The Western Bulldogs have boosted their forward line ahead of Sunday’s clash with Fremantle, as Isabel Huntington and Brooke Lochland join the side for the first time in 2019.

Draftee Eleanor Brown also returns to the squad, while Kate Bartlett has been added to the extended interchange. Celine Moody and Bonnie Toogood have been omitted.

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Selected at Pick 1 in the 2017 NAB AFLW Draft, Huntington impressed for the Bulldogs early within the 2018 AFLW season, before rupturing her ACL during the second quarter of the Bulldogs’ Round 2 clash with Brisbane.

Record-breaking forward Brooke Lochland underwent surgery during pre-season to repair a partially fractured fibula sustained during pre-season training in January this year.

The final team of 21 will be named at 4pm on Friday.

AFLW ROUND 5
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs
Sunday, 3:05pm (WST) 
Fremantle Oval

The match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports from 6pm

    
Full backH ScottL Spark 
Half backS KarlsonT ErnstL Birch
CentrelineK BrennanM ContiA Utri
Half forwardA McCarthyB LochlandK McLeod
Full forwardE GambleI Huntington 
FollowersK RennieK LambE Blackburn
InterchangeK BartlettN CallinanN Ferres
 A GogosE MackieD Berry
 E Brown  

In: I Huntington, B Lochland, E Brown, K Bartlett
Out: C Moody, B Toogood (Omitted)