A host of young Dogs are set to get their first chance in red, white and blue this Saturday, with seven of the club’s off-season recruits named in the NAB Challenge squad to face Melbourne
Draftees Toby McLean, Lukas Webb, Declan Hamilton, Bailey Dale and Caleb Daniel will all get their chance this week after impressing in the club’s recent intra club match.
Rookie recruits Jordan Kelly and Roarke Smith are also named in the 29-man squad for Ballarat preseason match, joining fellow rookies Daniel Pearce and Brett Goodes in the youthful Bulldogs’ lineup.
The Western Bulldogs play Melbourne at Eureka Stadium at 4:10pm on Saturday (14 March, 2015), with the match to be live streamed on westernbulldogs.com.au and in the Club's official mobile app - now available in the iTunes App Store or Google Play.
WESTERN BULLDOGS v MELBOURNE
Eureka Stadium (Ballarat), Saturday 14 March, 4.10pm AEDT
Western Bulldogs
1. Jarrad Grant, 3. Mitch Wallis, 4. Marcus Bontempelli, 5. Matthew Boyd, 9. Jake Stringer, 15. Tom Campbell, 16. Toby McLean, 17. Tom Boyd, 19. Lukas Webb, 20. Daniel Pearce, 22. Mitch Honeychurch, 26. Declan Hamilton, 27. Will Minson, 28. Josh Prudden, 29. Tory Dickson, 30. Joel Hamling, 31. Bailey Dale, 32. Michael Talia, 33. Sam Darley, 34. Jordan Kelly, 35. Caleb Daniel, 37. Roarke Smith, 38. Dale Morris, 39. Jason Johannisen, 42. Liam Picken, 43. Jack Redpath, 44. Brett Goodes, 46. Lin Jong, 49. Ayce Cordy
Melbourne
1. Jesse Hogan, 2. Nathan Jones, 3. Christian Salem, 4. Jack Watts, 5. Jimmy Toumpas, 6. Chris Dawes, 7. Jack Viney, 8. Heritier Lumumba, 11. Max Gawn, 12. Dom Tyson, 13. Jordie Mckenzie, 14. Lynden Dunn, 15. Billy Stretch, 17. Sam Frost, 18. Daniel Cross, 19. Ben Newton, 20. Colin Garland, 21. Cameron Pedersen, 22. Viv Michie, 24. Jay Kennedy-Harris, 25. Tom McDonald, 31. Jack Grimes, 36. Jeff Garlett, 37. Aaron vandenBerg, 39. Neville Jetta, 40. Mark Jamar, 44. Rohan Bail, 45. Matt Jones, 48. Jack Fitzpatrick