Midfielder Tom Liberatore and defender Caleb Daniel are in the mix to face St Kilda on Sunday afternoon at Marvel Stadium. 

The Bulldogs will be forced to make at least one change for the Saints clash, with midfielder-forward Toby McLean ruled out for two-three weeks after sustaining a low-grade hamstring injury in the opening term against Melbourne.

Vice-captain Marcus Bontempelli remains in contention to play against the Saints, after sustaining an ankle injury in the Bulldogs’ win against Melbourne on Sunday. 

“Marcus had his ankle caught in a tackle in the second quarter,” Bulldogs’ medical services manager Chris Bell said.

“This has caused Marcus to damage one of the ligaments in his ankle… We’ll work through a process with Marcus this week and make a decision on his availability after the main training session on Friday.

“Tom and Caleb have continued to train really well. 

“Tom will fully train this week, and we expect him to be available.

“Caleb completed a game-like rehab session during the weekend. He pulled up really well from the session and does have some boxes to tick for us this week, and we’ll make a decision on his availability towards the back-end of the week.”

In a significant injury blow for the Bulldogs, experienced midfielder Mitch Wallis will be sidelined indefinitely. 

After coming back from injury to play the past two weeks in the VFL, Wallis will now undergo surgery to fix the bone stress injury in his ankle injury which saw him miss a month of football after round 10 

“Mitch continues to suffer some persistent symptoms from the bone stress fracture in the front of his ankle,” Bell said.

“We’ve tried to do everything we can for Mitch, to manage his injury without having to resort to surgery.

“Mitch will have to have surgery on the ankle, which will happen later this week.” 

A timeframe around Wallis’ return will become clearer post-surgery.

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* Injury list updated on Tuesday 16 July, 2019