Western Bulldogs AFLW midfielder Deanna Berry will play her first VFLW match of the season, this Saturday afternoon at Mars Stadium in Ballarat.
Facing the Northern Territory Thunder, the Western Bulldogs have made ten changes ahead of Saturday’s clash, welcoming Brooke Lochland and Hayley Wildes back to the side.
Recent Western Bulldogs AFLW signing Dani Marshall will also run out in the red, white and blue after landing back in Australia from the United States earlier this week.
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Elisabeth Georgostathis and Ella Wood will also make their VFLW debut, while Western Bulldogs AFLW players Ellie Blackburn, Kim Rennie and Hannah Scott have been rested.
After six wins and four losses, the Bulldogs currently hold fourth position on the 2019 VFLW Ladder, while NT Thunder sit slightly out of the top six, at seventh position.
Match info:
Western Bulldogs v NT Thunder
Sat 27 July, 2:00pm
Mars Stadium, Ballarat
Team:
B 17. H Wildes 45. V Laloifi 51. R Christgoergl
HB 48. K Betts 11. L Spark 16. N Ferres
C 6. K McLeod 27. K Lamb 21. B Hunt
HF 1. B Lochland 7. D Berry 53. D Marshall
F 39. M Sandral 44. M Ward 56. E Georgostathis
R 13. C Moody 57. S Molan 36. A Gogos
Int 47. N McMahon 19. A Guest 43. E Gavalas
- T Dinuccio
23P 58. E Wood
Emg 35. S Ruedin 29. J Davies 33. S Jolly
- L Bibby
In:
Brooke Lochland
Deanna Berry
Hayley Wildes
Elisabeth Georgostathis
Ella Wood
Danielle Marshall
Riley Christgoergl
Nicole McMahon
Katelyn Betts
Sophie Molan
Out:
Ellie Blackburn
Hannah Scott
Kimberley Rennie
Jessie Davies
Sarah Jolly
Emma Mackay
Annabel Scott
Katie McAloon
Louise Bibby
Nekaela Butler