The Footscray Bulldogs will make their second grand final appearance in three season on Sunday at Etihad Stadium, buoyed by the inclusion of AFL-listed midfielder Lin Jong to the side that defeated Collingwood by 119-points in last week's preliminary final.

Jong injured his collbarbone in the Western Bulldogs elimination final victory against the Western Coast Eagles two weeks ago, and will return to the stage where he made a name for himself in the 2014 VFL finals series.

The Dogs come into Sunday's decider against the Casey Scorpions in good form having taking care of Essendon and minor-premiers Collingwood in successive weeks, but their most recent loss was to the Scorpions to the tune of 70-points in the first week of the finals.

Foortscray coach Ashley Hansen said he's happy to be the underdog.

"Casey have had an outstanding year and the last time we met, they won, so if you're going off of the state and data as a whole, we probably are," he told gathered media at Ikon Park yesterday.

Skipper Jordan Russell, speaking to BulldogsTV agreed, although he's confident the young Dogs can get the job done.

"They've been at the top of the tree for the majority of the year and we know we're going to get a really tough contest inside, Russell said.

"The way they pull us apart in the Qualifying Final a couple of weeks ago we've got our work cut out, but we're definitely confident going in."

Footscray Bulldogs v Casey Scorpions

VFL Grand Final

Sunday 24 September 2016, 3:00pm AWST

Venue: Etihad Stadium





Full back J Adcock J Stayley B Lynch Half back B Dale B Williams R Smith Centreline L Dalgleish L Jong J Russell Half forward M Honeychurch K Stevens N Jamieson Full forward L Webb T Campbell D Hamilton Followers W Minson A Barry L Nash Interchange from J Grabowski J Wallis W Hayes A Tashevski-Beckwith J Hayes M Hannan S Deery A Greenwood

23P: B Long