourites signing on to stay at the club.

Four-time All-Australian ruckman Aaron Sandilands has decided to play on for another year, signing until the end of the 2016 season.

Despite struggling to get a game with the form of Sandilands and Zac Clarke, fellow big man Jon Griffin has also committed to the club, signing a two-year contract extension.

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Hard-nosed midfielder Matt De Boer penned a one-year extension.

Sandilands said he was excited to stay at the club.

"We�ve got a great bunch of guys at the club at the moment�we�ve got a group that is really determined," he said.

�We're all trying to achieve the same goal and it's a privilege to be part of the group.

"It's where I got my start, I�m keen for success and it was easy to (choose) to stay."

The club also confirmed defender Michael Johnson is likely miss at least two months of football after tearing his right hamstring.

The injury occurred during the first quarter of Fremantle's loss to Richmond on Friday night.

The night was supposed to be a celebration for Johnson, who was playing his 200th match for the club he supported as a kid.

However, things turned sour after he injured his hamstring while kicking in the first term.

Early reports had the All-Australian out for about a month, but the Dockers today revealed further tests had shown Johnson could miss the next eight to ten weeks.