Senior Coach Luke Beveridge hasn’t been afraid to utilise the full extent of his playing list in season 2015.

36 of a possible 44 players on the Club’s AFL-list have played senior football under Beveridge in his first season at the helm at Whitten Oval.

Six players have debuted for the Club this season – including four out of last year’s 2014 draft crop – while off-season trade recruits Tom Boyd and Shane Biggs have also had an impact at senior level.

Of those not to have crossed the white-line into the AFL arena in 2015, three are rookies, and one is Sutton Medallist Tom Liberatore, whose season was cruelled by a NAB Challenge knee injury.

Speaking after the Bulldogs’ emphatic 87-point win over Essendon on Sunday, skipper Bob Murphy said the Club’s growing depth, along with the coaches willingness to reward state-league form, has encouraged players to take their chance when they get the call into the AFL side.

Father-son midfielder Lachie Hunter is a prime case in point.

The 20-year-old midfielder played three games earlier in the year - two as the sub - for modest returns of eight, eight and sixteen disposals respectively.

Following a six weeks stint the state-league, Hunter has returned to produce games of 13 and 10 disposals starting as the sub, followed by a best on ground 32-disposal performance against Collingwood, and a 36-disposal game against the Bombers – again in the Bulldogs best.

“It probably speaks volumes of the depth of the group at the moment, “ Murphy told 3AW in the rooms post match on Sunday.

“That small half-forward, into the midfield role…they’re fighting like Bulldogs to get in and get that spot.”

Along with Hunter, Nathan Hrovat, Toby McLean, Mitch Honeychurch and Caleb Daniel amongst others have all been fighting to make that spot their own in the senior line-up.

Collectively the five players have just 76-games of AFL experience between them, but that hasn’t been a deterrent in playing them.

Nor has youth or inexperience been a factor at the selection table for the Bulldogs’ match committee in general.

Each week at least half the selected side has comprised players of under 50 games AFL experience.

Through the first 18 rounds of the year, the Bulldogs on average have named 12 players under this games played threshold.

The youth have demanded their chance, with Murphy noting Caleb Daniel’s work-rate and class having seen him not miss a game since debuting as the sub against Carlton in Round 14.

“He’s just an absolute animal on the training track, but I think the smart decisions and the clean ball use sets him a part.”

“He’s really slotted into our side really well, and there’s good competition for spots which is what you want at this time of year.”