2025 Fremantle Football Club season

Fremantle Dockers

2025 season
President	Chris Sutherland
Coach	Justin Longmuir
Captain(s)	Alex Pearce
Home ground	Optus Stadium (capacity: 61,266)
Pre-season	1 win, 1 loss
AFL season	16 wins, 7 losses
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The 2025 Fremantle Football Club season is the club's 31st season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Overview

Fremantle's 2025 season overview

Captain	Coach	Home ground	W–L–D	Ladder	Finals	Best and fairest	Leading goalkicker	Refs
Alex Pearce	Justin Longmuir	Optus Stadium						[1]

Squad changes

In

No.	Name	Position	Previous Club	via
15	Shai Bolton	Midfielder/Forward	Richmond	trade [2]
16	Murphy Reid	Midfielder/Forward	Sandringham Dragons	draft [3]
19	Quinton Narkle	Forward	Port Adelaide	pre-season supplemental selection [4]
22	Charlie Nicholls	Key Forward	Central Districts	draft [5]
38	Jaren Carr	Forward	South Fremantle	draft [6]
42	Aiden Riddle	Ruck	Claremont	draft [7]
43	Isaiah Dudley	Forward	Central Districts	pre-season supplemental selection [8]

Out

No.	Name	Position	New Club	via
15	Ethan Hughes	Defender	South Fremantle	delisted [9]
18	Tom Emmett	Forward	Sturt	delisted [10]
20	Matt Taberner	Key Forward	–	delisted [11]
22	Max Knobel	Ruck	Gold Coast	delisted [12]
43	Sebit Kuek	Key Forward	East Perth	delisted [13]
45	Conrad Williams	Forward	Perth	delisted [14]
46	Ethan Stanley	Midfielder	Box Hill	delisted [15]

2025 player squad

See also Fremantle Football Club drafting and trading history for the complete list of Fremantle's draft selections, delistings and trades

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Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Sam Sturt  2 Jaeger O'Meara  3 Caleb Serong (vc)  4 Sean Darcy  5 Heath Chapman  6 Jordan Clark  7 Nat Fyfe (ret.)  8 Andrew Brayshaw (vc)  9 Luke Jackson 10 Michael Walters (ret.) 11 James Aish 12 Hugh Davies 13 Luke Ryan 15 Shai Bolton 16 Murphy Reid 17 Will Brodie 21 Oscar McDonald 22 Charlie Nicholls		23 Karl Worner 24 Jye Amiss 25 Alex Pearce (c) 26 Hayden Young 28 Neil Erasmus 29 Cooper Simpson 30 Nathan O'Driscoll 31 Brandon Walker 32 Michael Frederick 33 Ollie Murphy 34 Corey Wagner 35 Josh Treacy 36 Brennan Cox 38 Jaren Carr 39 Sam Switkowski 40 Jack Delean 41 Bailey Banfield 44 Matthew Johnson				14 Jeremy Sharp 18 Liam Reidy 19 Quinton Narkle (ret.) 20 Patrick Voss 27 Odin Jones 37 Josh Draper (B) 42 Aiden Riddle 43 Isaiah Dudley		Head coach Justin Longmuir Assistant coaches Jaymie Graham (forwards coach) Joel Corey (midfield coach) Harry Garland (stoppages coach) Jade Rawlings (backline coach) Todd Curley (opposition strategy coach) Geoff Valentine (head of player development) Andrew Sturgess (development coach) Tendai Mzungu (development coach) Sam Naismith (ruck & development coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie Long-term injury Updated: 25 August 2025 Source(s): Players, Coaches

Season

Main article: 2025 AFL season

Pre Season

Fremantle's 2025 Pre Season fixtures

Game	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores			Venue	Attendance	Ref
			Home	Away	Result
Indigenous All-Stars match	Saturday, 15 February (4:30 pm)	Indigenous All-Stars	9.11 (65)	16.12 (108)	Lost by 43 points	Optus Stadium	37,865	[16]
Community Series	Sunday, 2 March (3:10 pm)	Melbourne	16.13 (109)	11.24 (90)	Won by 19 points	Lane Group Stadium	7,458	[17]

