Round Six
Western Bulldogs v Adelaide
Sunday, April 27 at 12.40pm (SA time) Etihad Stadium
Broadcast details
Live on Channel 7 and Fox Footy, coverage starts from 12.30pm (SA time)
Head to head
Adelaide – 17
Western Bulldogs – 21
Latest news
Morris a maybe
Veteran defender Dale Morris could return from an ankle injury this week to strengthen a struggling Bulldogs backline.
Out of action (estimates only)
Jarrad Grant (foot) – 2-3 weeks
Dale Morris (ankle) – test
Daniel Pearce (knee) – 5-8 weeks
Josh Prudden (knee) – 2 weeks
Jordan Roughead (ac joint) – 6 weeks
Western Bulldogs’ last five
2014 Round Five, Western Bulldogs 13.13 (91) d by Carlton 18.11 (119), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round Four, GWS Giants 12.11 (83) d by Western Bulldogs 17.8 (110), StarTrack Oval
2014 Round Three, Western Bulldogs 15.10 (100) d Richmond 15.8 (98), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round Two, Western Bulldogs 8.6 (54) d by North Melbourne 12.11 (83), Etihad Stadium
2014 Round One, West Coast 21.8 (134) d Western Bulldogs 11.3 (69), Patersons Stadium
Recent form against Adelaide?
2013 Round 21, Western Bulldogs 20.11 (131) d Adelaide 17.12 (114), Etihad Stadium
2013 Round Four, Adelaide 12.8 (80) d Western Bulldogs 4.4 (28), AAMI Stadium
2012 Round Two, Adelaide 11.16 (82) d Western Bulldogs 9.10 (64), AAMI Stadium
2011 Round 13, Western Bulldogs 14.16 (100) d Adelaide 10.10 (70), Etihad Stadium
2010 Round 19, Adelaide 7.11 (53) d by Western Bulldogs 8.13 (61), AAMI Stadium
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting?
3. Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)
2. Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)
1. Tory Dickson (Western Bulldogs)
Most recent team
B: Picken, M. Talia, Wood
HB: Young, Williams, Murphy
C: Cooney, Griffen, Jong
HF: Stevens, Crameri, Wallis
F: Dahlhaus, Jones, Stringer
Foll: Minson, Macrae, Liberatore
Interchange: Bontempelli, Boyd, Higgins, Giansiracusa
News bites
Dogs to bite back
Western Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney has demanded his players ‘come out snarling’ against the Crows this Sunday.
Match preview – AFL.com.au
The pundits at AFL Media believe Adelaide’s forward firepower will see the Crows down the Dogs at Etihad Stadium this weekend.
