Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says the team should enter this Sunday’s clash against Sydney with some confidence following their last fortnight of footy.

For the first time since Round 9-10, the Bulldogs have registered back-to-back wins - knocking off Carlton and Geelong in recent weeks.

Beveridge said despite going down to the Swans earlier this season, there has been plenty of change to both teams.

“They’ve obviously run into some injuries in recent times – I think we’d played 35 or 36 players three or four weeks ago, and they’d only played 26,” Beveridge told media on Wednesday.

“Now they’ve got their challenges as far as availability goes with their playing stocks, and decisions around where various players play. That presents us with the challenge of the uncertainty of what they’ll look like – with an injury or two to what they’ve put out on the park in recent times.

“It’ll be a bit different to what we came up against last time.

“We were travelling okay (in that game) – we had the two concussions and lost Naughton to a knee in that game so while you never make excuses, we always wonder how it might have turned out if that hadn’t had happened.

“Hopefully we have a bit of luck – everyone’s looking for that. It is important in your journey to have luck with your injury toll, but it should be a fierce battle.”

The Bulldogs could be buoyed by the return of Liam Jones this weekend, with the veteran defender listed as a test ahead of tomorrow’s squad selection.

“He does everything he can when he’s not able to play,” Beveridge said on Jones.

“He’s been pretty critical to what we’ve been trying to do with his role, so I imagine if he presents as being able to be picked, then he’ll come in.”

The Club today officially re-opened Mission Whitten Oval following over two years of construction.

Beveridge said it was a special moment.

“When we were training at Skinner in pre-season, and had separation between our administration and operational areas – we were all over the place really for probably the last year and a half,” he said.

“It was first world problems really, but little hardships in the games sometimes can galvanise you and make you stronger.

“Whether it did during that period, I don’t know, but now with what we’ve got now...it’s pretty special.”