Nat Fyfe’s dominant International Rules performance has prompted renewed calls for Fremantle to use their captain predominantly in attack.

In his IR debut for Australia, Fyfe provided an aerial threat close to goal in a 10-point win over Ireland at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.

The 2015 Brownlow medallist potted three overs and produced the highlight of the match by kicking a goal for the home side with an audacious long-range shot into the far corner of the net.

He did so under the nose of Dockers coach Ross Lyon, who is an assistant coach for Australia this year.

Fyfe spent the majority of the 2017 season in the midfield for Fremantle on return from a broken leg.

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He played 21 games and kicked 17 majors, sitting fourth on the Dockers goal kicking tally behind Cam McCarthy (25), Shane Kersten (24) and Michael Walters (22).

Camera Icon Nat Fyfe celebrates scoring Australia's first full goal during game one of the International Rules Series between Australia and Ireland. Credit: Getty Images

Fremantle finished 14th, but were the competition’s second-lowest scoring team.

Despite the recruitment of McCarthy and Kersten, Lyon is still yet to find a genuine pack-marking forward to replace club legend Matthew Pavlich, who retired last year.

Former Essendon champion Tim Watson today said it was “worth posing the question” about whether Fyfe should be stationed predominantly in attack in 2018.

Watson predicted Fyfe could play the same role Jack Riewoldt did in Richmond’s premiership team this year – and do it better than the 54-goal Tigers spearhead.

“I don’t know whether Ross Lyon’s thinking about this or not, but given what we saw this year with Richmond and the way they played with the one (key) forward … is it possible to play Nat Fyfe, because he’s got great aerial ability as well, as that one forward,” Watson said on SEN radio.

“You’re going to sacrifice having him as a midfielder, but they’ve got other midfielders there that are coming through. They aren’t to the same (level) that he is.

“But one of their real problems, Fremantle, is that they haven’t had a forward line.

“Since Pavlich has gone, they haven’t had anybody really capable of being able to hold down a position there.

“Fyfe is the most capable player in that team, on their list, of actually being able to do something in that front half of the ground.”

Watson said the likelihood of a role change for Fyfe would come down to whether Fremantle could find capable midfielders to step up around the likes of Lachie Neale and Stephen Hill.

“That really relates back to whether their other players (can pick up the slack), like Harley Bennell comes on and plays in the midfield,” Watson said.

“There’s a lot of ‘what ifs’.”

Fyfe, 26, has kicked 121 goals in 138 games since making his debut in 2010.