Bailey Hunt will make her return to the Western Bulldogs’ line-up against the GWS Giants on Saturday afternoon for the inaugural AFLW Indigenous Round.

Hunt has been named on the wing, having been sidelined for the Dogs’ previous two matches after suffering a calf strain in round two.

She returns in place of Isabella Grant, who made her AFLW debut in round three.

The team will be looking to record their fourth consecutive win – a feat last achieved from round seven, 2018 to round two, 2019.

The AFLW Bulldogs have never won four straight in a single season.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs will be wearing an Indigenous guernsey designed by 18-year-old Aboriginal artist Ky-ya Nicholson-Ward, which celebrates ‘coming together as one’.

The design has a focus on female empowerment, and the importance of reaching a goal and moving forward in life.

The match-worn guernseys will be auctioned off after the match, alongside some specially-painted match-worn player boots.

The match will be broadcast live on Fox Footy, with the first bounce at 3.10pm at VU Whitten Oval.

Score updates will also be available via @BulldogsW on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

All the information you need to know ahead of the game can be found in our round five match preview and in our AFLW match-day hub.

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ROUND 5 TEAM

Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants

Saturday 27 February, 3.10pm AEDT

VU Whitten Oval

B: Naomi Ferres, Ellyse Gamble

HB: Ash Guest, Katie Lynch, Eleanor Brown

C: Bailey Hunt, Ellie Blackburn, Deanna Berry

HF: Elisabeth Georgostathis, Izzy Huntington, Brooke Lochland

F: Bonnie Toogood, Kirsten McLeod

Foll: Celine Moody, Gabby Newton, Kirsty Lamb

Int: Dani Marshall, Kim Rennie, Hannah Scott, Sarah Hartwig, Jess Fitzgerald

Emer: Isabelle Pritchard, Isabella Grant

The Western Bulldogs have four straight victories and are emerging as a genuine AFLW premiership threat, with a 25-point win over Greater Western Sydney on Saturday the latest emphatic statement of their intent this season.

It was the dynamic forward partnership of Isabel Huntington and Bonnie Toogood that inspired the 7.5 (47) to 3.4 (22) win at the VU Whitten Oval, with the pair providing an unstoppable combination in attack to haunt the Giants all afternoon.

Huntington finished with a career-best three goals from five big marks in a powerhouse performance up forward, with Toogood adding three goals herself to act as the perfect foil alongside the former No.1 pick.

Rebecca Beeson (24 disposals, five tackles) typified the Giants' performance, fighting hard all afternoon and perhaps shading the red-hot Ellie Blackburn (17 disposals, five tackles) in the midfield. But the Dogs had too many contributors to ease over the line.

It didn't all go their way, with the Giants controlling the territory battle throughout a tough and tense start to the match. But it was the Bulldogs who were putting on a counter-attacking clinic to ultimately claim the significant early advantage.

After the scores were level at the opening interval, Huntington and Toogood were the beneficiaries of some smooth transitions through the middle of the field to finish the half with a combined five goals and hand their side a 24-point buffer at the main break.

Their stellar work in attack inspired five consecutive goals on either side of half-time, with Huntington soon adding another as the speed and athleticism of Kirsten McLeod (nine disposals, one goal) forced yet more headaches upon the Giants.

It was almost the perfect afternoon for the Western Bulldogs, before the win – and the performance – was marred by a late non-contact knee injury to Deanna Berry that sent a hush over VU Whitten Oval.

WESTERN BULLDOGS                  1.2     5.2     7.2     7.5 (47)
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY     1.2     1.2     3.3     3.4 (22)

GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Toogood 3, Huntington 3, McLeod
Greater Western Sydney: Privitelli, Tully, McKinnon

BEST
Western Bulldogs: Huntington, Toogood, Lamb, Blackburn, Brown, McLeod, Lochland
Greater Western Sydney: Beeson, Parker, Eva, Tully, Bennetts

INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Berry (knee)
Greater Western Sydney: Nil

Reports: Nil
Crowd: 2461 at VU Whitten Oval