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 1 GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs
Sunday 25 March 2018, 1:10pm AEST
Venue: UNSW Canberra Oval
| Full back | F Roberts | Z Cordy | L Hunter |
| Half back | S Biggs | A Naughton | H Crozier |
| Centreline | M Suckling | T Liberatore | J Macrae |
| Half forward | B Dale | J Trengove | T McLean |
| Full forward | L Dahlhaus | E Wood | J Johannisen |
| Followers | J Roughead | M Bontempelli | J Dunkley |
| Interchange | M Honeychurch | B Gowers | B Williams |
| T English | |||
| Emergencies | L Webb | T Dickson | C Daniel |
| L Jong |
