The Western Bulldogs have made four changes to their side for the Round 2 clash with the West Coast Eagles at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Lin Jong will make his return from an ACL injury, playing his first AFL match since Round 13 last year.
Jong kicked two goals in Footscray’s loss to Geelong in a VFL practice match on the weekend and showed impressive signs in the JLT Community Series earlier in the month.
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The Bulldogs have also confirmed running defender Ed Richards will make his AFL debut. He was selected by with pick 16 in the 2017 AFL National Draft.
Richards is the third Western Bulldogs player to make a senior debut this season, following Aaron Naughton and Billy Gowers, who played their first game against GWS last weekend.
Caleb Daniel and Lukas Webb will return to the side for the first time this season.
The Dogs have made two forced changes, with midfielder Tom Liberatore (ACL) and defender Hayden Crozier (knee) unavailable, while Fletcher Roberts and Shane Biggs have been omitted.
The Bulldogs and Eagles will go head-to-head from 3.20pm at Etihad Stadium.
The Western Bulldogs have named four Club debutants for Sunday’s Round 1 clash with Greater Western Sydney at UNSW Oval in Canberra.
Aaron Naughton, the Bulldogs’ first round selection (pick 9) in the 2017 AFL National Draft, will become the 1001stBulldog to play for the Club, joining Jackson Trengove and Hayden Crozier, who will pull on the red, white and blue officially for the first time.
Billy Gowers, selected with pick 9 from Footscray in the 2017 AFL Rookie Draft, is also set to debut on Sunday.
Tim English, Mitch Honeychurch and Bailey Williams have been named on the interchange bench. It will be English’s third AFL game.
The Bulldogs and Giants will go head-to-head from 1.10pm at UNSW Canberra Oval.
AFL Round 2 Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles
Sunday 1 April 2018, 3:20pm AEST
Venue: Etihad Stadium
| Full back | Z Cordy | J Trengove | B Williams |
| Half back | M Suckling | A Naughton | E Wood |
| Centreline | L Hunter | J Macrae | B Dale |
| Half forward | J Johannisen | T English | L Jong |
| Full forward | L Dahlhaus | M Bontempelli | B Gowers |
| Followers | J Roughead | T McLean | J Dunkley |
| Interchange | L Webb | E Richards | M Honeychurch |
| C Daniel | |||
| Emergencies | M Wallis | T Boyd | S Biggs |
| T Dickson |
IN: L. Webb, E. Richards (debut), C. Daniel, L. Jong
OUT: H. Crozier (knee), T. Liberatore (knee), F. Roberts (omitted), S. Biggs (omitted)
