Fremantle Dockers best 22 for 2025: Predicted team for next AFL season

Will they live up to expectations next season? The Sporting News takes a look at Fremantle’s best team.

Fremantle Dockers best 22 for 2025 AFL season

Analysis

The addition of Shai Bolton adds an extra level of class to the Fremantle forward line – which flourished last season with Josh Treacy’s breakout year, kicking 45 goals in 20 games.

With Jye Amiss likely to chip in with 40-odd goals and Luke Jackson providing a target, the Dockers suddenly look like they have a devastating forward line.

The likes of Nat Fyfe, Jaeger O’Meara and Will Brodie aren’t walk up starts in the best 22 with their starting midfield trio of Caleb Serong, Andrew Brayshaw and Hayden Young looking one of the most well-balanced and damaging in the competition.

A fit Brennan Cox will return to the defence as a key position, but there is able defensive back-ups with Josh Draper impressing last season and Oscar McDonald fit.

Positions in the forward line will be hotly contested with the likes of Michael Walters, Bailey Banfield and Quinton Narkle all on the periphery.

Notable players to miss out

Michael Walters, James Aish, Will Brodie, Quinton Narkle, Oscar McDonald, Corey Wagner, Josh Draper, Bailey Banfield

When does the 2025 AFL season start?

The 2025 AFL season will begin on Thursday, March 6 with a blockbuster between premiers Brisbane and Geelong at the Gabba.

This match will be the first of four in the ‘Opening Round’, which sees the AFL teams in the eastern seaboard states host the first games of the season.

Details of Round 1 are yet to be released but it’s likely that the traditional ‘season opener’ between Carlton and Richmond will be on Thursday, March 13 at the MCG.