The Western Bulldogs have confirmed their side for Sunday’s clash with Carlton at Marvel Stadium.

Athletic defender Buku Khamis will make his AFL debut and will be joined in the team by ruckman Jordon Sweet and small forward Lachie McNeil.

Sweet will play his second game at AFL level, after making his debut earlier this season against the Gold Coast Suns.

McNeil returns to the starting team after being the unused medical sub last week.

Making way from last week’s side are Stefan Martin (injury), Josh Schache and Rhylee West.

Martin is expected to miss a couple of weeks with Achilles soreness.

West has been named as an emergency, alongside Lewis Young, Louis Butler and Jamarra Ugle-Hagan.

The match will mark premiership Bulldog Jason Johannisen’s 150^th AFL game.

Johannisen made his AFL debut in 2012, after being recruited by the Bulldogs with pick 39 in the 2010 NAB AFL Rookie Draft.

The match will be part of a Bulldogs VFL-AFL double-header on Channel 7, with the VFL match being broadcast from 12pm and the AFL match from 3pm. 

ROUND 8 TEAM

Western Bulldogs v Carlton
Sunday 9 May, 3.20pm AEST
Marvel Stadium

B: Taylor Duryea, Alex Keath, Easton Wood
HB: Jason Johannisen, Buku Khamis, Bailey Dale
C: Bailey Smith, Adam Treloar, Lachie Hunter
HF: Mitch Hannan, Aaron Naughton, Lachie McNeil
F: Anthony Scott, Josh Bruce, Marcus Bontempelli
R: Jordon Sweet, Jack Macrae, Tom Liberatore
Int: Zaine Cordy, Caleb Daniel, Hayden Crozier, Pat Lipinski
Emer: Lewis Young, Rhylee West, Louis Butler, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan

In: Buku Khamis (debut), Lachie McNeil, Jordon Sweet
Out: Stefan Martin (injured), Josh Schache, Rhylee West

The Western Bulldogs have produced a stunning final-quarter comeback against Carlton to record their seventh win of the 2021 season.

Trailing at the main break for the first time this year, the Bulldogs turned around a 27-point deficit to emerge 16-point victors in a 16.11 (107) to 13.13 (91) thriller at Marvel Stadium.

The Dogs started strong and looked in control early, but it didn't take long for the Blues to swing momentum in their favour. 

Conceding five goals while only adding two of their own in the second, the Bulldogs were tested and knew they needed a response. 

And that they did. 

Josh Bruce was instrumental in the Dogs' foray, with his fourth major kickstarting a string of eight consecutive Bulldog goals. 

Bruce finished with a bag of five and 11 marks, while fellow key forward Aaron Naughton contributed with two of his own - one of which put the Dogs in front halfway through the last.

Captain Marcus Bontempelli was inspiring (32 disposals, 10 clearances), while Jack Macrae (32 disposals), Bailey Dale (27) and Tom Liberatore (27, 13 clearances) were all influential.

Debutant Buku Khamis stood tall in defence, while 150-gamer Jason Johannisen had all the more reason to celebrate. 

The Bulldogs will look to continue their winning form when they meet Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval next Saturday night. 

WESTERN BULLDOGS    4.3       6.6       10.8        16.11 (107)
CARLTON                       3.3       8.6       12.10       13.13 (91)  

GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Bruce 5, Naughton 2, Hunter 2, Scott 2, Bontempelli, Johannisen, Sweet, Treloar, Lipinski
Carlton: Betts 5, McKay 4, Owies 2, Cuningham, Cripps

BEST
Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Bruce, Liberatore, Macrae, Dale, Treloar
Carlton: Weitering, Docherty, Walsh, Betts, Pittonet, McKay