The Western Bulldogs have regained a trio of troops for their Round 1 clash with North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium on Saturday evening.

Bailey Dale, Ed Richards and Rhylee West overcame their respective injuries to be named in the line-up.

As announced earlier, Sam Davidson and Josh Dolan will make their league debuts, while Matt Kennedy will play his first official game in the red, white and blue.

Tom Liberatore will captain the side in Marcus Bontempelli’s absence.

West, Luke Cleary, Lachie McNeil, Harvey Gallagher and Arthur Jones will start on the bench, with one of the five to be named the sub an hour before the first bounce.

Buku Khamis, Riley Garcia and Oskar Baker have been named as emergencies.

The Bulldogs will host the Kangaroos from 7:35pm AEDT this Saturday night.

The match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 3 and Kayo Sports.

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Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne

Round 1 Sat 15 Mar 2025, 8:35 AM

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne • VIC

Presented By

Mimosa Homes
Western Bulldogs
North Melbourne

Followers

44T. English
38T. Xerri
9R. Sanders
24T. Powell
20E. Richards
26L. Parker

B

HB

C

HF

F

B

HB

C

HF

F

18J. O'Donnell
27J. Freijah
15T. Duryea
29L. Bramble
7R. Lobb
31B. Dale
34B. Williams
21T. Liberatore
42S. Davidson
26J. Dolan
33A. Naughton
8M. Kennedy
23L. Vandermeer
10S. Darcy
22J. Harmes
30C. Comben
4A. Corr
19G. Logue
8B. Scott
5C. Daniel
34J. Archer
2F. O'Sullivan
9L. Davies-Uniacke
12J. Simpkin
3H. Sheezel
20N. Larkey
10C. McKercher
25P. Curtis
28J. Darling
44C. Zurhaar

Interchange

36L. Cleary
11L. McDonald
12H. Gallagher
13D. Tucker
32A. Jones
29W. Phillips
30L. McNeil
41J. Konstanty
14R. West
46R. Hansen Jr

Emergencies

13O. Baker
15D. Stephens
38R. Garcia
39F. Maley
24B. Khamis
43B. Teakle

Last Updated 7:29 am Thursday, March 13, 2025