AFL football boss Laura Kane says her phone has been running hot, while veteran Fremantle Dockers forward Michael Walters has already declared himself unofficial leader of the team.

And if social media is anything to go by, the league's First Nations cohort are champing at the bit to be picked in the first AFL Indigenous All-Stars side in 10 years, for an exhibition game against the Fremantle Dockers at Optus Stadium on Saturday February 15.

The twilight fixture was announced on Tuesday at a packed media conference outside Perth Stadium attended by Ms Kane, the AFL's executive general manager of social policy and inclusion Tanya Hosch, AFL chair Richard Goyder, Fremantle board member and Noongar woman Colleen Hayward and Dockers CEO Simon Garlic, among a host of dignitaries.

Fremantle will wear its inaugural Indigenous Round jumper designed by Dr Richard Walley, while guernseys for the star-studded Indigenous team are yet to be unveiled.

The February exhibition will be the first Indigenous All-Stars match since 2015, when Shaun Burgoyne captained a team that beat West Coast in front of 10,000 people in Perth.

A sell-out at the 60,000-capacity Optus Stadium is a promoter's dream, but the AFL was hopeful WA would throw its support behind the concept, with up to 40,000 fans likely for the unique clash, which Mr Garlick said the club was "privileged and excited" about, and would treat as a proper match simulation, pre-season warm up game.

"The concept is critical and we're ecstatic to be involved, but it's also an important part of our pre-season preparation going into round one … but clearly it's also about putting on a show," he said.

Mr Garlick said up until late in the 2024 season, Fremantle had a run where all but one game in the club's history had First Nations representation – a 30-year run of continuous Indigenous representation, with the closest rival in the competition 17 years behind the Dockers.

"As a club, in our short history, we've had over 2800 games played by First Nations players, but when you compare it to the closest rival we have is some 600 games behind us, it gives you an indication of how fortunate we have been as a club to have an inordinate amount of Indigenous representation," he said.

"It's just who we are as a club, and certainly has a lot to do with where we come from and where we're domiciled here in Western Australia and in particular the Noongar region, and underlines how ecstatic we are to be involved in this concept."

The exhibition game would likely feature some of the AFL's biggest Indigenous stars, such as Charlie Cameron, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Izak Rankine, Bobby Hill and Kozzy Pickett up forward, a backline of Liam Jones, Steven May, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera and Daniel Rioli, while the midfield could feature dynamic trio Jason Horne-Francis, Tim Kelly and Brad Hill.

Players selected in the soon to be known squad will take part in a three-day Indigenous camp.

Fremantle's star recruit Shai Bolton and skipper Alex Pearce will play for the All-Stars, who will be coached by former St Kilda and Brisbane player Xavier Clarke.

Walters said the exhibition match was a chance for Indigenous players to "strut their stuff" and express their culture.

"I don't think there'll be too much defending… you're going to see a lot of spe cial things from a lot of quality players from across the competition, we just urge the fans to get around it, really embrace it, because these things don't come around too often," he said.

"The Indigenous tradition that we've had here in Western Australia is unreal, so hopefully the fans get around it because who knows how long it will be here for."

Ms Hosch said the match would provide a rare opportunity to showcase the rich cultural heritage and unique skills of Indigenous players, and promote greater understanding and reconciliation across the AFL community.

She thanked the 18 AFL clubs for already committing to providing players for the exhibition.

"I know this will be a much sough-after game to attend," she said on Tuesday.

"We could not think of a better location and team to host this game."

Fremantle CEO Simon Garlick said the significance of the match was not lost on the club.

"To run onto the field in this game is an incredible honour for the Fremantle Football Club," he said.

"Fremantle has such a proud history when it comes to Indigenous players representing our club, not to mention the connections we have with communities all around WA and throughout Australia.

"We embrace the strong culture with Indigenous people that has helped make us the club we are today, highlighted by more than 2500 AFL games from 36 Indigenous players."

This year, club v club warm-up matches were played between February 23 and March 4 before the season proper began on March 7.

Possible Indigenous All-Stars 30-man squad

B: Liam Jones, Steven May, Jarman Impey

HB: Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Alex Pearce, Daniel Rioli

C: Karl Amon, Jason Horne-Francis, Bradley Hill

HF: Izak Rankine, Shai Bolton, Kozzy Pickett

F: Charlie Cameron, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Tyson Stengle

R: Jeremy Finlayson, Tim Kelly, Jy Simpkin

I/C: Michael Walters, Willie Rioli, Toby Bedford, Bobby Hill, Callum Ah Chee, Liam Ryan, Liam Henry, Jade Gresham, Jase Burgoyne, Zac Williams, Marcus Windhager, Lawson Humphries.