Captain Bob Murphy has been confirmed as the sole inclusion in to the Western Bulldogs side to face Melbourne on Sunday afternoon.

Murphy returns after one week on the sidelines with general soreness and replaces Bailey Dale who has been omitted from the squad.

Bulldogs assistant coach Daniel Giansiracusa said Murphy had trained well during the week and would be in prime condition for the round 20 match.

“When you’re an older player you don’t like to miss out on victories like that so he’s raring to go, trained well today and looking forward to Sunday afternoon.”

Tom Boyd, Daniel Pearce and Josh Prudden have been confirmed as emergencies for the match.

ROUND 20 – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Sunday 16 August, 3:20pm
Venue: Etihad Stadium