The AFL advises Sarah Hartwig (AFL Health and Safety Protocols) has withdrawn from the Western Bulldogs team for today’s NAB AFLW Round 1 match v Melbourne to be played at VU Whitten Oval.

Gemma Lagioia comes into the 21.

Aurora Smith has been added as an emergency.

REVISED AFLW TEAM | ROUND 1
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Saturday 8 January, 7pm AEDT
VU Whitten Oval

B: Eleanor Brown, Isabel Huntington
HB: Elle Bennetts, Naomi Ferres, Ashleigh Guest
C: Isabella Grant, Ellie Blackburn, Isabelle Pritchard
HF: Britney Gutknecht, Rocky Cranston, Brooke Lochland
F: Nell Morris-Dalton, Bonnie Toogood
R: Celine Moody, Jess Fitzgerald, Kirsty Lamb
Int: Gemma Lagioia, Elisabeth Georgostathis, Alice Edmonds, Elizabeth Snell, Amanda Ling.
Emer: Aurora Smith, Annabel Strahan.