Western Bulldogs Senior Coach Brendan McCartney has named a near full strength squad to take on Geelong at Simonds Stadium in Saturday’s NAB Challenge Match.
While a youthful line-up squared-off against North Melbourne last week, McCartney as promised, has made eight changes to the team that will face the reigning Premiers.
Geelong is expected to name an experienced line-up for Saturday’s match, and the Bulldogs coaching staff will look to use the game to test their structures and game plan against the competitions best.
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All Australians Matthew Boyd and Robert Murphy are amongst the eight senior players to return to the Bulldogs side, with Adam Cooney, Daniel Cross, Ryan Hargrave, Liam Jones, Will Minson and Liam Picken also returning for a hit-out before the Round 1 clash against the Eagles on April 1.
The presence of Clay Smith and Tory Dickson in the squad indicates they’re on the coaches’ radar to make an early season debut in the hoops.
The full squad is as follows:
NAB Cup Challenge
Geelong Cats vs Western Bulldogs
Saturday 17th March
IN: Robert Murphy, Daniel Cross, Matthew Boyd, Adam Cooney, Liam Jones, Ryan Hargrave, Will Minson, Liam Picken
OUT: James Mulligan, Tom Hill, Lin Jong, Michael Talia, Daniel Pearce, Andrew Hooper, Tom Campbell, Matthew Panos, Pat Veszpremi
1 JARRAD GRANT
2 ROBERT MURPHY
3 MITCH WALLIS
4 DANIEL CROSS
5 MATTHEW BOYD
7 SHAUN HIGGINS
10 EASTON WOOD
13 DANIEL GIANSIRACUSA
14 CLAY SMITH
16 RYAN GRIFFEN
17 ADAM COONEY
19 LIAM JONES
21 TOM LIBERATORE
22 DYLAN ADDISON
23 JORDAN ROUGHEAD
25 RYAN HARGRAVE
26 ZEPHANIAH SKINNER
27 WILL MINSON
29 TORY DICKSON
30 CHRISTIAN HOWARD
36 BRIAN LAKE
37 LUKAS MARKOVIC
40 LUKE DAHLHAUS
42 LIAM PICKEN
49 AYCE CORDY
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