Home & Away Season

Fremantle's 2025 AFL season fixture

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Ref
			Home	Away	Result
OR	Bye							9th	Bye
1	Saturday, 15 March (1:20 pm)	Geelong	23.9 (147)	10.9 (69)	Lost by 78 points	GMHBA Stadium [A]	40,604	16th	[18]
2	Sunday, 23 March (3:10 pm)	Sydney	9.11 (65)	9.14 (68)	Lost by 3 points	Optus Stadium [H]	43,882	17th	[19]
3	Sunday, 30 March (3:10 pm)	West Coast	10.8 (68)	15.16 (106)	Won by 38 points	Optus Stadium [A]	53,289	13th	[20]
4	Sunday, 6 April (3:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	15.7 (97)	12.9 (81)	Won by 16 points	Optus Stadium [H]	41,491	11th	[21]
5	Sunday, 13 April (12:05 pm)	Richmond	7.5 (47)	16.12 (108)	Won by 61 points	Adelaide Hills [A]	10,028	8th	[22]
6	Saturday, 19 April (1:20 pm)	Melbourne	16.11 (107)	14.13 (97)	Lost by 10 points	MCG [A]	25,202	9th	[23]
7	Friday, 25 April (6:10 pm)	Adelaide	12.13 (85)	9.13 (67)	Won by 18 points	Optus Stadium [H]	53,048	9th	[24]
8	Friday, 2 May (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	14.10 (94)	5.3 (33)	Lost by 61 points	Marvel Stadium [A]	20,522	9th	[25]
9	Thursday, 8 May (6:10 pm)	Collingwood	12.11 (83)	15.7 (97)	Lost by 14 points	Optus Stadium [H]	47,780	11th	[26]
10	Saturday, 17 May (4:15 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	8.13 (61)	13.17 (95)	Won by 34 points	ENGIE Stadium [A]	8,092	9th	[27]
11	Saturday, 24 May (6:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	15.10 (100)	7.9 (51)	Won by 49 points	Optus Stadium [H]	40,466	9th	[28]
12	Saturday, 31 May (1:20 pm)	Gold Coast	9.10 (64)	11.9 (75)	Won by 11 points	People First Stadium [A]	11,750	8th	[29]
13	Bye							8th	Bye
14	Saturday, 14 June (5:35 pm)	North Melbourne	10.7 (67)	10.13 (73)	Won by 6 points	Optus Stadium [A]	31,408	8th	[30]
15	Thursday, 19 June (6:10 pm)	Essendon	16.8 (104)	9.9 (63)	Won by 41 points	Optus Stadium [H]	37,570	6th	[31]
16	Sunday, 29 June (3:10 pm)	St Kilda	11.15 (81)	9.15 (69)	Won by 12 points	Optus Stadium [H]	41,600	6th	[32]
17	Sunday, 6 July (1:10 pm)	Sydney	14.10 (94)	12.11 (83)	Lost by 11 points	SCG [A]	32,007	9th	[33]
18	Saturday, 12 July (6:10 pm)	Hawthorn	12.5 (77)	9.10 (64)	Won by 13 points	Optus Stadium [H]	49,460	8th	[34]
19	Sunday, 20 July (3:20 pm)	Collingwood	11.12 (78)	12.7 (79)	Won by 1 point	MCG [A]	62,198	7th	[35]
20	Saturday, 26 July (2:15 pm)	West Coast	18.18 (126)	12.5 (77)	Won by 49 points	Optus Stadium [H]	54,384	7th	[36]
21	Sunday, 3 August (3:10 pm)	Carlton	15.4 (94)	10.7 (67)	Won by 27 points	Optus Stadium [H]	39,358	5th	[37]
22	Saturday, 9 August (7:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	13.8 (86)	13.14 (92)	Won by 6 points	Adelaide Oval [A]	30,390	4th	[38]
23	Friday, 15 August (6:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions	5.14 (44)	15.11 (101)	Lost by 57 points	Optus Stadium [H]	54,302	7th	[39]
24	Sunday, 24 August (3:15 pm)	Western Bulldogs	14.13 (97)	17.10 (112)	Won by 15 points	Marvel Stadium [A]	44,069	6th	[40]

• NOTE: All game times are set at the local venue time of that match.

Ladder

Updated to Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn (round 24).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide (Q)	23	18	5	0	2278	1635	139.3	72	Finals series
2	Geelong (Q)	23	17	6	0	2425	1714	141.5	68
3	Brisbane Lions (Q)	23	16	6	1	2061	1804	114.2	66
4	Collingwood (Q)	23	16	7	0	1991	1627	122.4	64
5	Greater Western Sydney (Q)	23	16	7	0	2114	1834	115.3	64
6	Fremantle (Q)	23	16	7	0	1978	1815	109.0	64
7	Hawthorn (Q)	23	15	8	0	2045	1691	120.9	60
8	Western Bulldogs	23	14	9	0	2493	1820	137.0	56
9	Gold Coast	22	14	8	0	2020	1682	120.1	56
10	Sydney (E)	23	12	11	0	1845	1902	97.0	48
11	Carlton (E)	23	9	14	0	1799	1861	96.7	36
12	St Kilda (E)	23	9	14	0	1839	2077	88.5	36
13	Port Adelaide (E)	23	9	14	0	1705	2136	79.8	36
14	Melbourne (E)	23	7	16	0	1902	2038	93.3	28
15	Essendon (E)	22	6	16	0	1477	2056	71.8	24
16	North Melbourne (E)	23	5	17	1	1805	2365	76.3	22
17	Richmond (E)	23	5	18	0	1449	2197	66.0	20
18	West Coast (E)	23	1	22	0	1466	2438	60.1	4

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(E) Eliminated from finals contention; (Q) Qualified for finals

