Eight AFLW Bulldogs have finalised their guernsey numbers ahead of the upcoming season seven.

Recruit Daisy Bateman has assumed #8, while Millie Brown will wear #20, made vacant by Isabelle Pritchard’s move to #4.

“I was previously #19 at Geelong, so I went with one number higher because I want to one up my previous self and be a better player,” Brown said of her decision.

Elizabeth Snell has also switched numbers, taking on #1 after enjoying her debut season in #26.

Draftees Heidi Woodley (#19), Keely Coyne (#22), and Rylie Wilcox (#37) have selected their first AFLW guernsey numbers.

“#37 is the number I had when my football journey really started,” Wilcox said.

“I had #37 at the Northern Knights, which was the first representative team I made for footy, and then stuck with it during the 2022 Knights season, so I thought it’d be cool to stick with it and carry it into the AFLW.”

Brooke Vernon will take on #32 – a nod to her junior football days.

“My first ever footy number was #32, when I played at Rye Juniors because I liked Travis Cloke at the time and he wore the same at Collingwood,” Vernon explained.

“He had a huge kick and I remember believing that if I had his number, I could kick like him.

“I’m not sure it actually helped my kicking, but I definitely helped me believe in my kicking more.”

The AFLW Bulldogs will host GWS in a practice match this Saturday morning at VU Whitten Oval.

AFLW S7 – Western Bulldogs guernsey numbers

#1           Elizabeth Snell
#2           Ellie Blackburn
#3           Isabella Grant
#4           Isabelle Pritchard
#5           Gabby Newton
#6           Kirsten McLeod
#7           Deanna Berry
#8           Daisy Bateman
#9           Eleanor Brown
#10         Katie Lynch
#11        Elle Bennetts
#12         Gemma Lagioia
#13         Celine Moody
#15         Sarah Hartwig
#16         Naomi Ferres
#17         Elisabeth Georgostathis
#18         Britney Gutknecht
#19         Heidi Woodley
#20         Millie Brown
#21         Bailey Hunt
#22         Keely Coyne
#23         Jess Fitzgerald
#24         Aurora Smith
#25         Nell Morris-Dalton
#27         Kirsty Lamb
#29         Amanda Ling
#30         Richelle Cranston
#32         Brooke Vernon
#33         Alice Edmonds
#35        Annabel Strahan
#37         Rylie Wilcox 

*Bold indicates new numbers.