Fremantle have set their sights on rising Victorian forward Sam Hayes as a top priority draft selection next month.

The impressive big forward is firmly on the Dockers recruiting radar as a potential solution to the club's scoring woes and to offer long-term ruck support to big on-baller Sean Darcy.

If taken by Fremantle, the Eastern Rangers and elite AFL development academy graduate will be the Dockers' first draft selection at number five.

Fremantle recruiters are on the brink of securing two experienced expatriate West Australians, with nippy Gold Coast goalsneak Brandon Matera and dashing Greater Western Sydney defender Nathan Wilson set to be secured during this month's trade period starting next Monday.