Clay Smith won a premiership with the Bulldogs last year. Clay Smith is contracted to the Bulldogs for next year, but Clay Smith may not play for the club again.

Not as Clay Smith anyway. Clay O'donohue-Smith instead is likely to turn out for the Dogs next year. He is identical to Smith in every way but name and would wear the same number.

Clay Smith hasn't decided if he will become Clay O'donohue Smith in the AFL guide. Credit:Justin McManus

Smith married in the off-season and has decided to officially add his wife Sarah O'donohue's surname to his own to officially become Clay O'donohue-Smith.

He is unsure if he will ask for the name change in football – for the team sheets and official paperwork, club team lists and photos, the record and media guide – but in all other facets of his life he will become O'donohue-Smith.