THE LAST TIME THEY MET

The two clubs were evenly matched in the latter part of 2014 and the game could have gone either way. Since then, the Dogs have gone forward and we ...

WESTERN BULLDOGS

B: Liam Picken, Mark Austin, Robert Murphy

HB: Shaun Higgins, Dale Morris, Easton Wood

C :Marcus Bontempelli, Matthew Boyd, Jack Macrae

HF: Koby Stevens, Stewart Crameri, Sam Darley

F: Luke Dahlhaus, Liam Jones, Mitch Honeychurch

FOLL: Will Minson, Mitch Wallis, Tom Liberatore

I/C: Nathan Hrovat, Lachie Hunter, Jake Stringer, Jason Tutt

EMG: Tom Campbell, Jack Redpath, Fletcher Roberts

IN: Sam Darley, Mitch Honeychurch, Lachie Hunter, Jake Stringer

OUT: Daniel Giansiracusa (suspension), Jarrad Grant (virus), Ryan Griffen (back spasms), Jordan Roughead (shoulder)

NEW: Sam Darley, Mitch Honeychurch

MELBOURNE

B: Neville Jetta, Lynden Dunn, Jeremy Howe

HB: Dean Terlich, Colin Garland, Jack Grimes

C: Jack Watts, Jack Viney, Bernie Vince

HF: Rohan Bail, Chris Dawes, Matt Jones

F: Cameron Pedersen, James Frawley, Dean Kent

FOLL: Mark Jamar, Dom Tyson, Nathan Jones

I/C: Dom Barry, Max Gawn, Daniel Nicholson, Christian Salem

EMG: Alex Georgiou, Aidan Riley, Luke Tapscott

IN: Dom Barry, Max Gawn, Daniel Nicholson, Dean Terlich

OUT: Daniel Cross (leg), Tom McDonald (calf), Jordie McKenzie (suspension), Aidan Riley

NEW Dom Barry