The Western Bulldogs’ week three JLT Community Series match up with Collingwood has a new start time the AFL has announced.

The Bulldogs were initially scheduled to face the Magpies at 2.05EDT at Ted Summerton Reserve in Moe, but the game will now start an hour earlier at 1.05EDT.

The start times of four matches across the period March 10-11 have been altered to enable all games on those days to be played and broadcast as full-length matches as per the premiership season, and not as shorter-timed matches in weeks one and two of the JLT Community Series.

The Dogs’ pre-season schedule will officially kick off at Allianz Stadium as part of the launch of AFLX before the Club returns to Ballarat to take on Hawthorn at Mars Stadium on Saturday, March 3 for week two of the JLT Community Series.