Senior Coach Luke Beveridge has confirmed five changes to the Western Bulldogs side that will face Fremantle on Sunday afternooon.



Matthew Suckling, Bailey Williams and Koby Stevens have all been confirmed as inclusions, named on the final interchange bench alongside Nathan Hrovat.



While Will Minson returns to the line-up in place of the injured Jordan Roughead (corked calf), and veteran defender Dale Morris returns after missing the last two weeks with a hamstring complaint.



Roughead is expected to only miss this week and be available selection for the first week of finals.



While Stevens has earned his recall through recent VFL form, Matthew Suckling and Bailey Williams come back into the senior line-up after recovering from respective achilles and knee injuries.



"[It's] great to see Matty Suckling back after a week off with his problem, and he’s trained really well this week and he’s turned the corner, which is great for us," Assistant Coach Rohan Smith told BulldogsTV.



"Bailey Williams comes into the squad [too].He had a great game at VFL level last week.



"He was in really good form at AFL level before he hurt his knee at training a few weeks ago, so he’s welcome back too."



Tom Campbell, Toby McLean and Lukas Webb have all been named as emergencies.



Webb, McLean and Roarke Smith have all been omitted from the side that defeated Essendon last weekend, while Wood and Roughead miss Sunday's home and away season finale through injury.







Western Bulldogs v Fremantle

Sunday, August 28 2016, 2.40pm

Venue: Domain Stadium

Full back S Biggs F Roberts D Morris Half back J Johannisen J Hamling M Boyd Centreline L Hunter M Bontempelli L Picken Half forward L Jong Z Cordy C Smith Full forward T Boyd T Dickson C Daniel Followers W Minson L Dahlhaus J Dunkley Interchange M Suckling N Hrovat K Stevens B Williams Emergencies T Campbell T McLean L Webb

In: W Minson; D Morris; M Suckling; K Stevens; B Williams

Out: J Roughead (calf); E Wood (ankle); R Smith (Omitted); L Webb (Omitted); T McLean (Omitted)