Statistics

As of round 23. Players without appearances not included

No.	Name	Pos.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Marks	Tackles	Hitouts
2	Jaeger O'Meara	MF	12	2	2	97	126	223	34	42	0
3	Caleb Serong	MF	22	7	6	296	302	598	39	99	0
4	Sean Darcy	RU	15	5	2	73	75	148	23	42	392
5	Heath Chapman	DF	21	0	0	175	91	266	92	47	0
6	Jordan Clark	DF	22	2	3	356	180	536	108	68	0
7	Nat Fyfe	MF	6	0	0	12	30	42	7	4	0
8	Andrew Brayshaw	MF	22	7	8	266	333	596	64	148	0
9	Luke Jackson	RU/MF	19	17	5	141	202	343	66	74	437
11	James Aish	MF/DF	3	0	0	11	12	23	4	2	0
13	Luke Ryan	DF	22	0	0	346	109	455	133	44	0
14	Jeremy Sharp	MF	14	3	5	98	87	185	40	18	0
15	Shai Bolton	MF/FW	21	25	27	209	169	378	61	50	0
16	Murphy Reid	FW	22	23	15	169	139	308	47	43	0
18	Liam Reidy	RU	1	0	0	4	2	6	1	2	18
19	Quinton Narkle	MF	2	1	1	6	4	10	2	2	0
20	Patrick Voss	FW	18	31	22	114	61	175	58	42	32
21	Oscar McDonald	DF	7	4	0	49	17	66	32	17	7
23	Karl Worner	DF	21	0	4	164	126	290	83	44	0
24	Jye Amiss	FW	22	28	14	103	56	159	75	19	0
25	Alex Pearce	DF	14	4	0	92	64	156	70	18	0
26	Hayden Young	MF	7	7	0	61	46	107	17	21	0
28	Neil Erasmus	MF	14	0	3	104	113	217	39	37	0
29	Cooper Simpson	DF	3	1	0	22	10	32	8	3	0
30	Nathan O'Driscoll	MF	13	3	6	117	93	210	41	42	0
31	Brandon Walker	DF	2	0	0	9	9	18	1	5	0
32	Michael Frederick	FW	22	28	22	165	87	252	75	54	0
34	Corey Wagner	DF/MF	16	3	1	155	87	242	42	71	0
35	Josh Treacy	FW	22	39	17	163	85	248	105	38	12
36	Brennan Cox	DF	22	1	0	148	86	234	106	23	0
37	Josh Draper	DF	11	0	0	48	38	86	27	14	6
39	Sam Switkowski	FW	16	11	4	88	115	203	42	49	0
41	Bailey Banfield	DF/FW	19	4	2	151	96	247	58	38	0
43	Isaiah Dudley	FW	15	13	9	71	37	108	31	26	0
44	Matthew Johnson	MF	18	2	8	160	178	338	74	59	0

Goalkickers

As of round 24. Players without goals not included

Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	Total
Josh Treacy	1	4	3	3	6	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	2	3	42
Patrick Voss	–	1	1	0	1	–	–	–	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	6	3	3	3	0	3	34
Jye Amiss	0	1	4	1	0	3	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	0	0	3	31
Michael Frederick	2	0	1	3	3	0	2	0	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	30
Shai Bolton	–	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	3	1	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	27
Murphy Reid	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	24
Luke Jackson	0	1	1	1	–	–	–	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	19
Isaiah Dudley	–	–	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	–	–	–	1	1	0	–	1	2	0	–	–	13
Sam Switkowski	0	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	–	–	–	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	11
Hayden Young	–	–	–	–	2	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	–	–	0	7
Caleb Serong	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7
Andrew Brayshaw	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7
Sean Darcy	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	–	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Oscar McDonald	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	4
Alex Pearce	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	4
Bailey Banfield	1	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Nathan O'Driscoll	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	3
Corey Wagner	0	0	–	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	0	0	3
Jeremy Sharp	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Jaeger O'Meara	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jordan Clark	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Matthew Johnson	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	2
Quinton Narkle	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Cooper Simpson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Neil Erasmus	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	1	1
Brennan Cox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Awards, records and milestones

Milestones

Round 1

• Murphy Reid – AFL Debut, 1st AFL goal

Round 2

• Shai Bolton - Fremantle debut
• Luke Jackson – 100th AFL game

Round 3

• Jye Amiss – 50th AFL game
• Isaiah Dudley – AFL Debut, 1st AFL goal
• Bailey Banfield – 100th AFL game

Round 4

• Jeremy Sharp – 50th AFL game
• Andrew Brayshaw – 150th AFL game
• Shai Bolton – 1st Fremantle goal

Round 6

• Oscar McDonald – 1st Fremantle goal

Round 7

• Quinton Narkle – Fremantle debut

Round 8

• Quinton Narkle – 1st Fremantle goal

Round 9

• Heath Chapman – 50th AFL game

Round 10

• Cooper Simpson – 1st AFL goal
• Michael Frederick – 100th AFL goal

Round 12

• Corey Wagner – 1st Fremantle goal

Round 14

• Matthew Johnson – 50th AFL game
• Corey Wagner – 50th AFL game

Round 15

• Josh Treacy – 100th AFL goal

Round 17

• Shai Bolton – 150th AFL game

Round 18

• Jye Amiss – 100th AFL goal

Round 19

• Sam Switkowski – 100th AFL game

Round 23

• Michael Frederick – 100th AFL game

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