Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs (formerly the Footscray Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport’s premier competition. Founded in 1877 in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League (since renamed the AFL) in 1925. The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016, and was runner up in 1961. It has also claimed one premiership in the AFL Women’s competition, in 2018, having been a foundation member of the league the previous year.

Bulldogs using ‘us against them’ in AFL

Bulldogs using ‘us against them’ in AFL

Five years after coach Luke Beveridge famously implored his players to bring their voices and song to the AFL's biggest stage, it's the Western Bulldogs versus the rest of the world. Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli has confirmed they have used their tough circumstances over the last few weeks as a …

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